Mar 18
On March 19, I gave a talk at UMass Law School about the crisis in American government, drawing on my current SSRN working paper. You can see the Powerpoint slides for this presentation here. Professor Richard Peltz-Steele provides a summary of the talk on his blog.
I spoke with the The Hill Times’ Peter Mazereeuw on The Hot Room podcast on February 7. The subject was steps that can be taken to preserve Canadian sovereignty. Listen to the podcast here.
On December 18, I visited the Canada School of Public Service for a webcast conversation about my book The Adaptable Country. Available on YouTube. And in French.
I gave a Zoom talk on November 6 about my book, The Adaptable Country, at the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy. Watch the talk on YouTube.
I’ll visit the Institute for the Study of Canada at McGill University on November 4 to talk about my book, The Adaptable Country. Register for the event here.
I’ll visit the University of Calgary School of Public Policy on October 8 to talk about my book The Adaptable Country. Details to follow.
On October 7, I joined a PolicyForward panel discussion on the future of democracy in Canada, organized by the Max Bell Foundation. The discussion was chaired by Paul Wells. Details here. Listen to my opening comments on the state of democracy here.
On September 16, I visited the Truman School of Public Affairs at the University of Missouri to talk about my book The Adaptable Country.
And on September 17, I gave a lecture about the book at Missouri Southern State University, as one of their Canada Semester events. You can watch the lecture on YouTube:
I was a speaker in the discussion series on the future of democratic governance, at the School of Public Affairs and Administration, University of Kansas, on February 15, 2024. News story here. Title of my talk: The challenge to democracy: Is American public administration ready? The talk can viewed on YouTube here:
I’ll give a talk on human rights and public administration at Buffalo State University on March 1. Details here.
Alasdair S. Roberts 
