Sean Speer

Fellow

Sean Speer is PPF’s senior advisor of strategic competitiveness. He is also an associate fellow at R Street Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, and an editor-at-large at The Hub.

Sean is a prolific and influential academic, commentator and public policy analyst. His latest research explores the perceptions and realities shaping the urban-rural divide in Canada and the implications for policymakers and leaders.

From 2016 to 2023, Sean was an assistant professor at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy. He was a Munk senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute from 2015 to 2019. Before that, he served as a senior economic adviser to Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Sean has been named to The Hill Times Top 100 list, which recognizes the most influential people in Canadian politics and government, and to Embassy Magazine’s list of the top 80 people influencing Canadian foreign policy.

He holds a master’s degree in history from Carleton University.

Sean first joined PPF as a Fellow in 2019.

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