Two articles in Studies in Political Economy provide a reinterpretation of the political economy of Canadian development through rethinking the role of Fordism and post-Fordism over the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. A larger book on the political economy of federal R&D and innovation policy, called Asleep at the Switch, was published by McGill-Queen's University Press in 2014 and covers the long history of federal promotion of greater R&D and original innovation in Canadian industry. It draws on the work on Canadian political economy outlined in the two articles. It won the Donald Smiley Prize in 2015 for the best book on Canadian government and politics.

A chapter in an edited volume was published in 2018 in D. Bonham (ed.) Becoming 150: 150 Years of Canadian Business History. It critically examined the claim, often made in the literature on technological change and in justifications for free trade policies, that R&D and original innovation are central to dynamic capitalism. By looking at how transferred technologies and tariff protection were at the core of the advanced form of capitalism that developed in Canada, this contention is challenged in the Canadian case.

Research Interests

• Shortlisted - 2015 Donald Smiley Prize, Canadian Political Science Association - 2015
• 2015 Donald Smiley Prize for the best book published in 2014 in English or French on Canadian Politics and Government - 2015

Two articles in Studies in Political Economy provide a reinterpretation of the political economy of Canadian development through rethinking the role of Fordism and post-Fordism over the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. A larger book on the political economy of federal R&D and innovation policy, called Asleep at the Switch, was published by McGill-Queen's University Press in 2014 and covers the long history of federal promotion of greater R&D and original innovation in Canadian industry. It draws on the work on Canadian political economy outlined in the two articles. It won the Donald Smiley Prize in 2015 for the best book on Canadian government and politics.

A chapter in an edited volume was published in 2018 in D. Bonham (ed.) Becoming 150: 150 Years of Canadian Business History. It critically examined the claim, often made in the literature on technological change and in justifications for free trade policies, that R&D and original innovation are central to dynamic capitalism. By looking at how transferred technologies and tariff protection were at the core of the advanced form of capitalism that developed in Canada, this contention is challenged in the Canadian case.

Degrees

Professional Leadership

Member of the 2018 Canadian Political Science Association Smiley Prize Jury

College Academic Success Leader 2017-2018, McLaughlin College, York University

College Academic Life Coordinator 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, McLaughlin College, York University

Research Interests

Awards

• Shortlisted - 2015 Donald Smiley Prize, Canadian Political Science Association - 2015
• 2015 Donald Smiley Prize for the best book published in 2014 in English or French on Canadian Politics and Government - 2015