The CCPA-BC works with a network of academic, community-based and freelance researchers. Many are available to give talks or provide media commentary. For more information, or to arrange media interviews or speaking engagements, contact Jean Kavanagh, 604-801-5121 x250 or [email protected]
Lynell Anderson, Researcher
Child care policy and financing; child and family services
Leonora C. Angeles, Associate Professor, Community and Regional Planning and Women’s and Gender Studies, UBC
Public engagement and social integration of immigrants in Canada; Filipino-Canadian social, economic, health and political issues; Canadian development assistance to Southeast Asian countries, especially the Philippines
Clifford Atleo, Assistant Professor, Resource and Environmental Management, SFU
Indigenous governance; resource management, economic development, Indigenous-Settler relations
Paul Bowles, Professor, Dept. of Economics, UNBC
International economic relations; globalization; East Asian development; Northern BC economy; currency union; casual workers; post-secondary funding
Vanessa Brcic, Family physician, UBC researcher, executive board member with Canadian Doctors for Medicare
Health inequities; health determinants in primary care; primary health care reform; public vs private health care reform
Gwen Brodsky, Lawyer; Co-Director, Poverty and Human Rights Project
Economic inequality and poverty as a human rights issue; Canada's international human rights obligations; social program restructuring and its impact on women and other politically marginalized groups
Shauna Butterwick, Associate Professor, Dept. of Educational Studies, UBC
Women and labour market training; life skills training; adult education; feminist policy analysis; welfare policy; community-based and action-oriented research
Michael Byers, Professor, Dept. of Political Science, UBC
International politics; international law and human rights law; Canadian foreign policy; Canada-US relations; Canada’s north and climate change
John Calvert, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, SFU
Electricity policy; labour policy; Crown corporations; health policy and international trade
Duncan Cameron, Former CCPA National President; Professor of Political Science, SFU
Canadian dollar and monetary policy; fiscal policy; economic policy; Canada-US relations; IMF; G8
Maxwell Cameron, Professor, Dept. of Political Science, UBC
Canadian foreign policy; democracy and civil rights in Latin America; NAFTA
William Carroll, Professor, Dept. of Sociology, UVic
Corporate power and concentration; progressive social movements and social justice; globalization and social justice
Alan Cassels, Researcher
Prescription drug policy; BC Pharmacare; BC Reference Drug Program; pharmaceutical issues relating to media and consumers
Rita Chudnovsky, BC Child Care Advocacy Forum
Child care policy; children and youth policy
Marcy Cohen, Researcher
Health care policy; home and long term care; P3s; privatization and contracting out; pay equity; democratic governance
Marjorie Griffin Cohen, Professor of Political Science and Women’s Studies, SFU
BC Hydro and energy policy; deregulation; trade liberalization; globalization and its impacts on minorities and women; Canadian economy and labour force; banking and financial regulation; provincial budgets
Shelagh Day, Human Rights Consultant; Co-Director, Poverty and Human Rights Project
Human rights; BC Human Rights Code; women's equality; constitutional equality rights; women and economic policy; impact of social spending cuts on women; welfare and poverty law; international human rights
David Fairey, Director, Trade Union Research Bureau
Economic policy; privatization and contracting out; BC labour code; employment standards; public pensions; industrial/labour relations; municipal finance
Colleen Fuller, Researcher
Health care and pharmaceutical policy; privatization; public and private health insurance; trade/globalization and health care; health industry investors
Maya Gislason, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, SFU
Social and health inequities; climate and health impacts; public and community impacts of resource development
Ellen Gould, Researcher
International trade agreements; WTO; General Agreement on Trade and Services (GATS); trade agreements and municipalities
David Green, Professor, Dept. of Economics, UBC
Labour market policy; minimum wage; unemployment insurance; earnings and income inequality
Shane Gunster, Associate Professor, School of Communication, SFU
Environmental communication, with a particular focus upon news coverage and advocacy communication about the politics of climate change and energy.
Penny Gurstein, Director and Professor, School of Community and Regional Planning, UBC
Social policy for low-income communities; Downtown Eastside housing and community development; making communities safe and inclusive for children and youth; social implications of telework
Bob Hackett, Professor, School of Communication, SFU
Media coverage analysis; media ownership and concentration
Herb Hammond, Forest ecologist and ecosystem planner
Forest land use; ecologically sustainable forestry; community economics, planning and sustainability; eco-system planning with Aboriginal communities
David Hughes, Earth Scientist, Geological Survey of Canada (retired), principal of Global Sustainability Research
Energy sustainability, unconventional oil and gas, coal, renewables, climate change, geopolitical issues related to energy
Iglika Ivanova (Staff), Public Interest Researcher, CCPA-BC
Health care; education; public services; P3s; income inequality; minimum wage; child care; immigrants in the labour market
Seth Klein, former director, CCPA–BC
Provincial and federal budgets; Alternative Federal Budget; taxes; welfare policy and cuts; BC tax and spending cuts; BC economy; employment standards; poverty and inequality; living wage
Larry Kuehn, Director of Research, BC Teachers’ Federation
Education policy; technology and education; globalization, FTAA and education; performance requirements
Marc Lee (Staff), Senior Economist, CCPA–BC
BC economy; BC tax and spending cuts; federal and provincial budgets; inequality and poverty; industrial policy; globalization; trade and investment agreements; climate change and social justice; municipal housing policy
Andrew Longhurst, Researcher
Health care policy; privatization; labour market change and temp work; housing policy; gentrification; sub/urban homelessness, poverty and drug policy
Fiona MacPhail, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Economics, UNBC
Income inequality; EI reform and its impact on women and youth; socio-economic determinants of health; minimum wage
Geoff Mann, Professor, Dept. of Geography, SFU
Labour (and race/gender issues in labour markets); macroeconomic policy; monetary policy; natural resources; resource-dependent communities
Arlene McLaren, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, SFU
Educational policy (school choice); feminist policy analysis; immigration and women; mandatory retirement and women; farmworkers’ working conditions; home support workers
Kendra Milne, Health Justice
Poverty law: housing, income assistance, disability benefits
Gerardo Otero, Professor of Sociology and Latin American Studies, SFU
Migrant and immigrant farmworkers’ labour rights and work conditions; neoliberal globalization and biotechnology in Latin America; NAFTA and agriculture and labour policy
Karen Palmer, Health policy researcher; Lecturer/Practicum Coordinator, Faculty of Health Sciences, SFU
Public/universal health care; comparative Canadian-US health policy; international health
Erin Pritchard, Lawyer
Residential tenancy law; welfare and disability access law
Peter Prontzos, Faculty Emeritus, Political Science, Langara College
International relations; peace and conflict studies; globalization and trade; democratic governance and proportional representation; poverty and inequality
Jane Pulkingham, Professor of Sociology, SFU
Employment and income security policy; impacts of social and economic policy on women
Jim Quail, Lawyer
Labour and employment law; energy law and policy; BC Hydro; privacy and access to information
Blair Redlin, Researcher
Transportation policy; P3s; infrastructure; municipal affairs and policy; labour policy and employment standards; job creation strategies; trade
Keith Reynolds, Researcher
Privatization; P3s; municipal government and finance
Robin Roff, Researcher, UBC Faculty Association
Privatization and contracting out; P3s; food and water policy; biotechnology; localization and small scale food production; global agri-business
Kathleen Ruff, Researcher
Human rights; international human rights conventions; trade in hazardous materials; food sovereignty
Marylee Stephenson, Researcher
Labour market trends; homelessness; women’s issues; eco-tourism/parks
Kendra Strauss, Assistant Professor of Labour Studies, SFU
Labour market changes; pensions; precarious work; temporary foreign workers; migration; unfree and forced labour
Mark Thompson, Professor Emeritus, Sauder School of Business, UBC
Changing roles for labour and management in public services; treatment of safety and health issues in arbitration; impact of NAFTA labour accords and the management of industrial relations; regionalism in Canadian industrial relations
Jason Tockman, Senior Policy Analyst, Mental Health and Wellness, First Nations Health Authority
Indigenous rights and reconciliation, mental health and substance use, natural resources and the environment
Hannah Wittman, Associate Professor, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, UBC
Food sovereignty, agriculture and climate change, local food systems, agrarian citizenship
Margot Young, Associate Professor of Law, UBC
Equality rights; economic inequality and poverty as a human rights law issue; Canada's international human rights obligations; women and the law; constitutional law; social welfare law
Habiba Zaman, Professor, Dept. of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies, SFU
Recent immigrants and employment standards; immigrant settlement; Asian immigrants to Canada and their work experience
Mike Zlotnik, Education Policy Consultant
Privatization of education; education, quality indicators and democratic values; child poverty; peace education