Zachary Spicer is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy and Administration at York University, where he also serves as the Head of New College. He previously served as a Senior Policy Advisor to the Government of Ontario and the Director of Research and Outreach with the Institute of Public Administration of Canada. He began his career as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Brock University and completed post-doctoral fellowships with the Laurier Institute for the Study of Public Opinion and Policy at Wilfrid Laurier University and the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. He received his PhD from the Department of Political Science at The University of Western Ontario.