Hill Climbers

Carleton’s political management program has churned out Hill staffers aplenty

Launched in 2011, the master’s program is helping to shape a pool of ‘professional’ potential staffers, says one of its leaders, Prof. Stephen Azzi.

Program supervisor Stephen Azzi speaks with former Progressive Conservative prime minister Joe Clark during a class talk in 2015. Photograph courtesy of Hyungcheol (James) Park

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

February 22, 2017

With five cohorts of alumni to date, Carleton University’s unique political management master's program has seen many of its grads land jobs on the Hill, everywhere from the Prime Minister’s Office to cabinet and opposition offices, with others working in government relations and at other levels...

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