Matthew Mendelsohn
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Matthew Mendelsohn is a Canadian university professor and public policy consultant. He is the deputy minister of the Ontario government's Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs and also the Deputy Minister responsible for the Democratic Renewal Secretariat. As Deputy Minister, he led the creation of Ontario's Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform (Ontario). He was also director of the Canadian Opinion Research Archive and an associate professor in the Department of Political Studies at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario from 1998-2004. From 1996 to 1998, he served as a senior advisor in Canada's Privy Council Office, directing public opinion research activities for the Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs.
Mendelsohn is co-editor of Referendum Democracy: Citizens, Elites, and Deliberation in Referendum Campaigns (Palgrave, 2001). He has been published widely on the media, public opinion, elections, public participation and public consultations, democratic reform, Quebec nationalism, globalization, health care policy, and Canadian and Quebec politics. He also serves on the board of directors of the Developing Countries Farm Radio Network and the Serve Canada youth service organization.
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Mendelsohn grew up in Canada. He received a B.A. in Political Science from McGill University and an MA and Ph.D. in Political Science from the Université de Montréal. While attending university, Mendelsohn was one of Canada's most successful parliamentary debaters. He was president of the Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate and won the award for Top Speaker at the 1986 Canadian National Debating Championship.
