McMaster Policy Exchange
A vehicle for policy-based change, the McMaster Policy Exchange will host events, workshops and roundtables for academic leaders and policymakers to discuss challenges and opportunities they face in their disciplines. The Exchange will be made up of multiple theme-based teams that tackle issues related to climate change, health, security and more – each one designed to evolve and grow our policy engagement and influence activities across spheres.
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Core Principles
We’re committed to a non-partisan approach to policy engagement that is evidence-based, interdisciplinary, integrated and holistic, and that is inclusive of diverse stakeholder perspectives.
- Multiple perspectives
- Robust discussions
- Sound solutions
- Integrated with policymakers
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Analysis: Will your electric car burst into flames? A solid-state battery would reduce the risk
Taiana Lucia Emmanuel Pereira is a postdoctoral fellow in Chemistry. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Canada recently signed a new trade agreement with China, reducing tariffs on up to 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) each year. By 2030, half of these imported vehicles are […]
Analysis: What Bad Bunny meant when he said ‘Canadá’ — and why we’re still talking about it
Rodrigo Narro Pérez is an assistant professor in the School of Earth, Environment and Society in the Faculty of Science, and Stacy A. Creech de Castro is a postdoctoral fellow in the Faculty of Humanities, and the Office of the Vice-Provost (Teaching & Learning). This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. […]
How Trump’s tariffs far surpassed a critical tipping point
As the United States confronts the fallout from a Supreme Court decision striking down President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, new research from McMaster economist Pau Pujolas offers timely evidence on the lacklustre effectiveness of U.S. tariff policy. Tariff revenue starts to fall once tariffs cross 25 per cent, Pujolas and his co-author, Jack Rossbach […]
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The McMaster Policy Exchange offers evidence-informed policy input to decision makers in government, community groups and industry. Contact us for more information and for expert input relating to your policy domain.
Members
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Elizabeth Alvarez
Associate Professor, Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
Alexander Drossos
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Jordan Mansell
Sessional Instructor, Master of Public Policy
Brenda McPhail
Executive Director Master of Public Policy in Digital Society
Saroo Sharda
Associate Dean of Equity and Inclusion, Faculty of Health Sciences
Michael Wilson
Associate Professor, Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact