MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance

Fellows

Honorary Distinguished Fellows

Honourary Distinguished Fellows are leaders in public policy and civil society who have made significant contributions to the fields of public policy and governance.

The Right Honourable Jean Chrétien
Former Prime Minister of Canada

The Honourable Anne McLellan
Senior Advisor at Bennett Jones LLP
Former Minister of Health

Darrell Dexter
Vice Chair, Global Public Affairs
Former Premier of Nova Scotia

Founding Fellows

The Founding Fellows play an important role in shaping the Institute’s agenda and profile, and ensuring it becomes the ‘go-to’ place for policy discussion and analysis regionally and nationally.

James Barker
Herbert S. Lamb Chair of Business Education, Rowe School of Business

Ajay Parasram
Assistant Professor, Departments of International Development Studies and History

Sara Kirk
Professor of Health Promotion, Scientific Director of the Healthy Populations Institute

Sheila Wildeman
Associate Professor, Schulich School of Law

Jacqueline Gahagan
Professor of Health Promotion, Faculty of Health

Ahsan Habib
Professor, School of Planning

Ren Thomas
Assistant Professor, School of Planning

Larry Hughes
Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Junior Fellows

Junior Fellows contribute to the research, goals and learning culture of the Institute. They work with the institute to support the development of progressive public policy and encourage greater citizen engagement.

Note: Titles are listed as they were at the time of appointment.