Each year, as part of the academic component of the internship, the interns are given the task of writing a research paper on an area that somehow relates to the Ontario Legislature. Although former interns will warn you (as will I) to start your paper at the beginning of the year, the busy buzz of [...]
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From Practice to Theory
Posted in Academic Paper, Christiana Fizet, Travel on June 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Meeting John Tory
Posted in Christiana Fizet, Meetings on December 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last Friday the interns met with ‘former leader of the Progressive Conservatives now turned radio show host’ John Tory. What was initially intended to be only an hour-long meeting went just over two, as we threw question after question at Mr. Tory and dove into all that is federal, provincial and municipal politics. While the [...]
Placement Update – Christiana
Posted in Christiana Fizet, Placements on December 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The beauty of politics is that it’s so unpredictable. No two days are the same; you are forever kept on your toes. The duties an intern performs reach far and wide, sometimes farther and wider than you had thought: whether or not you were in September, by October you’re becoming, and by November you’ve become [...]
Travel Woes – Christiana
Posted in Christiana Fizet, Travel on December 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Oh the places you’ll go…the people you’ll meet. While the latter has come to fruition (and repeats itself each and every day as we encounter some of the most exciting players, thinkers and transmitters of the Ontario politics), the ‘places’ part has only just begun to appear over the horizon. And you couldn’t believe how [...]
PIP Visit – Christiana
Posted in Christiana Fizet on November 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Monday, November 21st the Parliamentary Interns (our federal counterparts) arrived in Toronto for a three-day visit of the legislature and its actors. They would spend the next few days running from one end of the city to the other to make back-to-back meetings with a sampling of some of Ontario politics’ finest players. From [...]
First day with Amrit Mangat
Posted in Christiana Fizet, Placements on October 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’d never been to Mississauga. I’m bad with directions. And so I set off to Mississauga with my route jotted down on a Post-it last Wednesday, hoping that I would end up in the right spot. Thankfully (and somewhat surprisingly), after an hour and a half of jumping from one bus to the next, I [...]
The Interns meet with Sheena Weir from the Law Society of Upper Canada
Posted in Christiana Fizet, Meetings, Sponsors on October 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Tuesday September 29th, the interns had the pleasure of meeting with the Law Society of Upper Canada’s Manager of Government Relations, Sheena Weir. As a number of us are interested in pursuing a law degree following the internship, the meeting was extremely insightful and informative. The LSUC serves a number of roles from regulating [...]
MPP Selection Process (Christiana)
Posted in Christiana Fizet, Placements on October 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After two weeks of running from one end of Queen’s Park to the other, the interviews came to an end and decisions were made. I am pleased to say that I will spend the next four months working for Mrs. Amrit Mangat, Liberal Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister Responsible for Seniors. Mrs. Mangat is the [...]
Meeting Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations
Posted in Christiana Fizet, Meetings, Sponsors on October 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last Monday we traveled beyond the legislature into the jungle that is downtown Toronto, to one of the oldest buildings on Yonge Street for a meeting with the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA). OCUFA represents over 15,000 university faculty and academic librarians across Ontario both in an advocacy capacity as well as providing [...]
Former Speaker David Warner
Posted in Christiana Fizet, orientation on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the intern office there’s a poster made by last year’s group plastered with photos of them with the ‘whose who’ of politics. The caption, a spin-off of Dr. Seuss’ “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” reads “Oh, the People You’ll Meet…” I was warned. I was told. I even studied the poster. But for some [...]
