海角社区 Expert Alert: Federal election
With the federal election called for October 14, we suggest the following sources for your reports on the upcoming campaign:
General/Health care
Antonia Maioni
Director, 海角社区 Institute for the Study of Canada
Expertise: Health-care reform, Quebec/national identity debate, the
political process and elections, political parties and candidates.
514-398-4815
antonia.maioni [at] mcgill.ca
English and French media
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Comparing U.S. and Canada/ The culture of election campaigns
Gil Troy
Professor, Department of History
Expertise: Comparing and contrasting Canadian and American
elections. Image-making that surrounds political leaders.
gtroy [at] bipartisanpolicy.org
English media, French print media
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Economic policy in Canada
Christopher Ragan
Associate Professor, Department of Economics
Expertise: Economic policy, inflation, former special advisor Bank
of Canada
Tel: 514-398-8958
christopher.ragan [at] mcgill.ca
English media, French print media
Thomas Velk
Associate Professor, Department of Economics
Expertise: Money and banking, monetary theory, and public
policy
Tel: 514-398-4832
thomas.velk [at] mcgill.ca
English media, French print media
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The Quebec factor/Bloc Quebecois
Eric B茅langer
Department of Political Science
Expertise: The role of the Bloc, Quebec and Canadian politics,
Quebec nation debate.
Tel. 514-398-3706
eric.belanger3 [at] mcgill.ca
English and French media
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Quebec/nation debate: History
William Tetley
Professor, Faculty of Law
Expertise: Quebec political identity debate, Quebec cabinet
minister under Robert Bourassa during the October Crisis.
Tel. 514-398-6619
william.tetley [at] mcgill.ca
English and French media
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Parliamentary issues
Richard Schultz
Chair, Department of Political Science
Expertise: Parliamentary rules, constitutional details, and
government regulation.
Tel: 514-398-4948
richard.schultz [at] mcgill.ca
English media, French print media
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Media, polling and politics
Stuart Soroka
Professor, Department of Political Science, Director, Canadian
Opinion Research Archive
Expertise: Public opinion and policy; social welfare policy;
immigration and diversity; agenda-setting and issue definition;
mass media and political communications.
514-398-4865
stuart.soroka [at] mcgill.ca
English media, French print media
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Inequality in health care and First Nations
Wendy Thomson
Director, School of Social Work
Expertise: Health care inequality, outcomes; aboriginal
issues.
514- 398-7068
wendy.thomson [at] mcgill.ca
English media, French print media
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First peoples
Ronald Niezen
Professor, Department of Anthropology
Expertise: Canada鈥檚 relations with its indigenous peoples.
Tel: 514-398-4298
ronald.niezen [at] mcgill.ca
English media, French print media
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Canadian Military
Desmond Morton
Hiram Mills Emeritus Professor
Expertise: Military historian and author of more than 40 books on
politics, industrial relations and military history.
desmond.morton [at] mcgill.ca
English and French media
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Globalization
Karl Moore
Professor, Desautels Faculty of Management
Expertise: Canada鈥檚 role in globalization.
Tel: 514-398-4138
karl.moore [at] mcgill.ca
English media, French print media