For my second placement with OLIP, I had the opportunity to work with Dave Levac, the MPP for Brant and Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Energy and Infrastructure. I am one of many interns to have worked in Dave’s office, though the first one to work with him as the PA to MEI. This [...]
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Reflections on my second placement – Aviva
Posted in Aviva Levy, Placements on June 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Aviva on Ottawa & Quebec City
Posted in Aviva Levy, Travel on April 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The trip to Ottawa and Quebec was much different from what I expected. Initially, I thought it would be an average trip to two cities I had visited many times before. It was anything but. The Parliamentary Interns in Ottawa lined up an incredible schedule for us. Our meeting with John Baird actually surprised me [...]
Aviva’s update
Posted in Aviva Levy, Placements on January 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This week was an interesting one; I spent 2 days at Queen’s Park and 2 days in the riding at the constituency office. Things have been slow around both places since the legislature isn’t currently sitting. However, there’s lots to catch up on since both offices have been closed for two weeks. The excitement over [...]
Past few weeks at Cheri’s office
Posted in Aviva Levy, Placements on December 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
During final weeks of November and the beginning of December, I have been keeping quite busy in the office of Cheri DiNovo. I wrote an article on inclusionary zoning (Bill 198) and worked on day-to-day legislature business, which, as my fellow interns know, can keep one quite busy! Cheri has introduced a number of new [...]
OLIP Magazine finally in print!
Posted in Aviva Levy, Magazine, reception on November 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After agonizing over everything from the cover shot to the cover stock, I’m proud to announce that the fall 2009 edition of the Queen’s Park Insider, the official OLIP magazine, is now complete! After making its debut at the OLIP reception on November 25, we have received nothing but praise for this extraordinary publication. Creating [...]
Aviva’s first few weeks…
Posted in Aviva Levy, Placements on November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
These past few weeks in Cheri DiNovo’s office have been unreal. Never did I imagine that I would be arranging everything from weddings for Reverend DiNovo to officiate to meetings with firefighters-turned-lobbyists. Whether it’s researching for the Standing Committee on Estimates, corresponding with municipalities across the province on Bill 198, or informing condo owners of [...]
OREA Reception
Posted in alumni, Aviva Levy, Sponsors on November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On October 28, one of the OLIP sponsors, the Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA), graciously invited us to a sit-down lunch reception at the Sutton Place Hotel. Tim Hudak, leader of the PC Party, was the keynote speaker. After arriving at the penthouse ballroom and ogling over the view, the ten interns were placed at [...]
New Experiences
Posted in Academic Paper, Aviva Levy, Magazine on October 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The week of October 12 was unlike the others; for the first time since OLIP began, the interns weren’t together every single day! Since it was constituency week, my Member was not around Queen’s Park, so instead I worked on my CPSA paper and continued working on the fall magazine. My CPSA paper abstract is [...]
Interns met with Victoria Hunt of the Ontario English Catholic Teacher’s Association (OECTA)
Posted in Aviva Levy, Meetings, Sponsors on October 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On September 29, the interns met with Victoria Hunt of the Ontario English Catholic Teacher’s Association (OECTA). As head of the Government Relations department at OECTA, Victoria is responsible for liaisons with Queen’s Park, local MPPs, Catholic and external stakeholders, as well as with OTF, other affiliates, and local OECTA Presidents and political action officers. [...]
Interns learn how to use Queen’s Park tools for researching
Posted in Aviva Levy, orientation on September 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On September 15, the interns met with Susanne Hynes, a research librarian at the Legislative Library. Susanne patiently listened to our many issues that we’ve all dealt with in our past as stressed students, anxiously searching for research material at our respective university libraries. She quelled our fears about the massive library at Queen’s Park [...]
