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Brendan Boyd

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Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Economics and Political Science, MacEwan University

Members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada picket outside the Service Canada office during strike action in Canmore, Alta., in April 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

June 16, 2024

Public service reflections: Why the role of civil servants must evolve to ensure public trust

Brendan Boyd, MacEwan University

New research suggests Canada’s public servant of the future must build relationships, communicate complex and controversial ideas and manage conflict more than ever before.

A pumpjack draws oil from underneath a canola field as a haze of wildfire smoke hangs in the air near Cremona, Alta., in July 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

February 8, 2023

How to win over Alberta on the ‘just transition’ to a low‑carbon energy sector

Brendan Boyd, MacEwan University and Marielle Papin, MacEwan University

Canada has no choice but to adapt its energy sources and industries in a ‘just transition.’ If it doesn’t, the inevitable transition will be much more disruptive — and much less just.

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