Andrew Longhurst

Andrew Longhurst, MA, is a research associate with the BC Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA–BC), PhD candidate in the Department of Geography at Simon Fraser University where he researches comparative health care reform and served as senior advisor to the BC Ministry of Health’s Primary and Community Care Research Initiative. He has authored numerous publications including, Assisted Living in British Columbia: Trends in Access, Affordability and Ownership (CCPA, 2020), The Importance of Community Health Centres in BC’s Primary Care Reforms (with M. Cohen, CCPA, 2019), Privatization and Declining Access to BC Seniors’ Care (CCPA, 2017), Reducing Surgical Wait Times: The Case for Public Innovation and Provincial Leadership (with M. Cohen and M. McGregor, CCPA, 2016) and Precarious: Temporary Agency Work in British Columbia (CCPA, 2014). Follow him on Twitter @a_longhurst.