Bobby Cameron

Meet Bobby Cameron, adjunct faculty member with Â鶹´«Ã½'s Applied Communication, Leadership, and Culture program
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Bobby Cameron brings a wealth of experience to the ACLC program. He has worked in agriculture and fisheries, land, health, immigration, veteran's affairs, research centres, retail, and tourism, and he has lived and worked in Saudi Arabia, Kenya and Malta in the not-for-profit, private, and public sectors.

Since graduating from Â鶹´«Ã½ in 2009 (double major in History and Political Studies), Bobby has excelled in the interrelated worlds of governance, volunteerism, and academic study. He has a master's degree in Public Policy and Administration (Ryerson University, 2010) and a PhD in a Policy Studies (Ryerson University, 2019). He is also a Credentialed Evaluator through the Canadian Evaluation Society.

His research, which has been widely published and presented, explores public sector policy capacity, policy theory and practice, and the sociopolitical context of policymaking. While his academic profile has been growing, he has quickly moved up through the ranks of the civil service. He has a wealth of varied experience in the federal and provincial public sectors. Among others, he has held positions at the Department of Veterans' Affairs, the PEI Association for Newcomers, Health PEI, the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries and Land and now the federal government where he currently works in evaluation.

bobby cameron in his office

As a volunteer, Bobby has supported a range of social mandates and organizations including the World University Service Canada's Student Refugee Program, the Atlantic Council for International Cooperation, Marsa Open Centre for migrants and asylum seekers (Malta), Farmers Helping Farmers (Kenya) and the Humanitarian Clique. He has received awards for his community work, including the Premier of PEI's Diversity Leadership Award, the Red Cross Young Humanitarian Award, the Dan MacIntyre Human Rights Award and Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s Inspiring Young Alumni Award.

Bobby Cameron is a dedicated advocate for a liberal arts undergraduate education as an excellent starting point for a broad range of careers. Drawing upon his own academic experience as well has his subsequent work as a civil servant, Bobby provides students in the ACLC program with valuable insights concerning the world of NGO and public sector employment and how to make the most of an undergraduate degree at Â鶹´«Ã½.

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