Jansen discusses CAETL experience

trevor.kenney — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:17:19 +0000

Teaching and learning are fundamental to the purpose of the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge. To that end, the Centre for the Advancement of Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CAETL) was created to promote and sustain outstanding and inspirational teaching.

Through its commitment to scholarship, research and best practice, CAETL advances creativity, originality and discovery in teaching. It strives to promote and enhance the many tools required in the professional development of university level teachers and lecturers. This commitment to excellence in teaching ensures that, in a rapidly changing educational environment, the U of L continues to provide outstanding learning experiences for its students and faculty.

Dr. Harold Jansen, a political science professor, served as a CAETL teaching fellow over the past year, finding the experience both enlightening and rewarding. View his video as he talks about his relationship with CAETL and how it benefits the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge.

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The art of making policy

trevor.kenney — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:53:15 +0000

If you've gone through airport security lately, you've probably grumbled once or twice about the long security lines and 'random' pat-downs.

While you may blame this inconvenience on precedents set by our neighbours to the south, the policy creation is far more complicated, explains U of L Master of Arts (Political Science) student Christina Marcotte.

For her thesis, Marcotte analyzed the creation of two post-9/11 policies: the Container Security Initiative (CSI) and the NEXUS Trusted Traveler Program, using the Policy Streams model developed by American political scientist, J. Kingdon.

"I wanted to take a look at where the ideas for these programs came from and what the impetus was for adopting them," says Marcotte, who was supervised by political science professor
Dr. Geoffrey Hale.

Marcotte first became interested in security policy as a student intern at the European Institute of Public Administration, in the Netherlands. She worked for a researcher who asked her to gather details about North American foreign policy to compare with EU policy.

Hale says Marcotte is an unusually thoughtful student with a penchant for time management. "Not only did she stay ahead of her deadlines – which few students do – she also made time to serve as vice-president internal for the Graduate Students' Association."

From his office across the hall, Hale was often pleased to see a steady stream of students visiting her office.

"That is a wonderful sign of leadership," he says.

Now that she has completed her thesis, Marcotte is gearing up for a job as a junior commerce officer with Industry Canada – a position where Hale knows she will find success.

"Christina has the capacity to bridge worlds. That's a skill set she strengthened very well while she was here."

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