Associate Professor
Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies - Department of Political Science
Key Areas of Expertise
- Canadian politics
- Political parties
- Elections
- Democracy
- Political campaigns
- Electoral reform
- Municipal politics
- Provincial politics
- Election law
- Voter turnout
- Citizen participation
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National Post - Dennis Pilon: You can't hide behind the Constitution to spare us electoral reform
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Maclean's - Expert: Proportional representation might require constitutional change
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St. Albert Gazette - Changing the ballot
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The Globe and Mail - Electoral reform: It’s complicated
iPolitics - Could P.E.I. electoral reform plebiscite be used federally?
Orangeville Citizen - No perfect solution to federal electoral reform challenges
Toronto Star - Trudeau's electoral reform chatter has a century of history behind it
Toronto Star - ‘A missed opportunity for our people’: Indigenous leaders urge province to revisit electoral map
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