Guy Chiasson (Contributor)
Guy Chiasson is Professor of Political Science and Regional Development at the University of Quebec in Outaouais. His primary research interests lie in municipal policies and urban governance as well as natural resource policies. In 2017, he co-authored Minorités francophones et gouvernance urbaine with Greg Allain, and is the co-editor of L’économie politique des ressources naturelles au Québec. He is Assistant Director of the Centre de recherche sur le développement territorial.
Caroline Andrew (Editor)
Caroline Andrew has been at the University of Ottawa for over 30 years. She was Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences from 1997 to 2005 and is currently a full professor in the School of Policy Studies and Director of the Centre for Governance Studies. Dr. Andrew is a leading Canadian authority on urban studies, feminist studies and cultural diversity.
Ruth Hubbard (Editor)
Ruth Hubbard is a practitioner, advisor, explorer, and published writer about governance and management challenges, especially in the public and not-for-profit sectors. She served for more than a decade as a federal deputy minister, during the iImplementation of Canada’’s value-added tax (the GST). Later, she was Master of the Royal Canadian Mint and President of the Public Service Commission. She was a senior research fellow at the University of Ottawa’s Centre on Governance and Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. from 2002 to 2017.
Gilles Paquet (Editor)
Gilles Paquet (1936–2019), O.C., MRSC, was Professor Emeritus at the Telfer School of Management and a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre on Governance of the University of Ottawa. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and of the Royal Society of Arts of London, and served as President of the Royal Society of Canada (2003–2005). He studied at Laval, Queen's (Canada) and at the University of California (Los Angeles) where he was Postdoctoral Fellow in Economics. He taught at Carleton University for almost 20 years before joining the University of Ottawa in 1981. He received honorary doctorates from Queen's, Laval, and Thompson Rivers University, received the Public Service Citation Award of APEX, and was made Honorary Member of l'Association des économistes québécois. He was made Member of the Order of Canada in 1992.