Curriculum Vita
Dr. Anil Hira / Professor / Political Science
Simon Fraser University
contact: ahira@sfu.ca
webpage: www.sfu.ca/~ahira
updated: Mar. 2016
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Educational Background
1997 Ph.D.
Political Science. International Political Economy, Comparative Politics, International
Development, Latin American Political Economy, The Claremont Graduate School, United States
How Ideas Affect Economic Policy Formation in Developing Countries: Case Studies from Latin
America (the foundation of the book published in 1998)
1992 M.A.
International Affairs. International Economics, International Economic Development, Political
Philosophy, George Washington University, United States 4.0 GPA
1986 B.Sc.
School of Foreign Service. International Relations, Latin American Studies, Georgetown
University, United States
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Employment History at Academic Institutions
Aug. 2000 – present
Professor of Political Science at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
July 1998 - July 1999
Visiting Assistant Professor, Political Science and Latin American Studies,
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
September 1997 - July 1998
Assistant Professor, Political Science, The American University in Cairo, Cairo,
Egypt
January 1995 - June 1995
Teaching Assistant to Professor Alison Brysk, Comparative Politics, Pomona
College, Claremont, CA
Note: I was employed at the U.S. International Trade Commission from 1999-2000. Pls. see the section Other
Employment. I completed the Ph.D. from 1992-97.
Honours and Awards
Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Developing Societies, from 2014.
2015 Best Wine Book for Professionals, for What makes clusters competitive? Cases from the Global Wine Industry,
category- Canadian category, Gourmand International, http://www.cookbookfair.com/
2010 Winner of Outstanding Paper Award, Emerald Group Publishing, for The Political Economy of the
Pharmaceutical Industry: Why the Poor Lack Access to Medicines and What Can Be Done About It
Nominated for SFU Teaching Award, 2006, 2008, 2009
Winner of Dean of Arts Silver Medal for Academic Excellence, Simon Fraser University, 2005
2nd Best Essay of the Year, Problemas del Desarrollo, for The FTAA as a Three Level Bargaining Game, 2003
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Dr. Anil Hira / Professor / Political Science
Simon Fraser University
contact: ahira@sfu.ca
webpage: www.sfu.ca/~ahira
updated: Mar. 2016
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Current Research Interests
My research is vitally linked to my teaching. My training is in economic development, international economics,
political economy, international relations, and Latin American studies. My current emphasis is on good governance
as related to industrial, technology, and environmental policy. I would put myself more broadly into the
comparative public policy field. I have an ongoing interest in development policies to improve competitiveness
through building the capacity of the public sector. I train students who are well-versed in politics and economics,
and able to pick up an area of technical specialization with policy relevance such as energy, education, or
environment. I therefore seek out collaboration in key issue areas with researchers, policymakers, and the private
sector, hoping to help solve policy problems.
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Completed Works (All Refereed works noted by *)
Summary of peer-reviewed work (69): 8 books; 6 special edition journals (Editor); 43 articles; 12 book chapters
Books (8)
*GOVERNING CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: SOLUTIONS FOR ETHICAL CLOTHING
PRODUCTION (tentative title), co-editor with Maureen Benson-Rea, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
BOOK OF RULES: THREE PERSPECTIVES TO EXPLAIN HUMAN IRRATIONALITY, (political psychology),
London: Book Guild, 2015.
*WHAT MAKES CLUSTERS COMPETITIVE? CASES FROM THE GLOBAL WINE INDUSTRY, editor, author/coauthor of 3/7 chapters, other authors include Elisa Giuliani; Christian Felzenstein; David Aylward; Francisco Javier
Mesias; with chapter by SFU colleague Mike Howlett and SFU grad student, McGill-Queen’s University Press 2013.
*BILATERALISM FROM TRILATERALISM? NORTH AMERICAN SECURITY AFTER 9/11, with Imtiaz Hussein,
Satya Pattnayak, co-editors, Westport: Praeger Security International, 2008, 327 pp.
*THE NEW PATH: AN EAST ASIAN MODEL FOR LATIN AMERICAN SUCCESS, Ashgate, endorsed by Felix E.
Martin, International Relations, Florida International University, Richard Lipsey, Professor Emeritus of Economics,
Simon Fraser University, David Arase, Pomona College, and Nicola Phillips, U of Manchester, (2007), 179 pp.
* OUTSOURCING AMERICA, Amacom (2005) (2007- paperback updated ed.), with Ron Hira, endorsed by former
Vice Presidential Candidate Senator Joseph Lieberman; Richard Freeman, Herbert Ascherman Chair in Economics at
Harvard University and co-director of the London School of Economics' Centre for Economic Performance;
Congressman Donald Manzullo (R-IL), Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Small Business; John J. Sweeney,
President of the AFL-CIO; William Baumol, Professor Emeritus Princeton University; and Ralph Wyndrum,
Technology Vice President, AT&T, retired (2000) and IEEE-USA President-Elect. Over 10,000 copies sold, 270 pp.
*DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS FOR A NEW MILLENIUM (with Trevor Parfitt), Praeger, (2004), 205 pp.
*THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ENERGY IN THE SOUTHERN CONE, Praeger, (2003), 111 pp.
*IDEAS AND ECONOMIC POLICY IN LATIN AMERICA: Regional, National, and Organizational Case Studies,
Greenwood Press Publishing Group, (1998), 185 pp.
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Simon Fraser University
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updated: Mar. 2016
Latin American Issues for a New Generation Introductory textbook to LA politics, used in and revised for the course
each year I teach it.
Special Edition Journal Editor (6)
*Editor, The Culture of Corruption, 2 volumes, Journal of Developing Societies, author of 2 of 7 articles,
forthcoming Vol. 32, 1& 2: Spring 2016.
*Editor, Mapping out the Triple Helix: How Institutional Coordination for Competitiveness is Achieved in the Global
Wine Industry, Prometheus (innovation policy journal), author of 2/8 articles and co-author of 5/8 articles, incl.
articles by 3 SFU grad students, 31,4 (Dec) 2013.
*Editor, Policies to Improve Governance and Reduce Corruption in Developing Countries, special edition,
ECORFAN (Mexico-based think tank), editor, author of 1/11 chapters, incl. chapters by 1 SFU colleague, and 4 SFU
grad students, July 2014, freely available at: http://www.ecorfan.org/bolivia/series.php
*Editor, International Journal of Technology and Globalisation, special edition, 2012, States and High Tech: Cases
from the Wireless sector, author of 2/7; and co-author of 3/7 articles
*Editor, International Journal of Political Economy, 33,4 (Winter 2003-4), special edition, Current Crisis at the
World Trade Organization; article co-author, with Ted Cohn, Towards a Theory of Global Regime Governance,
reprinted in Mandarin for dissemination.
*Editor, Policy and Society, 23,3 (2004) special edition, Crisis and Transformation in Global Economic Governance,
author of 1/6 articles
Book Chapters (12)
*The Emergence of Industrial Policy Lite: Latin America’s Blind Spot, in Paul A. Haslam and Pablo Heidrich, The
Political Economy of Natural Resources and Development: From Neoliberalism to Resource Nationalism, NY:
Routledge, 2016.
*Understanding Industrial Policy, c. 19, 343-60 in Greg Anderson and Chris Kukucha, eds. International Political
Economy, Toronto: Oxford U. Press, 2016.
*Canada struggles to move towards a green economy, with Chris Kukucha (Lethbridge), 29-36 in United Nations,
The Road to Rio + 20: for a development-led green economy, Geneva: UNCTAD, 2011. Available on-line at
unctad.org/en/docs/ditcted2011d6_en.pdf
*Can Biofuels Be An Engine of Growth for Small Economies? The Case of Paraguay, with Plinio Torres Garcete
(Universidad Americana de Paraguay), book chapter in Biofuels/Book 1 , 2011, (accessible on-line), Rjeka, Croatia:
Intech.
*World Food Demand: Coping With Its Growth, with Haley Jones and James Morfopoulos (SFU graduate students),
in Advances in Food Science and Technology, vol. I, NovaScience, 2011, freely available at:
https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=27243.
*Structural Adjustment in Latin America: From Crisis to Ambiguity. In Miroslav N. Jovanović, ed. International
Handbook on the Economics of Integration, Volume I: General Issues and Concepts. Edward Elgar (UN FAOsponsored publication), 2011 443-56.
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*The State, chapter in textbook Introduction to International Development Studies: Approaches, Actors, and Issues,
Paul Haslam, Jessica Schafer, and Pierre Beaudet, eds., Oxford U Press, updated 2nd edition, 2011., updated chapter
2014.
*With Douglas Ross, Asymmetry Squeezing Out Trilateralism? Canadian Ambivalence on US Strategic Primacy,
56-102 in Hussain, Pattnayak, and Hira, Westport: Praeger, 2008.
*The usefulness of the shared mental model framework for understanding Latin American economic history: from
dependencia to neoliberalism, in Ravi K. Roy, Arthur T. Denzau, and Thomas D. Willett, Neoliberalism: National
and Regional Experiments with Global Ideas, London: Routledge, 2007.
*Governance Crisis in Asia: Developing a Responsive Regulation, book chapter in M. Ramesh and M. Howlett,
eds., Deregulation and Its Discontents: Rewriting the Rules in Asia, Edward Elgar, 2006.
*Regulatory Games States Play: Managing Globalization Through Sectoral Policy, chapter author, in Marjorie
Griffin Cohen and Stephen McBride, eds. Global Turbulence: Social Activists’ and State Responses to
Globalization, London: Ashgate, 2003, 41-58.
*Violence and Political Capacity, co-author of chapter, in Jacek Kugler and Marina Arbetman, eds., Political
Capacity and Economic Behavior, Boulder: Westview Press, 1997, pp. 221-34.
Examination of U.S. Inbound and Outbound Direct Investment, U.S. International Trade Commission, Staff Research
Study 26, (Jan. 2001) (co-author).
Recent Trends in International Service Trade, U.S. International Trade Commission, Investigation No.332-345, (May
2000) (co-author).
Articles (43)
*Intro. to Culture and Corruption in Developing Countries, and with Kai Shiao (SFU Economics student) Broken
Windows: Why Culture Matters in Corruption Reform, Journal of Developing Societies, 32,1 (2016).
*From Industrial Strength to World Class: Gallo and Mondavi’s Contributions to the California Wine Industry,
California History, 92(4): 48-72, 2015.
Boots On or Off the Ground: Some considerations about intervention in the Middle East, working paper, Canadian
Global Affairs Institute (www.cgai.ca), August 2015.
*Building a More Efficacious Chilean Bureaucracy: Lessons from the Singapore Case, Revista de Gestión Pública,
(Chile), III, 2 (Jul-Dec.) 2014.
* (7 articles) Mapping out the Triple Helix: How Institutional Coordination for Competitiveness is Achieved in the
Global Wine Industry; The South African Wine Industry: Bifurcation Undermines Success; co-author: Institutional
Stickiness and Coordination Issues in an Idiosyncratic Environment: The Grape and Wine Industry in Ontario
Canada; US Wine Industry: Following the Oregon Trail; New Zealand Wine: A Model for Other Small Industries;
Australia as a Triple Helix Exemplar: Built Upon a Foundation of Resource and Institutional Coordination and
Strategic Consensus; Institutional Design Matters: Institutional Causes of Brazilian Wine Industry Poor
Performance; all in Prometheus special edition, 2014.
*with Tim Swartz (SFU Statistics), 2014. What Makes Napa Napa? The roots of success in the wine industry. Wine
Economics and Policy. 3,1 (June): 37-53.
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webpage: www.sfu.ca/~ahira
updated: Mar. 2016
*with Kawa Jabary (SFU MA student), The Kurdish Mirage: A Success Story in Doubt. Middle East Policy. Vol 20
No.2 (Summer 2013): 99-112.
*Irrational Exuberance: An Evolutionary Perspective on the Underlying Causes of the Financial Crisis,
Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, March/April 2013, 48,2: 116-23.
*(5 articles) author of “Introduction to wireless technology and markets,” and “Secrets behind the Finnish miracle:
the rise of Nokia,” and co-author of “Explaining sectoral leapfrogging in countries: comparative studies of the
wireless sector,” “Evolution of the South Korean wireless industry: from state guidance to global competition,” and
“Manufacturing telecommunications in Brazil: from leading edge to Maquilas”; all in States and High Tech, special
edition, International Journal of Technology and Globalisation Nokia article featured on
http://www.sciencetext.com/the-nokia-case-no-pulp-fiction.html
Peer Review Could Improve Teaching Assessment, with Darcie Cohen, University Affairs, Nov. 16, 2011, found at:
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/peer-review-could-improve-teaching-assessment.aspx
BC Wine Industry: Issues and Potential, American Association of Wine Economists (mailing list of 40,000), invited
working paper, Aug. 2011
*Sugar Rush: Prospects for an International Ethanol Market, Energy Policy, (November 2011), 39 (11), 6925-6935;
featured on Energy Portal, reginnovations.com, Feb. 21, 2012
*The Bottom Line: Fundamental Weaknesses of Latin American Finance, with Norbert Gaillard (OECD Paris),
Bulletin of Latin American Research, 30, 2 (Apr. 2011): 163-82.
*Turning Privatization Upside Down: Petrobras as an Example of Successful State Capitalism, with Pierre Olivier
Pineau (HEC Montréal), Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 35, 69, 2010, 231-61.
*The Evolutionary Patterns of Political Economy: examples from Latin American history, Journal of Bioeconomics,
12 (2010): 1-28.
The Strategic Quagmire: Why we are failing in nation-building in Iraq and Afghanistan. Canadian Defence and
Foreign Affairs Institute Working Paper Nov. 2009.
*No Substitute for Oil?: How Brazil developed Its Ethanol Industry, Energy Policy, 37, 6 (2009): 2450-6.
*Learning from the Tigers: Comparing Institutions of Innovation in East Asia, Europe and Latin America,
Problemas del Desarrollo, vol. 40, No. 156, 2009: 125:150.
How Mining Could Become The Engine of Development, invited review for Mining.com, Mar. 2009.
*The political economy of the global pharmaceutical industry: Why the poor lack access to medicine and what
might be done about it, International Journal of Development Issues, 8.2 (2009): 84-101.
Biofuels: Getting to the Real Facts about the Food for Fuels Debate, invited review Swords and Ploughshares,
University of Illinois, Spring 2009.
* with Guilherme de Oliveira, U de Brasilia, Take Off and Crash: Lessons from the Diverging Fates of the Brazilian
and Argentine Aircraft Industries, Competition and Change, Nov. 2007, vol. 11, no. 4: 329-47
Volatile Chemistry: threats and implications of terrorist use of chemical weapons in Canada, Canadian Chemical
News 59,7 (July 1, 2007): 3
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Simon Fraser University
contact: ahira@sfu.ca
webpage: www.sfu.ca/~ahira
updated: Mar. 2016
*¿Es Posible el Matrimonio de las Siete Hermanas del Sur? Posibilidades de Cooperación en Petróleo y Gas en
América Latina, Comentario Internacional -Revista del Centro Andino de Estudios Internacionales, in Spanish
(Quito, Ecuador), 2007
*Reassessing ISI and Neoliberalism in Historical Context, Revista de Economia Politica. (Brazil), vol. 27, no.3,
(107: July-Sept) 2007: 345-56.
*Should Economists Rule the World? Trends and Implications of Leadership Patterns in the Developing World,
International Political Science Review, 28, 3 (2007): 325-60.
Time for a Global Welfare System? The Futurist, May-June 2007
* with Doug Ross, Canada After 9/11: A Land of Deep Ambivalence: The Divergent Canadian Response to
American Primacy and ‘The War on Terror,’ but Ever Deeper Continental Integration Canadian American Public
Policy, No. 68, Dec. 2006
*Fair Trade: Three Key Challenges to Reaching the Mainstream, with Jared Ferrie (former SFU undergraduate
student and journalist), Journal of Business Ethics, 63, 2 (2006): 107-118.
*Participation and Regulation: An International Survey, with David Huxtable and Alex Leger (SFU undergraduate
and graduate students), Governance, April 2005.
8 Entries for Encyclopedia of the Developing World, Routledge, 2005: Economic Commission for Latin America;
History of the Southern Cone (S.America); Neoliberalism; Trade and Development; Venezuela, Energy: Impact on
Development; Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), MERCOSUR (Southern Cone Common Market); and
Carlos Menem.
*Paradigmatic Crisis in International Economic Governance: Explaining the Explosion of Protest, Policy and Society,
23,3 (2004) special edition, Crisis and Transformation in Global Economic Governance
Venezuela's Chavez: the Emperor has no Distribution, with Adam Morden (SFU undergraduate student), Centre for
Global Political Economy (SFU) Working Paper, May 2004
Convergence and Change in Chilean Politics, with Aman Sanghera (SFU undergraduate student Centre for Global
Political Economy (SFU) Working Paper, May 2004
*Measuring International Electricity Integration: A Comparative Study of the power systems under the Nordic
Countries, MERCOSUR, and NAFTA, with Pierre Olivier Pineau of U Victoria and Karl Froschauer of SFU,
Energy Policy, 32 (2004) 1457-75.
*The Distributional Politics of Dollarization: the Latin American Case, with James Dean (SFU Economics), Third
World Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 3 (Apr. 2004), 461-82.
Choosing Products with a Conscience, Common Ground (distributed widely in grocery stores throughout the
Vancouver area), Apr. 2004.
*The FTAA as a Three Level Bargaining Game, Problemas del Desarrollo (UNAM-Mexico), no. 133, Nov. 2003.
(awarded runner up for best article of the year)
*The Brave New World of International Education, The World Economy, 26 (36) (2003), 911-31.
*Does Energy Integrate? with Libardo Amaya (SFU MA student), Energy Policy 31 (2003), 185-99.
*Latin America at century's end: what next? (an international relations analysis), Third World Quarterly, 22(3)
(Aug. 2001), 457-462.
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Evaluación Política de la Integración Eléctrica en el Cono Sur (in Spanish), (Political Evaluation of Electricity
Integration in the Southern Cone); Revista CIER (Regional Commision for Energy Integration, a leading
international organization in Latin America), (June 2001), pp.38-42.
*The New Institutionalism's Contradictory Notions of Change, in The American Journal of Economics and
Sociology (Apr. 2000), 267-82.
*Ranking Publishers’ Reputations, with Dr. Larry Goodson and Dr. Brad Dillman, in PS (June 1999) 32(2): 257-62.
*Deconstructing Integration: From Europe to East Asia, in Social Science Perspectives Journal (1998), 59-71.
Knowledge as a Source of Power in Globalization, in the Proceedings of the 1998 American University in Cairo
Conference on Globalization (conference proceedings, 1998)
Book Reviews (8)
Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff, This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly, Princeton:
Princeton U. Press, 2009, for Perspectives on Politics, 2012.
Jonathon Benjamin-Alvarado, Cuba's Energy Future: Strategic Approaches to Cooperation, Washington: Brookings
Institution, 2010, for Bulletin of Latin American Research, 2012
Verónica Montecinos and John Markoff, eds. Economists in the Americas. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2009,
for Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 2011.
Prebisch y Furtado: El estructuralismo latinoamericano. Edited by Jorge Lora and Carlos Mallorquin. Puebla,
Mexico: Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, 1999, for The Americas: A Quarterly Review of InterAmerican Cultural History, March 2004.
Javier Corrales, Presidents without parties: the politics of economic reform in Argentina and Venezuela in the
1990s, University Park: Pennsylvania State U. Press, 2002, for the Canadian Journal of Political Science,
forthcoming, 2003.
Miguel Angel Centeno and Patricio Silva, The Politics of Expertise, in the Journal of Interamerican Studies and
World Affairs, December 1999.
Patrick Clark Coaty, U.N. Voting as a Test of Neo-Realist Theory, monograph, Mellon Press, wrote liner notes, Sept.
1999.
Matthew T. Kenney, A Theoretical Examination of Political Values and Attitudes in New and Old Democracies,
(Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 2003), wrote liner notes.
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Conferences, Workshops and Presentations
Presentations and Discussant Experience (69)
June 2015
Discussant, Gender, Climate Change and Work in Rich Countries, workshop, Vancouver
May 2015
Shirt Off Your Back: The Possibilities for Ethical Clothing Markets, Industry Studies
Association annual meeting, Kansas City, MO.
May 2015
Addressing Climate Change through Promoting Renewables: the case of Central America,
BCPSA, Vancouver
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April 2015
Renewables Policy Research Agenda, for SFU Climate and Research Day
Mar. 2015
Fossil Fuel Divestment: Faculty Discussion sponsored by SFU students, with Anthony Perl,
Shane Gunster, and Arne Mooers
Feb. 2015
Shirt Off Your Back? Possibilities for an Ethical Clothing Market, meeting with clothing
retailers sponsored by Fair Trade Vancouver, Vancouver, Feb. 16.
Sept. 2014
Shirt Off Your Back? Possibilities for a Fair Trade Market in Clothing, Diaspora, Sustainability,
and Development: Meeting at the Nexus, Simon Fraser University, Sept. 20.
May 2014
Entrepreneurship in the Napa Valley, Industry Studies Association, Annual Meeting, Portland,
Oregon
Feb. 2014
with Kai Shiao (SFU Undergraduate), Exposing the Deep Roots of Corruption, SFU PS
Speakers’ Series
Nov. 2013
Sponsored keynote address on Energy Integration: Comparing East Asia and Latin America at
the ISIS-KAS (Malaysian think tank-Konrad Adenauer Foundation) Roundtable on the Political
Challenges of Energy Systems Transformation, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Oct. 31, 2013; &
Energy Systems Management presentation at KAS-sponsored workshop on The Politics and
Policies of Climate Change and Energy in Southeast Asia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Dec. 5-7
2013.
Oct. 2013
Combating Corruption: Strategies for Civil Service Reform in the Developing World, PNWPSA
(Pacific Northwest Political Science Association) meeting, Vancouver, Oct. 17.
June 2013
Combating Corruption: Creating Effective Bureaucracies in the Developing World, CASID
(Canadian Society for International Development), Victoria, June 4-6.
June 2013
What Makes Napa Napa? Understanding the Sources of Cluster Competitiveness in the
California Wine Industry. AAWE, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
April 2013
Cluster Theory in Perspective: The cases of wine and horses, with Paul Gottlieb of Rutgers U.,
at the Southern Regional Science Association, Washington, DC
Sept. 2012
Organized and led “Wine Competitiveness Summit,” at SFU on Sept. 14. Attendees included
members of the press, wine industry stakeholders.
Aug. 2012
Sponsored presentation, “Wine Industry Competitiveness: Lessons for New Jersey,” to Rutgers
University’s Dept. of Agricultural, Food and Resources Economics
June 2012
“Roots of Institutional Effectiveness in the Global Wine Industry,” presented at the Association
of American Wine Economists annual meeting, Princeton, NJ.
May 2012
Organized a special panel on the roots of the US financial crisis; and presented another paper on
cluster economics, at the Industry Studies Association meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.
July 2011
Organized a conference on global wine industry competitiveness, one academic workshop with
5 participants from around the world, and one presentation to the BC wine industry, audience of
approximately 75 for both days, as part of Genome Canada grant, see below
May 2011
Cluster Competitiveness: Cases from the Wine Industry. With Sarah Giest. Industry Studies
Association, Pittsburgh, PA.
Mar. 2011
Participant, Genome, Policy, and Society workshop on Intellectual Property, sponsored by
Genome Canada
July 2010
Research poster at the BC Wine Grape Council Annual Meeting, Penticton, BC.
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May 2010
Sponsored Commentator, North-South Institute conference on Canadian-Latin American
relations, Ottawa
Sept. 2009
Organized a conference and public symposium on biofuels at Simon Fraser University,
including international scholars, Canadian Renewable Fuels Assn, BC Ministry of Mines and
Energy, and BC Bioenergy Network.
July 2009
Gave a series of sponsored presentations on science and technology policy and biofuels research
to a series of public and private audiences in Paraguay
June 2009
Gave a presentation on a new theory of industrial and technological development as part of my
wireless grant research, to Triple Helix conference, Glasgow, Scotland.
May 2009
Sponsored Presentation- Organized and led a panel on biofuels, for Sloan Industry Annual
conference, Chicago, IL
April 2009
Sponsored Presentation- Is the Brasilian Model Transferrable?, for Hewlett-funded conference
on Biofuels, to the University of Illinois
Nov. 2008
Presentation on Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement, for Canadian Council of the Americas,
Vancouver
Nov. 2008
Sponsored presentation to University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana) conference on biofuels
May 2008
Sponsored presentation to Sloan Industry Annual Conference, Boston, Mass., on East Asian
models of industrial policy
Apr. 2008
Sponsored lecture on South American energy integration, to Laval University’s Centre for
Interamerican Studies, Quebec City
Mar. 2008
Participated in Canada-Brazil Renewable Energy Policy Meeting, Ottawa, including
government, academic, and industry representatives; discussant in the biofuels roundtable.
Oct. 2007
Technology Transfer Society Conference, Palm Desert, CA, gave paper The Rise of Nokia:
Secrets Behind the Finnish Miracle
Apr. 2007
Discussant, Chair and gave paper The Strategic Quagmire: Aiding Failing States in a Post 9/11
World: The Case of Canadian Intervention in Afghanistan, with Jared Ferrie, BCPSA
Mar. 2007
Organized SFU Workshop: Terrorism, Trade, and the Threat to Prosperity: Adapting North
American Security Relations to Terrorist Threats, with Doug Ross, open to public with 35
contributors, including academics from all over the world and Canadian govt. agencies (RCMP,
DND, CBSA) & US consulate
Nov. 2006
Gave a sponsored talk, Energy Markets in Latin America to Innowest conference, Edmonton
Nov. 2006
Gave 3rd draft of Canadian security policy after 9/11 to public audience at Villanova U. in
Philadelphia.
July 2006
Gave a sponsored talk, The Global Implications of Outsourcing to the Leonardo Institute, as part
of SFU’s CPROST summer programme on innovation and technology
Sept. 2006
Gave 2nd draft of Canadian security policy after 9/11 to ACSUS conference in Anchorage,
Alaska, with Doug Ross
May 2006
Discussant, ResearchMoney Conference, on Business Policies in Asia for Canadians,
Vancouver
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Apr. 2006
Canadian Security Policy after 9/11 with Douglas Ross to BCPSA conference, Malaspina
College, BC
Mar 2006
The Social Psychology of Latin American Economy Policy, International Studies Association,
San Diego
Mar. 2006
First draft of Canadian security after 9/11 delivered to a public audience at Universidad
Iberoamericana in Mexico City
Apr. 2005
Science and Technology Policy: Boondoggle or Boon? to BCPSA conference, Prince George,
BC
Apr. 2005
The Role of Ideas in Latin American Economic History, to conference on Shared Mental
Models, Claremont, California
Feb. 2005
The Challenge of the New Pharmaceutical Industries in the Developing World SFU Workshop
A Decade of Human Security: mapping governance innovations and prospects, Vancouver, BC
Sep. 2004
Convergence and Divergence in North America: Canada and the United States, SFUAssociation for Canadian Studies in the United States conference in Vancouver discussant on
panel regarding international trade and governance issues
Aug 2004
Towards a Theory of International Governance, with Ted Cohn, SFU CGPE WTO and Beyond
conference
April 2004
The Future of the World Economy Rests in China, BCPSA Annual Meeting, Kwantlen College,
Richmond, BC.
March 2004
East Asian Models and Industrial Policy in Latin America, invited for a one-on-one dinner
discussion by the Mexican consul and economists from the Mexican government on Mexican
economic strategy, Vancouver.
May 2003
The FTAA as a Three Level Bargaining Game, SFU Centre for Global Political Economy, joint
conference with University of Hull
May 2003
Fair Trade: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?, with Jared Ferrie, SFU student, BC Political
Science Association Annual Meeting, SFU.
Mar. 2003
The FTAA as a Three Level Bargaining Game, Latin American Studies Association Annual
Meeting, Dallas.
Feb. 2003
Deregulation and Participation: A Survey of Participation in International Electricity
Regulation, International Studies Association Annual Meeting,. Portland, Oregon.
Dec. 2002
The FTAA as a Two Level Bargaining Game, Inter-American Development Bank and LACEA:
Regional Integration Network sponsored research seminar, Punta del Este, Uruguay.
Nov. 2002
Venezuela’s Chavez: The Emperor Has No Distribution, Pacific Coast Conference on Latin
American Studies meeting, Los Angeles.
Oct. 2002
Convergence in Chile: Economic Policy under Lagos, Canadian Association of Latin American
and Caribbean Studies meeting, Montreal, Canada.
Sept. 2002
The Political Economy of Dollarization in Latin America, presentation to Simon Fraser
University, sponsored by Dept. of Political Science.
May 2002
Legalizing Migration, BC Political Science Association meeting, Kelowna, BC.
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contact: ahira@sfu.ca
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updated: Mar. 2016
Aug. 2001
Political Obstacles to Energy Integration in MERCOSUR, published in Conference Proceedings
of 2001 Latin America Power and Gas Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 28, 2001
May 2001
Participation in Regulation, BC Political Science Association meeting, Langara College.
Feb. 2001
Electricity Integration in the Southern Cone (of Latin America), a research presentation to SFU
students and faculty, as part of the LAS research colloquium
Nov. 2000
An Overview of Argentina's Political Economy, to the Vancouver Indy Media Project
November 1998
Deconstructing Integration: From Europe to East Asia, National Social Science Association
meeting, New Orleans.
October 1998
Comparing Economic Development Policies in The Third World, International Studies
Association South meeting, Discussant, Panel, Charlotte, NC.
September 1998
Comparing Economic Knowledge Networks: Case Studies in Latin America and Egypt, Annual
Latin American Studies Association meeting, Chicago.
March 1998
How International Organizations Change: The Case of the United Nations Economic
Commission for Latin America, Annual International Studies Association meeting,
Minneapolis.
March 1997
Ideas as a Source of Economic Policy Change: The Case of Third World Economic
Liberalization, Annual International Studies Association meeting, Toronto.
April 1996
Paradigms and International Economic Integration Theory: the Case of East Asia, Annual
International Studies Association meeting, San Diego.
March 1996
How Ideas Affect Economic Policy in Developing Countries: The Rise of Economists in Latin
America, Annual Western Political Science Association meeting, San Francisco.
____________________________________________________________
Research/Project Funding - Received
Contract/Grant: Research Grant Period: 2013-14
Project Title: Combatting Corruption: Lessons from the Developing World
Funding: SSHRC/SFU Type: Internal Total: 10,000
Involvement: PI Collaboration: Combatting corruption in the public sector in the developing world
Contract/Grant: Research Grant Period: 2013-14
Project Title: Understanding Cluster Success: The Case of California
Funding: SSHRC/SFU Type: Internal Total: 10,700
Involvement: PI Collaboration: Systematic study of factors behind wine cluster success in
California
Contract/Grant: Research Grant Period: 2009 - 2012
Project Title: Grape and Wine Genomics
Funding: Genome Canada Type: External Total: 3,440, 481
Involvement: collaborator Collaboration: Social Science component of a multi-institutional team of
natural scientists and end users studying genetic technologies towards the wine industry
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updated: Mar. 2016
Contract/Grant: Research Grant Period: 2009 - 2010
Project Title: Evaluation of Teaching Rewards in PS
Funding: SFU Institute for the Study of Teaching and Learning in the Disciplines Type: External
Total: 5,000
Involvement: PI Collaboration: co-author with MA student Darcie Cohen, study based on survey
and analysis of incentives for good teaching in Canadian political science departments
Contract/Grant: Research Grant Period: 2009 - 2010
Project Title: Feasibility of Biofuels Production in Paraguay
Funding: AUCC IDRC Type: External Total: 17,328
Involvement: Principal Investigator Collaboration: American University in Paraguay
Contract/Grant: Research Grant Period: 2008 - 2011
Project Title: States and High Tech: Cases from the Wireless Industry
Funding: SSHRC Type: External Total: 43,000
Involvement: Principal Investigator Collaboration: Comparative study of public policies to
promote the wireless industry in Finland, Brazil, Mexico, South Korea, and Canada.
Contract/Grant: Research Grant Period: 2006 - 2007
Project Title: Sectoral Policies and Business Strategies for Developing Country Competitiveness in
High Tech Sectors: the case of Embraer
Funding: SSHRC Type: Internal Total: 4,500
Involvement: Principal Investigator Collaboration: The study examined Brazilian aircraft
manufacturer Embraer, and compared it to Argentine counterparts in aircraft and aluminum
manufacturing. 1 article and a conference paper resulted.
Contract/Grant: Research Grant Period: 2005 - 2007
Project Title: Bilateralism from Trilateralism: A Study of Post-9/11 Security in the NAFTA Countries
Funding: PIERAN (Mexico) Type: External Total: 4,500
Involvement: Co-principal Investigator Collaboration: I am working with Doug Ross of SFU to
write the Canadian chapter for this study, which is conducted with collaborators from Mexico and the
US. Various drafts were presented in Mexico, Philadelphia, at SFU, and the final draft in Mexico.
Field research was conducted in Ottawa in Oct. 2006. A book and an article resulted.
Contract/Grant: Research Grant Awarded: 2001 Period: 2001 - 2002
Project Title: Energy Integration in the Southern Cone, The results were published in a book, The
Political Economy of Energy in the Southern Cone and an article.
Funding: Small SSHRC Type: Internal Total: 4999
Involvement: Principal Investigator Collaboration: Research on natural gas market deregulation in
South America, including field research, quantitative analysis, and mentorship of graduate student
research.
Contract/Grant: Research Grant Awarded: 2000 Period: 2000 - 2004
Project Title: Integration of Electricity Markets in the Southern Cone The results were published in 4
articles on energy (see above).
Funding: Simon Fraser University Type: Internal Annual: 10,000 Total: 10,000
Involvement: Principal Investigator Collaboration: 11/00 Field Work completed. 2 articles
resulted.
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contact: ahira@sfu.ca
webpage: www.sfu.ca/~ahira
updated: Mar. 2016
Contract/Grant: Research Grant Awarded: 1997 Period: 1997 - 1997
Project Title: Research on U.S. aid to Egypt and Egyptian economic policy networks. The results
were published in the book, Ideas and Economic Policy..
Funding: The American University in Cairo Type: Internal Total: 3,000
Involvement: Principal Investigator
Contract/Grant: Research (Dissertation) Grant Awarded: 1996 Period: 1996 - 1997
Project Title: Research on Latin American policy networks. The results were published in the book,
Ideas and Economic Policy.
Funding: Haynes Foundation, Claremont Graduate University Type: Internal Total: 10,000
Involvement: Principal Investigator
____________________________________________________________
Semesterly Activity at Simon Fraser University
Note: On sabbatical in 2006
Semester
Course
2016-1
Intro. to Development Studies
2015-3
Energy Policy (writing-intensive)
2015-3
Intro. to Public Policy
2015-1
Policy Evaluation
2015-1
Technology Policy (writing-intensive)
2014-3
Intro. to Public Policy
2014-3
Advanced Global Political Economy
(Graduate/4th year UG)
2014-1
Political Psychology
2014-1
Energy Policy (writing-intensive)
2013-3
Policy Evaluation
2013-3
Intro. to Public Policy
2013-2
Political Economy of Finance
2013-1
Behavioural Economics Explanations to
the Financial Crisis
Numbe
r
DEVS
401
POL
452
POL
253
POL451
POL457
W
POL
253
POL
856/455
POL
358
POL
452W
POL
451Q
POL
253
POL
857
POL
857
Hour
s
Enrollmen
t
Seminar
4
20
Fall
Seminar
4
20
Fall
Lecture
3
57
Spring
Seminar/L
ab
4
20
Spring
Seminar
4
22
Fall
Lecture
3
20
Fall
Seminar
4
20
Spring
Lecture
4
40
4
20
4
20
3
15
4
1
4
1
Session
Type
Spring
Spring
Fall
Fall
Summe
r
Spring
Seminar
(Writing
Intensive)
Seminar/la
b
Lecture/Tu
torial
Directed
Readings
Directed
Readings
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2013-1
Technology Policy (writing-intensive)
2013-1
Political Psychology
2012-3
Public Policy Evaluation
2012-3
Intro. to Public Policy
2012-1
Energy Policy (writing-intensive)
2011-3
Governance & Corruption (grad)
2011-3
Technology Policy (writing-intensive)
2011-1
LA Devt. (grad)
2011-1
Public Policy Analysis (stats)
2010-3
Energy Policy (grad/undergrad)
2010-3
Intro to LA Issues
2010-1
LA Development (grad)
2010-1
LA PE
2009-3
Intro to LA Issues
2009-3
Technology Policy
2009-1
Energy Policy
2008-3
Politics of Selected LA Nations
2008-3
Latin American Development
(graduate)
2008-1
Latin American Development
(graduate)
2007-3
Intro. to Latin American Issues
2007-3
Latin American Political Economy
POL
457W
POL
358
POL
451
POL
253
POL
452W
POL
857
POL
457
POL
856/LA
S 815
POL
451
POL
459
LAS
100
LAS
815/PO
L 856
ISPO
483
LAS
100
POL
459
POL
459
POL
337
POL
856/LA
S 815
POL
856/LA
S 815
LAS
200
POL
483
Spring
Seminar
4
15
Spring
Seminar
4
31
4
25
3
35
Fall
Fall
Seminar/L
ab
Lecture/tut
orials
Spring
Seminar
4
25
Fall
Directed
Readings
4
1
Fall
Seminar
4
20
Spring
Seminar
4
10
Spring
Seminar
4
15
Fall
Seminar
4
15
Fall
Lecture/tut
3
45
Spring
Seminar
4
10
Spring
Seminar
4
15
Fall
Lecture/tut
3
45
Fall
Seminar
4
20
Spring
Seminar
4
20
Fall
Seminar
4
25
Fall
Seminar
4
5
Spring
Seminar
4
10
Fall
Lecture/tut
orial
3
36
Fall
Seminar
4
15
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updated: Mar. 2016
POL
337
POL
450
POL/LA
S 483
LAS
800
LAS
498
LAS
200
2007-1
Comparative Politics in Latin America
2007-1
Free Trade in the Americas: Writing
Intensive
2005-3
Latin American Political Economy
2005-3
Introduction to Latin American Studies:
Theories and Methods (grad)
2005-2
Innovation and Technology Policy
2005-1
Intro. Latin American Issues
2005-1
Globalization and Regionalization in
Latin America (FTAA)
POL/LA
S 450
International Relations of Latin
America
Politics of Selected Latin American
Nations
Health Issues in Latin America, AIDs
policies in Colombia
POL/LA
S 440
POL/LA
S 337
LAS
851
POL/LA
S 483
2004-3
2004-3
2004-2
2004-2
Political Economy of Latin America
2004-1
Special Topics in Comparative Politics:
Power, Culture and Identity in Latin
America
2003-1
Intro. Latin American Issues
2002-3
Fair Trade and International Trade
Theory
2002-3
International Relations of Latin
America
2002-3
Politics of Selected Latin American
Nations
2002-2
Political Economy of Venezuela
2002-1
Latin America Economy and Society
2002-1
Intro. Latin American Issues
LAS
800
POL/LA
S 403
LAS
200
COMM
483
LAS
340/PO
L
POL/LA
S 337
LAS
498
LAS
815
LAS200
2002-1
Intro. Latin American Issues
LAS200
2003-3
2003-1
Introduction to Latin American Studies:
Theories and Methods (grad)
Special topics in Globalization: The
Free Trade Area of the Americas
POL/LA
S 438
Spring
Seminar
4
23
Spring
Seminar
4
7
Spring
Seminar
4
13
Seminar
4
5
Summe
r
Directed
Readings
5
1
Spring
Seminar
3
29
Spring
SeminarWriting
Intensive
4
24
Fall
Seminar
4
26
Fall
Seminar
4
25
Summe
r
Summe
r
Directed
Readings
4
1
Seminar
4
22
Spring
Seminar
4
16
Fall
Seminar
4
6
Spring
Seminar
4
19
Spring
Seminar
3
25
Fall
Directed
Studies
4
2
Fall
Seminar
4
30
Fall
Seminar
4
30
Summe
r
Directed
Studies
4
1
Seminar
5
2
Seminar
3
24
Tutorial
2
24
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webpage: www.sfu.ca/~ahira
updated: Mar. 2016
2001-3
2001-3
2001-3
International Relations of Latin
America
Introduction to Latin American Studies:
Theories and Methods (grad)
Political Economy of Latin America
(POL383)
2001-2
Latin American Political Economy
2001-1
Latin American Issues
2001-1
Latin Am. Issues
2001-1
2001-1
Politics of Selected Latin American
Nations
New Approaches to Development
Projects
LAS
498
LAS
800
Directed
Studies
4
1
Seminar
4
7
LAS318
Seminar
4
15
POL
893
LAS
200
LAS200
Directed
Studies
5
3
Seminar
3
28
Tutorial
1
15
POL
337
Seminar
4
17
POl 893
Directed
Studies
4
1
D01.02
____________________________________________________________
Senior Supervisory Duties of a Thesis/Dissertation/or Major Project
(current occupation, where known)
Name
Degree
Project/Thesis Title
Status
Kim, Anna
MA
Promoting Energy FDI in Uzbekistan
Active
Levesque, Mark
BA
Hons.
Murata, Brian
MA
Promoting Prosperity: Designing a Sovereign
Wealth Fund in British Columbia
The Paradox of Practicality: An Assessment
of the Opportunities and Limitations of
Currency
Dealing with Corruption in Canadian Mining
Abroad
Raymond, Aaron
Falk-Varcoe, Kyle
BA
Hons
BA
Hons
Monson, Shea
MA
Jabary, Kawa
MA
Pelling, Matt
MA
Liberman, Giselle
MA
Ferreira, Elisa
MA
Castro, Miriam
MA
Complete
Active
Complete
Corruption in Canada
Complete
Regulating High Frequency Trading
Complete
The Politics of Low Capacity: The Case of
Kurdistan
Canadian Industrial Policy (temp. sr. super.,
helped Matt earn a SSHRC award)
Study of the Salta, Argentina Wine Industry
Brazilian education policy: Access to Higher
Education
The Impact of Government Intervention in
Industry: A Case Study of the Electronics
Industry in Jalisco, Mexico
Complete
Complete
Complete
Complete
Complete
Began
20153
20142
Completed
2014-2
20132
20141
20121
20123
20113
n/a
20103
20103
20103
2014-1
2013-1
2013-3
2012-3
n/a
2012-1
2013-3
2012-3
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updated: Mar. 2016
n/a
Dropped
20093
2011-1
Complete
20083
2012-2
Complete
20093
2011-1
Complete
20093
2011-1
Bwenge, Alexis
Ph.D.
Amir, Mohammed
MA
Pinto, Isabela
MA
Morfopoulos, James
MA
Gibb, Alexandra
BA Hon
Loshaj, Shpresa
BA Hon
Apps, Christopher
BA Hon
Cohen, Darcie
MA
Bradsen, Alicia
MA
Domareski, Justin
BA Hon
Sketchley, Carlos
BA
Hons
Canadian Nuclear Waste Policy
Complete
Berardo, Casey
BA Hon
Fair Trade Strategy in Vancouver
Complete
Buncic, Ashley
LAS
capstone
Sustainable Tourism Development (Human
Resources Canada)
Complete
Calla, Nick
BA
Honours
Thesis
Competitive Advantage in Brazil
Complete
Steenweg, Rick
MA
Castaneda, Lilliana
MA
Blanchard, Danielle
BA
Honours
Thesis
Industrial Policy Options and Tools for the
Development of the Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Industry in Canada
Sustainable Certification of Labour Practices
in Brasilian biodiesel
EU Sustainable Certification Policies:
Potential Effects on Brazil (SSHRC recipient,
COO Ocean Networks)
Sustainable Enterprises as an Engine of
Development
Analysis of Canadian Cellulosic Ethanol
Policies
Corporate Social Responsibility (Liaison,
Aboriginal Group re: mining issues in
Canada)
Exploring the Linkages between Proportional
Representation, Green Parties, Environmental
Quality and the Kyoto Protocol
A Feasibility Study: Can Paraguay Learn from
Brazil?
Sustainable Certification- Case of Forest
Stewardship Council (Policy Advisor,
Environment Canada)
Renewable Energy Policies: Comparing
Canada and Latin America
Improving prospects for Southern Film
Industries: the Colombian case
Intellectual Property Rights
Complete
Complete
20103
20103
2010-3
2010-3
Complete
20103
2010-3
Complete
20083
2010-1
Complete
20083
2010-1
Complete
20101
2010-1
Complete
Complete
Complete
20101
20093
20073
20091
20073
20053
20053
2010-1
2009-3
2008-3
2009-2
2009-1
2007-3
2006-1
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updated: Mar. 2016
Complete
20013
(took
over
in
20052)
Pastrana, Sergio
MA
The Contributions of Participation Toward
Efficacy of Community Economic
Development Projects in Morelos, Mexico
(Completing PhD in Education)
Boyco, Morgan
BA
Honours
Thesis
A Political Ecology of the MST: Ecology,
Liberation and Brazil’s Sem Terra
Completed
20043
2005-1
Bustamante, Ana Maria
M.A.
Evaluation of Health Communication Projects
in Colombia (United Way)
Completed
20033
2006-3
M.A.
Ethical Procurement: Action Research Project
in the Lower Mainland
Dropped
out (did
not want
to write
thesis)
20033
No
M.A.
Non-governmental organizations’ activism in
new democracies: the case study of the
proyecto reducción de violencia contra la
mujer, sede izabal (prvm-izabal)
Complete
20013
2003-1
2003-3
2007-2
Wood, James
Perdomo, Eve,
Leger, Alexandre
McNamara, Michael
M.A.
Hegemony under ‘Socialism:’ A Case Study
of Cuba (Govt. of Canada)
Complete
20013
(took
over
in
20031)
Ph.D.
dissertation: Beyond Belief? An Historical
Institutional Analysis Of Contemporary
School Reform In Nicaragua (Research Dean,
Seneca Colelge)
Complete
20003
2005-3
____________________________________________________________
Students Hira Supervised on Genome Canada Project, 2009-12
Name
Institution
Category‡
FTE
Start Date End Date
Comments
Neil Boehm
SFU
Undergraduate
Student
.25
Jan 2011
Aug 2011
Work-study
Gavin Cheng
SFU
Undergraduate
Student
.25
May 2010
Dec 2010
Work-study
Justin Domareski
SFU
Undergraduate
Student
.25
Jan 2010
March 2010 Historical and data
research for Hira
MA Economics
.25
May 2011
Husam Gabreldar
Project Administration
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updated: Mar. 2016
Name
Institution
Category‡
FTE
Start Date End Date
Comments
& Research
Assistance, replaced
Daisy LaForce
Sarah Geist
SFU
Graduate Student 1.0
Sept. 1,
2010
Sept. 1,
2011
Stewart Wilkinson SFU
Undergraduate
Student
.25
Jan 2010
April 2010 Work-study
Justin Domareski
SFU
Undergraduate
Student
.25
Jan 2010
March 2010 Historical and data
research for Hira
Stewart Wilkinson SFU
Undergraduate
Student
.25
Jan 2010
April 2010 Work-study
Gavin Cheng
SFU
Undergraduate
Student
.25
May 2010
Aug 2010
Work-study
Gavin Cheng
SFU
Undergraduate
Student
.25
Sep 2010
Dec 2010
Work-study
Neil Boehm
SFU
Undergraduate
Student
.25
Jan 2011
May 2011
Work-study
Neil Boehm
SFU
Undergraduate
Student
.25
May 2011
Aug 2011
Work-study
Won Seok Choi
SFU
Undergraduate
Student
.25
Sep 2011
Dec 2011
Work-study
MA Economics
.25
May 2011
Project Administration
& Research
Assistance, replaced
Daisy LaForce;
statistical analysis;
Oregon, Wash., NY,
VA, NC cases with
Hira
PhD Research
Assistance; Brazil
case study
Husam Gabreldar
Daniel Andrade
Del Guedes
SFU
Graduate Student .25
Sep 2011
Nancy Teeple
SFU
Graduate Student .25
Sep 2011
Matthew Pelling
SFU
Graduate Student .25
Sep 2011
Dec. 2011
Worked with Hira on
comparative
innovation project;
project completed.
PhD Research
Assistance on
technology transfer
literature
MA Research
Assistance; Ontario
case
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updated: Mar. 2016
Name
Institution
Category‡
Kawa Jabary
SFU
Andrea Migone
FTE
Start Date End Date
Comments
Graduate Student .25
Dec 2011
MA Research
Assistance; N
Africa/Middle East
cases
SFU
Post-Doctoral
Student
.25
Sep 2011
Post Doc Research
Assistance;
Switzerland
Giselle Liberman
SFU
Graduate Student .50
Sep 2011
MA; Argentine case
study
Season Ji
SFU
Undergraduate
.25
Jan. 2012
Work study studentChina case
Neil Boehm
SFU
Undergraduate
.25
Jan. 2012
Work study Ontario
____________________________________________________________
Serving on a Committee of a Thesis/Dissertation/or Major Project
Name
Degree
Project/Thesis Title
Status
Began
Cooper, Jennifer
MA
Energy Security in Canada: Case of the Tar Sands
Active
2015-3
Dogah, Denis
PhD
Institutional Change in Africa
Active
Zschoch, Mark
PhD
A Comparative Analysis of Free and Open Source
Software Public Policy in Belgium, Canada, and
Germany
Completed
2012-3
Greco, Richard
MA
Agroterrorism and the Corn Monoculture in the US
Completed
2015-1
2012-2
(added
to
cmte)
2011-3
Frech, Lidia
MA
Cyberterrorism
Completed
2011-2
2011-2
Singh, Sabina
Ph.D.
Uganda’s party system
Dropped
2010-3
2010-3
Completed
2008-3
2009-3
Completed
2006-3
2008-1
Completed
2005-3
2006-2
Completed
2000-1
2001-1
Duquette, Valerie
M.A.
Tokman, Jason
M.A.
Rastgardani,
Taymaz
MA
Amaya, Libardo
M.A.
Empowered Participatory Governance and Gender
Inclusion
Study of Bolivia’s Andean People’s Trade
Agreement
Energy security for Canada : a comparison of the
self-sufficiency and continental strategies
The Role of Political Accountability in Democratic
Consolidation: the United States and Latin America
Completed
2012-2
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updated: Mar. 2016
Other Employment History
August 1999 - August 2000
International Trade Analyst, U.S. Government's International Trade Commission
Tracking, reporting, and research of international trade issues for the U.S.
Government's International Trade Commission, with a specialization in the
energy, telecommunications, and educational services industries. My work
related to ongoing negotiations in international and bilateral trade.
1992 - 1996
Research Assistant, Claremont Graduate University
Professor David Arase, focusing on political economy issues in East Asia, 1993.
Professor Jacek Kugler, including work on international relations, political
capacity, and violence in Latin America, 1993
Professor Carol Wise, including work on trade liberalization in Latin America,
1992-3.
1992 - 1992
Researcher, Writer, Analyst, Inter-American Dialogue, Washington, D.C.
Personal research assistant to the President, Richard Feinberg, emphasis on
Latin American economies.
1991 - 1991
Researcher, Writer, Analyst, US Export-Import Bank, Washington, D.C.
Personal research assistant to loan officer Regina Brown of the Africa/Middle
East Division; Completed financial analysis of Economic Community of West
African States (ECOWAS).
1989 - 1991
Researcher, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.
Researcher of current and historical foreign policy issues for Freedom of
Information Act Office
1988 - 1989
Management Analyst, U.S. Food and Nutrition Service, Alexandria, VA
Policy analyst, legislative writer, database administrator, and auditor for federal
programs providing meals to the poor.
1988 - 1988
Researcher/Writer, Council on Hemispheric Affairs, Washington, D.C.
Author of the headline article of the 2/3/88 Washington Report on the
Hemisphere, Cerezo and the URNG, on Guatemalan government's political
situation in regard to guerillas.
1986 - 1988
Legislative Assistant, U.S. Congress- House of Representatives
Legislative Assistant to a US Congressman Wrote speeches, handled
constituents' issues, and covered basic areas of social legislation.
1986 - 1986
Intern, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, International Division
Author of a prospective analysis of Latin American economies and trade with
U.S. for U.S. businesses under the guidance of Keith Miceli, Director of
Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America (AACLA).
____________________________________________________________
Other Supervision of Research Personnel
NB: In 2009, I helped to set up a regular funding relationship between SFU and the Pan American Health Organization
(PAHO). This relationship offers the opportunity for SFU graduate students to acquire fully funded field research
throughout the region in regard to community level health projects. Project reports are then publicized through a PAHO
conference and publications.
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Simon Fraser University
contact: ahira@sfu.ca
webpage: www.sfu.ca/~ahira
updated: Mar. 2016
Sep 13-Feb 14
Oct 2009-Dec 2009
May 2009-Aug 2009
May 2009-Aug. 2009
May 2008-July 2008
Research Assistance by MA Giselle Lara Liberman and BA Kai Shiao, wine
and corruption projects, Funded by: SSHRC
Research Assistance by MA candidate James Morfopoulos of SFU LAS,
collaboration and co-authorship of S Korea wireless study Funded by:
SSHRC
Field Research Assistance by MA candidate Alicia Bradsen, as part of
Paraguay biofuels project Funded by: AUCC-IDRC
Research Assistance by MA candidate Darcie Cohen of SFU PS, coauthorship of study on teaching evaluation Funded by: SFU Institute for the
Study of Teaching and Learning in the Disciplines
Research Assistance on the wireless industry by PS MA candidate Rick
Steenweg Funded by: SSHRC
Sep 2008-Dec 2009
Jan. 2005
Research Assistance/collaboration by Post doc Brian Wixted and PhD
Candidate Florence Chee of SFU CPROST for comparative wireless cluster
study Funded by: SSHRC
Robin Frost, Anastasia Salnykova and Julia Macken, Assistance on Grant
preparation, Funded by: Discovery Parks Grant
Nov 2004
Michael McNamara, Assistance on Grant; Funded by: Discovery Parks
Grant
May 2002-Aug. 2002
Part Time, Alex Leger, Research Assistant Funded by: small SSHRC grant
research on consumer's representation in regulatory decision-making in South
America
June 2002-Aug. 2002
Part Time, Frances MacDonald, Research Assistant Funded by: work study
research on consumers and electricity
January 2002 - May 2002
Part Time, David Huxtable, Research Assistant Funded by: work study
research on consumer's representation in regulatory decision-making in South
America
August 2001 - January 2002
Part Time, Libardo Amaya, M.A, Research Assistant, co-author Funded by:
Small SSHRC grant
co-author of article, Does Energy Integrate?, currently in revise & resubmit
stage at Energy Policy
December 2000 - May 2001
Part Time, Maria Alice Carneiro, LL.B, Research Assistant Funded by:
PRG- SFU
Brazilian electricity market- consumer representation
November 2000 - May 2001
Part Time, Michael McNamara, M.A, Research Assistant Funded by: PRGfr. SFU
Electricity Integration in Central America
February 2001 - February 2001
Part Time, Libardo Amaya, M.A, Translation Assistant Funded by: PRGSFU
translation of an article invited for a Spanish-language electricity journal in
Latin America
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Curriculum Vita
Dr. Anil Hira / Professor / Political Science
Simon Fraser University
contact: ahira@sfu.ca
webpage: www.sfu.ca/~ahira
updated: Mar. 2016
____________________________________________________________
Teaching, External Examination and Other Professional Development
Teaching Philosophy
In my teaching, I emphasize critical thinking, writing and reading skills, as well as marrying theoretical constructs
with practical and extended applications. I thoroughly believe in the value, and emphasize the application, of a
liberal arts education. I incorporate my research in my teaching and use the teaching to develop my research ideas.
My website reflects my emphasis and effort on guiding students towards good writing practices and research design.
I have a strong track record of guiding outstanding students into activism, scholarly life, and the public service.
2016
Chair, Rina Kashyap, PhD dissertation defence, International Relations
2015
Chair, Mark Machacek, PhD comprehensive exam, International Relations
2015
Examiner, Sugumari Shanmugam, The Effect of Trade Related Environmental Measures on the Forest
Sector and Timber Trade of Peninsular Malaysia, PhD., University of Nottingham, Malaysia, School of Politics
2015
Examiner, Taylor Jackson, MA Project defence, The Effect of Interest Groups on Poliheuristic
Decision Making: The Case of the Keystone XL Pipeline
2015
Examiner, Michael Machachek, PhD comprehensive exam, Comparative Politics
2015
Examiner, Michael Oram, PhD comprehensive exam, Public Policy
2014
Examiner, Gurminder Singh Bhangoo, MA, Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Model and the Window of
Opportunity for Improved Aboriginal Employment and Skills Development Outcomes
2014
Chair, Luka Vukelic, MA project defence
2014
Chair, Jack McIlroy, MA project defence
2014
Supervisory Examiner, Denis Dogah, PhD comprehensive examination, Comparative Politics
2014
External Examiner, Sara McPhee-Knowles, The Complex Problem of Food Safety: Applying AgentBased Modeling to the Policy Process, PhD. Diss. Johnson Shoyama School of Public Policy, U. of Saskatchewan
2014
External Examiner, Jacobo Calles, MA thesis, Examining the Impacts of Progresa- Oportunidades on
Poverty and Inequality A Case Study of Las Margaritas, Chiapas, Mexico
2014
External Examiner, Denis Dogah, PhD comp exam, International Relations
2013
Chair, Peter Helm, MA Project
2013
External Examiner, Allan MacLean, MA Project, “Democracy Promotion, Sanctions and Iran:
Obama's Policy Trade Off”
2013
Co-Facilitator, SFU Course Design Workshop
2013
Examiner, PhD comp exam, Comparative Politics, Nancy Teeple
2013
Examiner, PhD comp exam, IPE, Daniel Andrade
2012-3
Supervised extended essays for Gurnate Gill (2) and Fatima Rizvi (1)
2011
Examiner, PhD comp exam, Public Policy, Sarah Giest
2010
Examiner, PhD comp exams, IR, Alexis Bwenge
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Dr. Anil Hira / Professor / Political Science
Simon Fraser University
contact: ahira@sfu.ca
webpage: www.sfu.ca/~ahira
updated: Mar. 2016
2010
System
External Reviewer, PhD defence, Monica Salazar, Communications, Colombia’s National Innovations
2010
Chair, MA defence, Simon Zukowski
2010
Chair, MA defence, Emily Ann Paul
2009
External Reviewer, MA defence, Karen-Marie Eulah Perry, Nanotechnology and Health: From
Boundary Object to Bodily Intervention, Sociology
2009 Spring Chair, MA defence, Catherine Craven
2008 Summer
External Examiner, Eagan Kemp MA thesis- Health Inequality in Chile, MA Sociology
2008 Spring/Summer External Examiner, Julia MacArthur PhD. Examinations in Comparative Politics and
International Relations
2007 Sept
Chair, MA defence, Kirsten Daub
2006 Sept
Chair, MA defence, Valerie Kilgour
2006 Aug
External Reviewer, MA defense, R. Milan
2005
Chair, MA defense Ahseea Ahmed
2004 Nov
Chair, PhD comprehensive examinations, Scott MacLeod, IR PhD comprehensive exam
2004 Sept
External Examiner, Randy Drevlin, IR PhD comprehensive exams
2004 Jul
Attended course on how to prepare a writing-intensive course, given by SFU’s Centre for Writing
Intensive Learning.
2004 June
External Reviewer, Nicole Duncan, Citizenship in a Globalizing World, PS, MA, SFU
2004 Mar
External Reviewer, Yiqing Li, Predicting the 2004 Presidential Race, Dept. of Statistics MA, SFU
2003 Dec
Proposal Defense Committee Chair, Cesar Castro
2003 May My student, Matt Hoekstra, won the BCPSA award for best undergraduate essay. The essay was on
labour rights under a proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas agreement.
2003 Feb.
Proposal Defense Committee Chair, Alex Leger
2002 May 14- Attended student-centered teaching seminar at SFU.
2002 MA Defense Committee Chair, James Papadopoulos, Fall 2001
2002 PhD. examining committee, Jolanta Lawska
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Active Service to Simon Fraser University and the Discipline
Departmental Committees
Sept. 2014-Dec. 2015
Search committee member, French cohort program (BAFF)
Sept 2014-June 2015
Graduate Committee, Appointments Committee, PS
Sept. 2010-June 2014
Speakers Series Organizer, PS
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Dr. Anil Hira / Professor / Political Science
Simon Fraser University
contact: ahira@sfu.ca
webpage: www.sfu.ca/~ahira
updated: Mar. 2016
Sept. 2011-Dec. 2011
Graduate Committee, PS
Sept. 2010-May 2011
Appointments & TPC Committees, PS
Sept 2009-May 2010
Graduate Committee, PS
Sept. 2008-9
Renewal Committee, PS
May 2007-9
Undergraduate Chair, PS
Aug. 2005-12
faculty mentor, new SFU students
January 2002 -
member, Comparative Politics Committee, PS
Jan. 2002-
member, International Relations Committee, PS
September 2000 - 10
committee member, LAS steering committee
Nov 2009
member, Dean’s ad hoc Adivsory committee on Teaching
Sept. 2007
Hosted talk, What Do I do with this Degree? for PS students
April 2007
member, nominations committee, PS
Aug 2005-Dec 2005
Political Theory search committee
Aug 2004-Oct 2005
IPE search committee
Aug 2004-May 2005
committee member, DTC committee for PS
June 2005-Oct 2005
Prepared and edited new LAS constitution; prepared and revised new plan for
LAS graduate studies
January 2003-Sept 2005
head, Latin American Studies Undergraduate curriculum; spearheaded reform of
LAS programme
Dec. 2004
Acting Chair, LAS Programme
December 2003-Aug 2004
chair, Latin American Constitution team
September 2002-Aug 2004
member, Graduate Studies committee, PS
September 2002-June 2003
member, BCPSA organizing committee for 2003 conference at SFU
September 2001 - May 2002
committee member, DTC committee for PS
October 2000 - July 2001
Conference organizing committee, SFU PS Dept. Globalization conference
September 2000 - May 2001
Research, Speakers Committees- Political Science
University Committees
May 2007-09
member, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences Steering Committee
Feb. 2007-May 2010
member, Employment Equity Advisory Committee
Nov 2004-Aug. 2006
member, new School for International studies steering committee and search
committee
Sept. 2005-Aug. 2006
member, LAS Director search committee
Aug. 2004-Aug. 2006
member, Master’s in Intl. Policy and Practice, steering and search committees
June 2003 – May 2004
Member of SFU Senate, incl. Senate Committee on International Activities
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Dr. Anil Hira / Professor / Political Science
Simon Fraser University
contact: ahira@sfu.ca
webpage: www.sfu.ca/~ahira
updated: Mar. 2016
December 2001-Current
Founding Member of Center for Global Political Economy, SFU
December 2001- Current
committee member, Development Studies Group
September 2001- Jan 2003
Library Representative for LAS
Other
Oct. 2008
Organized an Alumni Panel on PS Careers
Mar 2007
Worked with Shaheen Nanji and Carleton U to host a delegation of Chinese
Govt. officials studying BC Labour policy
Oct. 2006
Worked with Shaheen Nanji of SFU International and Carleton U. to host a
visiting Chinese delegation from Chonqing Province studying industrial policy
in BC and Canada
Aug. 2005-6
New Student Orientation mentor
July 2005
Presented Brazil Field School committee plan to SCIA committee
Feb. 1, 2005
Worked with Caroline Wakelin to set up an International Careers Day. Invited
in contacts from CIDA and Oxfam to speak to international work/volunteer
opportunities.
Jan. 2004
Reviewed a Latin American grant proposal for the City University of New York
Dec. 2003
Wrote the first draft of the Constitution for Latin American Studies
Fall 2003
Preparing field school for Political Science and Latin American studies to Brazil
May 2002
Promoted Latin American Studies Programme to Vancouver area high schools.
May 2001
Prepared a jobs brochure for Latin American studies students
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Membership in the Academic Community
ECORFAN (Mexico-based) economics, science and technology think tank, Editorial Board member, see:
http://www.ecorfan.org/series_comite.php; from Jan. 2014
Sloan Foundation, Industry Studies Association, Founding Member, (Oct. 2005-Current)
Business Association of Latin American Studies, BALAS, (Sept. 2005-2007)
SFU’s CPROST (Centre for Public Research on Science and Technology) (2005-Current)
Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (2002-2007)
Latin American Studies Association (2000-2007)
International Studies Association (1999-2007)
B.C. Political Science Association (2000-2010)
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Dr. Anil Hira / Professor / Political Science
Simon Fraser University
contact: ahira@sfu.ca
webpage: www.sfu.ca/~ahira
updated: Mar. 2016
Regular reviewer: Brookings Institution, SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada)
grant proposals; Energy Policy; Economic Development Quarterly; Biofuels; Journal of International
Political Economy; Biomass and Bioenergy; Journal of Social and Political Psychology; Wine
Economics and Policy; Bulletin of Latin American Research; Journal of Business Ethics, Business
Ethics Quarterly, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Canadian Journal of Political Science:
Business and Politics; International Political Science Review; Journal of Consumer Policy,
International Trade Journal; International Journal for Energy Sector Management, Pacific Affairs,
Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, British Journal of Economics, Management & Trade,
Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, International Economics textbook
series, Intro to Latin America textbooks, McGill International Journal of Sustainable Development
Law & Policy (JSDLP), ICONOS (FLACSO social sciences journal)
____________________________________________________________
Service to the Community At Large
April 2016, interview with Business in Vancouver newspaper
March 2016, interview with CFAX 1070 (Victoria) about Belgian bombing attacks
March 2016, interview with News 1130 (Vancouver) about new volume on corruption
Nov. 2015, Discussant of Syria crisis at Cinerevolution, “Syria Speaks” event in downtown Vancouver.
Nov 2015, interview with Bloomberg News, regarding rejection of Keystone pipeline in the US. Published at:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-06/trudeau-seeks-fresh-start-with-obama-after-keystone-rejection
Nov 2015, judge for student poster panel, Clean Energy BC annual conference
Sept. 2015, interview with CFAX radio about my new paper on Middle East strategy and the Syrian refugee crisis
July 2015, interviews with Vancouver Sun, CKNW, and Vancouver Weekly about the book Three Perspectives on
Human Irrationality
Dec. 2014, commentary on US-Cuban normalization of relations, KRP 1550 AM and CKNW
May 2014, commentator on CBC Radio regarding Chinese-Russian oil deal’s effect on BC natural gas markets
Mar. 2014, Commentator on CJSF on turmoil in Venezuela
Apr 2013, commentary on Chavez’s (Venezuelan President) death, for CFAX, News 1130, and CJSF radio programs
Aug 2012, commentary for OMNI news, on what motivates people to (re) enter political office
July 2012, commentary on Colombian govt. negotiations with the FARC, for Brazilian news journal, Correio Braziliense
Dec. 2011, commentary on death of N. Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, CKNW
Nov. 2011, Media commentary on Keystone pipeline from Alberta to the US, Bloomberg News
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Dr. Anil Hira / Professor / Political Science
Simon Fraser University
contact: ahira@sfu.ca
webpage: www.sfu.ca/~ahira
updated: Mar. 2016
Oct. 2011, Media commentary on World population reaching 7 billion, CBC (2 progs); CFAX radio
Coverage of International Wine Study, 2010-13
-Peter Mitham Ontario Grape Growers Seek Market Share Government involvement in British Columbia wine has
created measurable success Wines and Vines, 5/23/2013
-CBC TV Jan. 28, 2013, on Premier Christy Clark’s visit to Ontario to open markets there for BC wines
-Peter Mitham Sept. 21, 2012 Study: Government Critical to Wine Clusters Survey finds that regions with winegrowing
associations are more successful, Wines and Vines
-CBC Radio & TV Sept 2012, commentary on Ontario wine industry, for CBC
-Peter Mitham July 2010. BC Grapegrowers wait for ‘green’ money. Wines and Vines
http://www.winesandvines.com/template.cfm?section=news&content=76520#.
-Hira A. Jan. 2011. The Wine Industry in British Columbia: A Closed Wine But Showing Potential, public policy
report released. Latest version is Aug. 2011, 18th version.
-Uncorking B.C.'s wine industry Marketing: SFU study outlines nine areas of vulnerability for the province's wineries
by Andy Ivens, The Province; with a file from John Fuller January 17, 2011
-Schreiner, J. Jan. 2011 A Wake Up Call for BC Wineries from SFU,
http://johnschreiner.blogspot.com/2011/01/wake-up-call-for-bc-wineries-from-sfu.html
-Davison, Alexandra. Jan. 2011. SFU Report on the Fate of the Wine Industry in Beautiful British Columbia.
Canadian Higher Education and Career News. http://www.canadian-universities.net/News/general/bc-wine-2/
-Jan. 2011. B.C. winery clusters not congealing, www.winechina.com
-Jan. 2011 Challenging Times for BC Wine Industry http://www.asianjournal.ca/jan%2021_11/ot_head9.html
-Chris Apps, Jan. 2011 BC vineyards face challenging times The Peak http://www.the-peak.ca/2011/01/b-c-vineyardsface-challenges-study/
-News 1130 Jan. 2011, interview with Hira, http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article/169243--bc-wine-industrycould-be-in-for-tough-economic-times
-Business in Vancouver, Jan. 2011, BC wine sector lacks coordination,
http://www.bivinteractive.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3632:bc-wine-sector-lacks-coordination-sfu-report&catid=14:daily-news&Itemid=46
-Ivens, Andy, Jan. 2011 Uncorking BC’s Wine Industry, The Province
-Jan. 2011 British Columbia Wine Industry Could Be in for Tough Times,
http://www.winebiz.com.au/dwn/viewbydate.asp?date=14%2F01%2F2011 (Australian wine news site)
-Jan. 2011. British Columbia Wine Industry Could be in for Tough Times,
http://vinigator.finewinepress.com/archives/180600
-Peter Mitham, BC Winery Clusters Not Congealing, Wines & Vines,
http://www.winesandvines.com/template.cfm?section=news&content=82706
-Sidney, Zelda, Mar 2011. Postcard from a Troubled Wine Region. Terroirist: A Daily Wine Blog,
http://blog.terroirist.com/?p=2471
-Peter Mitham BC Grapegrowers Gather and Learn. Wines & Vines
http://www.winesandvines.com/template.cfm?section=news&content=90424
-Hanson, Darah. July 13, 2011 Market Saturation Makes BC Wine Industry Vulnerable Vancouver Sun.
-July 2011, Market Saturation Makes BC Grapegrowers Susceptible. The Wine Club
http://www.thewineclub.in/news/1102/Market-Saturation-Makes-B-C-Grape-Growers-Susceptible
-Mark Hicken Aug 2011 Wine Economists Release Report on BC Wine Industry,
http://www.winelaw.ca/cms/index.php?start=10
-Aug. 2011 BC Wine Industry Heading for Disaster? New report says industry has major problems, Wine Access,
http://www.wineaccess.ca/blog/bc-wine-industry-heading-for-disaster
-Aug 2011 Hira Interview with CBC radio; China Likes the Taste of Okanagan Wine,
http://www.cbc.ca/daybreaksouth/interviews/2011/08/24/china-likes-the-taste-of-okanagan-wine/
-Aug 2011 CBC Radio BC Almanac interview, see http://www.cbc.ca/bcalmanac/resources/
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Dr. Anil Hira / Professor / Political Science
Simon Fraser University
contact: ahira@sfu.ca
webpage: www.sfu.ca/~ahira
updated: Mar. 2016
- Aug. 2011 Interviews by Hira with CBC Radio (Okanagan news), CBC TV (French), Reuters, CFAX, CKNW
-Sep 2011, BC Wine Institute Media notes, http://www.winebc.com/bcwirelease2.php?newsID=62
-Sep 2011 Wine Economists Release Report on BC Industry,
http://corkaholic.com/members/Kevin%20Blucke/activity/just-me/?acpage=4
-No date: Leasing 101-Vineyard Equipment, quotes SFU report as “highly discussed,” industry website for agricultural
equipment, http://www.clarityleasing.com/leasing-101-vineyard-equipment/
-Oct 2011: Wendy Stueck, “Late harvest adds to wine makers' woes” quotes Hira report, Global and Mail, Oct.
16
-Hira 30 min. interview with CFAX radio Victoria on Oct. 24 on new bill to allow the importation of
Canadian wine across borders.
Mar. 2011
Interview with CKNW regarding conflict in Libya and another on rising world
food prices
Feb. 2011
Interviews with CKNW regarding North American border security
Jan. 2011
Interviews with CFAX, Wine&Vines, News1130, Asian Journal regarding BC
wine industry report
April 2010-Mar. 2011
Member, steering committee Fair Trade Vancouver
Nov 2009
Interviews with CHUM, CKNW twice (Christy Clark Show and the World this
Weekend), CBC radio one, and Burnaby Now newspapers regarding Afghan
report; report also featured in the National Post
Sep 2009
Interview with CKNW and CBC radio regarding whether biofuels can substitute
for petroleum, related to SFU workshop
Feb 2009
Interview with CBC TV Newsworld, on Venezuelan referendum outcome
Dec. 2008
Quoted in Iranian newspaper, on how Iran could enhance relations with Latin
America, see http://www1.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8709290118
Aug. 2008
Quoted in The Georgia Straight Aug. 14-21 edition, Carlito Pablo, “Domestic
9/11 probe urged.”
May 2007
I set up a website, www.globalwelfarestate.org to promote the ideas published in
The Futurist article noted above
Apr. 2007
interview on Venezuela’s Chavez on The Standard (cable TV); interview with
Macleans reporter Nancy MacDonald on labour protests in Argentina
Nov. 2006/March 2007
interviews on visiting Chinese academic/govt. official delegations as part of a
CIDA project aiding Chinese economic entry into the WTO and accompanying
adjustments; with Vancouver’s Channel m (10) and Fairchild Radio
Feb. 2007
interviews on Canadian security after 9/11 with Ian Bailey, The Province
(newspaper), Jonathan Roth, The Standard (Cable TV), Bill Good Show CKNW
talk radio, Montreal Radio 940 AM, Mike Smith CKNW, Jared Ferrie Metro
News
Nov. 2006
15 min. commentary on Nicaraguan elections for John Hammond Programme,
CKNW
July-Aug 2006
Conducted an interview with CBC television regarding the Mexican Presidential
election results. I also served as a source to Lynda Edwards, a reporter for the
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, for a story on Wal-Mart wages in Argentina.
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Dr. Anil Hira / Professor / Political Science
Simon Fraser University
contact: ahira@sfu.ca
webpage: www.sfu.ca/~ahira
updated: Mar. 2016
June-Aug 2005
Conducted several interviews on Outsourcing America with the media: 30
minute interview with Paul Harvey of CFAX; Paul Luke of The Province
(resulted in full page article reprinted in Edmonton Times); with Don Cayo and
Michael Kane of the Vancouver Sun; 30 minutes with Bill Good of CKNW; 1
hour with Raef Mair of 600 AM; short article in 24, a free daily around
Vancouver; interview with Charles Campbell of the Tyee; and an interview with
the multicultural TV channel 8. I also did an interview with Genevieve Milord
producing a CBC documentary on fair trade.
Nov 2002-present
Activist, fair trade and no sweat campaigns. My fair trade study (with a student)
was featured in Vancouver Mayor Larry Campbell’s announcement in May
2003 of Fair Trade Week, that his office would only carry fair trade coffee. A
press release of our study led to local media coverage of the issue. I conducted
an interview in July 2003 for Kevin Nikkel, which played a prominent role in
the documentary, Grounds for a Movement: A Look at Fair Trade Coffee. I am
preparing an outreach brochure for my local community giving the basic facts
about fair trade coffee.
Dec. 2004
Conducted a 15 minute interview with Phillip Till of the The World Today, on
CKNW regarding the arrest of former dictator Augusto Pinochet in Chile
May 2004
Conducted a 30 minute interview with nationally-syndicated Sterling Fox of
CKNW on Iraq situation.
May 2004
Conducted a 30 minute interview on the violence in Colombia with The World
Today show on CKNW.
Jan. 2004
Conducted a 45 minute interview with nationally-syndicated Sterling Fox of
CKNW on the Summit of the Americas.
Oct. 2003
Conducted a 10 minute interview in Spanish with Rufo Valencia of Radio
Canada International on the implications of the upcoming APEC summit for
Canada and Latin America.
May 2002
commentator, on civil war in Colombia, CKNW 980, Raef Maer Show
April 2002
commentator, Did a 30 minute discussion on the Venezuelan coup with Raef
Maer, CKNW 980
January 2002
commentator, Discussion of Argentine eco. situation, Raef Maer show, CKNW
January 2002
expert participant, University of Victoria invited conference to shape new BC
Govt's Energy Policy, led to policy recommendations sent to provincial
government on energy deregulation
July 2001
commentator, Interview with Raef Maer of CKNW radio show, 1 hour talk show
on Dollarization in Latin America
January 2001
Commentator, Commented on El Salvadoran earthquake to CBC Radio; VTV
December 2000
Overview of Argentina's political economy, Vancouver Indy Media Project
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Curriculum Vita
Dr. Anil Hira / Professor / Political Science
Simon Fraser University
contact: ahira@sfu.ca
webpage: www.sfu.ca/~ahira
updated: Mar. 2016
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Other Professional Training
Spring 2012
Completed Course Design Workshop, at SFU
Spring 2005
Received tutoring on intermediate Portuguese
Fall 2004
Completed a review course in Econometrics with Peter Kennedy.
Fall 2003-Spring 2004
Completed 2 calculus courses as part of a long-term plan to improve my
quantitative skills.
June 2001 - August 2001
Portuguese language training, completed Portuguese I language training at
Vancouver Institute of the Americas for research in Brazil.
May 2000 - August 2000
Completed course in Econometrics.
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Languages
Language
First?
Read?
Write?
Speak?
French
N
Y (intermediate)
Y (basic)
Y (basic)
Portuguese
N
Y(fluent)
Y (basic)
Y (intermediate)
Spanish
N
Y (fluent)
Y (fluent)
Y (fluent)
References
Available upon request
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