Duncan K. MacLellan
Phone: 4182
Office: JOR708A
E-mail: dmaclellanpolitics.ryerson.ca
 

Dr. Duncan MacLellan is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration, and a member of the Yeates School of Graduate Studies, at Ryerson University. Since 2012, he has been Director of the graduate (MA) program in Public Policy and Administration. He holds a Ph.D. in Educational Administration from the University of Toronto , as well as a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Political Science from the University of Guelph , and both a Bachelor of Arts - Honours (B.A. Hons) and a Diploma in Public Administration from Dalhousie University .

Duncan's doctoral thesis, Two Teachers Associations and the Ontario College of Teachers: A Study of Teacher and State Relations, explored the changing nature of state and teacher relations in Ontario.

Duncan 's teaching and research interests include educational politics and policy making at the local and provincial levels, state and teacher relations and local and urban governance issues.

Publications include:

  • “Faith-Based Schooling and the Politics of Education: A Case Study of Ontario, Canada.” Politics and Religion Journal 6:1 (2012): 37-59.
  • “Educational Restructuring and the Policy Process: The Toronto District School Board 1997-2003.” Academic Leadership 7:4 (2009).
  • “Linking University and High School Students: Exploring the Academic Value of Service Learning.”  International Journal of Learning 16:7 (2009): 239-250.
  • “Neoliberalism and Ontario Teachers’ Unions: A ‘Not-So’ Common Sense Revolution.” Socialist Studies: The Journal of the Society for Socialist Studies 5:1 (2009): 51-74.
  • “School Boards and Educational Leadership in Canada: The Changing Landscape.” In Canadian Educational Leadership, ed. Thomas G. Ryan, 117-147.  Calgary AB: Detselig Enterprise Ltd, 2009.
  • “Diversity and Immigrant Needs: Examining Toronto Through a Place-Based Approach. ” Policy Matters  32 (March 2008): 1-12. A report of CERIS – The Ontario Metropolis Centre.
  • Teachers' Unions in Canada (with Steve Lawton, George Bedard, and Lin Xianbin). Edmonton, AB: Detselig Enterprises Ltd, 1999.
  • “Professional Unionism: A New Direction for Teachers' Unions in Canada.” Canadian and International Education 26:2 (1997): 87-99.
  • “The Legal Question of Extending Public Funds to Private Schools in Ontario: Adler v. Ontario.” Education and Law Journal 7:1 (1995): 61-75.
  • “Shifting From the Traditional to the New Political Agenda: The Changing Nature of Federal-Provincial Environmental Relations.” The American Review of Canadian Studies 25:2,3 (1995): 323-345.