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The executive director of McMaster’s Master of Public Policy in Digital Society program was recently featured as one of 50 ‘Changemakers’ in one of Canada’s top publications.

It’s that time of year again: Snow season. That means it’s time for our community to get to know the university’s updated storm closure policy (officially known as the Storm Emergency Policy).

Learn more about the MPP-DS, the first Canadian graduate degree offering of its kind to specialize in the implications of digital transformation for public policy and governance.

The Master of Public Policy in Digital Society welcomes a new faculty member, Dr. Maria Gintova!

Last week, the first cohort of graduates of McMaster’s Master of Public Policy in Digital Society (MPPDS) attended their convocation ceremony.

This discussion considered how during the pandemic there has been a proliferation of new health technology initiatives that allow for remote rehabilitation outside of a formal clinic setting.

Vasiliki Bednar of the Master of Public Policy in Digital Society and Robin Shaban of Carleton University were featured in the Conversation.

The Institute for Research on Public Policy is hosting a discussion that will explore how the pandemic has created a proliferation of new health technology initiatives that allow for remote rehabilitation outside of a formal clinic setting.

The Master of Public Policy Program would like to highlight the extraordinary accomplishments of our students. Read below to see what some of them are up to!

Most Canadians support government measures to help control the spread of COVID-19, according to a public opinion study. But they’re growing weary of the pandemic. Clifton van der Linden of McMaster University and Alexander G W Beyer of Simon Fraser University were featured in the Conversation.

Learn more about the Master of Public Policy in Digital Society with Executive Director, Vass Bednar.

ONLINE EVENT: What’s behind the recent rise in popularity of Bitcoin? And how do Wild West frontier myths help explain the appeal of cryptocurrencies?

The Department of Political Science is hiring a tenure-track professor to be cross-appointed with the Faculty of Social Science’s innovative new Master of Public Policy in Digital Society program.

MPP-DS students Gloria Park and Angelo Mateo have been selected to participate in the 2021 Graduate Residency program, part of the Lewis & Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship.

This episode of Brave New Work examines the idea of ‘decent work’ and what it means to have a good job. It also explores how the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated some trends in the workplace and why worker rights may be poorly understood and articulated.

A group of Canadians have come together to crowdsource experiences and reactions of real people during the pandemic in Ontario.

McMaster's Master of Public Policy in Digital Society is partnering with the Toronto Public Library on a 5-month lecture series, beginning in May 2021.

This paper begins by contextualizing the purpose and goal(s) of competition policy against recent antitrust events in response to the power of large, dominant tech firms like Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon.

In this opinion editorial, the authors argue that the most urgent motivator for a comprehensive review of the Competition Act is that other competition authorities have no incentive to scrutinize issues related to digital dominance in our own backyard.

This opinion editorial looks at three case studies to illustrate that Canada's competition laws are ill-equipped to respond to competition issues in a digital era.

In an increasingly digital world, Canada is falling behind.