The Ontario Budget is set to be released on March 26. Western University experts are available to media on a variety of topics including housing, health care spending, climate and energy spending, and budget development.
Lauren E. Cipriano
Associate Professor, Ivey School of Business; Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Areas of expertise: Health policy evaluation, health economics, health care cost effectiveness analysis, pharmacare plan; Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Analytics, Management, and Policy.
Mike Moffatt
Assistant Professor, Ivey School of Business
Areas of expertise: Interest rates, housing markets and affordable housing, political risk, innovation policy.
Mahmood Nanji
Lawrence Centre Policy Fellow, Ivey School of Business
Areas of expertise: Budgets and policy, development of budgets, tax administration; former Associate Deputy Minister at Ontario’s Ministry of Finance.
Brandon Schaufele
Associate Professor, Ivey School of Business
Areas of expertise: Energy policy and economics, agricultural economics, environmental economics; director, Ivey Energy Policy and Management Centre.
Sam Routley
PhD Candidate, Political Science
Areas of expertise: Canadian politics, elections, voter attitudes, Canadian political institutions, political leadership, political culture and Conservatism.
Alexander Wray
PhD Candidate, Geography & Environment
Areas of expertise: Public transportation and transportation planning, development and urban planning; project coordinator of ParkSeek Canada as part of the Human Environments Analysis Lab.
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Justin Zadorsky, Media Relations Officer, Western University, 226.377.1673 (mobile), jzadorsk@uwo.ca
Ivan Langrish, Associate Director, Media Strategy Marketing and Communications, Ivey School of Business, 416-203-0664 (office), 416-427-6337 (mobile), ilangrish@ivey.ca
