Â鶹¹ÙÍø

Research Interests

Public policy and the voluntary sector; Canadian government and politics; the constitution and the judiciary; federalism; aboriginal self-government; public law; women and politics; governing institutions

Biography

Dr. Kathy L. Brock is Professor Emerita, School of Policy Studies and Department of Political Studies, Â鶹¹ÙÍø. Co-author of Federalism in Canada: Evolving Constitutional, Political and Social Realities (2023), and co-editor of Managing Federalism Through Pandemic (2023), she has published widely on Canadian and comparative politics, federalism and intergovernmental relations, constitutional matters, Aboriginal governance and relations and public law. Her forthcoming book, Assessing Canadian Federalism: Change and Continuity Over Time, will be published by University of Toronto Press on January 5th, 2027. Her academic work is grounded in her work as a non-partisan policy consultant to federal, provincial, Indigenous and territorial government on the constitution, rights, sustainable natural resource policy, the voluntary sector, Senate and institutional reforms, and other public policy matters. A dedicated teacher, she received the national Pierre De Celles IPAC Teaching Excellence Award, the Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s Frank Knox Teaching Excellence Award, and (a special favourite) the unofficial G.O.A.T. (greatest of all time) teaching designation from the MPA class of 2025 upon her retirement.