Ontario Premier Doug Ford has confirmed he will call an early election, sending Ontarians to the polls on Feb. 27. Western University has the following experts available to media on topics including voter attitudes, tariffs, economy, health-care management and more.
Political Science
Laura Stephenson
Professor, Political Science
Areas of expertise: Voter attitudes and public opinion, electoral engagement with politics.
Zack Taylor
Associate Professor, Political Science; Founding Director, Centre for Urban Policy and Local Governance
Areas of expertise: Queen’s Park and provincial politics, city planning and development, urban political economy, and political geography.
Sam Routley
PhD Candidate, Political Science
Areas of expertise: Canadian politics, elections, voter attitudes, Canadian political institutions, political leadership, political culture and Conservatism.
Tariffs, Trade and Economy
Romel Mostafa
Assistant Professor, Ivey Business School; Director, Lawrence National Centre for Policy and Management
Areas of expertise: Interprovincial trade, Ontario competitiveness, international business and economics, economic policy, industrial evolution and policy.
Mahmood Nanji
Lawrence Centre Policy Fellow, Ivey Business School
Areas of expertise: Budgets and policy, tariffs, interprovincial trade, development of budgets, tax administration; former Associate Deputy Minister at Ontario’s Ministry of Finance.
Andreas Schotter
Professor, Ivey Business School
Areas of expertise: Canada-U.S. trade relations, impact of tariffs, international business, emerging markets.
Energy Policy
Brandon Schaufele
Associate Professor, Ivey Business School; Director, Ivey Energy Policy and Management Centre.
Areas of expertise: Energy policy and economics, agricultural economics, environmental economics.
Planning and Development
Martin Horak
Associate Professor, Political Science; Associate Director, Centre for Urban Policy and Local Governance
Areas of expertise: Strong mayor powers, urban development and planning, municipal politics.
Alexander Wray
Postdoctoral Research Associate, 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.
Health-care Management
Lauren E. Cipriano
Associate Professor, Ivey Business School; Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Areas of expertise: Health policy evaluation, health economics, health-care cost effectiveness analysis, health-care human resources; Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Analytics, Management, and Policy
Homelessness and Housing
Abe Oudshoorn
Associate Professor, Nursing
Areas of expertise: Homelessness, housing policy, health equity, community health.
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