Brendan Haley

Adjunct Research Professor; PhD Graduate: Sustainable energy policy; Canadian political economy; Systems of Innovation; Energy efficiency

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Brendan Haley is an adjunct research professor in the School of Public Policy and Administration and a graduate of the School’s PhD in Public Policy program. Brendan is the Policy Director at Efficiency Canada, a Carleton University based research and advocacy organization focused on creating an energy efficient economy.

Previously, he was a SSHRC Banting Post-Doctoral Fellow at the School for Resource and Environmental Studies at Dalhousie University. At Carleton, Brendan’s research examined the role of traditional natural resource sectors in Canada’s transition to a low-carbon economy. He drew insights from Canadian political economy, in the tradition of Harold Innis, and new literatures on technological innovation systems and sustainability transitions.

Brendan was previously the energy coordinator at Nova Scotia’s Ecology Action Centre. He played an important role in the development of the province’s energy efficiency framework, which led to the creation of Canada’s first energy efficiency utility, Efficiency Nova Scotia. Brendan taught a course in Energy Efficiency Policy in the School for Public Policy and Administration.

Brendan holds an undergraduate degree in economics from Dalhousie University and a Master’s in Environmental Studies from York University. He is a policy fellow with the Broadbent Institute and a research associate with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.