Getting Published in Canadian Government Executive Magazine:

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Article Submissions:

Our mission is to contribute to excellence in public service in federal, provincial/territorial, and municipal governments across Canada. Canadian Government Executive Magazine is now in it’s fourteenth year. We have 18,000 subscribers and usually a further 2,000 to 5,000 copies are distributed at conferences or sold at newsstands.

Published ten times a year (monthly, except for July and August), we provide authors direct access to the country’s largest qualified circulation of public service decision-makers, leading practitioners an thought leaders.

Submissions are welcomed. They should be contribute to either theory or practice – or both. We promote learning through opinion pieces, success stories/practitioner’s experiences, conceptual models, discussion of management tool/practices/services/products and providing networking connections.

We publish an editorial calendar that covers the next year. Generally, half of the magazine is devoted to the theme topic for that issue, the other half to a variety of topics. Proposals should be submitted as far in advance as possible, but no later than two months before the publication date. Copy is due five weeks before publication date.

Proposal can be in the form of a completed article, or a short description of the proposed article.

Please send to editor@networkedgovernment.ca

Style Guide:

Articles are edited in-house, embracing the voice of the individual author while conforming to Canadian Press guidelines and the style of the magazine. We do not use footnotes; sources should be acknowledged in the text. We can provide assistance to practitioners with a story to tell who are not experienced in writing for a magazine.

Articles range from 600 to 1,500 words. We prefer an “accessible” writing style to an academic style, recognizing our readers are executives. Illustrations and author photos are requested. The author’s email and website are included, if they are willing.

Text should be in MS Word. Illustrations and photos should be 300 dpi or better, in jpeg, tif, adobe or eps format.

We retain the right to reprint articles and/or post them to our website. Authors maintain copyright to their articles.

Letters to the Editor:

Letters are welcome, please write to editor@networkedgovernment.ca

Editorial Calendar:

March 2008: Leadership Perspectives
Leading thinkers and practitioners on public service:

Features include:
• B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell on the leadership that Ministers should provide the public service, and what Ministers are looking for from public service executives
• B.C. Secretary to Cabinet and head of the public service, Jessica MacDonald, on promoting innovation in public service
• Ken Blanchard, management guru, on leadership in public service
• Kevin Lynch, head of the federal public service, on renewal
• Commonwealth heads of reform report

Executive development: John Eckmire on achieving a balance among in-house, private trainers, coaches, schools of business administration, and schools of public administration. David Zussman on schools of public administration.

Content closed, advertising space available until February 14.

April 2008: Canada in the World
Our annual look at Canada’s international contribution through defence, diplomacy, development, and public service.

Feature articles include:
• General Romeo Dallaire (retired)
• IPAC’s building democracy project
• The Institute for Citizen-Centred Service’s expansion into the international market, by Art Stevenson
• The Ontario Public Service’s Uganda Partnership, and the MOU with Chile on mining
• McKinsey Consulting, on the emerging role of public service around the world
• DND and RCMP international efforts
• The British High Commissioner to Canada’s observations on Canada’s international role.


Special ICT feature on interoperability – how ICT can contribute to networking and cooperation between agencies, governments, and nations.


May 2008: Team Building and Networking
Networked government. Where is Government 2.0 taking us, and what will Government 3.0 be like? Working in networks and teams has become essential. How do we build those skills while still hampered by the traditional silo organization of government?

Features include:
• Emergency management
• British Columbia’s new aboriginal policy
• Lifecycle planning

Information challenges for public sector organizations.

Executive vacations – how to get refreshed without coming back to an overflowing in-box, focusing on “wellness” destinations and short breaks.

June 2008: Grants and Contributions
What are the roles and responsibilities of granting agencies? How do they support innovation, international development, government priorities? How are they held accountable, and how do we measure their impact?

Feature articles:
• Shelley Jamieson, head of the Ontario Public Service
• Government 2.0
• Productivity measurement in government

September 2008: The Environment
Looking at a policy level, where is Canada going on sustainability, the environment, global warming, pollution, and depletion of everything from fish stocks to fossil fuels. And at a practical level, what have individual agencies done to “go green.”

Feature articles:
• The Public Service Commission celebrates its 100th birthday (Robert Desperrier)
• Celebration and Sorrow, officers killed in the line of duty

October 2008: Technology in Government
Our annual GTEC edition, describing the latest in information technology and its contribution to good management.


November 2008: First Nations, New Nations
A comprehensive look at programs for and governance in First Nations and Aboriginal communities – what works, what doesn’t.
A look at the effect of changing immigration patterns, the impact of immigration on government workforces and social policy.


December 2008: Good Public Service: international networking
Canadian governments at all levels are building networks for support, learning, and sharing of smart practices. Focusing on the Commonwealth, and the biennial conference of the Commonwealth Association of Public Administration, we look at pubic service innovations from Canada and around the world.