The University of Waterloo has experts available for interviews on a wide range of election-related issues.
For experts or issues not on this list, please see our media relations contact information below.
ECONOMY, INNOVATION AND JOBS
Kathleen Rybczynski
Labour economics; health economics; economics
Ana Ferrer
Education and household economics; labour economics
Margaret Insley
Natural resource and environmental economics
Jean-Paul Lam
Macroeconomics; Monetary economics; cryptocurrencies
Larry Smith
Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Forecasting
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Jason Thistlethwaite
Climate change governance; economic effects of climate change; corporate social responsibility
Nadine Ibrahim
Climate-change mitigation; urban infrastructure; sustainable cities
Angela Carter
Environmental policy; climate crisis and politics, oil and gas
Jatin Nathwani
Ontario Research Chair in Public Policy for Sustainable Energy
Executive director, Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy
Rebecca Saari
Health impacts of air pollution under future climate; air quality impacts of energy and climate policy
HEALTH CARE
Health technology
Catherine Burns
Executive Director, Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology
Improving quality of life and human health through science, engineering and medicine
Aging
Richard Hughson
Senior Director of Research, Schlegel Research Chair in Vascular and Brain Health
Cardiovascular physiology; vascular aging; environmental physiology
Health policy
David Hammond
Tobacco control and e-cigarettes; cannabis and harm reduction; food policy and obesity prevention
Heather MacDougall
History of medicine in Canada; health and disease
GOVERNANCE AND SENATE REFORM
Emmett Macfarlane
Canadian politics; public policy; the SCOC; Charter of rights and Freedoms; Parliament; constitutional law
MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS
Geoffrey Hayes
Canadian military, history, leadership and peacekeeping.
