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Forum of Federations

2 days ago

How is digitalization governed when power is shared?Federal countries face a hard question. Digital services cross jurisdictional boundaries, but the constitutions that govern them do not. As AI and other frontier technologies advance, who decides, who is accountable, and how do governments coordinate?On November 10, the Forum of Federations and the University of Ottawa’s Centre on Governance launch The Forum of Federations Handbook on Digitalization in Public Administration of Federal Countries, an open-access comparative study of nine federal and decentralized countries. The book is edited by Eric Champagne, Silvana Gomes, Felix Knüpling, André Lecours, Jamie M. Thomas and Diana Chebenova.Join the book’s experts and editors as they share insights and explore what AI and emerging technologies mean for how governments make decisions, work together, and deliver digital public services. The discussion will explore:🔹 Digital policy decisions and implementation🔹 Accountability🔹 Collaboration across orders of government📅 Tuesday, November 10, 2026🕛 12:00–1:30 p.m. (ET)📍 Social Sciences Building (FSS), Room 4004, University of Ottawa, and online via Zoom🗣️ English and FrenchAll are welcome. Register for the online session here:www.uottawa.ca/research-innovation/events-all/roundtable-book-launch-digital-government-federal-s...Forum of Federations: real solutions to governance challenges—making multilevel governance work better for people. ...

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Forum of Federations

3 days ago

A provincial vote does not stop at the provincial border. Debates over autonomy, identity and secession raise a larger question: how do choices within one province reshape the federation as a whole? That question brought the Forum of Federations to the University of Ottawa on September 25 for When Provincial Becomes National: The Alberta Referendum and Quebec’s Election. The discussion examined two distinct political contexts and their implications for Canadian federalism. It explored what drives demands for constitutional change, how secessionist movements differ, and how provincial political choices become national questions. For the Forum, understanding these pressures is part of a broader task: exploring how multilevel systems reconcile competing demands for autonomy and unity. Jamie Thomas represented the Forum alongside Daniel Béland, Kelly Gordon and André Lecours, with Jenn Wallner moderating.Thank you to the University of Ottawa and the Centre on Governance for their partnership. Forum of Federations: real solutions to governance challenges—making multilevel governance work better. ...

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