Public Policy Foundations

This course (INF2181H – Public Policy Foundations) introduces students to the mechanisms, actors, ethics, and philosophies of public policy making across the three primary jurisdictions in Canada. The course surveys the legal, regulatory, and statutory frameworks that mediate and give force to public policy development and administration spanning the public and private sectors, with particular emphasis on how the management and control of information is instrumentalized to achieve policy objectives, and how gaps in informational processes can problematize intended outcomes. This course also prepares students for ongoing and advanced studies in the CIPS concentration inclusive of the Indigenous Data Governance, Speculative Policy Design, and Policy Studio courses.

This course can be used to fulfil the “Professional Values” Requirement.

Pre-requisite: INF1001H or permission of instructor.

Note: Title and Description are effective September 1st, 2025. Previously “Information Policy, Regulation and Law”

• Syllabus Winter 2017
• Syllabus Winter 2018