Degrees:
• Ph.D.: University of Western Ontario
• MA: University of Waterloo
• BA: University of Guelph
Awards:
Killam Award for Excellence in Mentoring, Nominated in both 2003 and 2004.
Public Health Sciences Students’ Association, Students’ Choice Faculty Member of the Year Award, April 2003.
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, SEARCH Valuable Contribution Award, November 2001.
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, SEARCH Project Team Collaboration Award, August 2000.
Public Health Sciences Students’ Association, Students’ Choice Faculty Member of the Year Award, April 2000.
Kellogg Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Alberta Health/Department of Health Services Administration, Edmonton, Alberta, 1993-1995.
Research Interests
My research is focused on the way in which contexts, ideas, interests and institutions interact in public policy formulation. I have published extensively on research questions related to this, specifically in health policy. My most recent work was on health policy reform in Canada. I am currently working on a research project on accountability in health care and a new book on Health Care in Alberta. I am happy to supervise students with an interest in public policy, both Canadian and Comparative. My students get published!
Current Research
Principal investigator: Accountability in Health Care, Operating Grant, United Nurses of Alberta, September 2014 – September 2019.
My teaching interests include health politics and policy, public policy, and Canadian government.
Teaching
2017-2018
• POL S 101 (Introduction to Politics)
• POL S 326 (Canadian Health Politics)
2016-2017
• POL S 101 (Introduction to Politics)
• POL S 424 (Public Policy and Health)
• POL S 540 (Public Policy and Health)
• POL S 326 (Canadian Health Politics)
2015-2016
• POL S 321 (The Politics of Health Care in Canada I)
• POL S 322 (The Politics of Health Care in Canada II)
• POL S 326 (Canadian Health Politics)
• POL S 424 (Public Policy and Health)
• POL S 540 (Public Policy and Health)
2014-2015
• POL S 321 (The Politics of Health Care in Canada I)
• POL S 322 (The Politics of Health Care in Canada II)
• POL S 326 (Canadian Health Politics)
• POL S 424 (Public Policy and Health)
• POL S 540 (Public Policy and Health)
I am currently accepting new graduate students for supervision.
Examines major health care issues and the interaction of the key ideas, institutions and interests that shape the Canadian health care system. Prerequisite: One of POL S 224, 225 (or 220) or Department consent.
Fall Term 2021Examining public policy making structures and processes. Prerequisite: One of POL S 224, 225 (or 220) or Department consent.
Winter Term 2022Examining public policy making structures and processes.
Winter Term 2022