Patrick Fafard completed a Ph.D. in Political Studies from Queen's University, where he also taught at the School of Policy Studies from 1995 to 1998. Before joining the University of Ottawa, he also served as Director-General of Strategic Policy and Research at the Intergovernmental Affairs Secr...
Patrick Fafard completed a Ph.D. in Political Studies from Queen's University, where he also taught at the School of Policy Studies from 1995 to 1998. Before joining the University of Ottawa, he also served as Director-General of Strategic Policy and Research at the Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat of the Privy Council Office of Canada (2002-2005), as Executive Director of the Policy and Planning Branch of Saskatchewan Health (1999-2002), and as Executive Director of the Saskatchewan Commission on Medicare (2001). His research interests are in the areas of federalism, intergovernmental relations and comparative public policy, especially health policy. He is currently working on a book-length study of the politics of public health provisionally entitled, Science and Social Justice: Public Health Governance.