2008 CANADA ELECTION

14 October 2008

SEAT PROJECTIONS & RIDING DISCUSSION -- SELECT PROVINCE/TERRITORY OR RIDING

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Amanda Judd Affiliation:
Amanda is a second year Political Studies and Geography student at Queen’s University. She’s a long-time political junkie and Green Party supporter, though she didn’t realize either for years. Amanda has volunteered with Victoria Greens and Brant Greens before being elected Co-Organizing Chair of the Council of the Young Greens of Canada in January 2008. She spent her summer working on the by-election campaign for Mike Nagy and the Green Party in Guelph until they were cancelled… the day before E-Day. (She’s still a little bitter about that.) Amanda has spent most of her life in Waterford ON, but has also lived on Vancouver Island, briefly in Laval PQ and spent last year studying abroad in England. She will be blogging from the Kingston and the Islands riding.
Carl Rodrigue Affiliation: N/P
Travailleur autonome depuis plus de deux ans, j’Å“uvre comme chroniqueur, journaliste et critique de cinéma pour différentes publications. Détenteur d’un baccalauréat en administration des affaires, spécialisation marketing, je me suis de tout temps intéressé à la politique. Bien que m’intéressant particulièrement à la question nationale, je n’ai aucune allégeance au fédéral.
Chrystal Ocean Affiliation:
Chrystal is the Founder and former Coordinator of Wellbeing through Inclusion Socially & Economically (WISE), which was a Canadian group and national movement of low-income women. From community development inspired by the grassroots to media campaigning and lobbying, WISE women advanced awareness of the links among policy, poverty and health; action to address them; and implementation of creative, inexpensive solutions at the local level. In April 2008 WISE folded due to the changes made to the eligibility criteria for Status of Women Canada grants. Other equality-seeking women’s groups across the country have been similarly affected. Continuing community-based action research and advocacy now on her own with associate and also former WISE member, Daphne Moldowin, she remains focused on connecting the dots between health inequalities and the structure of society, particularly our political institutions. She directs her most ardent attention to democratic and electoral reform.
Corey Dahl Affiliation:
Corey is a student at the University of Toronto majoring in History and Political Science focused on Canada and Europe. His research interests include democracy and voting, Canadian political thought, European integration and election strategies. He has been a member of the Liberal Party since teenage years and participate in volunteering for election campaigns and associations like Smartrisk. He is originally from Northern Ontario, fluently bilingual in both official languages and now residing in downtown Toronto.
Craig Norman Affiliation:
Craig works as a Software Developer in Regina. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Electronic Systems Engineering from the University of Regina. Craig is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada and was a delegate at the 2005 Conservative Party convention in Montreal. He has volunteered on two federal election campaigns.
Dan Hamilton Affiliation:
Dan is a student at McMaster University double majoring in Political Science and Math. He currently resides in the Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale riding. A long time political nut, Dan first became interested in politics during the 1995 Ontario provincial election. Dan has volunteered in the past for the NDP and has volunteered for several community organisations in both Hamilton and London where he previously lived. Dan is especially interested in health policy, security issues and international relations.
Darren Chartier Affiliation: N/P
I’m a long time political wonk, optimist, and cynic. In that order. I’m an arm-chair strategist and enjoy political campaigns the same way some of my friends enjoy monday night football. Professionally I’m a technology wonk for a provincial government, however I’m not allowed to talk about that so I won’t.
Édouard Lavallière Affiliation: N/P
Je suis un prof de philosophie à la retraite, du Cégep de Jonquière. J’ai toujours été intéressé par la politique. J’ai même déjà été candidat. Je ne suis affilié à aucun parti, même si j’en ai financé plusieurs au cours des ans. Je penche vers la gauche et j’ai un intérêt particulier pour la question nationale.
Éric Grenier website Affiliation:
Éric is a writer, blogger and game designer living in Gatineau, Quebec. He is a supporter of the Bloc Québécois, and has the distinction of being an anglophone sovereigntist (though with French roots). His priorities are the defense of Quebec’s interests, social progress, and environmentalism. Éric has an education in History from Queen’s University and has been published in several historical magazines.
Greg Morrow Affiliation: N/P
Greg runs DemocraticSPACE, a non-partisan election website, and DemocraticSPACE Research (DSR), a political consultancy specializing in policy, strategy, and polling. An architect and city planner, Greg is President of MOD/Development LLC. Formerly a full-time faculty member of the Department of Urban Studies & Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Greg is currently completing his PhD in the School of Public Affairs at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Greg is originally from Eastern Ontario and educated in Québec. In addition to his UCLA PhD, Greg holds two Masters from MIT and two Bachelors from McGill University. Greg’s research operates at the intersection of politics and urban space.
James Bow Affiliation: N/P
I was born in downtown Toronto on April 19, 1972 and lived there until my folks moved up to Kitchener in 1991 so I could attend the University of Waterloo. I’ve lived in Kitchener ever since. I’ve been trained as an urban planner, and I’ve worked as a database manager, web designer, circulation manager, administrative assistant, layout designer and office manager. The one consistent thing about my varied academic and professional career has been a love of writing.
Jean-François Fortin Affiliation: N/P
Jean-François œuvre actuellement comme analyste en réseautique dans une entreprise agroalimentaire de la rive-sud de Montréal depuis 2003. Diplômé en Arts et technologies des médias (option presse écrite) en 2000 puis en informatique en 2002, il poursuit actuellement des études universitaires en informatique organisationnelle en plus de s’occuper de sa petite famille.
Louise Tremblay Matchett Affiliation:
Louise has been a political junkie since age 14 when Charles Taylor rang the doorbell campaigning for the NDP in the Montreal riding of St-Laurent, then known as “Dollard”. Later after studying at Concordia’s Liberal Arts College & Institute Simone de Beauvoir in the early 80’s, she went on to work with lobby groups for women’s rights and worker co-op development. A single mother, Louise now runs the administration of an up and coming internet business in Montreal. Louise remains a political junkie and in the 2004 election, was the Official Agent for NDP candidate Zaid Mahayni in St-Laurent-Cartierville.
Martin Hamel Affiliation: N/P
J’ai trente ans et j’habite Baie-des-Sables, un village agricole situé entre Matane et Rimouski. Je vais tenter de couvrir la campagne fédérale pour les régions du Bas-Saint-Laurent et de la Gaspésie, avec l’accent sur ma très grande circonscription de « Haute-Gaspésie-La Mitis-Matane-Matapédia ». Je travaille comme consultant dans le domaine de l’énergie éolienne et j’ai complété mes études en ingénierie à Sherbrooke.
Matt Vens Affiliation:
Matt has an Honors Specialization in Political Science from the University of Western Ontario. He was involved with the campus New Democrats, writing for their monthly publication L.E.F.T. and was a staff writer for the Western Gazette. He first became active in student politics surrounding the issue of tuition fee increases. During the election he is volunteering on the Irene Mathyssen campaign in London-Fanshawe and the Ryan Dolby campaign in Elgin-Middlesex-London. Matt currently resides in Dorchester.
Matt Wadsworth Affiliation: N/P
A long-time student of politics, Matt has worked locally for several federal political parties (feel free to guess which ones) but now finds himself unaffiliated. Matt has degrees in History and Political Science from Simon Fraser University and a Master of Public Administration – Public Policy from the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Regina. Matt’s academic interests are urban governance and urban social policy, but he’s always sure to keep an eye on federal and provincial goings-on as well. Matt currently resides on Greater Vancouver’s North Shore.
Maxime Rainville Affiliation:
Maxime studies computer science at the Université du Québec en Outaouais where he is president of the CS student association and IT director at Reel-Radio, the local campus radio. Maxime also works part time for the Translation Bureau, a division of Public Works and Government Service Canada. He is a lifelong resident of Buckingham, a suburb of Gatineau.
Miranda Hussey Affiliation:
Miranda is currently a fourth-year student at Trent University in Peterborough, and is majoring in Forensic Science. Having grown up in King Township her home riding is Oak Ridges – Markham, where she is heavily involved as the President of the Young Liberal club. Miranda was exposed to politics at an early age as her father is also a political junkie and she has been involved in a number of campaigns over the past few years.
Philip Proulx Affiliation: N/P
Philip Proulx est âgé de 19 ans. Il est originaire de la ville de Brownsburg-Chatham au Québec. Il étudie actuellement en Communication et politique à l’Université de Montréal. Il est actif politiquement au provinciale mais est non-partisan au niveau fédérale.
Raven website Affiliation: N/P
Born and raised in BC, Raven started paying attention to politics after co-writing the video game President 2000 (now known as President Forever), and never looked back. In real life he continues to work as a software engineer, but blogs in his spare time about current events at Fumbled Mumblings.
Ray Argyle Affiliation: N/P
Ray is an author and contributor to such Canadian publications as the National Post and The Beaver magazine. His book, Turning Points: the Campaigns That Changed Canada, is a history of pivotal Canadian elections. His new non-fiction book on the ragtime era, The Ragtime Chronicles will be published in the U.S. in 2009. He’s working on an historical adventure novel. Ray divides his time between Toronto and Lagoon City, on Lake Simcoe.
Sean Shaw Affiliation:
Sean Shaw is a Research Associate at the University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon, SK) in the field of mining geochemistry. He is mere weeks away from defending his Ph.D. in the same subject and has previously completed his M.Sc. (New Brunswick), and B.Sc (Guelph). He is the past President of the Saskatoon-Wanuskewin NDP Riding Association and currently sits on the Saskatoon-Rosetown-Biggar Riding Executive. Sean is also involved in several municipal level organizations, including Vice-President of the Saskatoon Environmental Advisory Committee and the board of directors for Roadmap 2020.
Tanya Derbowka Affiliation: N/P
Tanya is an educational assistant and political junky living in the city of Saskatoon, SK. She has an especial interest in electoral reform, environmental and drug policy issues. She is an undecided voter but will vote for anybody but Stephen Harper. She is blogging the riding of Saskatoon-Biggar-Rosetown.
Werner Patels Affiliation: N/P
Werner Patels (with stress on the second syllable: pa-TELS) is a freelance translator, interpreter and writer in Calgary, Alberta. He holds degrees in translation/languages and political science. Werner Patels is a keen (and post-partisan) observer of politics and society. With an academic background in political science and experience inside a number of (federal and provincial) political parties, he has developed a good sense for all things political.


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