Daniel Dickson PhD, MA, BA

Daniel Dickson is an Assistant Professor in Social Policy at the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan campus. He has a PhD in Political Science from Concordia University and was a SSHRC postdoctoral fellow in the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa.

Drawing from his past experiences as a care worker and advocate for people labelled with intellectual and developmental disabilities, Dr. Dickson’s research focuses on the potential of social policy to disrupt patterns of discrimination and barriers to inclusion. To this end, his work explores how social policies are interpreted, negotiated, and implemented by policy actors at multiple levels of governance within health and social services structures in Canada.

Designations

• PhD, Political Science, Concordia University
• MA, Public Policy and Public Administration, Concordia University
• BA, Political Science and English, University of Toronto

Daniel Dickson is currently accepting applications from new PhD and MPP students for September 2024 in the following research areas: disability policy/politics, care policy/politics, policy implementation, supported housing policy, and social policy framing and design.

Recent Awards and Honors

• Concordia University Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Prize in Fine Arts, Humanities or Social Sciences: 2024
• SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship 2023-4
• Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Société et Culture Postdoctoral Award: 2023-5
• SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship: 2017-20
• Doctoral Fellowship on Aging and Social Policy – Concordia University Research Chair in Aging and Public Policy: 2016-20
• Herbert F. Quinn Medal for Political Science: 2017
• Dean of Arts and Science Award of Excellence: September 2016

Peer-Reviewed Articles

• Dickson, Daniel; Marier, Patrik, & Dubé, Anne-Sophie. (2022) “Do Assessment Tools Shape Policy Preferences? Analysing Policy Framing Effects on Older Adults’ Conceptualisation of Autonomy”, Journal of Social Policy, 51(1): 114-131. DOI: 10.1017/S0047279420000720
• Dickson, Daniel. (2022). Multilevel Governance and the Implementation of Inclusion Policy for Older Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Canada. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 19(2): 183-192. DOI: 10.1111/jppi.12397
• Dickson, Daniel & Brotman, Shari. (2022) “Enacting Power at the Decision-Making Table: Foregrounding the Voices of People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in the Policy Process through Engagement with Families in Relational Self-Advocacy”, Journal on Developmental Disabilities, 27(2) DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7433552
• Lee, Kyuho; Revelli, Marina; Dickson, Daniel, & Marier, Patrik. (2022). “Who Cares? Preferences for Formal and Informal Care Among Older Adults in Québec”, Journal of Applied Gerontology, 41(1): 227-234. DOI: 10.1177/0733464820976436
• Cox, Robert Henry; Dickson, Daniel, & Marier, Patrik. (2021) “Resistance, Innovation, and Improvisation: Comparing the Responses of Nursing Home Workers to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada and the United States”, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, 23(1): 41-50. DOI: 10.1080/13876988.2020.1846994
• Brotman, Shari; Sussman, Tamara; Pacheco, Laura; Dickson, Daniel; Lach, Lucyna; Raymond, Émilie; Deshaies, Marie-Hélène; Freitas, Zelda & Milot, Élise. (2021). “The Crisis Facing Older People Living with Neurodiversity and Their Aging Family Carers: A Social Work Perspective.” Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 64(5): 547–56. DOI: 10.1080/01634372.2021.1920537.

Chapters in Edited Volumes

• Dickson, Daniel. 2020. “Aging with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: The Myth of the Eternal Child”, in V. Billette, P. Marier, & A. M. Séguin (Eds.) Getting Wise about Getting Old: Debunking Myths about Aging. Vancouver: Purich Books. 109-116
• Marier, Patrik; Dickson, Daniel, & Dubé, Anne Sophie. 2020. “Using Focus Groups in Comparative Public Policy” in B. Guy Peters and Guillaume Fontaine (Eds.) Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Comparative Policy Analysis. Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing. 297-311