University of Ottawa's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

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University of Ottawa’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

Established	2007
Director	Gilles Breton
Academic staff	30
Postgraduates	120-150
Location	Ottawa , Ontario , Canada
Website	https://socialsciences.uottawa.ca/public-international-affairs/

University of Ottawa’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA) (or l'École supérieure d'affaires publiques et internationales de l'Université d'Ottawa (ESAPI)) is a professional public and international policy school at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

GSPIA offers a multidisciplinary master’s program (Master of Arts) with three fields of concentration:

• public policy
• international affairs
• development studies

The program, which is only offered on a full-time basis, also offers a coop option and internship opportunities in Canadian missions abroad.

Founded in 2007, the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs is one of two bilingual schools of public and international affairs in Canada, where courses are taught in Canada's two official languages, French and English.

In addition to a faculty complement of more than 30 professors, students benefit from the presence of a number of Senior Fellows including former Canadian diplomats Robert Fowler and Claude Laverdure, as well as respected journalist Jeffrey Simpson.

• Public policy school
• Carleton University's School of Public Policy and Administration

• Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA)
• University of Ottawa

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