2021 – 2022
| Keeping Canada Running: Infrastructure and the Future of Governance in a Pandemic World | Bruce Doern, Christopher Stoney, and Robert Hilton | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Shawn Menard | Councillor, Capital Ward, City of Ottawa | Elected/Appointed |
| 2021 – 2022 | Reflections on a Career in the Public Service | | | Morris Rosenberg | Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs | Government – Federal |
| 2021 – 2022 | Inalienable Properties: The Political Economy of Indigenous Land Reform | Jamie Baxter | Indigenous Affairs/The North and Northerners | André Le Dressay | Director of Fiscal Realities Economists and Director of the Tulo Centre of Indigenous Economics | Other University |
| 2021 – 2022 | Who Pays for Canada? Taxes and Fairness | E. A. Heaman and David Tough | Economics/Business | Ian Lee | Associate Professor, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University | Carlton University |
| 2021 – 2022 | Invisible Women: Data bias in a World designed for Men | Caroline Criado Perez | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Lynn Barr-Telford | Assistant Chief Statistician, Social, Health and Labour Statistics Field, Statistics Canada | Government – Federal |
| 2021 – 2022 | Top Secret Canada: Understanding the Canadian Intelligence and National Security Community | Stephanie Carvin, Thomas Juneau, and Craig Forcese | General Policy Analysis | Wesley Wark | Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa | University of Ottawa |
| 2021 – 2022 | Reset: Reclaiming the Internet for Civil Society | Ronald J. Deibert
| IT/Media | Sara Bannerman | Canada Research Chair in Communication Policy and Governance, McMaster University | Canada Research Chair, McMaster University
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| 2020 – 2021 | Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist | Kate Raworth | Economics/Business | Terrance Hunsley
| Editor, Social Canada, and a Senior Fellow, Pearson Centre for Progressive Policy | Pearson Centre |
| 2020 – 2021 | Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs | Michael T Osterholm and Mark Olshaker | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Dr. Noni MacDonald | Professor of Paediatrics (Infectious Disease), Dalhousie University | Other university |
| 2020 – 2021 | Claws of the Panda: Beijing’s Campaign of Influence and Intimidation in Canada | Jonathan Manthorpe | International Politics | Margaret McCuaig-Johnston | Senior Fellow, Institute of Science, Society and Policy, U. of Ottawa | University of Ottawa |
| 2020 – 2021 | Opening the Government of Canada: The Federal Bureaucracy in the Digital Age | Amanda Clarke | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Neil Bouwer
| Vice President, Canada School of Public Service | Canada School of Public Service |
| 2020 – 2021 | Fiscal Federalism and Equalization Policy in Canada | Daniel Beland and others
| Economics/Business | Professor Jennifer Wallner | Jean Luc Pepin Research Chair in Canadian Politics, University of Ottawa | University of Ottawa |
| 2020 – 2021 | Reflections on a Career of Public Service with Wayne Wouters | | Reflections on a Career in the Public Service | Wayne Wouters | Former Clerk of the Privy Council | Government – federal |
| 2020 – 2021 | Quebec in a Global Light | Robert Calderisi | International Politics | Robert Calderisi
| Economist, Author, and Rhodes Scholar | Author |
| 2020 – 2021 | Boot Straps Need Boots | Hugh Segal | Economics/Business | Senator Kim Pate
| Senate of Canada and Former Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies | Elected/Appointed |
| 2020 – 2021 | The Roots of Culture, the Power of Art — The First Sixty Years of the Canada Council for the Arts | Monica Gattinger | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Jonathan Paquette | Political Science, U of Ottawa | University of Ottawa |
| 2019 – 2020 | The Age of Increasing Inequality : The Astonishing Rise of Canada’s 1% | Lars Osberg | Economics/Business | Andrew Jackson
| Senior Policy Advisor | Broadbent Institute |
| 2019 – 2020 | Feminist History in Canada: New Essays on Women, Gender, Work, and Nation | Catherine Carstairs and Nancy Janovicek (Editors) | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Jena McGill
| Faculty of Law | U of Ottawa |
| 2019 – 2020 | The Criminalization of Migration: Context and Consequences | Idil Atak and James C. Simeon (editors) | Immigration Policy & Demography | Joseph Rikhof
| Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Common Law | University of Ottawa |
| 2019 – 2020 | Reflections on a Career of Public Service with Linda Lizotte-Macpherson | | Reflections on a Career in the Public Service | Linda Lizotte-Macpherson
| Former President of the the CSPS | Elected/ Appointed |
| 2018 to 2019 | Black Wind, White Snow: The Rise of Russia’s New Nationalism | Charles Clover | International Politics | Ralph Lysyshyn | Former Ambassador to Russia, and Former Special Advisor for the House of Commons | Elected/Appointed |
| 2018 to 2019 | Down Inside: Thirty Years in Canada’s Prison Service | Robert Clark | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Kim Pate | Senator, Senate of Canada and Former Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies | Elected/Appointed |
| 2018 to 2019 | Maximum Canada: Why 35 Million Canadians Are Not Enough | Doug Saunders | Immigration Policy & Demography | Elizabeth Ruddick | Former DG, Research and Evaluation Branch, Citizenship and Immigration Canada | Government – federal |
| 2018 to 2019 | Reflections on my Career in the Public Service | Karen Ellis | Reflections on a Career in the Public Service | Karen Ellis | Former Associate Deputy Minister, Veterans Affairs Canada | Government – federal |
| 2018 to 2019 | Seven Fallen Feathers : Racism, Death and Hard Truths in a Northern City | Tanya Talaga | Indigenous Affairs/The North and Northerners | Jo-Anne McCutcheon | Prof, Department of History, U of Ottawa and Exec Dir, Association of Canadian Archivists | University of Ottawa |
| 2018 to 2019 | The Patch: The People, Pipelines and Politics of the Oil Sands | Chris Turner | Environment/Energy Policy | Monica Gattinger | Director, Institute for Science, Society and Policy, U. of Ottawa | University of Ottawa |
| 2018 to 2019 | The Square and the Tower : Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook | Niall Ferguson | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Duff Conacher | Co-founder of Democracy Watch, PH.D. student (Law), 2018 Vanier Scholar, and Adjunct Prof of Law and Politics, U. of Ottawa | University of Ottawa |
| 2017 to 2018 | Backrooms and Beyond: Partisan Advisers and the Politics of Policy Work in Canada | Jonathan Croft | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Sean Berrigan | Former Senior Director General, Stakeholder Relations, Library and Archives Canada | Government – federal |
| 2017 to 2018 | Better Now: Six Big Ideas to Improve Health Care for All Canadians | Danielle Martin | Health Policy/Issues | Dr. Isra Levy | Medical Officer of Health, Ottawa Public Health; Vice Chair, Board of Trustees, The Royal (Ottawa) | Government – regional/municipal |
| 2017 to 2018 | Charlie Foxtrot: Fixing Defence Procurement in Canada, | Kim Richard Nossal | Canadian Foreign Affairs/Military | Alan Williams | Former Assistant Deputy Minister (Materiel), Department of National Defence | Government – federal |
| 2017 to 2018 | How America Lost Its Secrets: Edward Snowden, the man and the Theft | Edward Jay Epstein | Media/Communications Technologies | David Harris | Director, International Intelligence Program, INSIGNIS Strategic Research | Non-profit |
| 2017 to 2018 | Reflections on my Career in the Public Service | François Guimont | Reflections on a Career in the Public Service | François Guimont | Former Deputy Minister of Public Safety | Government – federal |
| 2017 to 2018 | The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart | Bill Bishop | US Politics | Stephen Bird | Associate Professor, Clarkson University and Fulbright Scholar, Centre on Governance, University of Ottawa | Other university |
| 2017 to 2018 | The Public Wealth of Nations: How Management of Public Assets Can Boost or Bust Economic Growth | Dag Detter and Stefan Fölster | Economics/Business | Yazmine Laroche | Associate Deputy Minister, Infrastructure Canada | Government – federal |
| 2016 to 2017 | Disruptive Power: The Crisis of the State in the Digital Age | Taylor Owen | Media/Communications Technologies | Greg Fyffe | President, Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies and Former Executive Director of Intelligence Assessment at PCO | Non-profit |
| 2016 to 2017 | How to Run a Government – So that Citizens Benefit and Taxpayers Don’t Go Crazy | Michael Barber | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Francis Bilodeau | Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Results and Delivery, PCO | Government – federal |
| 2016 to 2017 | Minority Nations in the Age of Uncertainty: New Paths to National Emancipation and Empowerment | Alain G. Gagnon | International Politics | Paul Dewar | Former Member of Parliament and Former Official Opposition Critic for Foreign Affairs | Elected/Appointed |
| 2016 to 2017 | Northern Communities Working Together: The Social Economy of Canada’s North | Chris Southcott (ed) | Indigenous Affairs/The North and Northerners | Scott Serson | Former Deputy Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs | Government – federal |
| 2016 to 2017 | Reflections on my Career in the Public Service | Marie-Lucie Morin | Reflections on a Career in the Public Service | Marie-Lucie Morin | Security Intelligence Review Committee and Former Deputy Minister, National Security Advisor to the PM, and Ambassador | Government – federal |
| 2016 to 2017 | Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction | Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Munir Sheikh | Former Chief Statistician of Canada | Government – federal |
| 2016 to 2017 | The Day That Almost Was | Chantal Hebert and Jean Lapierre | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Eddie Goldenberg | Former Chief of Staff to Jean Chretien | Other |
| 2016 to 2017 | Unaccountable: Truth and Lies on Parliament Hill | Kevin Page | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Kevin Page | Former Parliamentary Budget Officer for Canada | Government – federal |
| 2015 to 2016 | Belonging: The Paradox of Citizenship | Adrienne Clarkson | Immigration Policy & Demography | Will Kymlicka | Professor and Canada Research Chair in Political Philosophy, Queen’s University | Other university |
| 2015 to 2016 | Canada in Cities: The Politics and Policy of Federal Local Governments | Katherine A H Graham and Caroline Andrew(eds) | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Brock Carleton | CEO, Canadian Federation of Municipalities | Government – regional/municipal |
| 2015 to 2016 | Middle Power, Middle Kingdom | David Mulroney | International Politics | Sarah Taylor | Minister and Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Canada to China | Elected/Appointed Elected/Appointed |
| 2015 to 2016 | Reflections on my Career in the Public Service | Dr. Alex Himmelfarb | Reflections on a Career in the Public Service | Dr. Alex Himmelfarb | Former Clerk of the Privy Council | Government – federal |
| 2015 to 2016 | Rules and Unruliness: Canadian Regulatory Democracy Governance Capitalism and Welfarism | G Bruce Doern Michael J Prince and Richard J Schultz | Economics/Business | Robert Slater | Executive Director of the Regulatory Governance Initiative at Carleton University | Carleton University |
| 2015 to 2016 | Simpler: The Future of Government | Cass R. Sunstein | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Leslie MacLean | Associate Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Oceans | Government – federal |
| 2014 to 2015 | The Inconvenient Indian | Thomas King | Indigenous Affairs/The North and Northerners | Michael Wernick | Former Deputy Minister for the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development | Government – federal |
| 2014 to 2015 | How We Lead: Canada in a Century of Change | Right Honorable Joe Clarke | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Michael Bell | Former Canadian Ambassador to Egypt, Israel and Jordan, currently at University of Windsor | Elected/Appointed |
| 2014 to 2015 | Private Affluence, Public Austerity: Economic Crisis and Democratic Malaise in Canada | Stephen McBride and Heather Whiteside | Economics/Business | Annette Ryan | Director General, Employment Insurance Policy, Employment and Social Development Canada | Government – federal |
| 2014 to 2015 | Reflections on my Career in the Public Service | Michael Horgan | Reflections on a Career in the Public Service | Michael Horgan | Former Deputy Miniater of Finance | Government – federal |
| 2014 to 2015 | Shopping for Votes: How Politicians Choose Us and We Choose Them | Susan Delacourt | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | The Honourable Michael Chong | MP for Wellington-Halton Hills | Elected/ Appointed |
| 2014 to 2015 | The Dogs Are Eating Them Now | Graham Smith | Canadian Foreign Affairs/Military | Jill Sinclair | Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy, Department of National Defense | Government – federal |
| 2014 to 2015 | The War on Science | Chris Turner | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | C. Scott Findlay | Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Ottawa | University of Ottawa |
| 2013 to 2014 | Austerity : History of a Dangerous Idea | Mark Blyth | Economics/Business | David Macdonald | Senior Economist, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives | Non-profit |
| 2013 to 2014 | Chronic Condition: Why Canada’s health care system needs to be dragged into the 21st Century | Jeffrey Simpson | Health Policy/Issues | Abby Hoffman | Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy, Health Canada (invited) | Government – federal |
| 2013 to 2014 | Navigating on the Titanic: Economic Growth, Energy and the Failure of Governance | Bryne Purchase | Economics/Business | Graham Fox | President and CEO of the Institute for Research on Public Policy | Non-profit |
| 2013 to 2014 | Poverty in Canada | Raghubar D. Sharma | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Sherri Torjman | Vice President, Caledon Institute of Social Policy | Non-profit |
| 2013 to 2014 | Reflections on A Career in the Public Service | Susan Cartwright | Reflections on a Career in the Public Service | Susan Cartwright | Commissioner, Public Service Commission of Canada | Non-profit |
| 2013 to 2014 | The Big Shift: The seismic change in Canadian politics, business and culture and what it means for our future | Darrell Bricker & John Ibbitson | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Chris Dornan | Director Arthur Kroeger College of Public Affairs and associate professor, School of Jounalism, Carleton University | Carleton University |
| 2013 to 2014 | The Dictator’s Learning Curve: Inside the Global Battle for Democracy | William J. Dobson | International Politics | Ferry de Kerckhove | Senior fellow at the School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa | Private Sector |
| 2012 to 2013 | Federalism and the Constitution of Canada | David E. Smith | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Andre Juneau | Director, Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, Queen’s University and Former Deputy Secretary to Cabinet for Operations | Other university |
| 2012 to 2013 | Getting Back in the Game: A Foreign Policy Handbook for Canada | Paul Heinbecker | Canadian Foreign Affairs/Military | Len Edwards | Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs | Government – federal |
| 2012 to 2013 | Global Catastrophes and Trends: The Next Fifty Years | Vaclav Smil | Environment/Energy Policy | Victor Rabinovitch | President Emeritus of the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation | Government – federal |
| 2012 to 2013 | Health Care in Canada: A Citizens Guide to Policy and Politics | Katherine Fierlback | Health Policy/Issues | Alex Munter | CEO, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario INVITED | Government – regional/municipal |
| 2012 to 2013 | Power: Where Is It? | Donald Savoie | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | David Zussman | Jarislowsky Chair on Management in the Public Sector, University of Ottawa | University of Ottawa |
| 2012 to 2013 | Reflections on A Career in the Public Service | Margaret Bloodworth | Reflections on a Career in the Public Service | Margaret Bloodworth | Former Associate Secretary to the Cabinet and National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister | Other |
| 2012 to 2013 | The Quality of Government: Corruption, Social Trust, and Inequality in International Perspective | Bo Rothstein | International Politics | Ralph Heinztman | Former vice-president of the Public Service Human Resources Management Agency of Canada INVITED | Non-profit |
| 2011 to 2012 | A New Synthesis of Public Administration: Serving in the 21st Century | Jocelyne Bourgon et al | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | The Honourable Jocelyne Bourgon | Former Clerk of the Privy Council | Government – federal |
| 2011 to 2012 | Exporting Democracy: The Risks And Rewards Of Pursuing A Good Idea | Bob Rae | International Politics | Ian Smillie | Chairman, Board of Directors for the Diamond Development Initiative and Former Executive Director of CUSO | Non-profit |
| 2011 to 2012 | Harperland: The Politics of Control | Lawrence Martin | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Lawrence Martin | Columnist, Globe and Mail | Media |
| 2011 to 2012 | Reflections on the challenges of public policy | Michael Binder | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Michael Binder | President, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission | Government – federal |
| 2011 to 2012 | The New Entrepreneurs: Building a Green Economy for the Future | Andrew Heintzman | Economics/Business | Velma McColl | Principal, Earnscliffe Strategy Group | Private Sector |
| 2011 to 2012 | The New Paradigm of Governance, original paper written for the Colloquium | Gilles Paquet | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Gilles Paquet | Professor Emeritus, Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa | University of Ottawa |
| 2011 to 2012 | The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger | Richard Wilkinson | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Alex Himelfarb | Former Clerk of the Privy Council | Government – federal |
| 2010 to 2011 | “Canadians and Their Pensions”, Policy Options | Mel Cappe | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Mel Cappe | President, Institute for Research on Public Policy, and Former Clerk of the Privy Council | Private Sector |
| 2010 to 2011 | As Others See Us: Canada Among Nations 2009-2010 | Fen Osler Hampson and Paul Heinbecker | International Politics | Michael Kergin | Former Ambassador of Canada to the United States of America | Elected/Appointed |
| 2010 to 2011 | Beyond the Indian Act: Restoring Aboriginal Property Rights | Tom Flanagan, Christopher Alcantra, and André LeDressay | Indigenous Affairs/The North and Northerners | John McKennirey | Senior Fellow, Odell House, University of Ottawa | University of Ottawa |
| 2010 to 2011 | Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How There is a Better Way for Africa | Dambisa Moyo | International/ Politics | Rohinton Medhora | Vice-President, Programs, International Development Research Centre | Non-profit |
| 2010 to 2011 | Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness | Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein | Economics/Business | Michael Jenkin | Director General, Office of Consumer Affairs, Industry Canada | Government – federal |
| 2010 to 2011 | The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy | Raj Patel | Economics/Business | Michael McCracken | President, Informetrica | Private Sector |
| 2010 to 2011 | Women, Power, Politics: The Hidden Story of Canada’s Unfinished Democracy | Sylvia Bashevkin | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | The Honourable Barbara McDougall | Former Minister of Foreign Affairs | Elected/ Appointed |
| 2009 to 2010 | Arctic Front | W Morrison, K. Coates, and W. Lackenbauer | Indigenous Affairs/The North and Northerners | Alan Kessel | Legal Advisor, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade | Government – federal |
| 2009 to 2010 | Ascent of Money | Niall Ferguson | Economics/Business | Christopher Waddell | Carty Chair in Business and Financial Journalism, Carleton University | Carleton University |
| 2009 to 2010 | Chasing the Flame: One Man’s Fight to Save the World | Samantha Power | International Politics | David Malone | President, International Development Research Centre | Non-profit |
| 2009 to 2010 | Defending a Contested Ideal | Luc Julliet and Ken Rasmussen | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Maria Barrados | President, Public Service Commission of Canada | Non-profit |
| 2009 to 2010 | Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent | Andrew Nikiforuk | Environment/Energy Policy | Robert Page | Chair, National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy | Non-profit |
| 2009 to 2010 | The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 | Paul Krugman | Economics/Business | Vlasios Melessanakis | Manager, Legislation and Policy Development, Office of Superintendent of Financial Institutions | Government – Federal |
| 2009 to 2010 | The Uses and Abuses of History | Margaret MacMillan | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Chad Gaffield | President, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Non-profit |
| 2008 to 2009 | Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet | Jeffrey Sachs | Economics/Business | David McLaughlin | President and CEO, National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy | Non-profit |
| 2008 to 2009 | In Search of Canadian Political Culture | Nelson Wiseman | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Alfred A. MacLeod | Assistant Deputy Minister, Intergovernmental Policy, Privy Council Office | Government – federal |
| 2008 to 2009 | Risk: The Science and Politics of Fear | Dan Gardner | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | John Edwards | Former Deputy Minister of Corrections | Government – federal |
| 2008 to 2009 | The Parliament of Man: The Past, Present, and Future of the United Nations | Paul Kennedy | International Politics | Peggy Mason | Senior Fellow, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University | Carleton University |
| 2008 to 2009 | The Politics of Public Money: Spenders, Guardians, Priority Setters, and Financial Watchdogs Inside the Canadian Government | David A. Good | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | David Zussman | Jarislowsky Chair in Public Sector Management, Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa | University of Ottawa |
| 2008 to 2009 | The Unexpected War: Canada In Kandahar | Janice Gross Stein and Eugene Lang | Canadian Foreign Affairs/Military | Margaret Bloodworth | Former National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister and Associate Secretary to Cabinet | Government – federal |
| 2008 to 2009 | Uncle Sam and Us: Globalization, Neoconservatism, and the Canadian State | Stephen Clarkson | Canadian Foreign Affairs/Military | Deborah Lyons | Director General, North America Commercial Relations Bureau, DFAIT | Government – federal |
| 2007 to 2008 | At War’s End: Building Peace After Civil Conflict | Roland Paris | International Politics | Scott Gilmour | Executive Director, Peace Dividend Trust | Non-profit |
| 2007 to 2008 | Continentalizing Canada: The Politics and Legacy of the Macdonald Royal Commission | Gregory Inwood | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Michael Hart | Simon Reisman Chair in Trade Policy, Carleton University | Carleton University |
| 2007 to 2008 | Multicultural Odysseys: Navigating the New International Politics of Diversity | Will Kymlicka | International Politics | Ian Donaldson | Manager, Strategic Policy, Multiculturalism and Human Rights Branch, Canadian Heritage | Government – federal |
| 2007 to 2008 | Pandemonium: Bird Flu, Mad Cow Disease, and Other Biological Plagues of the 21st Century | Andrew Nikiforuk | Health Policy/Issues | Andrea King | Director General, Pandemic Preparedness, Public Health Agency of Canada | Government – federal |
| 2007 to 2008 | The Hateful and The Obscene: Studies in the Limits of Free Expression, | W.L. Sumner | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Errol Mendes | Professor of Common Law, University of Ottawa | University of Ottawa |
| 2007 to 2008 | The New City: How the Crisis in Canada’s Urban Centres Is Reshaping the Nation | John Lorinc | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Alex Munter | Executive Director, Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa | Government – regional/municipal |
| 2007 to 2008 | Why Mexicans Don’t Drink Molson | Andrea Mandel-Campbell | Economics/ Business | Kathryn McCallion | Senior Advisor, International Trade, DFAIT | Government – federal |
| 2006 to 2007 (20th Anniversary Season) | Canadian Foreign Policy: Defining the National Interest | Steven Kendall Holloway | Canadian Foreign Affairs/Military | Michael Kergin | Former Ambassador of Canada to the United States of America | Elected/ Appointed |
| 2006 to 2007 (20th Anniversary Season) | Creating Choices: Rethinking Aboriginal Policy | John Richards | Indigenous Affairs/The North and Northerners | Fred Caron | Assistant Deputy Minister, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada | Government – federal |
| 2006 to 2007 (20th Anniversary Season) | Gomery’s Blinders and Canadian Federalism | Ruth Hubbard and Giles Paquet | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Ruth Hubbard | Former President of the Public Service Commission | Non-profit |
| 2006 to 2007 (20th Anniversary Season) | Intelligence and Human Rights in the Era of Global Terrorism | Steve Tsang | International Politics | Margaret Bloodworth | Associate Secretary to the Cabinet and National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister | Government – federal |
| 2006 to 2007 (20th Anniversary Season) | The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth | Benjamin Friedman | Economics/Business | Andrew Sharpe | Centre for the Study of Living Standards | Non-profit |
| 2006 to 2007 (20th Anniversary Season) | Voting Counts: Electoral Reform for Canada | Law Commission of Canada | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Ed Broadbent | Former leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada | Elected/ Appointed |
| 2006 to 2007 (20th Anniversary Season) | What is a Canadian? | Irvin Studin (ed) | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Will Kymlicka | Canada Research Chair in Political Philosophy, Queen’s University | Other university |
| 2005 to 2006 | A Short History of Progress | Ronald Wright | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Andrei Sulzenko | Industry Canada – retired | Government – Federal |
| 2005 to 2006 | Executive Styles in Canada: Cabinet Structures and Leadership Practices in Canadian Government | Luc Bernier, Ken Brownsey and Michael Howlett | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Evelyn Gigantes | Former Ontario Minister of Housing | Elected/ Appointed |
| 2005 to 2006 | Feminist Activism in the Supreme Court: Legal Mobilization and the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund | Christopher Manfredi | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Sheila McIntyre | University of Ottawa | University of Ottawa |
| 2005 to 2006 | For Art’s Sake: Society and the Arts in the 21st Century | Jamie Cowling | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Dick Stanley | Canadian Heritage – retired | Government – federal |
| 2005 to 2006 | Fragile Social Fabric: Fairness, Trust and Commitment in Canada | Albert Breton et al | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Paul Reed | Carleton University/Statistics Canada | Carleton University |
| 2005 to 2006 | The End of Faith: Religion, Terror and the Future of Reason | Sam Harris | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Peter Beyer | University of Ottawa | University of Ottawa |
| 2005 to 2006 | The End of the Line: How Over-Fishing is Changing the World and What We Eat | Charles Clover | Environment/Energy Policy | Elizabeth May | Sierra Club of Canada | Non-profit |
| 2004 to 2005 | “Ghosts of Rwanda” | PBS documentary | International Politics | Arthur Graham | American Bar Association | Non-profit |
| 2004 to 2005 | Dark Age Ahead | Jane Jacobs | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Alex Munter | University of Ottawa | University of Ottawa |
| 2004 to 2005 | Out of the Blue: How To Anticipate Big Future Surprises | John L. Petersen | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | David Brown | Public Policy Forum | Non-profit |
| 2004 to 2005 | Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World | Margaret MacMillan | International Politics | John Fraser | Former Ambassador | Elected/ Appointed |
| 2004 to 2005 | The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror | Michael Ignatieff | International Politics | Ward Elcock | Department of National Defence | Government – federal |
| 2004 to 2005 | The Politics of Public Management | David Good | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Claire Morris | AUCC | Non-profit |
| 2004 to 2005 | Weapons of Mass Persuasion: Marketing the War Against Iraq | Paul Rutherford | US Politics | Christopher Waddell | Carleton University | Carleton University |
| 2003 to 2004 | “Managing in an Unknowable and Uncertain Environment (‘Wicked Problems’)” | ……………………… | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Sophie de Villers | Canadian Blood Service | Non-profit |
| 2003 to 2004 | Fire and Ice: The United States, Canada and the Myth of Converging Values | Michael Adams | US Politics | Jon Allen | Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade | Government – federal |
| 2003 to 2004 | Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies | Jared Diamond | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Dick Stanley | Department of Canadian Heritage | Government – federal |
| 2003 to 2004 | Liquid Assets: Privatizing and Regulating Canada’s Water Utilities | Elizabeth Brubaker | Economics/Business | Rod Raphael | Treasury Board | Government – federal |
| 2003 to 2004 | Understanding Canadian Defence | Desmond Morton | Canadian Foreign Affairs/Military | Charles (Buzz) Nixon | National Defense – retired | Government – federal |
| 2003 to 2004 | What Went Wrong: The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East | Bernard Lewis | International Politics | Jim Gould | Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade | Government – federal |
| 2003 to 2004 | Who Gets In: What’s Wrong With Canada’s Immigration Program – And How To Fix It | Daniel Stoffman | Immigration Policy & Demography | Jean Kunz | Policy Research Initiative | Non-profit |
| 2002 to 2003 | Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia | Ahmed Rashid | International Politics | James Gould | Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade | Government – federal |
| 2002 to 2003 | No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies | Naomi Klein | Economics/Business | Dwayne Winseck | Carleton University | Carleton University |
| 2002 to 2003 | The Life: The Seductive Call of Politics | Steve Paikin | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | The Honourable Mitchell Sharp | Office of the Prime Minister | Elected/ Appointed |
| 2002 to 2003 | The Security of Freedom: Essays on Canada’s Anti-Terrorism Bill | Ronald J. Daniels et al(eds) | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Richard Cleroux | Freelance correspondent | Media |
| 2002 to 2003 | The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference | Malcolm Gladwell | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Group discussion | ……………………… | ………… |
| 2002 to 2003 | The World We Want: Virtue, Vice and the Good Citizen | Mark Kingwell | International Politics | Jane Jensen | Canadian Policy Research Networks and University of Montreal | Non-profit |
| 2002 to 2003 | Value Change and Governance in Canada | Neil Nevitte | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Darrell Bricker | Ipsos-Reid | Private Sector |
| 2001 to 2002 | Better Happy Than Rich | Michael Adams | Economics/Business | Bob Glossop | Vanier Institute of the Family | Non-profit |
| 2001 to 2002 | Creating the Innovation Culture | Frances Horibe | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Eleanor Glor | Innovation Salon | Media |
| 2001 to 2002 | Four Strong Winds | Michael Decter | Health Policy/Issues | Jonathan Lomas | Canadian Health Services Research Foundation | Non-profit |
| 2001 to 2002 | The Efficient Society | Joseph Heath | Economics/Business | Walter Robinson | Canadian Taxpayers Federation | Non-profit |
| 2001 to 2002 | The Mystery of Capitalism | Hernando de Soto | Economics/Business | Roy Culpeper | North-South Institute | Non-profit |
| 2001 to 2002 | The Rights Revolution | Michael Ignatieff | Legal Issues | The Honourable Mr. Justice Frank Iacobucci | Supreme Court of Canada | Elected/Appointed |
| 2001 to 2002 | The Third Force: The Rise of Transnational Civil Society | A. Florini (ed) | International Politics | Alison Van Rooy | CIDA | Other |
| 2000 to 2001 | As I Recall/Si je me souviens | John Meisel et al | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | John Meisel | Queen’s University | Other university |
| 2000 to 2001 | Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community | Robert Putnam | US Politics | Kathy O’Hara | Treasury Board | Government – federal |
| 2000 to 2001 | E.Con: How the Internet Undermines Democracy | Donald Gutstein | Media/Communications Technologies | David Myers | PWGSC | Government – federal |
| 2000 to 2001 | Revitalizing the Public Service | Guy Peters and Donald Savoie (editors) | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Maurice Demers | CCMD | Other |
| 2000 to 2001 | The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization | Thomas Friedman | Economics/Business | David Kilgour | Minister of State for Latin America and Africa | Government – federal |
| 2000 to 2001 | The Marshall Decision and Native Rights | Ken Coates | Indigenous Affairs/The North and Northerners | Dan Lane | University of Ottawa | University of Ottawa |
| 2000 to 2001 | Where On Earth Are We Going | Maurice Strong | Environment/Energy Policy | Liz Dowdeswell | Former Executive Director, UNEP | International |
| 1999 to 2000 | Environment, Scarcity and Violence | Tad Homer-Dixon | Environment/Energy Policy | Don Hubert | DFAIT | Government – federal |
| 1999 to 2000 | Governing from the Centre | Donald Savoie | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | David Zussman | Public Policy Forum | Non-profit |
| 1999 to 2000 | Homeless | Gerald Daly | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Dick Stewart | RMOC | Government – regional/municipal |
| 1999 to 2000 | Service in the Field | Barbara Wake Carroll and David Siegel | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Martha Nixon | Citizenship and Immigration | Government – federal |
| 1999 to 2000 | Storm Warning | Lydia Dotto | Environment/Energy Policy | Clifford Lincoln | M.P. | Elected/ Appointed |
| 1999 to 2000 | The New Politics of Confidence | Pierre Pettigrew | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | …………………. | Group discussion | ……………… |
| 1998 to 1999 | Decline of Deference | Neil Nevitte | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Frank Graves | Ekos Research | Private Sector |
| 1998 to 1999 | Mad Cows and Mothers Milk | Douglas Powell and William Leiss | Health Policy/Issues | Ron Doering | CFIA | Government – federal |
| 1998 to 1999 | Managing Knowledge Workers | Frances Horibe | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Jonathan Caloff | University of Ottawa | University of Ottawa |
| 1998 to 1999 | Retooling the Welfare State | John Richards | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Ken Battle | Caledon Institute | Non-profit |
| 1998 to 1999 | The Cult of Impotence | Linda McQuaig | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Edward Greenspon | Globe and Mail | Media |
| 1998 to 1999 | Who Killed Canadian History? | Jack Granatstein | Canadian Foreign Affairs/Military | Jack Granatstein | Canadian War Museum | Other |
| 1997 to 1998 | Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order | Samuel Huntington | International Politics | Roy Culpeper | North-South Institute | Non-profit |
| 1997 to 1998 | Degrees of Freedom: Canada and the United States in a Changing World | Keith Banting | Canadian Foreign Affairs/Military | Michael Kergin | DFAIT | Government – federal |
| 1997 to 1998 | Intellectual Capital: The New Wealth of Organizations | Thomas Stewart | Economics/Business | Arthur Cordell | Industry Canada | Government – federal |
| 1997 to 1998 | Leader of the Future | Frances Hasselbein (ed.) | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | ……………………. | Group discussion | ………… |
| 1997 to 1998 | Significant Incident: Canada’s Army, the Airborne, and the Murder in Somalia | David Bercuson | Canadian Foreign Affairs/Military | Maureen Appel Molot | Carleton University | Carleton University |
| 1997 to 1998 | The Antagonist: Lucien Bouchard and the Politics of Delusion | Lawrence Martin | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Lawrence Martin | Journalist, Globe and Mail | Media |
| 1996 to 1997 | Boom, Bust and Echo: How to Profit from te Coming Demographic Shift | David Foot | Immigration Policy & Demography | Robert Glossop | Vanier Institute of the Family | Non-profit |
| 1996 to 1997 | Coming to Public Judgement: Making Democracy Work in a Complex World | Daniel Yankelovich | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Suzanne Peters | Canadian Policy Research Network | Non-profit |
| 1996 to 1997 | Hard Choice, No Choices: Assessing Program Review | Jacques Bourgault and Amelita Armit | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | ……………………. | Group discussion | ……….. |
| 1996 to 1997 | Nationalism Without Walls: The Unbearable Lightness of Being Canadian | Richard Gwyn | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | ……………………. | Group discussion | ……….. |
| 1996 to 1997 | readings on “Social Policy in Transition” | …………………….. | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Andrew Cardozo | Pearson-Shoyama Institute | Non-profit |
| 1996 to 1997 | Whose Brave New World | Heather Menzies | US Politics | Gordon Betcherman | Ekos Research | Private Sector |
| 1995 to 1996 | All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Over-population, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague and Poverty | P.J. O’Rourke | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | ……………………. | Group discussion | ………. |
| 1995 to 1996 | Bankrupt Education: The Decline of Liberal Education in Canada | Peter Emberley and Waller Newell | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Brain McKillop | Carleton University | Carleton University |
| 1995 to 1996 | Changing Maps: Governing in a World of Rapid Change | Steve Rosell | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | David Zussman | Environics | Private Sector |
| 1995 to 1996 | Selling Illusions: The Cult of Multiculturalism in Canada | Neil Bissoondath | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | John Berry | J.W. Berry & Associates | Private Sector |
| 1995 to 1996 | Strengthening Policy Capacity | Coordinating Committee of Deputy Ministers | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Carl Taylor | CCMD | Other |
| 1995 to 1996 | Where the Buck Stops: The Dollar, Democracy and the Bank of Canada | Michael Babad and Catherine Mulroney | Economics/Business | Mike McCracken | Informetrica | Private Sector |
| 1994 to 1995 | Blood and Belonging: Journeys into the New Nationalism | Michael Ignatieff | International Politics | Chantal Hebert | La Presse | Media |
| 1994 to 1995 | Canadian Social Trends | Statistics Canada | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Bruce Petrie | Statistics Canada | Government – federal |
| 1994 to 1995 | Governing in an Information Society | Steve Rosell | Media/Communications Technologies | Andy McDonald | Treasury Board | Government – federal |
| 1994 to 1995 | Own writings and selected articles | Arthur Kroeger | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Arthur Kroeger | Public Policy Forum | Non-profit |
| 1994 to 1995 | Thatcher, Reagan, Mulroney: In Search of a New Bureaucracy | Donald Savoie | International Politics | Gilles Paquet | University of Ottawa | University of Ottawa |
| 1994 to 1995 | The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning | Henry Mintzberg | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Brian Marson | CCMD | Other |
| 1993 to 1994 | No Colloquium | | | | | |
| 1992 to 1993 | Beyond Interdependence: The Meshing of the World’s Economy and the Earth’s Ecology | Jim McNeill, Pieter Winsemius and Taizo Yakushiji | Environment/Energy Policy | Elizabeth Campbell-Page | Royal Society | Non-profit |
| 1992 to 1993 | Canada and the United States: The Politics of Partnership | Robert Bothwell | US Politics | Ian McLean | DFAIT | Government – federal |
| 1992 to 1993 | Head to Head: The Coming Economic Battle among Japan, Europe and America | Lester Thurow | International Politics | Tim Reid | Chamber of Commerce | Government – regional/municipal |
| 1992 to 1993 | Our Story: Organizational Renewal in Federal Corrections | Jim Vantour (ed.) | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Ole Ingstrup | Corrections Canada | Government – federal |
| 1992 to 1993 | Reforming Electoral Democracy | Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Jane Jenson | Carleton University | Carleton University |
| 1992 to 1993 | Storming Babylon, Preston Manning; the Rise of the Reform Party | Sydney Sharpe and Don Braid | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | John Douglas | Winnipeg Free Press | Media |
| 1991 to 1992 | Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies do and Why They do it | James Q. Wilson | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | William Pullen | CCMD | Other |
| 1991 to 1992 | Faith and Fear: The Free Trade Story | Bruce Doern and Brian Tomlin | Economics/Business | Brian Tomlin | Carleton University | Carleton University |
| 1991 to 1992 | Indian Government: Its Meaning in Practice | Frank Cassidy and Robert Bish | Indigenous Affairs/The North and Northerners | David Hawkes | CCMD | Other |
| 1991 to 1992 | Prisoners of Men’s Dreams: Striking Out for a New Feminine Future | Suzanne Gordon | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Jocelyn Cote-O’Hara | Stentor | Private Sector |
| 1991 to 1992 | The Citizens’ Forum on Canada’s Future | Keith Spicer | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Roy MacGregor | Ottawa Citizen | Media |
| 1991 to 1992 | The Competitive Advantage of Nations | Michael Porter | Economics/Business | Louise Frechette | DFAIT | Government – federal |
| 1990 to 1991 | Human Rights in Canadian Foreign Policy | Robert Matthews and Cranford Pratt (ed.) | Canadian Foreign Affairs/Military | Maureen O’Neill | North-South Institute | Non-profit |
| 1990 to 1991 | Policy Communities and Public Policy in Canada: A Structural Approach | William Coleman and Grace Skogstad | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Ron Clark | RMOC | Government – regional/municipal |
| 1990 to 1991 | The Continental Divide: The Values and Institutions of the United States and Canada | Seymour Martin Lipset | US Politics | Gordon Ritchie | DFAIT | Government – federal |
| 1990 to 1991 | Towards a Just Society | Pierre Trudeau and Tom Axworthy | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Lloyd Axworthy | M.P. | Elected/ Appointed |
| 1990 to 1991 | Vertical Solitude: Managing in the Public Sector | David Zussman and Jak Jabes | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Bruce Rawson | Fisheries | Government – federal |
| 1990 to 1991 | Wrong End of the Rainbow: The Collapse of Free Enterprise in Canada | Eric Kierans and Walter Stewart | Economics/Business | Maude Barlow | Council of Canadians | Non-profit |
| 1989 to 1990 | Getting Ready for the 1990s | Tom Kent | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Marion Dewar | Canadian Council on Children and Youth | Non-profit |
| 1989 to 1990 | Health Care in Canada: A Description and Analysis of Canadian Health Services | Ralph Sutherland and Jane Fulton | Health Policy/Issues | Steven Corber | RMOC | Government – regional/municipal |
| 1989 to 1990 | Our Common Future by World Commission on Environment and Development | Brundtland Commission | Environment/Energy Policy | David Brooks | IDRC | Other |
| 1989 to 1990 | The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education has failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today’s Students | Allan Bloom | US Politics | Robin Farquhar | Carleton University | Carleton University |
| 1989 to 1990 | The Spoils of Power: The Politics of Patronage | Jeffrey Simpson | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Jeffrey Simpson | Globe and Mail | Media |
| 1989 to 1990 | When Freedoms Collide: The Case for our Civil Liberties: Government, Business and the Lobbyists | Alan Borovoy | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Doug Rutherford | Justice | Government – federal |
| 1988 to 1989 | Behind Closed Doors: How the Rich won Control of Canada’s Tax System and ended up Richer | Linda McQuaig | Economics/Business | Allan Maslove | Carleton University | Carleton University |
| 1988 to 1989 | Beyond the Bottom Line: Management in Government | Tim Plumptree | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Richard Paton | CCMD | Other |
| 1988 to 1989 | Final Report of the Ottawa-Carleton Regional Review | David Bartlett | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Andrew Haydon | RMOC | Government – regional/municipal |
| 1988 to 1989 | Medicare: Canada’s Right to Health | Monique Begin | Health Policy/Issues | Monique Begin | Carleton University and U of O | Carleton University |
| 1988 to 1989 | The Insiders | John Sawatsky | Economics/Business | Sean Moore | PAI | Private Sector |
| 1988 to 1989 | The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers | Paul Kennedy | International Politics | Gilles Paquet | U of O | University of Ottawa |
| 1987 to 1988 | Controlling Interest: Who owns Canada? | Diane Frances | Economics/Business | Mark Daniels | PAI | Private Sector |
| 1987 to 1988 | Implosion: An Analysis of the Growth of the Federal Public Service in Canada, 1945-1985 | Nicole Morgan | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Hugette Labelle | PSC | Other |
| 1987 to 1988 | Knocking at the Back Door: Canadian Perspectives on the Political Economy of Freer Trade with United States | Allan Maslove and Stanley Winer (ed.) | Economics/Business | Tom d’Aquino | BCNI | Non-profit |
| 1987 to 1988 | Memoirs | Rene Levesque | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Clinton Archibald | U of O | University of Ottawa |
| 1987 to 1988 | Readings on “Political Rights for Public Servants” | …………………………. | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Michael Cassidy | M.P. | Elected/ Appointed |
| 1987 to 1988 | The Governor General’s Bunny Hop & Other Reports from the Nation’s Capital | Charles Gordon | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | David Zussman | U of O | University of Ottawa |
| 1987 to 1988 | Uneasy Lies the Head: The Truth about Canada’s Crown Corporations | Walter Stewart | Economics/Business | Bruce Doern | Carleton University | Carleton University |
| 1986 to 1987 | Canadian Social Welfare Policies | Jacqueline Ismael (ed.) | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Richard Van Loon | U of O | University of Ottawa |
| 1986 to 1987 | Innovation and Entrepreneurship | Peter Drucker | Economics/Business | Dave O’Brien | RMOC | Government – regional/municipal |
| 1986 to 1987 | Strange Bedfellows: The State and the Arts in Canada | George Woodcock | Social & Cultural Policies & Trends | Brian Anthony | Canadian Conference of the Arts | Non-profit |
| 1986 to 1987 | The Nursing Father: Moses as a Political Leader | Aaron Wildavsky | International Politics | Michael Hicks | CCMD | Other |
| 1986 to 1987 | The Triumph of Politics: Why the Reagan Revolution Failed | David Stockman | US Politics | Don McGillvray | Southam News | Media |
| 1986 to 1987 | Up the Hill | Donald Johnston | Canadian Politics & Public Administration | Romeo Leblanc | Senator | Elected/ Appointed |
| 1986 to 1987 | Zero Sum Solution | Lester Thurow | Economics/Business | Gilles Paquet | U of O | University of Ottawa |
