MPA Major Research Papers

 

All Western Master of Public Administration students complete a faculty-supervised Major Research Paper. At the time of submission, students may opt to publicly release their papers. This series contains all publicly available papers completed since 1990.

The program does not endorse the content of these papers which are the independent research of the students. The papers are owned by the authors and posted here with their permission.

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Major Research Papers from 2014

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The Impacts of Land Use Growth Restrictions Upon Municipal Finances: A Comparative Study of a Rural Municipality, an Urban Settlement Municipality, and a Primary Settlement Municipality, Douglas Herron

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Visible Minorities: What Individual Characteristics Determine Electoral Success in Municipal Councils in the Greater Toronto Area?, Guhad Hersi

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Strategic Asset Management in the City of Hamilton: An Analysis of the Integration of Strategic Planning and Management Elements into Municipal Infrastructure Asset Management Programs, Brent Kittmer

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Citizen Engagement in Budget Planning in Ontario Municipalities, Melihate Limani

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Public Engagement Trends in Southwestern Ontario’s Municipalities, Marcy Puzanov

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Food Safety Program Performance in Ontario, Matthew Ruf

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Development Permit System Policy Development in Ontario: Factors that Contribute to Implementation, Natalie Stopar

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Policing in Ontario: Financial Impacts and Opportunities, Michael Touw

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Post-Secondary Promises: What Do Ontario Municipalities Expect to Realize from University Satellite Campuses?, Brittney Yeats

Major Research Papers from 2013

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Public Participation in Municipal Service Delivery Review, Noah Atlin

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Landowner Behaviour in the Upper Thames and Grand River Watersheds: A Study of Factors That May Explain the Conservation Behaviour of Farmers, Jeffrey Brick

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The Revitalization of Social Housing: An Analysis of Mixed-Income Housing in the City of Toronto, Zoie Browne

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Municipal Election Compliance Audit Committees: A Review and Critical Analysis, Ashley Grigg

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Homelessness in Winnipeg, Manitoba: An Analysis of Local Government Inaction, Rhiannon Hayes

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Departmental Strategic Planning: Examining the Institutional and Organizational Linkages that Influence Departmental Strategic Planning Processes in Local Government, Adam Mobbs

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Explaining Social Media Variation: An Analysis of Internal Municipal Factors That Shape Canadian Municipal Websites, Julien Patel

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E-Governance on Ontario Municipal Websites: Exploring the Development of E-Governance Tools Used by Ontario Municipal Planning Departments, Spencer Sandor

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Affordable Housing Policies: What China Could Learn From Canada, Jingyuan Sun

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Inter-Municipal Transit Governance: An Investigation of Challenges and Opportunities in the Alberta Capital Region, Paul Szabo

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No Choice But To Change: An Investigation into the History and Effects of the 2006 Municipal Ward Boundary Realignment in London, Ontario, Stephen Turner

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The Regional Variation of Ontario Works: From the Perspective of Provincial-Municipal Relationship, Ju Xue

Major Research Papers from 2012

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Toronto’s Private Tree By-Law: Performance Measurement Design and Cost-Benefit Analysis, Arthur Beauregard

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Determinants of Municipal Waste Diversion in Ontario, Brock Ceci

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Ontario Business Improvement Areas: Opportunities Gained and Lost, Michael De Rond

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GOV 2.0: Exploring the Use of Web 2.0 Tools by Local Government in Southwestern Ontario, Chandra Dougall