David McGrane - On Leave, Sept 1 - Dec 31, 2012

  • Associate Professor
  • St. Thomas More College
  • 1437 College Drive Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W6
  • Phone: 306.966.8924
  • dmcgrane@stmcollege.ca
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Education | Research Interests | Research Projects | Selected Publications
Teaching Responsibilities | Administrative Responsibilities

Education

  • Carleton University (Ph.D., Political Science)
  • York University (M.A., Political Science)
  • University of Regina (B.A. with Honours, Political Science)

Research Interests

  • Canadian Politics
  • Federalism
  • Saskatchewan Politics
  • Québécois Nationalism
  • Multiculturalism and Immigration
  • Canadian Political Parties
www.davidmcgrane.ca

http://usask.academia.edu/McGraneDavid

Research Projects

  • Comparison of social democracy in Québec and Saskatchewan
  • Bilateral agreements between provinces and the federal government
  • Government policies concerning immigration and multiculturalism across the four Western Canadian provinces
  • Daycare policies of provincial governments across Canada
  • Political marketing and the NDP in the 2011 Canadian federal election
  • Voter behaviour in the 2011 Saskatchewan provincial election

Selected Publications and Presentations

  • David McGrane (editor), New Directions in Saskatchewan Public Policy, Canadian Plains Research Centre Press, 2011.
  • David McGrane, "Political Marketing and the NDP's Historic Breakthrough" in The Canadian Federal Election of 2011, John Pammett and Christopher Doran (eds.) Toronto:  Dundurn Publishing, 2011, pp. 77-110.
  • David McGrane, "Which Third Way? A Comparison of the Romanow and Calvert MDP Governments from 1991 to 2007" Saskatchewan Politics:  Crowding the Centre, Howard Leeson (ed.) Regina:  Canadian Plains Research Center, 2008, pp. 143-164.
  • 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. "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.
  • 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.

Teaching Responsibilities

  • Introduction to Political Science
  • Provincial Politics
  • Canadian Political Thought
  • Multiculturalism
  • Federalism
  • Canadian Political Parties and Social Movements

Administrative Responsibilities

  • Member of the Undergraduate Committee, Department of Political Studies, University of Saskatchewan
  • Member of Keenan Lecture Committee
  • Member of STM Social Committee
  • Member of STM Research Committee