Guest Lecturers
Dr. Keith Archer
Former Chief Electoral Officer of British Columbia
Honourable Don Boudria
Former Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Government House Leader
Honourable James S. Cowan
Former Nova Scotia Senator and Senate Liberal Leader
Dr. Matteo Gianni
Associate Professor, University of Geneva
Dr. Trevor Norris
Associate Professor, Brock University
Honourable Stockwell Day
Former President of the Treasury Board Principle at Stockwell Day Connex
Diane Labelle
Director of First Nations Regional Adult Education Center
Carole MacNeil
Journalist and Host of CBC News Network Tonight
Dr. Diana L. Gustafson
Professor, Memorial University
Honourable John H. Gomery
Former Superior Court of Quebec Judge and Public Inquiry Commissioner
Dr. Harold Clarke
Ashbel Smith Professor, University of Texas at Dallas
Kevin Page
Former Parliamentary Budget Officer
Ian Capstick
Political Commentator and Managing Partner of MediaStyle
Jean-Pierre Kingsley
Former Chief Electoral Officer of Canada
Benjamin Prud'homme
Associate, Robinson Sheppard Shapiro
Véronique Hivon
Vice-Cheffe of the Parti Québécois and Official Opposition Critic for Justice, Family and End-of-Life Care
Rachel Curran
Former Director of Policy to Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Mel Cappe
Former Clerk of the Privy Council
Dr. Lawrence LeDuc
Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto
Dr. Guy Peters
Maurice Falk Professor of Government, University of Pittsburgh
Martin Patriquin
Journalist and Former Quebec Bureau Chief, Maclean's Magazine
Charles Robert
Clerk of the House of Commons and Former Clerk of the Senate and Clerk of the Parliaments
Dr. David J. Bercuson
Director of the Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies and Associate Director of International Programs, University of Calgary School of Public Policy
Dr. Keith Banting
Stauffer Dunning Fellow and Professor Emeritus, Queen's University
Dr. Melissa Williams
Professor and Founding Director, Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto
Tim Powers
Vice-Chairman, Summa Strategies
Dr. Sunera Thobani
Associate Professor, University of British Columbia
Yves Côté
Commissioner of Canada Elections
Dr. Amy Mazur
Claudius O. and Mary W. Johnson Distinguished Professor, Washington State University
Honourable Peter Van Loan
Member of Parliament, York-Simcoe and Former Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Honourable Joan Fraser
Former Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament
Dr. Frederic Schaffer
Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Dr. Jason Seawright
Associate Professor Department of Political Science, Northwestern University
Dr. Derek Beach
Professor of Political Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Dr. Andrew Bennett
Professor of Government, Georgetown University
Dr. Robert Adcock
Professorial Lecturer, American University's School of International Service
Dr. Peregrine Schwartz-Shea
Professor, University of Utah
Dr. Lea Sgier
Associate Researcher, Unversity of Geneva
Sébastien Dallaire
General Manager, Ipsos Quebec
Dr. Joanna Everitt
Professor, University of New Brunswick in Saint John
Dr. Olena Hankivsky
Professor and Director of the Institute for Intersectionality Research and Policy, Simon Fraser University
Dr. Mary R. Anderson
Chair/Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Tampa
Jane Stinson
Principal Investigator and Director of the Feminist Northern Network
Dr. Annie Pullen Sansfaçon
Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Université de Montréal
Honourable Anne McLellan
Former Deputy Prime Minister and Chair of the Task Force on Cannabis Legalization and Regulation
Dr. Don Lenihan
Senior Associate, Policy and Engagement, Canada 2020
Louise Blais
Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Former Consul General for Canada
Ileana Jiménez
Founder, Feminist Teacher
Gaétan Caron
President, JEMF-X Inc., Consultant in energy and regulation
Dr. David Coletto
CEO and a Founding Partner, Abacus Data
Dr. John Courtney
Senior Policy Fellow of the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan
Honourable Michael Chong
Member of Parliament and Former Cabinet Member
Dr. Jon Pammett
Dinstinguished Research Professor, Carleton University
Dr. Guy Whitten
Professor and Director, European Union Center, Texas A & M University
Honourable Kevin Lynch
Vice-Chair of BMO Financial Group and Former Deputy Minister of Industry, Deputy Minister of Finance and Executive Director at the IMF
Honourable Bob Rae
Former Premier of Ontario and Interim Liberal Party Leader Senior Partner, Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP
Dr. Lyle Scruggs
Professor, University of Connecticut
Eric Costen
Former Deputy Prime Minister and Chair of the Task Force on Cannabis Legalization and Regulation
Mark A. Ware
Former Deputy Prime Minister and Chair of the Task Force on Cannabis Legalization and Regulation
Lord Bhikhu Parekh
Emeritus Professor of Political Philosophy and Labour Member of the House of Lords, United Kingdom
Honourable Jean-Marc Fournier
Government House Leader and Minister Responsible for Canadian
Aphrodite Salas
Reporter, CTV
Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin
Chief Justice of Canada
Honourable Jean Charest
Former Premier of Quebec
Dr. Avigail Eisenberg
Professor, University of Victoria
Michael Ferguson
Auditor General of Canada
Graham Fraser
Canada's Former Commisioner of Official Languages
Amanda Alvaro
Political Commentator and Founder of Pomp & Circumstance
Dr. Robert Shapiro
Professor, Columbia University
Dr. Guy Whitten
Professor and Director, European Union Center, Texas A & M University
Dr. Jeff Gill
Distinguished Professor of Government, Professor of Statistics, and Director, Center for Data Science, American University
Dr. Shannon Sampert
Director and Editor-in-chief of Evidence Network.ca
Associate Professor, University of Winnipeg
Associate Professor, University of Winnipeg
Caroline Andrew
Professor and Past Director of the Centre on Governance, University of Ottawa
Michael Coren
Author, Columnist and Speaker
Dr. Ian Brodie
Associate Professor, University of Calgary and former Chief of Staff for Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Dr. Thomas Bryer
Professor, Public Administration, Doctoral Program in Public Affairs, University of Central Florida
Dr. Kay Schlozman
J. Joseph Moakley Professor, Morrissey College of Arts and Science, Boston College
Jonathan Hiltz
Journalist, Writer and Director of Business Development, INDIVA
Dr. Brenda O'Neill
Director and Editor-in-chief of Evidence Network.ca
Associate Professor, University of Calgary
Associate Professor, University of Calgary
Honourable James Moore
Senior Business Advisor, Dentons and former Minister of Industry
Dr. Kiera Ladner
Associate Professor, Political Studies, University of Manitoba
Dr. Ian Greene
Professor Emeritus in the School of Public Policy and Administration, York University
Dr. Sandra Breux
Associate Professor, Centre Culture Urbanisation Société, INRS
Honourable Chris Alexander
Former Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
Chris Turner
Author, Essayist and Strategist
Kim Richard Nossal
Professor of Political Studies and Director, Centre for International and Defence Policy, Queen’s University
Dr. James McHugh
Professor of Political Science and Fellow and Director of Academic Planning for the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics, University of Akron
Honourable Thomas Mulcair
Visiting Professor at Université de Montréal, Political Commentator, and Former Leader of the NDP
James Hughes
Executive Lead, Government and Partner Relations, J.W. McConnell Foundation
Mary E. Dawson
Former Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner
Dr. Ronald Beiner
Professor, University of Toronto
Janet Brown
Pollster and Political Commentator
Stephen Skyvington
Political Pundit, Expert in Health Care Policy and President of PoliTrain Inc.
Right Honourable Stephen Harper
Former Prime Minister of Canada
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Dr. Keith Archer
Honourable Don Boudria
Honourable James S. Cowan
Dr. Matteo Gianni
Dr. Trevor Norris
Honourable Stockwell Day
Diane Labelle
Carole MacNeil
Dr. Diana L. Gustafson
Honourable John H. Gomery
Dr. Harold Clarke
Kevin Page
Ian Capstick
Jean-Pierre Kingsley
Benjamin Prud'homme
Véronique Hivon
Rachel Curran
Mel Cappe
Dr. Lawrence LeDuc
Dr. Guy Peters
Martin Patriquin
Charles Robert
Dr. David J. Bercuson
Dr. Keith Banting
Dr. Melissa Williams
Tim Powers
Dr. Sunera Thobani
Yves Côté
Dr. Amy Mazur
Honourable Peter Van Loan
Honourable Joan Fraser
Dr. Frederic Schaffer
Dr. Jason Seawright
Dr. Derek Beach
Dr. Andrew Bennett
Dr. Robert Adcock
Dr. Peregrine Schwartz-Shea
Dr. Lea Sgier
Sébastien Dallaire
Dr. Joanna Everitt
Dr. Olena Hankivsky
Dr. Mary R. Anderson
Jane Stinson
Dr. Annie Pullen Sansfaçon
Honourable Anne McLellan
Dr. Don Lenihan
Louise Blais
Ileana Jiménez
Gaétan Caron <br>
Dr. David Coletto
Dr. John Courtney
Honourable Michael Chong
Dr. Jon Pammett
Dr. Guy Whitten
Honourable Kevin Lynch
Honourable Bob Rae
Dr. Lyle Scruggs
Eric Costen
Mark A. Ware
Lord Bhikhu Parekh
Honourable Jean-Marc Fournier
Aphrodite Salas
Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin
Honourable Jean Charest
Dr. Avigail Eisenberg
Michael Ferguson
Graham Fraser
Amanda Alvaro
Dr. Robert Shapiro
Dr. Guy Whitten
Dr. Jeff Gill
Dr. Shannon Sampert
Caroline Andrew
Michael Coren
Dr. Ian Brodie
Dr. Thomas Bryer
Dr. Kay Schlozman
Jonathan Hiltz
Dr. Brenda O'Neill
Honourable James Moore
Dr. Kiera Ladner
Dr. Ian Greene
Dr. Sandra Breux
Honourable Chris Alexander
Chris Turner
Kim Richard Nossal
Dr. James McHugh
Honourable Thomas Mulcair
James Hughes
Mary E. Dawson
Dr. Ronald Beiner
Janet Brown
Stephen Skyvington
Right Honourable Stephen Harper
Our workshop guest lecturers include current and former political leaders and elected representatives from various levels and branches of government, senior-level bureaucrats, Officers of Parliament, judges, members of the media, political pundits and academics, all at the top of their fields and all with years of experience in both the Canadian and international contexts.
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| Anderson, Mary R. | 2018-Fall | 2017-Fall | |||||||||||||
| Andrew, Caroline | 2018-Fall | ||||||||||||||
| Archer, Keith | 2019-Winter | 2018-Winter | 2017-Fall | 2017-Winter | 2016-Spring | 2016-Winter | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | |||||
| Banting, Keith | 2017-Spring | ||||||||||||||
| Barber, Benjamin | 2017-Spring | ||||||||||||||
| Beach, Derek | 2019-Spring | 2018-Spring | 2017-Spring | 2016-Spring | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | |||||||
| Beiner, Ronald | 2019-Fall | 2016-Winter | 2015 | ||||||||||||
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| Bennett, Andrew | 2018-Spring |
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| Bercuson, David |
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| Blais, Louise |
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| Brecher, Seegla | 2019-Spring | ||||||||||||||
| Breux, Sandra | 2019-Spring | ||||||||||||||
| Brodie, Ian | 2018-Fall | ||||||||||||||
| Brown, Janet | 2019-Winter | ||||||||||||||
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| Caron, Gaétan | 2017-Fall | ||||||||||||||
| Charest, Jean | 2019-Fall | 2017-Spring | |||||||||||||
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| Costen, Eric | 2017-Fall | ||||||||||||||
| Côté, Yves | 2017-Spring | ||||||||||||||
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| Curran, Rachel | 2019-Fall | 2018-Fall | 2018-Spring | 2017-Fall |
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Drouin, Jacques
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| Eisenberg, Avigail | 2018-Fall | 2017-Winter | |||||||||||||
| Everitt, Joanna | 2018-Fall | 2017-Fall | |||||||||||||
| Fast, Elizabeth | 2017-Spring | ||||||||||||||
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| Fournier, Jean-Marc | 2019-Winter | 2017-Fall | |||||||||||||
Flanagan, Tom
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| Fraser, Joan | 2018-Fall | 2017-Winter | |||||||||||||
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| Gill, Jeff | 2019-Spring | 2018-Spring | 2017-Spring | ||||||||||||
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| Greene, Ian |
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Grumbles, Ben
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| Gustafson, Diana | 2019-Fall | 2019-Spring | 2019-Winter | 2018-Fall | 2018-Spring | 2018-Winter | 2017-Fall | 2017-Spring | 2017-Winter | 2016-Spring | |||||
| Hankivsky, Olena | 2018-Fall | 2017-Fall | |||||||||||||
| Hiltz, Jon | 2018-Fall | ||||||||||||||
| Hivon, Véronique | 2018-Winter | ||||||||||||||
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| Kinsman, Jeremy | 2017-Fall | ||||||||||||||
| Klassen, Mikhail | 2019-Spring | ||||||||||||||
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| Kovach, Margaret | 2017-Spring | ||||||||||||||
| Labelle, Diane | 2018-Winter | ||||||||||||||
| Ladner, Kiera | 2019-Winter | ||||||||||||||
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| Lenard, Patti Tamara | 2017-Winter | ||||||||||||||
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| Longo, Matthew | 2018-Spring | ||||||||||||||
| Lynch, Kevin | 2017-Fall | ||||||||||||||
| MacNeil, Carole | 2019-Fall | 2018-Spring | 2017-Fall | ||||||||||||
| Mazur, Amy | 2018-Fall | 2017-Spring | |||||||||||||
McCutcheon, Allan
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| McHugh, James | 2019-Winter | ||||||||||||||
| McLachlin, Beverley | 2017-Winter | ||||||||||||||
| McLellan, Anne | 2017-Fall | ||||||||||||||
McMahon, Tom
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| McTeer, Maureen | 2016-Spring | ||||||||||||||
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| Mulcair, Thomas | 2019-Winter | ||||||||||||||
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| Norris, Trevor | 2018-Fall | 2018-Winter | |||||||||||||
| Nossal, Kim Richard | 2019-Winter | ||||||||||||||
O'Brien, Gary
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| Parekh, Bhikhu | 2017-Winter | ||||||||||||||
| Patriquin, Martin | 2017-Spring | 2016-Spring | 2016-Winter | ||||||||||||
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| Profit, Sherra | 2019-Fall | ||||||||||||||
| Prud'homme, Benjamin | 2018-Winter | ||||||||||||||
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| Rae, Bob | 2019-Fall | 2017-Fall | |||||||||||||
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| Salas, Aphrodite | 2019-Fall |
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| Sampert, Shannon | 2018-Spring | ||||||||||||||
| Sansfaçon, Annie Pullen | 2017-Fall | ||||||||||||||
| Schlozman, Kay | 2019-Spring | ||||||||||||||
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| Schaffer, Frederic | 2019-Spring | 2018-Spring | 2017-Spring | 2016-Spring | |||||||||||
| Schwartz-Shea, Peregrine | 2017-Spring | ||||||||||||||
Scotto, Tom
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| Scruggs, Lyle | 2017-Fall | ||||||||||||||
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| Seawright, Jason | 2017-Spring | 2016-Spring | |||||||||||||
| Shapiro, Robert | 2018-Fall |
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| Skyvington, Stephen | 2019-Fall | ||||||||||||||
| Stinson, Jane | 2017-Fall | ||||||||||||||
| Taft, Kevin | 2019-Spring | ||||||||||||||
| Thobani, Sunera | 2017-Spring | ||||||||||||||
Trent, Peter
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| Turner, Chris | 2018-Fall | ||||||||||||||
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Our workshop guest lecturers include current and former political leaders and elected representatives from various levels and branches of government.
In addition, the WSSR offer workshops by senior-level bureaucrats, Officers of Parliament, and academics who are at the top of their fields, all with years of experience in the Canadian and international contexts.
| Alexander, Chris - Former Minister of Citizenship and Immigration |
| Archer, Keith - Former Chief Electoral Officer of British Columbia |
| Beach, Derek - Professor, University of Aarhus, Denmark |
| Beiner, Ronald - Professor, University of Toronto |
| Bercuson, David - Director of the Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies and Associate Director of International Programs, University of Calgary School of Public Policy |
| Boudria, Don - Former Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Government House Leader |
| Brecher, Seegla - Expert in Advaita Philosophy, Indian Classical Music and Meditation |
| Breux, Sandra - Associate Professor, Centre Culture Urbanisation Société, INRS |
| Brown, Janet - Pollster and Political Analyst |
| Bryer, Thomas - Professor, Public Administration, Doctoral Program in Public Affairs, University of Central Florida |
| Cappe, Mel - Former Clerk of the Privy Council, Professor, School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Toronto |
| Capstick, Ian - Political Commentator and Managing Partner at MediaStyle |
| Charest, Jean - Former Premier of Quebec |
| Coletto, David - CEO and Founding Partner of Abacus Data |
| Cowan, James - Former Nova Scotia Senator and Senate Liberal Leader |
| Curran, Rachel - Former Director of Policy to Prime Minister Stephen Harper |
| Dallaire, Sébastien - Senior Vice President and General Manager for Quebec, Ipsos Public Affairs |
| Dawson, Mary - Former Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner of Canada |
| Day, Stockwell - Former President of the Treasury Board and Principle at Stockwell Day Connex |
| Fournier, Jean-Marc - Government House Leader and Minister Responsible for Canadian Relations and the Canadian Francophonie |
| Gianni, Matteo - Associate Professor, University of Geneva |
| Gill, Jeff - Distinguished Professor of Government, Professor of Statistics, and Director, Center for Data Science, American University |
| Gomery, John - Former Superior Court of Quebec Judge and Public Inquiry Commissioner |
| Greene, Ian - Professor Emeritus in the School of Public Policy and Administration, York University |
| Gustafson, Diana - Professor, Memorial University |
| Hughes, James - Executive Lead, Government and Partner Relations, J.W. McConnell Foundation |
| Klassen, Mikhail - Data Scientist, Astrophysicist, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Paladin AI |
| Kingsley, Jean-Pierre - Former Chief Electoral Officer of Canada |
| Ladner, Kiera - Associate Professor, Political Studies, University of Manitoba |
| LeDuc, Lawrence - Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto |
| MacNeil, Carole - Journalist and Host of CBC News Network Tonight |
| McGuinty, Dalton - Former Premier of Ontario |
| McHugh, James - Professor, Fellow and Director of Academic Planning, Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics, University of Akron |
| Mulcair, Thomas - Professor at Université de Montréal, Political Commentator, and Former Leader of the NDP |
| Nossal, Kim Richard - Professor and Director of the Centre for International and Defence Policy, Queen's University |
| Page, Kevin - Former Parliamentary Budget Officer, Founding President and CEO of the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy, University of Ottawa |
| Philpott, Jane - Former Treasury Board President |
| Profit, Sherra - Taxpayers' Ombudsman for Canada |
| Rae, Bob - Former Premier of Ontario and Interim Liberal Party Leader and Senior Partner, Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP |
| Salas, Aphrodite - Journalist, CTV Montreal and Assistant Professor, Concordia University |
| Schaffer, Frederic - Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Schlozman, Kay - J. Joseph Moakley Professor, Morrissey College of Arts and Science, Boston College |
| Sgier, Lea - Senior Lecturer, University of Geneva and Senior Researcher, University of Applied Arts and Sciences (Social Work) |
| Sinclair, Murray - Senator and Chair for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission |
| Skyvington, Stephen - Political Pundit, Expert in Health Care Policy and President of PoliTrain Inc. |
| Taft, Kevin - Best-Selling Author and Former Leader of the Opposition in Alberta |
| Wilson-Raybould, Jody - Former Attorney General of Canada |
Our workshop guest lecturers include current and former political leaders and elected representatives from various levels and branches of government.
In addition, the WSSR offer workshops by senior-level bureaucrats, Officers of Parliament, and academics who are at the top of their fields, all with years of experience in the Canadian and international contexts.
| Adcock, Robert - Professorial Lecturer, American University's School of International Service |
| Anderson, Mary R. - Chair/Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Tampa |
| Andrew, Caroline - Professor and Past Director of the Centre on Governance, University of Ottawa |
| Archer, Keith - Chief Electoral Officer of British Columbia |
| Beach, Derek - Professor, University of Aarhus, Denmark |
| Bennett, Andrew - Professor of Government, Georgetown University |
| Boudria, Don - Former Government House Leader |
| Brodie, Ian - Associate Professor, University of Calgary and former Chief of Staff for Prime Minister Stephen Harper |
| Cappe, Mel - Former Clerk of the Privy Council |
| Capstick, Ian - Founder, MediaStyle |
| Clake, Harold - Ashbel Smith Professor, University of Texas at Dallas |
| Curran, Rachel - Former Director of Policy to Prime Minister Stephen Harper |
| Coren, Michael - Author, Columnist and Speaker |
| Cowan, James - Former Nova Scotia Senator and Senate Liberal Leader |
| Dallaire, Sébastien - Vice President, Ipsos Public Affairs |
| Day, Stockwell - Former President of the Treasury Board |
| Eisenberg, Avigail - Professor, University of Victoria |
| Everitt, Joanna - Dean of Arts and Professor, University of New Brunswick |
| Ferguson, Michael - Auditor General of Canada |
| Fraser, Joan - Former Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament |
| Fraser, Graham - Canada's Former Commissioner of Official Languages |
| Gianni, Matteo - Associate Professor, University of Geneva |
| Gill, Jeff - Professor, Washington University |
| Gomery, John - Former Superior Court of Quebec Judge and Public Inquiry Commissioner |
| Gustafson, Diana - Professor, Memorial University |
| Hankivsky, Olena - Professor and Director of the Institute for Intersectionality Research and Policy, Simon Fraser University |
| Hiltz, Jon - Journalist, Writer and Director of Business Development, INDIVA |
| Hivon, Véronique - Porte-Parole de l’Opposition Officielle en matière de Justice, de Famille et de Soins de fin de vie |
| Jones, David - Former Chief Public Health Officer of Canada |
| Kingsley, Jean-Pierre - Former Chief Electoral Officer of Canada |
| Labelle, Diane - Director of First Nations Regional Adult Education Center |
| LeDuc, Lawrence - Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto |
| Longo, Matthew - Assistant Professor, Leiden University |
| MacNeil, Carole - Journalist and Host of CBC News Prime Time |
| Mazur, Amy - Dinstinguished Professor, Washington State University |
| Norris, Trevor - Associate Professor, Brock University |
| O'Neill, Brenda - Associate Professor, University of Calgary |
| Page, Kevin - Former Parliamentary Budget Officer of Canada |
| Prud'homme, Benjamin - Associate, Robinson Sheppard Shapiro |
| Robert, Charles - Clerk of the House of Commons |
| Salas, Aphrodite - Reporter, CTV and Assistant Professor, Concordia University |
| Sampert, Shannon - Director and Editor-in-chief of Evidence Network.ca and Associate Professor, University of Winnipeg |
| Schaffer, Frederic - Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Sgier, Lea - Chercheuse Associée, l'Institut d'études de la citoyenneté (InCite), University of Geneva |
| Shapiro, Robert - Wallace S. Sayre Professor of Government, Columbia University |
| Turner, Chris - Author, Essayist and Strategist |
| Whitten, Guy - Professor and Director, European Union Center, Texas A & M University |
Our workshop guest lecturers include current and former political leaders and elected representatives from various levels and branches of government.
In addition, the WSSR offer workshops by senior-level bureaucrats, Officers of Parliament, and academics who are at the top of their fields, all with years of experience in the Canadian and international contexts.
| Adcock, Robert - Professorial Lecturer, American University's School of International Service |
| Alvaro, Amanda - Co Founder at Pomp & Circumstance |
| Anderson, Mary R. - Chair/Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Tampa |
| Archer, Keith - Chief Electoral Officer of British Columbia |
| Banting, Keith G. - Stauffer Dunning Fellow and Professor Emeritus at Queen's University |
| Beach, Derek - Professor of Political Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark |
| Bennett, Andrew - Professor of Government, Georgetown University |
| Bercuson, David J. - Director, Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies and Director of International Programs, University of Calgary School of Public Policy |
| Blais, Louise - Consul General for Canada |
| Boudria, Don - Former Cabinet Minister and Government House Leader |
| Cappe, Mel - Former Clerk of the Privy Council |
| Capstick, Ian - Political Commentator and Managing Partner of MediaStyle |
| Caron, Gaétan - Former Chair and CEO of the National Energy Board, President, JEMF-X Inc. |
| Charest, Jean - Former Premier of Quebec |
| Clarke, Harold - Ashbel Smith Professor, University of Texas at Dallas |
| Coletto, David - CEO and a Founding Partner, Abacus Data |
| Costen, Eric - Director General of the Cannabis Legalization and Regulation Secretariat |
| Côté, Yves - Commissioner of Canada Elections |
| Courtney, John - Senior Policy Fellow, University of Saskatchewan |
| Cowan, James S. - Former Nova Scotia Senator and Senate Liberal Leader |
| Curran, Rachel - Former Director of Policy to Prime Minister Stephen Harper |
| Dallaire, Sébastien - Vice President, Ipsos Public Affairs |
| Day, Stockwell - Former President of the Treasury Board and Principle at Stockwell Day Connex |
| Eisenberg, Avigail - Professor, University of Victoria |
| Everitt, Joanna - Dean of Arts and Professor, University of New Brunswick |
| Fast, Elizabeth - Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Human Sciences, Concordia University |
| Ferguson, Michael - Auditor General of Canada |
| Fournier, Jean-Marc - Government House Leader and Minister Responsible for Canadian Relations and the Canadian Francophonie |
| Fraser, Graham - Canada’s Commissioner of Official Languages |
| Fraser, Joan - Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament |
| Gianni, Matteo - Associate Professor, University of Geneva |
| Gill, Jeff - Professor, Departments of Political Science, Biostatistics, and Surgery at Washington University |
| Gomery, John H. - Former Superior Court of Quebec Judge and Public Inquiry Commissioner |
| Gustafson, Diana - Professor, Memorial University |
| Hankivsky, Olena - Professor and Director, Insittute for Intersectionality Research and Policy, Simon Fraser University |
| Jiménez, Ileana - Founder, Feminist Teacher |
Kingsley, Jean-Pierre - Former Chief Electoral Officer of Canada
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| Kinsman, Jeremy - Former Ambassador to Russia |
| Kovach, Margaret - Associate Professor at the College of Education, University of Saskatchewan |
| LeDuc, Lawrence - Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto |
| Lenard, Patti Tamara - Associate Professor of Applied Ethics, University of Ottawa |
| Lenihan, Don - Senior Associate, Policy and Engagement, Canada 2020 |
| Lynch, Kevin - Vice-Chair of BMO Financial Group and Former Deputy Minister of Industry, Deputy Minister of Finance and Executive Director at the IMF |
| MacNeil, Carole - Journalist and Host, CBC |
| McLachlin, Beverley - Chief Justice of Canada |
| McLellan, Anne - Former Deputy Prime Minister and Chair of the Task Force on Cannabis Legalization and Regulation |
| Page, Kevin - Former Parliamentary Budget Officer of Canada |
| Pammett, Jon - Professor, Carleton University |
| Parekh, Bhikhu - Emeritus Professor of Political Philosophy and Labour Member of the UK House of Lords |
| Patriquin, Martin - Quebec Bureau Chief for Maclean's Magazine |
| Peters, Guy - Maurice Falk Professor of Government at the University of Pittsburgh |
| Powers, Tim - Vice-Chairman of Summa Strategies |
| Rae, Bob - Senior Partner, Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP and Former Premier of Ontario and Interim Liberal Party Leader |
| Robert, Charles - Clerk of the Senate and Clerk of the Parliaments |
| Salas, Aphrodite - Reporter, CTV |
| Sansfaçon, Annie Pullen - Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Universté de Montréal |
| Schwartz-Shea, Peregrine - Professor, University of Utah |
| Scruggs, Lyle - Professor, University of Connecticut |
| Seawright, Jason - Associate Professor, Northwestern University |
| Stinson, Jane - Principal Investigator and Director of the Feminist Northern Network |
| Van Loan, Peter - Member of Parliament, York-Simcoe and Former Leader of the Government in the House of Commons |
| Ware, Mark A. - Associate Professor, Family Medicine and Anesthesia, McGill University and Vice Chair of the Federal Task Force on the legalization and regulation of cannabis in Canada |
| Whitten, Guy - Professor, Texas A&M University |
| Williams, Melissa - Professor and Founding Director of the Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto |
Our workshop guest lecturers include current and former political leaders and elected representatives from various levels and branches of government.
In addition, the WSSR offer workshops by senior-level bureaucrats, Officers of Parliament, and academics who are at the top of their fields, all with years of experience in the Canadian and international contexts.
| Adcock, Robert |
| Archer, Keith |
| Beach, Derek |
| Beiner, Ronald |
| Gustafson, Diana |
Our workshop guest lecturers include current and former political leaders and elected representatives from various levels and branches of government.
In addition, the WSSR offer workshops by senior-level bureaucrats, Officers of Parliament, and academics who are at the top of their fields, all with years of experience in the Canadian and international contexts.
| Archer, Keith |
| Beach, Derek |
Drouin, Jacques
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Flanagan, Tom
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Lenihan, Don
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McMahon, Tom
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O'Brien, Gary
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Trent, Peter
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Our workshop guest lecturers include current and former political leaders and elected representatives from various levels and branches of government.
In addition, the WSSR offer workshops by senior-level bureaucrats, Officers of Parliament, and academics who are at the top of their fields, all with years of experience in the Canadian and international contexts.
| Archer, Keith |
| Beach, Derek |
Copps, Shelia
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Flanagan, Tom
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Grumbles, Ben
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McCutcheon, Allan
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Trent, Peter
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Our workshop guest lecturers include current and former political leaders and elected representatives from various levels and branches of government.
In addition, the WSSR offer workshops by senior-level bureaucrats, Officers of Parliament, and academics who are at the top of their fields, all with years of experience in the Canadian and international contexts.
| Archer, Keith |
| Beach, Derek |
Flanagan, Tom
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McCutcheon, Allan
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Peters, Guy
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Scotto, Tom
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Van Maravic, Patrick
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Our workshop guest lecturers include current and former political leaders and elected representatives from various levels and branches of government.
In addition, the WSSR offer workshops by senior-level bureaucrats, Officers of Parliament, and academics who are at the top of their fields, all with years of experience in the Canadian and international contexts.
| Archer, Keith |
| Beach, Derek |
Flanagan, Tom
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McCutcheon, Allan
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Peters, Guy
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Scotto, Tom
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Van Maravic, Patrick
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