Bringing together diverse leaders in the housing policy sector, LISPOP (Laurier Institute for the Study of Public Opinion and Policy) is hosting its 3rd annual Forum on Public Opinion and Housing Policy. This years' forum will focus on the impact of housing on generational inequality. The day-long event will be held on February 20th, 2025, at Wilfrid Laurier's Waterloo Campus, from 9:00am-4:00pm.
The Forum on Public Opinion and Housing Policy is free to attend, but advance registration is required.
The exact agenda to be announced soon!
Dr. Paul Kershaw
Paul Kershaw is a tenured professor at the University of BC’s School of Population Health, public speaker, regular media contributor and Founder of Generation Squeeze. Gen Squeeze is a Think and Change Tank promoting wellbeing for all generations by championing generational fairness to preserve what Canadians hold sacred—a healthy childhood, home and planet.
Dr. Marie Connolly
Marie Connolly (Ph.D. 2007, Princeton University) is Professor of Economics at the University of Quebec in Montreal’s School of Management (ESG UQAM). She teaches statistics and econometrics to undergraduates and labour economics to graduate students. Her research is primarily empirical and touches upon various topics in labour economics, more recently focusing on intergenerational income mobility. She is also the current Data Editor of the Canadian Journal of Economics, the Vice-Dean for research at her institution, the Director of the Research Group on Human Capital and the co-holder of the Research Chair in Intergenerational Economics.
Dr. Darrell Bricker
Darrell Bricker is chief executive officer of Ipsos Public Affairs, the world’s leading social and opinion research firm. Prior to joining Ipsos, he was director of public opinion research in the office of the prime minister of Canada. He holds a BA, MA, and Honorary Doctor of Laws from Wilfrid Laurier University and a Ph.D. in political science from Carleton University. He is the co-author, with John Ibbitson, of several books, including Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline and The Big Shift: The Seismic Change In Canadian Politics, Business, and Culture and What It Means for Our Future. He lives in Toronto with his family.
Dr. Laura Stephenson
Laura Stephenson is professor and chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario. She co-directs the Consortium on Electoral Democracy (C-Dem), which has administered the Canadian Election Study and Democracy Checkup surveys since 2019, and is the director of the Centre for the Study of Political Behaviour at Western. Her research focuses on political behaviour and the effects of institutions, including the issues of partisanship, voting, and the relationships among voters, parties and electoral systems, from a Canadian and comparative perspective.
Dr. Andrew Potter
Andrew Potter is an associate professor (professional) and Graduate Program Director at the Max Bell School of Public Policy. A former journalist, between 2011 and 2016 Andrew Potter was managing editor and then editor in chief of the Ottawa Citizen, and from 2006 to 2011 he was a public affairs columnist for Maclean's Magazine. He is also a former Director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada. Potter is the author of The Authenticity Hoax: How We Get Lost Finding Ourselves, and the co-author, with Joseph Heath, of the best-selling book The Rebel Sell: Why the Culture Can't be Jammed. Andrew Potter holds a PhD in philosophy from the University of Toronto and did postdoctoral work at the Université de Montreal. He studied Philosophy as an undergraduate at McGill, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1993.
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