Areas
of
specialization
American and Canadian Politics
Comparative-Historial Political Development (Canada & US)
Comparative Social Policy
Background
BA (Alberta); MA (Alberta); PhD (Queen's)
Gerry has served as the Chair of the Department of Political Science from 2012-2017. Previously, from 2008 to 2011, Gerry served as the Director of Global Governance Teaching Programs (MA and PhD) and, in 2011, served as Director of the Masters of Public Service program.
Gerry is co-editor (with Rianne Mahon, Balsillie School of International Affairs and Stephen McBride, McMaster University) of the journal Global Social Policy, a fully peer-reviewed journal that advances the understanding of the transnational dimensions of social policy, social development, and social governance.
His manuscript, National Health Insurance: Race, Territory and the Development of Public Health Insurance in the United States and Canada (Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, 2008), won the Donald V. Smiley Award for the best book in the study of government and politics in Canada.
Gerry has acted as a consultant to Human Resources Development Canada and Industry Canada on public policy and was a contributing researcher to the joint Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC)/Industry Canada project on North American Linkages. He also authored, The Changing Political and Economic Environment of Health Care in Canada, the first of forty research papers commissioned for the Royal Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada.
Most recent publications
After
'08:
Social
Policy
and
the
Global
Financial
Crisis
After
‘08 examines
how
key
global
institutions,
such
as
the
World
Bank,
International
Monetary
Fund,
and
International
Labour
Organization,
as
well
as
nation
states
around
the
world
responded
to
the
crisis.
Comparing
the
experience
of
countries
in
Europe,
Asia,
Africa,
Latin
America,
and
North
America,
contributors
gauge
the
extent
to
which
the
neo-liberal
landscape
has
shifted
since
the
onset
of
the
financial
crisis
and
explore
the
directions
social
policy
has
taken.
Did
solutions
to
the
crisis
follow
a
similar
trajectory
across
countries
and
regions?
Or
did
the
diversity
in
national
experiences
produce
a
diversity
of
policy
responses?
And,
if
the
latter,
where
did
alternatives
to
neo-liberalism
emerge?
"Social Protection Guarantees as Legal Rights?: The International Labor Organization, the United States, and the American 'National Context'" Global Social Policy, 15:1 (Spring 2015) currently available online.
"Territorial Politics, Federalism and Income Redistribution.” In John Myles and Keith G. Banting, ed., The New Politics of Redistribution in Canada. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2014).
“Canadian Fiscal Federalism in Comparative Perspective.” With Jennifer Wallner. In Luc Bernier et al., ed., Comparing Canada: Methods and Perspectives on Canadian Politics. (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2014).
Additional information
For a full list of publications please see Dr. Boychuk's Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Balsillie School of International Affairs web page
Email: gboychuk@uwaterloo.ca
Office: Hagey Hall
302
Phone:
x
46567