IPAC Victoria

Some of the Victoria Regional Group board members planning 2025.

Our board of directors were elected at our Annual General Meeting on October 10, 2024. Have a suggestion? Want to get involved? You can reach us by email at [email protected]

Visit our website to see the full list of our 2024-25 Board of Directors, Governance and Committees.

✨CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS✨

Housing and Homelessness Solutions: A Community Dialogue. 🏠

Pitch Your Housing and Homelessness Solutions to Community and Public Sector Leaders.

Submissions are now being accepted for the 6th annual IPAC Policy Pitch Competition
Practice your presentation skills in front of a live audience by sharing your innovative idea in three minutes or less and win cash prizes

✨ELIGIBILITY✨
Students, Community Members, New Professionals and Emerging Leaders.
Individual entrants only (no team entries).
BC residents only.

✨COMPETITON PROCESS✨
Step 1. Submit your idea in written format (400 words or less) in PDF format by June 17, 2024 at 11pm to [email protected] for Heat 1 of the competition.
Step 2. A screening committee will select the top 6 submissions from Heat 1 to advance to the live event, happening on June 27, 2024. Doors open at 5:00pm and presentation starts at 5:30pm.
Step 3. The top 6 submissions from Heat 1 will prepare a three-minute presentation, following the rules below, to pitch to our judging panel and audience on June 27, 2024.

✨LOCATION🌟
Victoria, BC. Room: TBA

Join us in tackling one of the most critical issues of our time and contribute to sustainable solutions for housing and homelessness. We look forward to your innovative ideas!

💡For more information and detailed guidelines visit www.ipac-victoria.ca.

🔗For any questions please contact us at [email protected]

Join the UVic School of Public Administration (SPA) advising team on your lunch hour to learn how our graduate programs will help you take the lead and advance your career in the public or non-profit sectors. Hear about our renowned Master of Public Administration (MPA) programs, MA in Community Development (MACD), PhD, plus the Graduate Certificate & Diploma in Evaluation programs!
Zoom details here: https://www.uvic.ca/hsd/publicadmin/news/current/spa-info-sessions.php

CALL FOR ARTICLES DEADLINE EXTENDED!

Time is not up! The call for articles will be extended until February 15, 2024, at 11:00PM Pacific Time. We have already had some great submissions and we look forward to receiving even more perspectives.

Please submit your documents to [email protected] to indicate your interest in submitting an article. You can learn more about IPAC here, and connect on LinkedIn here.

We look forward to your submissions.

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The Institute of Public Administration Canada (IPAC) is a networking organization for public servants working in federal, provincial, municipal, and First Nations governments and agencies. IPAC seeks to promote the sharing of ideas and best practices. A crucial part of this has been the newsletter. IPAC's Victoria and Vancouver branches are collaborating on a newsletter, View from BC, with the next edition to be published by the end of February.

We are looking for articles for public administration students (undergraduate and graduate), faculty, as well as public servants working in municipal, provincial, federal, and First Nations governments. We are looking for articles that are 300-600 words on topics related to public policy or public administration, which may include the following themes:

· Faculty and graduate students providing a synopsis of their latest research and publications
· Reviews of books on public policy and public administration
· Experiences from public administration students, current and former co-op students, and new public servants on entering (or wanting to enter) the public service
· Policy and organizational initiatives in the public service
· Your perspectives on the contributions made by a career in the public service
· Experiences working in the public service, including hybrid and remote work, doing well in interviews, and best practices

To learn more information about IPAC, please visit our website at https://lnkd.in/gRjX8nh3