The School of Public Policy, along with its partner organizations, has access to a depth of experience that enables us to fully deliver on the research agenda. We have sought out the best expertise across Canada for specialized components of the research. This list reflects researchers that have signed on to conduct research under the program.
Canadian Northern Corridor Research Leads
Dr. G. Kent Fellows
Program Director, Canadian Northern Corridor Research Program
Assistant Professor of Economics
The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary
Expertise: Regulation · Competition Policy · Economic Impacts · Cost Benefit Analysis · Trade · Regional / Resource Economics
Dr. Robert L. Mansell
Senior Scientific Advisor, Canadian Northern Corridor Research Program
Emeritus Professor of Economics and Research Fellow
The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary
Expertise: Cost-Benefit Analysis · Regional / Resource Economics · Regulation
Dr. Katharina Koch
Postdoctoral Associate, Canadian Northern Corridor Research Program
The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary
Expertise: Arctic Geopolitics and Security · Digital Inequalities and (Im-)mobility · Governance · Canadian / Arctic Security
Ms. Emily Galley, M.A.
Research Coordinator, Energy and Environmental Policy Research Division
The School of Public Policy
Expertise: Community Development · Natural Resource Economies · Ethnographic Methods
External Researchers and Contributors
Dr. Osman Alp
Professor, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary.
Dr. Ari Van Assche
Associate Professor, Department of International Business, HEC Montréal.
Dr. Jeff Birchall
Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta
Dr. Anthony E. Boardman
Professor Emeritus, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia
Ms. Nicole Bonnett
PhD candidate, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta
Mr. Jason Calla
First Nations Infrastructure Institute and Principal, Temixw Planning
Dr. Alexandre G. de Barros
Professor, Civil Engineering, University of Calgary
Dr. Nathan S. Debortoli
Independent researcher
Dr. Guy Doré
Associate Professor (retired), Department of Civil and Water Engineering, University of Laval
Mr. David Fawcett
Research Associate, University of Northern British Columbia
Dr. Jenanne Ferguson
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, MacEwan University
Dr. James Ford
Chair, Climate Change Adaptation at Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds
Mr. Rowland J. Harrison, K.C.
Independent researcher
Ms. Sarah Kehler
PhD Candidate, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta
Dr. Frédéric Lasserre
Professor, Department of Geography, University of Laval
Ms. Marcela Coelho Lopes
PhD candidate, Transportation Engineering, University of Calgary
Dr. Marcelin Joanis
Professor of Economics, École Polytechnique de Montréal and Research Fellow, CIRANO
Dr. David Large
Professional engineer, independent researcher
Dr. P. Whitney Lackenbauer
Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Study of the Canadian North, School for the Study of Canada, Trent University
Dr. André Le Dressay
Professor, Director of Fiscal Realities Economists, Director of Tulo Centre of Indigenous Economics, School of Business and Economics, Thompson Rivers University
Ms. Julie Malenfant-Lepage
PhD candidate, Department of Civil and Water Engineering, University of Laval
Dr. Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin
Full Professor, École Polytechnique de Montréal and President and CEO, CIRANO
Dr. Sharon Mascher
Senior Lecturer, Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University
Dr. Cherie Metcalf
Associate Professor, Queen's Faculty of Law
Dr. Mark A. Moore
Senior Lecturer, Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University
Dr. Dwight Newman, QC
Professor of Law, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Rights in Constitutional and International Law, University of Saskatchewan
Dr. Tristan Pearce
Associate Professor, Global & International Studies Program and Canada Research Chair, Cumulative Impacts of Environmental Change, University of Northern British Columbia
Mr. Jason Reeves
Economist, Fiscal Realities Economists, Tulo Centre of Indigenous Economics, First Nations Infrastructure Institute
Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue
Professor, Department of Global Studies & Geography, Hofstra University
Mr. Iyad Sahnoon
PhD candidate, Transportation Engineering, University of Calgary
Mr. Ian Satchwell
Adjunct Professor, Sustainable Minerals Institute, University of Queensland
Dr. Evgeniia (Jen) Sidorova
Policy and Research Analyst, Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
Dr. Eva Stephani
Researcher, United States Geological Survey (Alaska)
Mr. Andrei Sulzenko
Executive Fellow, The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary
Dr. Ahmad Teymouri
Professor, Global Supply Chain Management Program, Algonquin College School of Business
Dr. Shirley Thompson
Associate Professor, Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources, University of Manitoba and Principle Investigator, Mino Bimaadiziwin Partnership
Dr. Trevor Tombe
Associate Professor, Economics and Research Fellow, The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary
Dr. Steven Vamosi
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary and Scientific Director, Biogeoscience Institutes, University of Calgary
Dr. Aidan R. Vining
Emeritus CNABS Professor of Business & Government Relations, Simon Fraser University
Dr. Luis Virla
Research Fellow, TU Delft and University of Calgary, Co-Director, InnoLab Space
Mr. David Wright
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary
Dr. Thierry Warin
Professor, Department of International Business, HEC Montréal
Dr. Hamidreza (Hamid) Zareipour
Professor, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary