{"id":31579,"date":"2021-09-12T12:13:43","date_gmt":"2021-09-12T16:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=31579"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:36:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:36:01","slug":"alum-eric-burton","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/people\/alum-eric-burton\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Burton"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Alumni-EricBurton.jpg\" alt=\"Eric Burton\" class=\"wp-image-29237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Alumni-EricBurton.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Alumni-EricBurton-160x90.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Alumni-EricBurton-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Alumni-EricBurton-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Alumni-EricBurton-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Alumni-EricBurton-360x203.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"eric-burtonpresident-and-ceo-of-factor-5-group\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eric Burton<br>\nPresident and CEO of Factor 5 Group<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BA in Political Science, 2005<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span lang=\"en-CA\">After graduating from ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University with a BA in Political Science in 2005, I spent 4 years as a municipal councillor in my hometown, served 4 years managing entrepreneurship and regional development for the Province of Alberta, and finally, have spent the last 6 years co-creating sustainable communities through economic development expertise and services as co-founder and CEO of Factor 5 Group Inc.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><i><span lang=\"en-CA\">My experience at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University provided the academic foundation, social skills and personal conviction to boldly challenge the status quo in pursuit of excellence in public service.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Eric","cu_people_last_name":"Burton","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[54,101],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-31579","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","hentry","cu_people_type-alumni","cu_people_type-ba"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"","cu_people_degree":"","cu_building":false,"cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"none","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/31579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/31579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31580,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/31579\/revisions\/31580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=31579"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=31579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}