What's New
Dr. McGrane and seven colleagues from the Political Studies Department at the University of Saskatchewan and the Political Science Department at the University of Regina co-authored a joint submission to the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Saskatchewan. The submission recommends the creation of two ridings exclusively within the city limits of Regina and two ridings exclusively within the city limits of Saskatoon. Download the submission. The Saskatoon Star-Phoenix also ran an op-ed on our submission by myself and my colleague Dr. Charles Smith.
Dr. McGrane now tweets daily on Saskatchewan and Canadian politics: Follow @ProfMcGrane
Dr. McGrane's new book entitled New Directions in Saskatchewan Public Policy has recently been published by the Canadian Plains Research Centre Press. Purchase this book from the publisher.
Dr. McGrane is involved one of the first academic telephone survey following a Saskatchewan election. See the Saskatchewan Election Study website for all of the results and research briefs associated with this survey.
Dr. McGrane has contributed a chapter on the federal NDP's political marketing strategy for The Canadian Federal Election of 2011 edited by Jon Pammett and Christopher Dornan and published by Dundurn Press. See the publications page for more information.
Biography
Dr. David McGrane was born and raised in Moose Jaw and did his undergraduate degree in Political Science at the University of Regina and his Masters’ degree in Political Science at York University in Toronto. In 2007, he completed his Ph.D. in political science at Carleton University in Ottawa. He began an appointment as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Political Studies in July 2007 at St. Thomas More College and the University of Saskatchewan.
He has published in the International Journal of Canadian Studies, the Journal of Canadian Studies, the Canadian Review of Political Science and has a contribution in Constructing Tomorrow’s Federalism from University of Manitoba Press. His most recent research is an edited book entitled New Directions in Saskatchewan Public Policy published by the Canadian Plains Research Centre Press.
Dr. McGrane frequently comments in the media on federal and provincial politics and teaches classes in North American politics, Canadian political parties, federalism, and provincial politics. His research interests include federal-provincial fiscal relations, social democracy, Québécois nationalism, Western Canadian alienation, multiculturalism, provincial elections, and childcare.
Dr. McGrane's Curriculum Vitae
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