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
Faculty
Department of Political Science
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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
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
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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
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Department of Economics
Area(s) of Interest: Labour Economics, Minimum Wages, Public Economics
Marc-Andre Letendre
Associate Professor | Chair of the Department of Economics
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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
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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
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
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
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
Honey Dacanay
Digital Policy and Governance Leader
Professor of Practice, Advisory Board
Master of Public Policy Program
Marjan H. Ehsassi
Professor of Practice
Master of Public Policy Program
Rob Gillezeau
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics at the University of Victoria
Professor of Practice
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
Priya Kumar
Senior Analyst - Data Translation, Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada
Professor of Practice
Master of Public Policy Program
Edgard Rodriguez
Myanmar - Lead at International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Professor of Practice
Master of Public Policy Program
Philippe-André Rodriguez
Deputy Director of the Center for International Digital Policy at Global Affairs Canada
Professor of Practice
Master of Public Policy Program
Parvinder Sachdeva
Director Corporate Strategy at Ceridian
Professor of Practice
Master of Public Policy Program
Mark Surman
Executive Director, Mozilla Foundation
Professor of Practice, Advisory Board
Master of Public Policy Program
Course Instructor
Kevin Aguanno
Course Instructor
Master of Public Policy Program
Brittany Perlin Danishevsky
Course Instructor
Master of Public Policy Program
Justin Savoie
Course Instructor
Master of Public Policy Program
Jenny Veens
Educator at Juno College & Senior Developer at Playground Inc.
Course Instructor
Master of Public Policy Program