Publications

BOOKS

Sleeping Dogs: Quebec and the stabilization of Canadian federalism after 1995.

  • Launched October 2023 with the University of Toronto Press.  

Co-Editor, Roads to Confederation: The Making of Canada, 1867. UTP and Laval University Press. 

  • Co-editor of a 2-volume, peer-reviewed English and French language book project with David Cameron, 

Robert Vipond, Jacqueline Krikorian and Marcel Martel. The work explores competing views of Confederation for Canada’s 150th anniversary.

ARTICLES

Acadian Society of New Brunswick v. The Right Honourable Prime Minister of Canada and the Indigenous Challenge to Canadian Linguistic Duality. National Journal of Constitutional Law

  • This commentary on explores the relationship Canada’s model of linguistic “dualism” struggles to reconcile itself with the growing recognition of Indigenous languages in the context of the ASNB v. Canada case.

McDougall, Andrew. “The OLA at 50: Was the Advent of the Charter Really Such A Great Thing After All?” International Journal of Canadian Studies. 59:78-98.

  • This piece is for a special addition of the Journal celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Official Languages Act and was based on a conference paper given at the Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference.

McDougall, Andrew. “Stuck in the Middle with You: Is the Trudeau Government Really Representative of a Central Canadian “Laurentian Elite?” Canadian Studies/Études Canadiennes, December 2020, No. 68. pp. 11-39

  • This piece defines the “Laurentian Consensus” in Canadian politics to examine the claim that the Liberal government of Justin Trudeau has governed in the interests of Central Canada at the expense of other regions.

McDougall, Andrew “Continuity of Constitutional Government During a Pandemic: Considering The Concept in Canada’s Emergency Management Act.” Canadian Journal of Political Science. Online.

  • This piece was a contribution to the CJPS’s special edition on the Covid-19 pandemic and examined interpretations of the government’s duty to ensure continuity of constitutional government in an emergency.

McDougall, Andrew. “Altogether Now: A Return to Collaborative Federalism in Labour Market Policy.” IRPP Insight Study. December 2019, No. 75. 

  • This piece looks at developments in labour market policy, specifically the new Workforce Development Agreements, Future Skills Centre, and the Labour Market Information Council.

McDougall, Andrew. “Connecting Power to Protection: The Political Bases of Language Commissioners in Canada.” Canadian Public Administration. 62(1): 77-95.

  • This peer-reviewed piece explores how language regimes reflect the underlying political power of minority groups.

Robert Schertzer, Andrew McDougall and Grace Skogstad. “Multilateral Collaboration in Canadian Intergovernmental Relations: The Role of Procedural and Reciprocal Norms.” Publius: The Journal of Federalism. 48(4): 636-663.                                                                                                                                  

  • Based on an IRPP study of ours, this peer-reviewed article demonstrates the importance of norms in Canadian intergovernmental relations.

Robert Schertzer, Andrew McDougall and Grace Skogstad. Collaboration and Unilateralism: Explaining Recent Dynamics of Intergovernmental Relations in Canada. IRPP Study, No. 62, December 2016.                              

  • This peer-reviewed piece shows how norms of conduct in Canadian intergovernmental relations limit the options of policymakers.

McDougall, Andrew. “The Challenges of Repatriating Aboriginal Cultural Property in Canada.” 2012 CJNS 32(2): 51-75.

  • This peer-reviewed article studies the legal hurdles confronting Indigenous peoples when recovering stolen artifacts.

CHAPTERS

McDougall, Andrew. The Notwithstanding Clause and National Unity in a  Time of Interculturalism   [In production] 2024                                                                                                                                     

  • This is a chapter for a book entitled Rights and Institutional Relationships: Parliamentary Systems in Canada and Beyond to be published with UTP. Edited by Emmett Macfarlane and Kate Puddister. 

McDougall, Andrew. It Works in Practice, but Does it Work in Theory? Accepting The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as a National Symbol

  • This is a chapter for a book with UTP that reflects on the 40th anniversary of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Edited by Emmett Macfarlane and Kate Puddister. 

McDougall, Andrew. “Bill 101 as God and Demon: The Charter of the French Language and English Canada.”  2021                                                                                                                                     

  • This is a chapter for a book with PUL that reflects on the evolution of the Charter of the French Language and its impact on the constitution of Canada.