Media Releases

Provincial election experts

September 12, 2011

The fol­low­ing is a list of Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to experts who can com­ment on a vari­ety of issues relat­ing to the upcom­ing provin­cial elec­tion.

Cana­di­an provin­cial and ter­ri­to­r­i­al pol­i­tics
Gra­ham White
Pro­fes­sor and Inter­im Chair
Depart­ment of Polit­i­cal Sci­ence, UTM
Depart­ment of Polit­i­cal Sci­ence, St. George
Office: 905–828-5229
Office: 416–978-6021
gwhite@chass.utoronto.ca

Cana­di­an high­er edu­ca­tion pol­i­cy (fed­er­al and provin­cial)
Glen A. Jones
Pro­fes­sor, Ontario Research Chair on Post­sec­ondary Edu­ca­tion Pol­i­cy and Mea­sure­ment
Depart­ment of The­o­ry & Pol­i­cy Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion, OISE
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
St. George
Office: 416–978-8292
gjones@oise.utoronto.ca
*NOTE: Email is best way to con­tact.

Cana­di­an pol­i­tics
Akaash Maharaj
Senior Res­i­dent
Massey Col­lege: Pub­lic Affairs and Inter­na­tion­al Rela­tions
St. George
Office: 613–248-3433, ext. 135
Cell: 416–995-3275
Akaash@maharaj.org

Cana­di­an pol­i­tics
Grace Skogstad
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Polit­i­cal Sci­ence
Depart­ment of Polit­i­cal Sci­ence, UTSC
School of Pub­lic Pol­i­cy and Gov­er­nance
St. George
Office: 416–978-0345
Skogstad@chass.utoronto.ca
*NOTE: Email is best way to con­tact.

Elec­toral behav­iour
Civic par­tic­i­pa­tion
Pub­lic opin­ion
Effects of inequal­i­ty on social and polit­i­cal atti­tudes
Quan­ti­ta­tive meth­ods
Bob Ander­sen
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Polit­i­cal Sci­ence
Depart­ment of Soci­ol­o­gy
St. George
Office: 416–978-8262
Cell: 519–697-8782
Home: 519–433-2830
bob.andersen@utoronto.ca
http://individual.utoronto.ca/andersen
*NOTE: Cell phone is best way to con­tact.

Polit­i­cal adver­tis­ing
David Sober­man
Pro­fes­sor
Cana­di­an Nation­al Chair in Strate­gic Mar­ket­ing
Rot­man School of Mar­ket­ing
Office: 416–978-5445
Cell: 416–420-4876
david.soberman@rotman.utoronto.ca

Nar­ra­tive and elec­toral strat­e­gy and mes­sage
San­ford Borins
Pro­fes­sor
Strate­gic Man­age­ment
Home: 416–386-0440
borins@rotman.utoronto.ca
borins@utsc.utoronto.ca
http://www.sanfordborins.com

Polit­i­cal adver­tis­ing and brand­ing
David Dunne
Adjunct Pro­fes­sor of Mar­ket­ing
Rot­man School of Man­age­ment
Office: 416–978-8643
Cell: 416–666-0687
dunne@rotman.utoronto.ca
*NOTE: Cell phone is best way to con­tact.

Cana­di­an health pol­i­cy
Raisa Deber
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Health Pol­i­cy, Man­age­ment and Eval­u­a­tion
Depart­ment of Polit­i­cal Sci­ence
St. George
raisa.deber@utoronto.ca

Cana­di­an gov­ern­ment
Pub­lic pol­i­cy
Rod­ney Had­dow
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Polit­i­cal Sci­ence
St. George
Office: 416–978-8710
Cell: 647–887-1572
r.haddow@utoronto.ca

Com­par­a­tive con­sti­tu­tion­al law
Judi­cial pol­i­tics
His­to­ry of polit­i­cal thought
Ryan Hurl
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Polit­i­cal Sci­ence
St. George
Office: 416–287-4811
Cell: 647–343-1055
rhurl@utsc.utoronto.ca
*NOTE: Cell phone is best way to con­tact.

Cana­di­an and com­par­a­tive polit­i­cal behav­iour
Polit­i­cal par­ties and elec­tions
Lawrence LeDuc
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Polit­i­cal Sci­ence
St. George
Office: 416–926-1300 ext. 3232
Home: 647–340-8453
leduc@chass.utoronto.ca

Canada‑U.S. rela­tions
Finan­cial reg­u­la­tion and super­vi­sion
Louis Pauly
Pro­fes­sor
Direc­tor, Research Pro­grams, Munk School of Glob­al Affairs
Cana­da Research Chair in Gov­er­nance and Glob­al­iza­tion
Depart­ment of Polit­i­cal Sci­ence
St. George
Office: 416–946-8930
Louis.pauly@utoronto.ca
*NOTE: Email is best way to con­tact.

Faith and par­ty pol­i­tics
LGBT/sexual diver­si­ty pol­i­tics
Con­ser­vatism and Cana­di­an par­ty pol­i­tics
David Ray­side
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Polit­i­cal Sci­ence
St. George
Office: 416–978-8087
david.rayside@utoronto.ca

Cana­di­an gov­ern­ment
Devel­op­ment stud­ies
Inter­gov­ern­men­tal rela­tions
Fed­er­al­ism
Richard Sime­on
Pro­fes­sor Emer­i­tus
Depart­ment of Polit­i­cal Sci­ence
St. George
Richard.simeon@utoronto.ca

Cana­di­an gov­ern­ment
Com­par­a­tive pol­i­tics
Pub­lic pol­i­cy
Phil Tri­adafilopou­los
Depart­ment of Polit­i­cal Sci­ence
UTSC
416–208-4813
t.triadafilopoulos@utoronto.ca

Cana­di­an gov­ern­ment
Pub­lic pol­i­cy
Social and fam­i­ly pol­i­cy
Ear­ly child­hood edu­ca­tion and care
Gen­der and pub­lic pol­i­cy
Lin­da White
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
Vice-Prin­ci­pal, Woodsworth Col­lege
Depart­ment of Polit­i­cal Sci­ence
School of Pub­lic Pol­i­cy and Gov­er­nance
St. George
Office: 416–978-5784
Office: 416–978-2857
lwhite@chass.utoronto.ca

Ontario eco­nom­ic devel­op­ment pol­i­cy
Ontario research and inno­va­tion pol­i­cy
Region­al and local inno­va­tion
Civic gov­er­nance with spe­cial ref­er­ence to Cana­da and Ontario
David Wolfe
Pro­fes­sor
Roy­al Bank Chair in Pub­lic and Eco­nom­ic Pol­i­cy
UTM
905–828-5252
david.wolfe@utoronto.ca


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