Sophie Borwein

Course Instructor

Biography

Sophie is a PhD candidate in political science, specializing in Canadian and comparative politics. Her research focuses on income and wealth inequality. Her dissertation, entitled “Distant Neighbours: local context, mobility prospects, and redistribution in the Canadian provinces”, examines demand for, and supply of, government social spending in the Canadian provinces. Her recent publications include: “Policy Transformation in Canada: Is the Past Prologue?” (University of Toronto Press, 2019, co-edited with Carolyn Hughes Tuohy, Peter John Loewen, and Andrew Potter), and “Fiscal Burdens and Knowledge of the Immigration Selection Criteria” (Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2018, with Michael Donnelly).