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Prof. Mary Powell
Comparative Program on Health and Society Visiting Scholar
Department of Political Science, Laurentian University

Mary Powell is an associate professor of political science at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario. She teaches in the fields of public administration, gender and politics, and health policy. Mary had also worked in government and non-government organizations as a specialist on social policy and decentralization. With Laurentian colleagues, Mary has conducted research on the experience of women in blue-collar jobs in mining, focusing on Inco, one of the world’s largest nickel producers, and a major Sudbury employer. Chief among her research interests is public health in Ontario. In her current project she is analyzing recent crises in public health (withdrawal of provincial funding, the Walkerton crisis, and SARS) and their historical antecedents.

Last Reviewed March 2, 2005

 

 

 

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