The Ontario Legislature Internship Programme is pleased to announce that Canada Goose donated ten high-end, expedition parkas for our comparative study trip to the Northwest Territories. Just a few weeks before we took off for eight days in Yellowknife, I approached Kevin Spreekmeester, VP Global Marketing, and Melissa Millerson, Marketing Coordinator, at Canada Goose to [...]
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Keeping Warm in Yellowknife with Canada Goose
Posted in 2011-12 Interns, Lauren Hanna, Sponsors, Travel on March 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Breaching the 60th: OLIP ventures to the North
Posted in 2011-12 Interns, Travel on February 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The OLIP interns had an early morning on Saturday, February 4th, hopping on an airport shuttle to Pearson International at 4 a.m. The destination: Yellowknife. The purpose: A week-long comparative study visit to the Legislative Assembly of the NWT to learn about consensus politics, the history and future of the NWT, and life in Canada’s [...]
Ottawa: Comparative Study Visit Part 2
Posted in 2011-12 Interns, Monika Wyrzykowska, Travel on December 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On Friday morning, we met with the Conservative MP for Simcoe-Grey, Ms. Kellie Leitch. We chatted with her about the transition from her career as an orthopaedic surgeon to operation on Parliament Hill. Although a new MP, Ms. Leitch has been active with the party for many years, notably authoring the current government’s Children`s Fitness [...]
Ottawa: Comparative Study Visit
Posted in 2011-12 Interns, Craig Ruttan, Travel on December 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
If reports about adverse weather effects in Ottawa at the beginning of December had you worried, fear not – it was just the OLIPers taking the capital by storm. It was an exciting moment: beginning our first trip, meeting our federal intern counterparts, as well as completing the extensive visit program they put together for [...]
Quebec City Comparative Study Visit
Posted in 2011-12 Interns, Evan Akriotis, Travel on December 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ottawa was fantastic, and the second leg of our whirlwind winter tour had a lot to live up to. Luckily, that second leg took us to one of the most beautiful cities in the world (and I say that without hyperbole). We drove up to our hotel at Place D’Youville Sunday evening, and were confronted [...]
Culture Shock: The Landscape of Aboriginal Self-Government
Posted in Charles Thompson, Travel on March 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Our time in Yellowknife was packed with all kinds of learning opportunities – and I can definitely say that in that week I learned so much that I’m still wrapping my head around it – but my only genuine culture shock reverberated around this one earthquake of a fact: people there take aboriginal issues seriously. [...]
So long Timmins-James Bay…
Posted in Melissa Cernigoy, Placements, Travel on February 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In my last week travelling through the riding I took 8 separate flights that were at least an hour, several more driving along the highways and made it through temperatures of minus 43. It was another amazing experience. Gilles and I travelled up to Fort Albany First Nation (450 km north of Timmins) on Friday [...]
Constituency Trip to Oxford
Posted in Bryan Bossin, Placements, Travel on February 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This week I visited Woodstock Ontario and spent some time working in Mr. Hardeman’s constituency office. The trip started out with a visit to Heart FM, a local radio station where Ernie had a chance to speak on-air about the Hawkins-Gignac Act, a bill that would make carbon monoxide detectors mandatory in all homes. In [...]
Visiting Leeds-Grenville
Posted in Placements, Thomas Maidwell, Travel on February 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I had an absolutely wonderful trip to Steve’s riding, Leeds-Grenville, in eastern Ontario last week. The highlight of the week was presenting our proposals for democratic reform to a town hall meeting of constituents in Brockville on Wednesday evening. The presentation went well, we received positive feedback regarding our proposals and I even made the [...]
Back from the Holidays
Posted in Melissa Cernigoy, Travel on January 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Now that the House isn’t sitting things seem to have quieted down around Queen’s Park -there are not receptions or the bustle of the media, and many policians are away in the constituency. The staff however is still around, and in my case, even busier than ever preparing for when the House resumes sitting in [...]
