BC Office

Researcher

Prescription drug policy; BC Pharmacare; BC Reference Drug Program; pharmaceutical issues relating to media and consumers

Researcher

Transportation policy; P3s; infrastructure; municipal affairs and policy; labour policy and employment standards; job creation strategies; trade

Assistant Professor, Resource and Environmental Management, SFU

Indigenous governance; resource management, economic development, Indigenous-Settler relations

Director, Trade Union Research Bureau

Economic policy; privatization and contracting out; BC labour code; employment standards; public pensions; industrial/labour relations; municipal finance

Earth Scientist, Geological Survey of Canada (retired), principal of Global Sustainability Research

Energy sustainability, unconventional oil and gas, coal, renewables, climate change, geopolitical issues related to energy

Lawyer

Residential tenancy law; welfare and disability access law

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Economics, UNBC

Poverty law: housing, income assistance, disability benefits

Professor of Sociology and Latin American Studies, SFU

Migrant and immigrant farmworkers’ labour rights and work conditions; neoliberal globalization and biotechnology in Latin America; NAFTA and agriculture and labour policy

Lawyer; Co-Director, Poverty and Human Rights Project

Economic inequality and poverty as a human rights issue; Canada’s international human rights obligations; social program restructuring and its impact on women and other politically marginalized groups

Professor, Dept. of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies, SFU

Recent immigrants and employment standards; immigrant settlement; Asian immigrants to Canada and their work experience

Associate Professor, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, UBC

Food sovereignty, agriculture and climate change, local food systems, agrarian citizenship

Professor of Sociology, SFU

Employment and income security policy; impacts of social and economic policy on women

Senior Policy Analyst, Mental Health and Wellness, First Nations Health Authority

Indigenous rights and reconciliation, mental health and substance use, natural resources and the environment

Lawyer

Labour and employment law; energy law and policy; BC Hydro; privacy and access to information

Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, SFU

Electricity policy; labour policy; Crown corporations; health policy and international trade

Lawyer

Workplace law and policy; mental health and substance use; statutory human rights schemes; privacy and medical information

Health policy researcher; Lecturer/Practicum Coordinator, Faculty of Health Sciences, SFU

Public/universal health care; comparative Canadian-US health policy; international health

Researcher

Human rights; international human rights conventions; trade in hazardous materials; food sovereignty

Researcher

Privatization; P3s; municipal government and finance

Health Justice

Assistant Professor of Labour Studies, SFU

Labour market changes; pensions; precarious work; temporary foreign workers; migration; unfree and forced labour

Director of Research, BC Teachers’ Federation

Education policy; technology and education; globalization, FTAA and education; performance requirements

Associate Professor, Community and Regional Planning and Women’s and Gender Studies, UBC

Public engagement and social integration of immigrants in Canada; Filipino-Canadian social, economic, health and political issues; Canadian development assistance to Southeast Asian countries, especially the Philippines

Researcher

Child care policy and financing; child and family services

Associate Professor of Law, UBC

Equality rights; economic inequality and poverty as a human rights law issue; Canada’s international human rights obligations; women and the law; constitutional law; social welfare law

Professor Emeritus, Sauder School of Business, UBC

Changing roles for labour and management in public services; treatment of safety and health issues in arbitration; impact of NAFTA labour accords and the management of industrial relations; regionalism in Canadian industrial relations

Researcher

Labour market trends; homelessness; women’s issues; eco-tourism/parks

Professor, Dept. of Political Science, UBC

Canadian foreign policy; democracy and civil rights in Latin America; NAFTA

Professor, Dept. of Political Science, UBC

International politics; international law and human rights law; Canadian foreign policy; Canada-US relations; Canada’s north and climate change

Education Policy Consultant

Privatization of education; education, quality indicators and democratic values; child poverty; peace education

Professor, Dept. of Economics, UNBC

International economic relations; globalization; East Asian development; Northern BC economy; currency union; casual workers; post-secondary funding

Director and Professor, School of Community and Regional Planning, UBC

Social policy for low-income communities; Downtown Eastside housing and community development; making communities safe and inclusive for children and youth; social implications of telework

Faculty Emeritus, Political Science, Langara College

International relations; peace and conflict studies; globalization and trade; democratic governance and proportional representation; poverty and inequality

Researcher, UBC Faculty Association

Privatization and contracting out; P3s; food and water policy; biotechnology; localization and small scale food production; global agri-business

Associate Professor, Dept. of Educational Studies, UBC

Women and labour market training; life skills training; adult education; feminist policy analysis; welfare policy; community-based and action-oriented research

Family physician, UBC researcher, executive board member with Canadian Doctors for Medicare

Health inequities; health determinants in primary care; primary health care reform; public vs private health care reform

Professor, Dept. of Sociology, UVic

Corporate power and concentration; progressive social movements and social justice; globalization and social justice