Academic Reference Group
The Citizens’ Assembly Secretariat established an Academic Reference Group to provide advice on programming during the Learning Phase and act as a resource to Assembly members. The group is made up of political scientists from universities across Ontario, with a wide range of expertise in electoral systems. A list of group members is provided below.
The Reference Group is providing feedback on learning topics, pace of instruction, special projects, and other learning issues. The Academic Director may consult with individual members of the group from time to time.
The Reference Group will also help support Assembly members who wish to undertake research on specific aspects of electoral systems. The group’s academics will guide members to the literature or research within their area of expertise. They will also be available to answer questions from Assembly members or the general public.
Members:
Dr. Bill Cross is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Carleton University in Ottawa. His primary research interests include: Canadian and comparative political parties, and elections.
bcross@connect.carleton.ca
Dr. David Docherty is Dean of Arts at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo. His primary research interests include: Canadian and provincial politics, Canadian Parliament and political parties, comparative legislative behaviour, and provincial politics.
ddocherty@wlu.ca
Dr. Rand Dyck is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science at Laurentian University in Sudbury and a Visiting Scholar in the department of Political Science at Carleton University in Ottawa. His primary research interests include: Canadian federal and provincial politics.
rdyck@laurentian.ca
Dr. Larry LeDuc is Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. His primary research interests include: Canadian and comparative political behaviour; political parties and elections; and research methods and design.
leduc@chass.utoronto.ca
Dr. Heather MacIvor is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Windsor. Her primary research interests include: the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, electoral systems and other Canadian political institutions, women in politics, and political parties and the history of political thought.
mcivhea@uwindsor.ca
Dr. Scott Matthews is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University in Kingston. His primary research interests include: public opinion dynamics; the determinants of voter turnout; and political learning during election campaigns.
jsm3@post.queensu.ca
Dr. Jon Pammett is Professor in the Department of Political Science and Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa. His primary research interests include: survey research, especially as it relates to elections; and the nature of democratic participation.
Jon_Pammett@carleton.ca
Dr. Laura Stephenson is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario in London. Her primary research interests include: Canadian ideology, Canadian political behaviour, strategic voting, political psychology, comparative political economy, and social policy and capitalism.
lstephe8@uwo.ca
Dr. Brian Tanguay is Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science and Coordinator of Canadian Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo. His primary research interests include: electoral reform in liberal democracies, and the division of labour between political parties and organized interests.
btanguay@wlu.ca
Dr. Hugh Thorburn is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University in Kingston. His primary research interests include: political parties, interest groups, and Canadian and European politics.
thorburn@post.queensu.ca
Dr. Graham White is Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. His primary research interests include: the structures and processes of Canadian government (particularly at the provincial and territorial level).
gwhite@chass.utoronto.ca
Dr. Linda White is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. Her primary research interests include: Canadian and comparative public policy, and gender and public policy.
lwhite@chass.utoronto.ca
Dr. Bob Williams is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo. His primary research interests include: Ontario provincial politics, Canadian municipal government and politics, Australian government and politics, and public policy for the arts and culture.
rwilliam@uwaterloo.ca