Academic Consultants

Ailsa Henderson is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto where she teaches courses on Canadian and comparative politics. She has published on electoral reform, institutional design, national identity and political behaviour in Canadian, British and American journals. She is the author of Hierarchies of Belonging: National Identity and Political Culture in Scotland and Quebec and co-editor of
Scotland-Quebec: An Evolving Comparison. She has recently completed a manuscript on political culture in Nunavut.

Larry Johnston studied political science at Algoma University College before completing an M.A. and Ph.D. in political philosophy at the University of Toronto. He has taught Canadian politics, comparative politics, and a number of public policy courses at campuses of the University of Toronto, McMaster University, and Ryerson Polytechnic University. He is the author of Ideologies: an Analytic and Conceptual Approach, and Politics: an Introduction to the Modern Democratic State. As a Research Officer at the Legislative Library of the Legislative Assembly, his current research focuses on the parliament, politics, and public policy of Ontario. He was seconded from this position to write educational materials under the direction of the Citizens’ Assembly Secretariat.

Heather MacIvor teaches Canadian politics and political theory at the University of Windsor. She is a graduate of the University of King’s College, Queen’s University, and the London School of Economics. She is the author of Women and Politics in Canada, Parameters of Power: Canada’s Political Institutions (3rd and 4th editions), and Canadian Politics and Government in the Charter Era. She has also published articles and book chapters about party leadership selection, election law, and electoral systems. Her work on electoral systems has been cited by the Supreme Court of Canada. Her current research focuses on the Charter’s impact on federal election laws.