Department of Political Science

Quelch, Jenna

Dissertation:

Constructing Health: Medical Necessity and Subnational Variation of Contentious Reproductive Health Policies in Canada

Biography

Jenna Quelch is a PhD candidate and Connaught Public Impact Fellow in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto with a Collaborative Specialization in Public Health Policy at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. Her research examines the politics of parenthood and reproduction, focusing on Canadian social policy. Her dissertation examines provincial reproductive health policy and evolving definitions of medical necessity.

Publications

Friendly, Martha, Jenna Quelch, and Linda A. White. 2024. “Transformative Change in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) or More of the Same? Child Care in the Canadian Federation.” In Canadian Federalism: Performance, Effectiveness, and Legitimacy, Fifth Edition. Eds. Herman Bakvis and Grace Skogstad. Toronto: University of Toronto Press: forthcoming.

Quelch, Jenna et al. 2023. “Evaluating Facilitators’ Experience Delivering a Stress-Reducing Intervention for Indigenous Women with and without HIV.” Health & Social Care in the Community. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/9219287.

Research Interests

Health and social policy; politics of parenthood and reproduction; theories of the policy process

Previous Degrees

Master of Public Policy, Simon Fraser University
Bachelor of Arts, International Relations, University of British Columbia

Teaching Experience

Course Instructor:
Public Policy (Immerse Education UK, 2023)

Teaching Assistant:
POL 224 – Canada in Comparative Perspective;
JPI 201 – Indigenous Politics ‘in’ Canada;
POL C93 – Public Policies in the United States;
POL 106 – Contemporary Challenges to Democracy: Democracy in the Social Media Age;
POL107 – A Post Mortem of Political Disasters, Catastrophic Policy Failures;
GLA 1007 – Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy Global Internship Program