People

Faculty

Sara Bannerman

Canada Research Chair in Communication Policy and Governance | Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia

Members
Institute on Globalization & the Human Condition

Faculty
Master of Public Policy Program

Karen Bird

Professor

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Department of Political Science

Faculty
Master of Public Policy Program

Area(s) of Interest: Comparative Politics, Gender and Ethnic Relations, Gender & Politics, Politics of Representation, Public Policy

Katherine Boothe

Associate Professor

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Department of Political Science

Faculty
Master of Public Policy Program

Area(s) of Interest: Canadian Politics, Comparative Politics, Patient involvement in healthcare, Public Policy, Social & Health Policy

Katherine Cuff

Professor | Managing Editor, Canadian Journal of Economics | McMaster University Scholar | CESifo Research Network Fellow

Faculty
McMaster Decision Science Laboratory (McDSL)

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Master of Public Policy Program

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Department of Economics

Area(s) of Interest: Fiscal Federalism, Microeconomics, Minimum Wages, Public Economics, Redistribution, Tax, Unemployment Insurance

Adrienne Davidson

Assistant Professor

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Department of Political Science

Faculty
Master of Public Policy Program

adrienne.davidson@mcmaster.ca

Area(s) of Interest: Canadian public policy, Child Care & Education, Comparative Public Policy, Federalism and Intergovernmental Relation, Indigenous Politics, Institutions and Identity, Public Policy, Social Policy

Michelle L. Dion

Professor | Senator Wm. McMaster Chair in Gender & Methodology

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Department of Political Science

Faculty
Master of Public Policy Program

Area(s) of Interest: Comparative Politics, Gender & Politics, Globalization, Public Policy, Social & Health Policy

Greg Flynn

Chair of the Department of Political Science | Assistant Professor

Faculty
Department of Political Science

Faculty
Master of Public Policy Program

Area(s) of Interest: Canadian Politics, Comparative Politics, Public Policy

James Gillett

Associate Professor (on leave)

Associate Members
School of Social Work

Faculty
Master of Public Policy Program

Associate Members
Department of Sociology

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Department of Health Aging & Society

Area(s) of Interest: Health, Media, Social Psychology, Sport and Physical Activity

Maria Gintova

Assistant Professor

Faculty
Department of Political Science

Faculty
Master of Public Policy Program

Adam Lavecchia

Assistant Professor

Faculty
Master of Public Policy Program

Faculty
Department of Economics

Area(s) of Interest: Labour Economics, Minimum Wages, Public Economics

Marc-Andre Letendre

Associate Professor | Chair of the Department of Economics

Faculty
Master of Public Policy Program

Faculty
Department of Economics

Area(s) of Interest: International Economics, Macroeconomics

John Pecman

Industry Professor, Finance & Business Economics

Faculty
Master of Public Policy Program

Tony Porter

Professor/Associate Director IGHC

Department of Anthropology

Faculty
Department of Political Science

Members
Institute on Globalization & the Human Condition

Faculty
Master of Public Policy Program

Associate Members
School of Labour Studies

Area(s) of Interest: Climate, Water & Sustainability, Critical International Relations, Global Political Economy, Globalization, International Relations

Bradley Ruffle

Professor | Academic Director, McMaster Decision Science Laboratory (McDSL)

Faculty
McMaster Decision Science Laboratory (McDSL)

Faculty
Master of Public Policy Program

Faculty
Department of Economics

Area(s) of Interest: Behavioral Economics, Experimental Economics, Industrial Organization

Arthur Sweetman

Professor | Ontario Research Chair in Health Human Resources

Faculty
Master of Public Policy Program

Faculty
Department of Economics

Secure Empirical Analysis Lab (SEAL)

Area(s) of Interest: Econometrics, Economics of Education, Health and Health Care, Health Economics, Health Policy, Health Systems, Labour Economics, Microeconomics

Netina Tan

Associate Professor | University Scholar, 2021-2025

Faculty
Department of Political Science

Faculty
Master of Public Policy Program

Members
Institute on Globalization & the Human Condition

Area(s) of Interest: Comparative Politics, Digital Technology, Electoral Politics, Gender & Politics, Politics of Representation, Qualitative Methods, Race and Ethnicity, Social Media

Clifton van der Linden

Assistant Professor | Director, Digital Society Lab | Academic Director, Master of Public Policy Program

Faculty
Department of Political Science

Faculty
Master of Public Policy Program

Area(s) of Interest: Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Digital Technology, Elections, Political behaviour, Public Opinion, Public Policy, Social Media, Survey methodology, Voting Advice Applications

Michael Veall

Professor | Academic Director, Statistics Canada Research Data Centre

Faculty
Master of Public Policy Program

Faculty
Department of Economics

Area(s) of Interest: Econometrics, Health Economics, Population Economics, Public Economics

Andrea Zeffiro

Academic Director for the Lewis & Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship | Assistant Professor, Communication Studies & Multimedia

Faculty
Master of Public Policy Program

Contract and Sessional Faculty

Spencer Daniels

Senior Product Manager, Ontario Digital Service

Contract and Sessional Faculty
Master of Public Policy Program

Jesse Hirsh

Futurist

Contract and Sessional Faculty
Master of Public Policy Program

Advisory Board

Benjamin Bergen

Executive Director of the Council of Canadian Innovators

Advisory Board
Master of Public Policy Program

Area(s) of Interest: Canadian public policy, Employment, Labour Economics, Labour Issues, Labour Markets, Policy, Politics, Public Policy

Neil Bouwer

Vice President of the Canada School of Public Service

Advisory Board
Master of Public Policy Program

Jaimie Boyd

Chief Digital Officer, Government of British Columbia

Advisory Board
Master of Public Policy Program

Area(s) of Interest: Canadian public policy, Public Leadership, Public Policy, Public service restructuring

Kevin Chan

Global Director and Head of Public Policy, Canada at Facebook

Advisory Board
Master of Public Policy Program

Monica Ciriello

Manager, Municipal Law and Licensing, City of Hamilton

Advisory Board
Master of Public Policy Program

Area(s) of Interest: Canadian Politics, Canadian public policy, Policy, Politics, Public Leadership, Public Policy

Honey Dacanay

Digital Policy and Governance Leader

Professor of Practice, Advisory Board
Master of Public Policy Program

Steve de Eyre

Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs, TikTok Canada

Advisory Board
Master of Public Policy Program

Lindsay Doyle

Public Policy and Government Relations, Google Canada

Advisory Board
Master of Public Policy Program

Jacob Glick

Vice President of Public Policy at TELUS

Advisory Board
Master of Public Policy Program

Area(s) of Interest: Canadian public policy, Law and Economics, Policy, Public Policy

Andrew Graham

Co-founder & CEO at Borrowell

Advisory Board
Master of Public Policy Program

Area(s) of Interest: Big Data, Canadian public policy, Policy, Public Policy

Jake Hirsch-Allen

North America Workforce Development and Higher Education System Lead at LinkedIn

Advisory Board
Master of Public Policy Program

Area(s) of Interest: Big Data, Canadian public policy, Education, Labour Issues, Labour Markets, Policy, Public Policy, Social Inequality

Susan Hough

Senior Analyst, Global Affairs Canada

Advisory Board
Master of Public Policy Program

Sanjay Khanna

Foresight Advisor, Former Futurist at Baker McKenzie

Adjunct Lecturer
Department of Political Science

Professor of Practice, Advisory Board
Master of Public Policy Program

Jane Lytvynenko

Advisory Board
Master of Public Policy Program

Area(s) of Interest: Canadian Politics, Canadian public policy, Communications, Policy, Politics, Public Opinion, Public Policy

Paris Marx

Podcast Host, "Tech Won't Save Us"

Advisory Board
Master of Public Policy Program

Luke Simcoe

Director of Outreach at Code for Canada

Advisory Board
Master of Public Policy Program

Area(s) of Interest: Canadian public policy, Communications, Education, Policy, Public Policy, Social Policy, Work and Occupations

Mark Surman

Executive Director, Mozilla Foundation

Professor of Practice, Advisory Board
Master of Public Policy Program

Cyrus Tehrani

Chief Digital Officer, City of Hamilton

Advisory Board
Master of Public Policy Program

Kaylie Tiessen

Economist & Policy Analyst at Unifor

Advisory Board
Master of Public Policy Program

Area(s) of Interest: Canadian public policy, Employment, Labour, Labour Economics, Labour Issues, Labour Markets, Macroeconomics, Public Economics, Public Policy, Social Inequalities, Social Justice, Social Policy

Denise Williams

Chief Executive Officer, First Nations Technology Council

Advisory Board
Master of Public Policy Program

Staff

Vass Bednar

Executive Director, Master of Public Policy Program

Adjunct Lecturer
Department of Political Science

Staff
Master of Public Policy Program

Adjunct Professor
Faculty

Area(s) of Interest: Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Canadian public policy, Ethics, Labour Issues, Labour Markets, Pop Culture, Provincial Politics and Government, Public Leadership, Public Policy

Laura Johnson

Administrator, Master of Public Policy Program

Staff
Master of Public Policy Program

Area(s) of Interest: Climate, Water & Sustainability, Feminist Theories, Gender, Gender & Politics, Gender, Sexuality and Worker Experiences, Gender violence, Health and Well Being, Health Care, Maternal and Child Health, Relationships, Sexual and Gender Based Violence, Sexual, Reproductive and Maternal Justice, Social Psychology

Allison Van

Executive Director, Spark: a centre for social research innovation

Spark: a centre for social research innovation

Staff
Master of Public Policy Program

Area(s) of Interest: Artificial Intelligence, Arts-based Research Methods, Art, Media, and Mediation, Asymmetric Information, Big Data, Buddhism, Child Welfare, Climate, Water & Sustainability, Communications, Community Based Research, Computational Economics, Econometrics, Fisheries, Global Political Economy, Health Care, Health Economics, Natural Resources, Policy, Poverty, Qualitative Methods, Research Ethics, Resource and Environmental Economics

Professor of Practice

Professor of Practice, Advisory Board
Master of Public Policy Program

Faculty

Contract and Sessional Faculty

Advisory Board

Staff

Professor of Practice

Course Instructor