Rachel Laforest, Queen’s University
Rachel Laforest (PhD, Carleton) is an associate professor in the Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University. Her research focuses on governance dynamics, with a particular interest in how civil society groups mobilize to influence social policy dynamics. She is the author of Voluntary Sector Organizations and the State: Building New Relations, from UBC Press, which won the ANSER-ARES best book award in 2014.