Tom McIntosh
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Research Interests
- Canadian politics and public policy
- Health policy
- Federalism
- Population health interventions
- Canadian political economy
Dr. Tom McIntosh is Associate Dean (Research and Graduate) in the University of Regina Faculty of Arts and Professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies. He is also a researcher with the Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit (SPHERU). His research focuses on Canadian politics and policy and, more specifically on health care, population health and Canadian intergovernmental relations.
He has worked for governments at the local, provincial and national level (including as the Research Coordinator for the Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada) and as the Director of the Health Network for the Canadian Policy Research Networks (CPRN). He joined the University of Regina in 2002.
He is the author/editor of ten books, including “The New Politics of Western Canada: Contested Histories, Uncertain Futures” (UBC Press, 2025; co-edited with Charles Smith), "The Governance of Health Care in Canada" (UTP 2004) and "Redistributing Health: New Directions in Population Health Research" (CPRC 2010). He has published articles in Healthcare Policy, Critical Public Health, The Canadian Political Science Review, The Canadian Journal of Public Health, and The Lancet.
He teaches in the area of Canadian politics, health politics, political economy, Canadian public policy and global health.