As Ontario voters get ready to make a big decision June 2, Carleton experts are available to discuss the election campaign and related issues.
Please feel free to contact experts directly to arrange an interview.
Joseph Bennett
Professor, Institute of Environmental Science and Department of Biology at Carleton University
Email: joseph.bennett@carleton.ca
Bennett is available to speak about biodiversity conservation and the impact of provincial policies. His research areas include conservation prioritization, threatened species, invasion ecology, environmental policy and spatial statistics. He has a particular interest in practical questions regarding invasive species control and management to protect threatened species. He regularly undertakes ecological and social research to help improve Canadian environmental policy.
For more information on Bennett visit: https://carleton.ca/biology/people/joseph-bennett/.
Scott Edward Bennett
Professor, Department of Political Science at Carleton University
Email: scott.bennett@carleton.ca
Bennett’s interests are in public affairs and public policy, including public opinion and survey research, quantitative research methods, design of public policy and institutions. He has also pursued research on the governance of communities in the context of scientific, social and technological change.
Bennett is available to discuss issues of misinformation in the provincial election.
For more on Bennett visit: https://carleton.ca/polisci/people/bennett-scott/.
Manjeet Birk
Professor, Women’s and Gender Studies, The Pauline Jewett Institute at Carleton University
Email: ManjeetBirk@cunet.carleton.ca
Birk is an interdisciplinary scholar whose work centres the lived experience of racialized and Indigenous girls and women in Canada. Her research focuses on women’s organizing, social justice and institutional racism. Her interests are grounded in her community activism working with women’s organizations locally, nationally and internationally.
Birk is available to discuss issues related to racism, especially structural and institutional. She can also discuss the intersection of racism and sexism.
For more on Birk visit: https://carleton.ca/womensstudies/people/manjeet-birk/.
Susan Braedley
Professor, School of Social Work at Carleton University
Email: susan.braedley@carleton.ca
Braedley is a long-term residential care researcher and is available to speak to journalists about social, gender and political issues. She is involved in Re-Imagining Long-Term Residential Care: An International Study of Promising Practices. This is an international collaborative research project to identify promising practices in long-term residential care.
Braedley’s research interests include the political economy of health care and social services work, race, class and gender in everyday care work, gender and social policy, disability and aging.
For more information on Braedley visit: https://carleton.ca/socialwork/people/susan-braedley/.
David Coletto
Professor, Political Management at Carleton University
Email: David.Coletto@Carleton.ca
Coletto leads Abacus Data’s team of research consultants and strategists, delivering strategic advice and research design expertise to some of Canada’s leading corporations, advocacy groups and political leaders.
He is available to discuss election issues related to public opinion and attitudes, changing consumer behaviour.
For more information on Coletto visit: https://carleton.ca/politicalmanagement/people/david-coletto/.
Vivek Dehejia
Professor, Department of Economics at Carleton University
Email: vivek.dehejia@carleton.ca
Dehejia was invited to discuss inflation in front of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance.
Dehejia’s fields of research include international trade, international economic development and international macroeconomics.
For more information on Dehejia visit: https://carleton.ca/economics/people/dehejia-vivek-h/.
Philippe Lagassé
Professor, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University
Email: Philippe.Lagasse@carleton.ca
Lagassé is available to discuss related constitutional issues, questions of government formation, coalitions, unusual election etc.
Lagassé is the Barton Chair at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. His research focuses on defence policy and military procurement, as well as civil-military relations, and the role of institutions in international policy-making in the Westminster tradition. Lagassé is currently a member of the Independent Review Panel for Defence Acquisition in the Department of National Defence.
For more information on Lagassé visit: https://carleton.ca/npsia/people/philippe-lagasse/.
Ian Lee
Professor, Sprott School of Business at Carleton University
Email: Ian.Lee@carleton.ca
Lee has appeared multiple times before the House of Commons Finance and Senate Banking committees. He has been in every Government of Canada budget lockup since 2008. He attended pre-budget consultations with the Minister of Finance in 2009 and 2011.
Lee is available to discuss election issues related to inflation, affordability, and housing.
For more on Lee visit: https://sprott.carleton.ca/profile/ian-lee/.
Jonathan Malloy
Professor, Department of Political Science at Carleton University
Email: jonathan.malloy@carleton.ca
Malloy’s key areas of research include Canadian politics. He is available to discuss parties, leaders, campaigns related to the provincial election.
For more information on Malloy visit: https://carleton.ca/polisci/people/malloy-jonathan/.
James Meadowcroft
Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University
Email: James.Meadowcroft@carleton.ca
Meadowcroft is available to discuss impact of the current provincial government has had on ongoing climate change and the policies of the other parties in the election.
Meadowcroft’s recent work focuses on energy and the transition to a low carbon society and includes publications on carbon capture and storage (CCS), smart grids, the development of Ontario’s electricity system, the politics of socio-technical transitions and negative carbon emissions
For more information on Meadowcroft visit: https://carleton.ca/sppa/james-meadowcroft/.
Jon Pammett
Professor, Department of Political Science at Carleton University
Email: Jon.Pammett@carleton.ca
Pammett is one of Canada’s premier specialists on survey research. His books have included Political Choice in Canada, Dynasties and Interludes, and four editions of Absent Mandate. Pammett’s research on the nature of democratic participation includes a number of reports and articles for Elections Canada, including Explaining the Turnout Decline in Canadian Federal Elections: A New Survey of Non-Voters and Confronting the Problem of Declining Voter Turnout Among Youth.
Pammett can speak to the election in general, including subjects relating to strategic voting and party campaign strategy.
For more information on Pammett visit: https://carleton.ca/polisci/people/pammett-jon/.
Steve Pomeroy
Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University
Email: steve@focus-consult.com
Pomeroy is a housing policy research consultant and is widely recognized as one of the leading housing policy experts in Canada. He has been an adviser to a number of national associations, municipalities, provinces and territories. He is available to discuss elements related to the National Housing Strategy and initiatives to address housing affordability
In 1994, Pomeroy established Focus Consulting Inc. and since then has completed more than 130 reports and studies and strategies covering issues of socio-economic analysis, homelessness, housing policy and financing. His work also includes a number of comparative studies examining housing systems across a range of countries, compared to Canada.
For more information on Pomeroy visit: https://carleton.ca/sppa/people/pomeroy-steve/.
Cameron Roberts
Instructor, School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University
Email: cameronroberts3@cunet.carleton.ca
Roberts is an expert on sustainable transportation and has written on a variety of related topics including, the importance of public transit, the need to electrify public transit, and the potential impact of carbon pricing.
Christopher Waddell
Professor, School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University
Email: Chris.Waddell@carleton.ca
Waddell is available to discuss a wide variety of election topics, including campaign coverage, media issues, debates and polling.
Waddell is an expert in political journalism. He was the CBC’s parliamentary bureau chief in Ottawa from 1993 to 2001. During his time at CBC, he was responsible for all national news specials, federal and provincial elections and election night coverage.
For more information on Waddell visit: https://carleton.ca/sjc/profile/waddell-christopher/.
Conrad Winn
Professor, Department of Political Science at Carleton University
Email: Conrad.Winn@carleton.ca
Winn has expertise in political communication, public opinion and political culture. His books include Political Parties in Canada, Broadcasting Policy, and House of Commons Reform. As a public opinion researcher, Winn has provided strategic counsel to Canadian media chains, individual newspapers, federal departments and provincial governments, as well as government agencies in the United States and United Kingdom.
Winn is available to discuss polling, misinformation, inflation, affordability, income inequality and election in general.
For more information on Winn visit: https://carleton.ca/polisci/people/winn-conrad/.
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Wednesday, May 25, 2022 in Experts Available
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