Research Committee
The Research Committee of IPAC is composed of members of IPAC's Board of Directors and individual members of IPAC. Typically, half the members of this committee are academics and the other half is composed of practitioners. The committee is renewed every two years.
The Committee meets three times a year in person during the Annual Conference in August, in November and in April, and occasionally via teleconference. Any member of IPAC is eligible to become a member of the Research Committee. If you would like to be considered, please contact Wendy A. Feldman, Director of Research, at wfeldman@ipac.ca.
Research Committee Members 2011-2012
Chair
Dr. Kathy Brock
Associate Professor
School of Policy Studies
Queen’s University
Kingston, Ontario
Vice Chair
Mr. George Ross
Deputy Minister
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation, and Consumer Services
Members
Mr. Ken Armour
Executive Director, Research and Innovation
BC Ministry of Smalll Business, Technology and Economic Development
Victoria BC
Dr. Keith Brownsey
Professor, Department of Policy Studies,
Mount Royal College
Calgary Alberta
Ms. Nancy Croll
Executive Director
Crown Investments Corporation,
Regina, Saskatchewan
Mr. Drew Fagan
Deputy Minister
Ontario Ministry of Infrastructure
Toronto, Ontario
Mr. Toby Fyfe
Change Management Team
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ottawa, Ontario
Ms Joy Goertzen
Executive Director,Community and Cooperative Development
Manitoba Housing and Community Development
Dr. David Good
Professor, School of Public Administration
University of Victoria, BC
Dr. Paul LaFleche
Deputy Minister, Dept. of Fisheries and Aquaculture
and Dept. of Agriculture
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Ms. Jodi Leblanc
Advisor, Values and Ethics
Organizational Health & Ethics
Human Resources Division
Veterans Affairs Canada
Charlottetown, PE
Dr. Daniel Maltais
Professeur
Ecole nationale d'Administration Publique
Quebec
Ms. Janet Mason
Assistant Deputy Minister, Planning and Research
Ontario Cabinet Office
Ms. Janice Pettit
Senior Policy Analyst
Executive Council
Charlottetown, PE
Mr. Kevin Pike
Consultant and Retired
Municipal Public Servant
Vancouver, BC
Dr. Ken Rasmussen
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy
University of Regina
Saskatchewan
Dr. Jean-François Savard
Professeur
École Nationale d'Administration Publique (ÉNAP)
Gatineau
Ms. Rosanna Scotti
Director, Strategic & Corporate Policy
City Manager's Office
City of Toronto
Dr. Julie Simmons
Professor, Political Science
University of Guelph
Ontario
Dr. Wilfred Taylor-Cole
AISH Administrator, Galcary Area
Seniors and Community Supports
Alberta
Mr. Scott Thompson
Assistant Deputy Minister
Provincial Highways Management Division,
Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Dr. Jennifer Wallner
Assistant Professor
Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy
University of Regina, Saskatchewan
Dr. Graham White
Professor
Department of Political Science
University of Toronto
Ex Officio
(President (CAPPA) – Canadian Association of Programs in Public Administration)
Dr. Allan Tupper
Head of the Department
Department of Political Science
University of British Columbia
(Editor of IPAC Series in Public Management and Governance)
Dr. Patrice Dutil
Associate Professor
Department of Politics & Public Administration,
Ryerson University, Toronto
(Editor of the IPAC Case Study)
Prof. Andrew Graham
School of Policy Studies,
Queen's University, Kingston
(CSPS/EFPC)
Mr. Marc Sanderson
Partnerships and Best Practices
Canada School of Public Service, Ottawa
(Editor of Canadian Public Administration Journal)
Dr. Barbara Wake Carroll
Professor Emerita
Brock University, St. Catharines
French Language CPA Editor
Dr. Victor Y. Haines
School of Industrial Relations
University of Montreal
Associate Editor, CPA
Prof. Evert Lindquist
School of Public Administration
University of Victoria







