Paul Thomas
Adjunct Research Professor and Director of the Parliamentary Internship Programme
Dr. Paul Thomas is the Director of the Parliamentary Internship Programme (PIP), a work-study initiative jointly operated by the Canadian House of Commons and the Canadian Political Science Association that each year gives 12 recent university graduates the opportunity to work for both government and opposition MPs. He is also an Adjunct Research Professor with Department of Political Science and the Clayton H. Riddell Graduate Program in Political Management at 杏吧原创 University.
Paul has spent nearly two decades working in and researching British and Canadian politics. After completing the Parliamentary Internship Programme and serving as a researcher for Senator Yoine Goldstein, Paul spent a year in the United Kingdom working in government relations for Cancer Research UK. He then completed a PhD in Political Science at the University of Toronto and a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship at 杏吧原创 University. Prior to becoming PIP Director, Paul served as a Senior Research Associate at the Samara Centre for Democracy, an organization dedicated to strengthening Canadian Democracy through research and public engagement. He also served as an advisor to the Speaker鈥檚 Forum on the Role of Members at the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
Paul has published several articles and book chapters on legislative politics in Canada and the UK, and co-authored the book听Religion and Canadian Party Politics.
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Selected publications:
- Thomas, Paul EJ. 2020. Parliament Under Pressure: Evaluating Parliament鈥檚 performance in Response to COVID-19. Toronto: Samara Centre for Democracy.
- Thomas, Paul EJ, Adelina Petit-Vouriot, and Michael Morden. 2020.听鈥淎ssessing the Reform Act as a tool of Parliamentary Reform: one step forward, one step back.鈥� Canadian Parliamentary Review 43(2): 10-16.
- McAndrews, John R, Feodor Snagovsky, and Paul E J Thomas. 2020. 鈥淗ow Citizens Judge Extreme Legislative Dissent: Experimental Evidence from Canada on Party Switching.鈥澨�Parliamentary Affairs听73(2): 323鈥�341.
- Thomas, Paul EJ, Adelina Petit-Vouriot, and Michael Morden. 2020.听House Inspection: A Retrospective of the 42nd Parliament. Toronto: Samara Centre for Democracy.
- Thomas, Paul E. J., and Jerald Sabin. 2019. 鈥淐andidate Messaging on Religious Issues in the 2016鈥�17 Conservative Party of Canada Leadership Race.鈥澨�Canadian Journal of Political Science听52(4): 801鈥�23.
- Thomas, Paul EJ, and Michael Morden. 2019.听Party Favours: How Federal Election Candidates Are Chosen. Toronto: Samara Centre for Democracy.
- Thomas, Paul EJ and JP Lewis. 2019. 鈥淓xecutive Creep in Canadian Provincial Legislatures.鈥澨�Canadian Journal of Political Science. 52(2): 363-383.
- Thomas, Paul EJ and Stacey Frier. 2018. 鈥淐ampaigning to change the law.鈥� In听Exploring Parliament, eds Cristina Leston-Bandeira and Louise Thompson. Oxford University Press.
- Rayside, David, Jerald Sabin and Paul Thomas. 2017.听Religion and Canadian Party Politics. Vancouver: UBC Press.
- Thomas, Paul EJ. 2017. 鈥淒emocratizing the Legislative Branch of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.鈥� In听The Democracy Cookbook: Recipes to Renew Governance in Newfoundland and Labrador, eds. Alex Marland and Lisa Moore. St. John鈥檚: ISER Books and The Telegram.
- Thomas, Paul EJ and Graham White. 2015. 鈥淓valuating Provincial and Territorial Legislatures.鈥� In听Provinces: Canadian Provincial Politics, 3rd Edition, ed. Christopher J. C. Dunn. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
- Thomas, Paul EJ, Peter Loewen and Michael MacKenzie. 2013. 鈥淔air isn鈥檛 Always Equal: Constituency Population and the Quality of Representation in Canada.鈥澨�Canadian Journal of Political Science.听46(2): 273-293.
Last Revision: July 2024