David McGrane

David McGrane is an Associate Professor of Political Studies at St. Thomas More College and the University of Saskatchewan. He is a specialist in Canadian social democracy and the author of The New NDP: Moderation, Modernization, and Political Marketing (UBC Press, 2019).

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All-seeing campaign directors bring parties strategic calm

The actions of national campaign directors are consequential for the success or failure of political parties in Canadian federal elections. Like the head coach of a hockey team, they devise the party’s overall strategy to …

Campaigning in Canada during a pandemic

In June 2019, I officially became a candidate for the New Democratic Party in the October Saskatchewan provincial election. Since the Saskatchewan Party had won power in 2007, I had seen lots of cuts to …