This past week was constituency week and I had the opportunity to visit the constituency office as well as several businesses and organizations around the riding. The staff at the constituency office, Angela, Kathy and Dustin, have been very helpful over the past few weeks with while I have been getting oriented to working with [...]
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Visiting Eglinton-Lawrence Constituency
Posted in Melissa Cernigoy, Placements on March 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Two Weeks Later
Posted in Melissa Cernigoy, Placements on March 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Two weeks into my placement with MPP Mike Colle, Eglinton-Lawrence and I’ve already been to many events, taken on research and stakeholder relations for a private member’s bill and visted the constituency. At the end of February I was able to help out with a Black History Month event “The Untold Story on the History [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Canadian Political Science Association reception
Posted in Melissa Cernigoy, Travel on December 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Our set of meeting in Ottawa has been much of the same we experienced during orientation week: many different perspectives, a full schedule and a lot of interest in our position as interns. We were often on the “Hill” meeting with members of every political party, legislative staff, policy staff and also a visit to [...]
A Day in the Life of an Intern
Posted in Melissa Cernigoy, Placements on December 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
First of all, there are no typical days in an MPPs office, but this will give you an example of what an intern can be involved with day to day. 7:30 Prepare for morning meeting- review the news and prepare material for question period 8:00 Staff meeting with NDP caucus, where media items, outreach and [...]
Back at Queen’s Park
Posted in Melissa Cernigoy, Placements on November 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I had to leave Timmins to come back to work at Queen’s Park, but it turned out to be just as exciting! After my second week working with Mr. Bisson, I’m finding myself with several projects on the go at the same time. There are many new people to talk to every day and very [...]
Timmins and back!
Posted in Melissa Cernigoy, Placements, Travel on October 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Flying up North on Tuesday I had a sense of going home –the landscape was familiar to me as we came into the Timmins airport, even though I had never been to the city before. I had an amazing week job-shadowing Mr. Bisson and getting to know his constituency staff, as well as meeting people [...]
Mel on joining Gilles Bisson’s office
Posted in Melissa Cernigoy, Placements on October 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The interviewing process with many MPPs was very challenging over the past couple weeks, especially when I realized that I really had no idea the types of projects I would be working on with my MPP the following week. After sorting through our learning priorities, we then had to wait- the anticipation on Friday was [...]
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 – [...]
