Media Releases

2014 Federal Budget

February 10, 2014

The fol­low­ing is a list of Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to experts who can com­ment on a vari­ety of issues relat­ed to the 2014 fed­er­al bud­get.

Account­abil­i­ty and per­for­mance indi­ca­tors
Com­par­a­tive analy­sis
Eco­nom­ics of edu­ca­tion
Edu­ca­tion­al man­age­ment and finance
Fund­ing for­mu­las
Dan Lang
Pro­fes­sor
St. George Cam­pus
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
Depart­ment of Geog­ra­phy
Depart­ment of Man­age­ment (UTSC)
Depart­ment of The­o­ry and Pol­i­cy Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
Office: 416–978-1246
Mobile: 416–230-2684
dan.lang@utoronto.ca

Cana­di­an labour his­to­ry and rela­tions
North Amer­i­can envi­ron­men­tal his­to­ry
Lau­rel Mac­Dow­ell
Pro­fes­sor
St. George Cam­pus
Depart­ment of His­tor­i­cal Stud­ies, UTM
Depart­ment of His­to­ry
Office: 416–978-1941
Office: 905–828-5243
Home: 416–487-5681
laurel.macdowell@utoronto.ca

Busi­ness and envi­ron­men­tal pol­i­tics
Cana­di­an cli­mate change pol­i­cy and pol­i­tics
Cana­di­an envi­ron­men­tal pol­i­cy and pol­i­tics 
Dou­glas Mac­don­ald
Senior Lec­tur­er
St.George Cam­pus
Cen­tre for Envi­ron­ment
Office: 416–978-1558
Home: 416–686-0773
douglas.macdonald@utoronto.ca

Cana­di­an Gov­ern­ment and Pol­i­tics
Polit­i­cal par­ties and lead­ers
Provin­cial pol­i­tics
Vot­ing, elec­tions, and pub­lic opin­ion 
Nel­son Wise­man
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Fac­ul­ty of Arts and Sci­ence
Depart­ment of Polit­i­cal Sci­ence
Office: 416–978-3336
Home: 416–922-5595
nelson@chass.utoronto.ca

Child care
Fem­i­nist phi­los­o­phy
Moth­er­ing 
Amy Mullin
Pro­fess­sor, UTM Vice Prin­ci­pal Aca­d­e­m­ic and Dean
U of T Mis­sis­sauga Cam­pus
Depart­ment of Phi­los­o­phy (UTM)
Office: 905–828-3719
amy.mullin@utoronto.ca

Employ­ment (espe­cial­ly of immi­grants)
Immi­gra­tion
Immi­gra­tion pol­i­cy, equi­ty and mul­ti­cul­tur­al­ism pol­i­cy
Man­age­ment of diver­si­ty issues
Race and eth­nic rela­tions, human rights
Work­place issues 
Jef­frey Reitz
Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Munk School of Glob­al Affairs
Depart­ment of Pub­lic Pol­i­cy & Gov­er­nance
Depart­ment of Soci­ol­o­gy
Cen­tre for Indus­tri­al Rela­tions and Human Resources
jeffrey.reitz@utoronto.ca
Note: On research leave in Paris, avail­able at: +33 06 23 83 59 08

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Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to media rela­tions:
Tel: 416–978-0100
media.relations@utoronto.ca