Contributors

Duane Bratt is professor in the Department of Economics, Justice, and Policy Studies at Mount Royal University. He has published extensively in the areas of Alberta politics, Canadian nuclear policy, and Canadian foreign policy and was most recently co-editor of Orange Chinook. He is seen and heard regularly on TV and radio.

Brad Clark worked as a journalist for twenty years in both print and broadcasting before entering the academy. He teaches in the Broadcast Media Studies and Journalism and Digital Media programs in the School of Communication Studies at Mount Royal University. He’s the author of Journalism’s Racial Reckoning: The News Media’s Pivot to Diversity and Inclusion.

Brooks DeCillia is an assistant professor with Mount Royal University’s School of Communication Studies. For more than a decade, Brooks was a national reporter with CBC News. His reports regularly aired on CBC Television’s The National and CBC Radio One programs. Brooks covered stories across Canada, South Asia, Europe, and the United States, and was embedded with Canadian Forces in Afghanistan.

Roger Epp is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Alberta, where he served in a number of senior leadership roles, including that of founding dean of the Augustana Campus in Camrose. Over the past quarter century, he has written extensively about the rural West. His books include We Are All Treaty People: Prairie Essays and Writing Off the Rural West (co-edited with Dave Whitson).

Doug King’s interest in law enforcement began as a research analyst with the Calgary Police Service in the mid-1980s. As a professor in the Department of Economic, Justice, and Policy Studies, Doug offers courses in policing, law, and restorative justice. He is frequently interviewed by news media on justice-related matters.

Jonathan Malloy is a member of the Department of Political Science at Carleton University, where he holds the Bell Chair in Canadian Parliamentary Democracy. He is co-editor of The Politics of Ontario and co-author of Fighting For Votes: Parties, the Media, and Voters in an Ontario Election.

Tyler Nagel teaches journalism at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology and communications at Royal Roads University. He is a PhD candidate at the University of Groningen. His research interests are in local journalism, online news, and community media.

Chaseten Remillard teaches in the School of Communication and Culture at Royal Roads University. His research includes topics as varied as homelessness, the artist Bill Reid, hockey art, Trudeau’s selfies, and shark films. Despite this eclecticism, he consistently interrogates how images gain and transmit meaning and how these meanings serve to reinforce particular “ways of seeing” ourselves and the world around us.

Jean-Sébastien Rioux taught political science and public policy for twenty years, most recently at the School of Public Policy, University of Calgary. His scholarly publications have been in the fields of Canadian foreign policy, energy policy, war, and geopolitics. His most recent book, Triple Crown: Winning Canada’s Energy Future, was co-authored with the late Honourable Jim Prentice and was a Globe & Mail bestseller. His writing now focuses on fiction and thrillers.

Peter Malachy Ryan teaches public relations at Mount Royal University. He is an accredited public relations (APR) professional through the Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS), and an advisory board member for the Centre for Crisis and Risk Communication (CCRC). His published research focuses on the areas of issues management in Alberta and Canadian online politics.

Anthony M. Sayers is a professor of political science at the University of Calgary whose research and publications analyze political parties and elections, representation, and federalism in Alberta, Canada, and Australia.

Gillian Steward is a Calgary-based journalist who has been covering Alberta politics since Peter Lougheed was elected premier. She currently writes a regular column for the Toronto Star. She was the managing editor at the Calgary Herald from 1987 to 1990. In 2000 she co-authored with Kevin Taft Clear Answers: The Economics and Politics of For-Profit Medicine a collaboration with The Parkland Institute. In 2014 she completed a PhD in Communication Studies at the University of Calgary.

David K. Stewart is a professor of political science at the University of Calgary. He has published in the areas of provincial politics, Canadian politics, and political parties. He is the co-author of a book on leadership selection in Alberta.

Richard Sutherland is associate professor in the Department of Economics, Justice, and Policy Studies at Mount Royal University. He has degrees from the University of Calgary (BA, 1987; MCS, 1998) and McGill University (PhD, 2009). He teaches public policy, as well as on politics and media. His research interests are primarily to do with Canadian cultural policy, particularly music industry policy.

David Taras (1950–2022) was professor in Communication Studies and Ralph Klein chair in Media Studies at Mount Royal University. He was co-editor of Orange Chinook: Politics in the New Alberta. Through a distinguished career, David was a respected scholar, public intellectual, and generous mentor.

Melanee Thomas is an associate professor in political science at the University of Calgary. Her research addresses the causes and consequences of gender-based political inequality, with a particular focus on political attitudes and behaviour. Her objectives are to identify how Canadians think about themselves in politics; explain how this is structured by gender, sexism, and racism; and then develop potential solutions that ameliorate and strengthen our democratic politics. Her work appears in Politics & Gender, Electoral Politics, Political Behaviour, Political Communication, and the Canadian Journal of Political Science.

Graham Thomson is a political columnist who has covered Alberta politics for a myriad of news outlets including the CBC, Edmonton Journal, Toronto Star, Alberta Views Magazine, and others. He arrived in Alberta more than thirty-five years ago planning to leave once the province’s spirited politics grew boring. He is still here.

Trevor Tombe is a professor of economics at the University of Calgary and a research fellow at the School of Public Policy. He is also co-director of Finances of the Nation. His research focuses on public finances, macroeconomics, international trade, and fiscal federalism. In addition to his academic research, he actively promotes the public understanding of economics through policy and media engagement.

Kate Toogood is a student in the Master of Arts in Professional Communication program at Royal Roads University. Her research focuses on how framing is used in communications by politicians on social media. She is a communication and marketing professional with over thirteen years of experience, both in Canada and globally, and has worked with organizations in the public and private sector. Now a private consultant, she is dedicated to using her skills and expertise to help her clients to make the world a better place.

Charles F. Webber teaches in the Department of Education at Mount Royal University. He has served as professor and dean in Alberta and British Columbia. His research and publications focus on educational governance in K–12 schools and postsecondary institutions. He is editor of a forthcoming book, Teacher Leadership in International Contexts, published by Springer.

Jared J. Wesley is a professor of political science at the University of Alberta. A former director of intergovernmental relations for the Government of Alberta, he leads the Common Ground initiative and Viewpoint Alberta project, shedding light on political culture and public opinion in Alberta. He is author of Code Politics: Campaigns and Cultures on the Canadian Prairies.

Lori Williams is an associate professor in the Department of Economics, Justice and Policy Studies at Mount Royal University. Her research and teaching interests include women and politics, law, Charter rights, political philosophy, ethics, power and technology, including social media. She regularly engages in analysis and commentary on radio and television.

Lisa Young is professor of political science at the University of Calgary, where she was also vice-provost and dean of graduate studies from 2011 to 2018. She has published extensively in the field of Canadian politics, focusing on political parties, election finance, women in politics, and graduate education. She frequently comments on Alberta and Canadian politics in the media.