Short Biography
Andrew Graham researches, teaches and writes on public sector management, financial management, integrated risk management and governance. He teaches at Queens University School of Policy Studies as well as a variety of international and Canadian venues. He is Series Editor of the Case Study Program of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada, Canada’s leading source of public sector case studies.
He is the author of Canada’s leading textbook on managing public money, entitled, Canadian Public Sector Financial Management, available through McGill-Queens Press. It has now been adopted by a number of Canada’s leading universities as a text and is used in governments for staff training.
He has also published Making the Case: Writing and Teaching Case Studies, also available through McGill-Queens. He also recently edited Innovations in Public Expenditure Management, a publication of the Commonwealth Secretariat and Canada’s Critical Infrastructure: When is Safe Enough Safe Enough? for the Macdonald Laurier Institute of Canada.
Mr. Graham teaches in both the graduate and professional development programs at Queens and elsewhere. He also has writes extensively, now writing a regular column on management issues, Briefly Noted for the Public Management, a periodical of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada.
Mr. Graham has taken a special interest in emerging management issues, including strategic planning, modern police governance, performance measurement and integrated risk management. He has written extensively in this area, including an e-book Implementing Risk Management, available free on his website.
From a teaching perspective, his interest in the use of case studies for both academic teaching and the retention of organizational learning has expanded.
He has been associated with the Building Democracy in Ukraine Project of Queens University. He is Project Lead for Queen’s partnership with the Government of Canada in the Canada-Brazil Technical Co-operation Project. He has developed teaching material and taught workshops at Brazil School of Public Administration (ENAP) in Brasilia.
Professor Graham has taught many professional development workshops in the areas of his expertise for the Canadian Police College, various police services across the country, the Canadian Association of Police Boards, the Canadian School of the Public Service, the Government of Ontario as well as other public agencies across the country.
An Assistant Deputy Minister for 14 years in the federal government with over 30 years of service, he has experience in line operations (Warden, Kingston Penitentiary), leading a complex regional operations, and a number of national policy and corporate leadership roles, including Senior Deputy Commission of the Correctional Service of Canada. He has extensive corporate management experience, including having served as the ADM, Corporate Services of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. He took part in an executive interchange to the Conference Board of Canada for two years.
He served as President of APEX, the professional association of public executives. He is a voting member of the Institute on Governance. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Canadian Public Administration Journal of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada.
He has a Masters of Arts degree in political economy from the University of Toronto and a B.A. from Glendon College, York University. He is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program of the Canadian Centre for Management Development. He holds a Diploma in Landscape Design and Horticulture from Guelph University. He is a graduate of the Orvis School of Fly Fishing.
He is actively involved in his community through service to various voluntary organizations. He is a member of the Board of the Frontenac Arch Biosphere Network, the Friends of Charleston Lake Park and the St. Lawrence District Medical Centre.
Andrew Graham researches, teaches and writes on public sector management, financial management, integrated risk management and governance. He teaches at Queens University School of Policy Studies as well as a variety of international and Canadian venues. He is Series Editor of the Case Study Program of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada, Canada’s leading source of public sector case studies.
He is the author of Canada’s leading textbook on managing public money, entitled, Canadian Public Sector Financial Management, available through McGill-Queens Press. It has now been adopted by a number of Canada’s leading universities as a text and is used in governments for staff training.
He has also published Making the Case: Writing and Teaching Case Studies, also available through McGill-Queens. He also recently edited Innovations in Public Expenditure Management, a publication of the Commonwealth Secretariat and Canada’s Critical Infrastructure: When is Safe Enough Safe Enough? for the Macdonald Laurier Institute of Canada.
Mr. Graham teaches in both the graduate and professional development programs at Queens and elsewhere. He also has writes extensively, now writing a regular column on management issues, Briefly Noted for the Public Management, a periodical of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada.
Mr. Graham has taken a special interest in emerging management issues, including strategic planning, modern police governance, performance measurement and integrated risk management. He has written extensively in this area, including an e-book Implementing Risk Management, available free on his website.
From a teaching perspective, his interest in the use of case studies for both academic teaching and the retention of organizational learning has expanded.
He has been associated with the Building Democracy in Ukraine Project of Queens University. He is Project Lead for Queen’s partnership with the Government of Canada in the Canada-Brazil Technical Co-operation Project. He has developed teaching material and taught workshops at Brazil School of Public Administration (ENAP) in Brasilia.
Professor Graham has taught many professional development workshops in the areas of his expertise for the Canadian Police College, various police services across the country, the Canadian Association of Police Boards, the Canadian School of the Public Service, the Government of Ontario as well as other public agencies across the country.
An Assistant Deputy Minister for 14 years in the federal government with over 30 years of service, he has experience in line operations (Warden, Kingston Penitentiary), leading a complex regional operations, and a number of national policy and corporate leadership roles, including Senior Deputy Commission of the Correctional Service of Canada. He has extensive corporate management experience, including having served as the ADM, Corporate Services of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. He took part in an executive interchange to the Conference Board of Canada for two years.
He served as President of APEX, the professional association of public executives. He is a voting member of the Institute on Governance. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Canadian Public Administration Journal of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada.
He has a Masters of Arts degree in political economy from the University of Toronto and a B.A. from Glendon College, York University. He is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program of the Canadian Centre for Management Development. He holds a Diploma in Landscape Design and Horticulture from Guelph University. He is a graduate of the Orvis School of Fly Fishing.
He is actively involved in his community through service to various voluntary organizations. He is a member of the Board of the Frontenac Arch Biosphere Network, the Friends of Charleston Lake Park and the St. Lawrence District Medical Centre.