Katherine Scott

Senior Researcher, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Gender equality, social policy, income security, poverty, non profit sector

Media

The Best and Worst Places to be a Woman in Canada 2019

An interview with Katherine Scott, senior researcher with Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

What role will feminism play in the federal election?

Federal election primer: Investing in public services edition

In the pay equity fight, Canada’s biggest provinces are ground zero

Biography

Katherine Scott is a Senior Researcher with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and serves as the director for its gender equality and public policy program. She has worked in the community sector as a researcher, writer, and advocate over the past 20 years, writing on a range of issues from social policy, to inequality, to funding for nonprofits. Scott has served as Vice President of Research at the Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD) for several years and, in recent years, has produced research and analysis for organizations such as Prosper Canada, Volunteer Canada, Capacity Canada, Pathways to Education Canada, and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. She holds degrees in political science and environmental studies from Queen’s University and York University.

Expertise

  • gender equality
  • social policy
  • income security
  • poverty
  • nonprofit sector