This past monday we had the opportunity to meet with The National’s Peter Mansbridge. Getting to see the CBC headquarters on Front Street was pretty exciting, especially for a bunch of interns with a slight addiction to the National’s “At Issue” Pannel. Despite being a commanding presence on television, Mr. Mansbridge was soft spoken [...]
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Interns meet Peter Mansbridge!
Posted in Katherine Preiss, Meetings on March 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Five Premiers down, one to go
Posted in Katherine Preiss, Meetings on February 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As chair of Meetings’ Committee, one of my goals was to meet with all living former Premier’s of Ontario. During Orientation Month we had the opportunity to meet Dalton McGuinty (… yes, I know, he’s not “former”, but I’m counting him anyways). In early winter we had the chance to meet Bill Davis. I was [...]
Field Trip
Posted in Katherine Preiss, Placements on January 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In university, after Christmas Break, things are usually slow to get up to speed. The same is not the case for MPPs! Despite the house not sitting, Donna Cansfield continues to work incredibly hard. The second day back at work, Donna, her EA Rebecca and I went to visit 3 different native friendship centres; one [...]
Katie’s Dreams Come True (aka Interns Visit the Supreme Court)
Posted in Katherine Preiss, Travel on December 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For those of you who may not know me, it bears mentioning from the outset of this blog that for the past 5 years (more or less) I’ve basically been studying the Charter. Sure there was some political theory and statistics thrown in there, but I’ve spent a great deal of my career as a [...]
Marathon of Receptions
Posted in Katherine Preiss, reception, Sponsors on November 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes we interns like to get ambitious with our after-work plans. On Tuesday November 23rd, that involved a marathon of three back-to-back receptions. I left Ms. Cansfield’s office around 5 and made my way over to the legislature, where I met up with my fellow interns and went over to the first reception of the [...]
Katie’s Placement Update
Posted in Katherine Preiss, Placements on November 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This past week, I had the opportunity to accompany Ms. Cansfield and her EA Rebecca to a reception at Interval House. For those of you who have never heard of interval house, (http://intervalhouse.ca/) it is a half-way house for women and their families after they escape situations of violence or abuse. Interval House has recently [...]
An update on Katie’s Placement
Posted in Katherine Preiss, Placements on November 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I feel like I’m constantly getting up to speed in this job. Ms. Cansfield has such a diverse selection of interests that I’m rarely well enough read on one before I’m introduced to another! That, despite how daunting it sounds (even to me!) is not a complaint, but rather the perk of working for a [...]
Katie on working in Donna Cansfield’s office
Posted in Katherine Preiss, Placements on October 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This week marked my first day in Donna Cansfield’s office. Although a little nervous on the subway ride in (inquiring minds should know that not only did I make it on time, I also didn’t get lost!), my worries were quickly allayed by the warm welcome I received from Ms. Cansfield’s EA, Rebecca. As this [...]
Katie on joining Donna Cansfield’s Office
Posted in Katherine Preiss, Placements on October 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My first placement is with Donna Cansfield and I couldn’t be more pleased. The interview we had with her was both informative and engaging, and I am very eager to get started. Ms. Cansfield is the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Municipal Affairs, so I will be working in a ministry office! I’ve previously [...]
2010-11 Placements
Posted in Bryan Bossin, Charles Thompson, Erica Rayment, Katherine Preiss, Lisa Marie Williams, Melissa Cernigoy, Michael Smith, Natalie Desimini, Placements, Sasha Tregebov, Thomas Maidwell, z-2010-11 Interns on October 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The interns will begin their placements on Tuesday 12th October. Bryan Bossin – Ernie Hardeman (PC) Melissa Cernigoy – Gilles Bisson (NDP) Natalie Desimini – Jean-Marc Lalonde (LIB) Thomas Maidwell – Steve Clark (PC) Katherine Preiss – Donna Cansfield (LIB) Erica Rayment – Elizabeth Witmer (PC) Michael Smith – Dave Levac (LIB) Charles Thompson – [...]
