The Secretariat Learning Team
The Secretariat Learning Team includes the following. Click a team member's name to send him an e-mail.
Dr. Jonathan Rose is Associate Professor of Political Science at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. He is on leave from his position at Queen’s while he serves as Academic Director for the Citizens’ Assembly. Jonathan did his undergraduate education at the University of Toronto, and has an M.A. and Ph.D. from Queen’s. He has researched and taught primarily in the area of Canadian politics and political communication, and has written on subjects, such as broadcasting and federalism, political advertising, and the mass media in Canada. He is the author of the first book-length treatment of government advertising, Making "Pictures in Our Heads": Government Advertising in Canada, and has co-edited a book on Canadian federalism. His diverse teaching experience has helped him understand how to connect with a wide range of students. He has taught graduate courses on public administration to civil servants in the Yukon, Canadian politics to American students in New York, and a course on the mass media and politics to international students in the United Kingdom. In 2001, Jonathan was selected as the visiting professor in Canadian studies at Kwansei Gakuin University in Nishinomiya, Japan.
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Mark Lyons is a Policy Analyst/Researcher with the Citizens' Assembly Secretariat and will serve as a facilitator during the Assembly's small group meetings. Mark received his Bachelor of Arts from Mount Allison University, in 2004, where he completed an Honours degree in Political Science with Minors in French and History. Following a year in France where he taught English to middle school students, Mark pursued a Master's in Political Studies at Queen's University. Mark defines his research interests broadly as Canadian and comparative politics.
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Michael MacKenzie is a Policy Analyst/Researcher with the Citizens' Assembly Secretariat. He will also serve as a facilitator for the Assembly's small group meetings. Michael received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Winnipeg in 2004, where he studied Politics and graduated with honours. Later that year, he received a Master’s Scholarship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and went on to study Political Science and Social Statistics at McGill University in Montreal. His research interests include public opinion, civic knowledge and learning, media content and Aboriginal electoral behaviour.
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