PhD Policy Studies Virtual Speakers Series

The PhD Policy Studies Virtual Speakers Series brings together distinguished scholars, activists and practitioners to provide insight on the most relevant and critical issues facing our communities today. These sessions are interactive and include a Q&A portion. The goal is to create thought-provoking dialogue around the role of policy on a range of issues important to policy studies. 

Fall 2021 Speaker Series

Building Back Better: An Agenda for Progressive Public Policy

Winter 2022

Session 4: Rethinking Labour Politics in Difficult Times, with Dr. Stephanie Ross and Dr. Larry Savage

Session 3: People, Pandemics & Priorities: Reflections from the Front Lines, with Dr. Abdu Sharkawy

Fall 2021 Series 

Session 2: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency, with Seth Klein

Session 1: Reshaping the Post-Pandemic World as if People Mattered, with Linda McQuaig

Winter 2021 

Session 8: Transitional Justice Plan to End Genocide in Canada, with Dr. Pamela Palmater 

Session 7: The right to care in the time of COVID: The case of nursing homes, with Dr. Pat Armstrong  

Session 6: The Financialization of Rental Housing and Covid-19: Capitalizing on Crisis, with Dr. Martine August

Session 5: Reckoning: #BlackLivesMatter and the Democratic Necessity of Social Movements, with Dr. Deva Woodly

Fall 2020 Series 

Session 4: Are Canadian Cities Facing a Fiscal Crisis, with Dr. Enid Slack

Session 3: Does the United States Have a Democratic Future, with Bill Fletcher Jr

Session 2: Covid -19 and Cities, with Dr. Roger Keil

Session 1: Work After the Pandemic: What Has to Change, with Jim Stanford