Academic Conference

Decay in Democracy

The Academic Conference is hosted by the International, Political & Policy Studies Student Association. Every year we invite guest speakers from various fields of expertise to share about topics relevant to the conference's theme. We aim to provide networking opportunities with industry professionals for our attendees.

Our Pillars

This year's conference is built on:

Accessibility
Bilingualism
Non-partisanship
Knowledge dissemination
Relationship building

We aim for our conference to be accessible for all students who are interested. We hope that promoting the use of both official languages encourages anglo and franco students to participating in the day's events. IPPSSA is a non-partisan organization, we represent all students, no matter their political affiliation. We believe that students from across the political spectrum will benefit from this conference, and will connect them to industry professionals in their fields of interest.

Our Pillars

The Academic Conference hosts a panel of professionals, and a Policy Competition in association with y.Politika. The authors of the top 5 essays submitted to y.Politika present their papers to a panel of Judges, and the winner is declared at the end of the Conference.

March 8-9, in-person, 120 University Private, uOttawa: This year's conference will be hosted entirly in person in the Faculty of Social Science building.
The Academic Conference is open to anyone in the National Capital Region between March 8-9th.