Want to find out more about how our leading specialists contributed to the last federal election? Research matters! Find out how polisci faculty research and scholarship helped voters make informed voting decisions.
Here are a few examples.
Scott Bennett, Associate Professor of Political Science, provided commentary for a CPAC documentary on the Ottawa Centre constituency in which Carleton is located.
Jonathan Malloy, Professor and Bell Chair in Canadian Parliamentary Democracy, made various media commentaries on the election. He also wrote a Twitter essay on election signs that was picked up and turned into a national Canadian Press article.
Erin Tolley, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Gender, Race & Inclusive Politics, provided extensive media commentary during the election, especially on the diversity of candidates. A major CBC investigation of candidate diversity relied on her team’s dataset from past elections and Dr. Tolley did further interviews and commentary For the 2021 election Dr. Tolley worked with Aneurin Bosley (Journalism) and student assistants to update that candidate dataset.
This does not cover all Political Science and Public Affairs research impact during the election. Nor does it cover the many ways in which the election informed our teaching, including classroom simulations, discussions, and assignments.
The election displayed once again how the Faculty of Public Affairs, Canada’s only full-size Faculty devoted to public affairs and public policy, brings tremendous cross-disciplinary resources to public issues and debates.