David McGrane

Ph.D. Carleton (2007)

Office: St. Thomas More 206 STM
Phone: 966-8924
Email: david.mcgrane@usask.ca
Website: http://www.davidmcgrane.ca/

Dr. David McGrane welcomes requests for media interviews in his research areas. In particular, Dr. McGrane can comment on Saskatchewan politics, including federal and provincial elections. Media may contact him at the above number.

He is currently writing a chapter on the federal NDP's political marketing strategy for The Canadian Federal Election of 2011 edited by Jon Pammett and Christopher Dornan. This long running series has examined federal elections campaigns since 1988 and is widely read in the field of Canadian politics.

Teaching & Supervision

Dr McGrane teaches POLS 111 (Democracy in North America), POLS 305 (Provincial Politics), POLS 337 (Canadian Political Thought), POLS 349 (The Public Policy of Multiculturalism in Canada), POLS 404 (Issues in Canadian Federalism), and POLS 405 (Political Representation in Canada)

Research

Federal-provincial fiscal relations, social democracy, Québécois nationalism, Western Canadian alienation, immigration, multiculturalism, childcare, Saskatchewan public policy, Saskatchewan provincial elections, Canadian federal elections, and political marketing.

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

David McGrane, “A Mixed Record: Gender and Saskatchewan Social Democracy”, Journal of Canadian Studies, Volume 42, Number 1, (Winter 2008), pp. 179-203.

David McGrane, “The 2007 Provincial Election in Saskatchewan”, Canadian Political Science Review, Volume 2, Number 1, March/April 2008, pp. 64-71.

David McGrane, “Western Alienation or Mere Critique of Federal Government Policies?: Saskatchewan Social Democrats’ View of Federalism from 1900 to Present”, International Journal of Canadian Studies, Volume 32, (2005), pp. 205-235.

Book Chapters

David McGrane, “Which Third Way? A Comparison of the Romanow and Calvert NDP Governments from 1991 to 2007” Saskatchewan Politics: Crowding the Centre, Howard Leeson (ed.), Regina: Canadian Center for Plains Research, 2008, pp. 143-164. Purchase this book at Amazon.ca.

David McGrane. “Limiting Fiscal Capacity?: The Relationship between Transfer Payments and Social Spending in Canadian Provinces from 1988 to 2002” in Constructing Tomorrow’s Federalism, edited by Ian Peach, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2007, pp. 51-88. Purchase this book at Amazon.ca.

Encyclopaedia Entries

David McGrane. “Joesph W. Burton”, “Don Mitchell” and “Andrew Thomson” in Saskatchewan Politicians: Lives Past and Present, edited by Brett Quiring, Regina: Canadian Plains Research Centre. 2004, pp. 34-35, 169-170 & 228.

Technical Reports

David McGrane. “Convincing Voters that Their Vote is Important: L’association Civisme et Démocratie - France” and “Teaching Political Participation Through Theatre: Le Réseau de Communication d’information et de formation des femmes dans les organisations non-gouvernementaux- Burkina Faso” in Engaging the Electorate: Initiatives to Promote Voter Turnout From Around the World, edited by Andrew Ellis, Maria Gratschew, Jon Pammett and Erin Thiessen, Stockholm: International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, 2006. pp. 40-41 & 54-55.

David McGrane. “Ontario government’s new health premiums as unfair as they are regressive” in The CCPA Monitor, Volume 11, No. 4, 2004. pp. 14-15.

Heather-Jane Robertson, David McGrane and Erika Shaker. For Cash and Future Considerations: Ontario Universities and Public-Private Partnerships. Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. 2003.

Book Reviews

David McGrane. Book Review of Social-démocratie et mouvements ouvrier: la fin de l’historie? by Serge Denis in Politique et Sociétés, Volume 22, no. 2, 2003. pp. 157-160.

Translations of Academic Texts (From French to English)

Linda Cardinal and Marie-Joie Bradley “Citizenship and Federalism in Canada: A Difficult Relationship” and Alain Noel “Balances and Imbalances in the Sharing of Financial Resources” in Contemporary Canadian Federalism: Foundations, Traditions, and Institutions. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2009. pp. 273-302 and 381-404.