Matthew Mendelsohn
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Matthew Mendelsohn is a Canadian university professor and public policy consultant. He is the deputy minister of the Ontario government's Democratic Renewal Secretariat. He is also director of the Canadian Opinion Research Archive and an associate professor in the Department of Political Studies at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. From 1996 to 1998, he served as a senior advisor in Canada's Privy Council Office, directing public opinion research activities for the Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs.
Mendelsohn is co-editor of Referendum Democracy: Citizens, Elites, and Deliberation in Referendum Campaigns (Palgrave, 2001). He has been published widely on the media, public opinion, elections, public participation and public consultations, democratic reform, Quebec nationalism, globalization, health care policy, and Canadian and Quebec politics. He also serves on the board of directors of the Developing Countries Farm Radio Network and the Serve Canada youth service organization.
[edit] Education
Mendelsohn grew up in Canada. He received a B.A. in Political Science from McGill University and an MA and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Montreal.
While attending university, Mendelsohn was one of Canada's most successful parliamentary debaters. He was president of the Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate and won the award for Top Speaker at the 1986 Canadian National Debating Championship.
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[edit] External links
- Matthew Mendelsohn (Queen's University Bio)
- Listen Up, Canada by Matthew Mendelsohn (Globe and Mail, 2005)
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