Racist campaign speech and political engagement
Does racist campaign speech cause targeted groups to engage in or retreat from politics?
Intersectionality and candidate recruitment
Research examining how race, gender, and intersectionality shape candidate recruitment
Gendered perceptions of mayoral candidates
Voters' assessments of mayoral candidates are shaped by stereotypes about their trait and issue strengths
Who ran and won in 2021?
Results from a new analysis of diversity in the 2021 Canadian federal election
Women, power and political representation
Women, Power, and Political Representation named a Hill Times Best Book of 2021
How diverse is Canadian politics?
Introducing a new dataset on the demographics of more than 4,500 federal election candidates
Gender and donations in Canadian elections
We examine more than 1 million donations to Canadian parties and federal candidates over a 25-year period
The election of Valérie Plante
Did gender matter in the election of Montreal's first woman mayor? Mireille Paquet and I say yes and no
Ethnicity and political donations
An in-depth analysis of donations during the 2015 Canadian election shows evidence of co-ethnic affinity and a high rate of contributions from South Asian Canadians
Race and candidate recruitment
Does who you know matter? This study shows that racialized candidates are most likely to emerge in districts with racialized local party presidents.