We are currently accepting submissions for Vol. 3 Issue 1 of the Public Policy and Governance Review.

All submissions for the Public Policy and Governance Review should be sent to submissions@ppgreview.ca.

For the PPGR BLOG - PPGR editors always welcome blog article submissions. For selection criteria, submission guidelines and length of submissions, please see below.

For the PPGR bi-annual policy journal - PPGR editors invite the following types of submissions for its bi-annual journal publication:

• Academic articles
• Reports from the field (conferences and policy events)
• Reviews of books, documentaries, or films with policy implications
• Policy recommendations, opinions, and arguments

Selection Criteria

• Quality, style, and clarity of arguments
• Relevance of academic articles to current policy issues
• Relevance of blog post articles to current policy issues
• Originality and critical value of research and ideas presented
• Contribution of submission to scholarship and policy-making

Submission Guidelines

• Submissions should include a cover letter with the author’s name, address, email address, daytime phone number, and a brief biography.
• All submissions must be unpublished
• Emailed as a .doc, .docx, .odt, or .rtf
• Citations should be in-text and formatted in the author-date system, according to the guidelines in The Chicago Manual of Style
• All figures, tables and charts must be submitted as entirely separate files
• All submissions are subject to editing and revision by the PPGR Editorial Board and will be published using a Creative Commons license.

Length of Submissions

• Blog post submissions should be between 500 and 700 words in length
• Research articles and policy history essays should be between 3,000 and 7,000 words, and include a 100 word abstract
• Reports from the field should be between 1,000 and 3,000 words, and include a 100 word description of the report
• Reviews should between 500-1000 words
• Policy recommendations, opinions, and arguments should be between 1,500 and 2,500 words