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Ian Hussey

Ian Hussey

Ian Hussey worked as a research manager at the Parkland Institute for nearly nine years. He is the author of “No Worker Left Behind: A Job Creation Strategy for Energy Transition in Alberta” (Parkland Institute, 2023), “Job Creation or Job Loss? Big Companies Use Tax Cut to Automate Away Jobs in the Oil Sands” (Parkland Institute, 2022), and “The Future of Alberta’s Oil Sands Industry: More Production, Less Capital, Fewer Jobs” (Parkland Institute, 2020). Ian is also the co-author, with Emma Jackson, of “Alberta’s Coal Phase-Out: A Just Transition?” (Parkland Institute, 2019). Ian was a steering committee member of the Corporate Mapping Project, a seven-year initiative supported by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) that was focused on the oil, gas, and coal industries in Western Canada (2015-2022).

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Indigenous Gendered Experiences of Work in an Oil-Dependent, Rural Alberta Community

research | Feb 21, 2019

This report aims to help address knowledge gaps about the lived experiences of Indigenous working families in the oil industry and how working conditions impact families and gender relations by presenting a case study of the oil-dependent community of Wabasca.

 
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Alberta in Context: Health Care Under NDP Governments

research | Jan 31, 2019

This report analyzes and compares the record of recent NDP governments on health care in five provinces: Ontario, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Nova Scotia, and examines briefly the health care policies of the Alberta NDP government since 2015, highlighting points of intersection—and contrast—with the five provinces examined.

 
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Boom, Bust, and Consolidation: Corporate Restructuring in the Alberta Oil Sands

research | Nov 08, 2018

This report for the Corporate Mapping Project analyzes the accumulation dynamics of the 'Big Five' oil sands producers through the latest commodity cycle of boom, bust, and consolidation.

 
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Minimum wage hike a success despite gloomy predictions

media | Sep 18, 2018

This op-ed by Parkland Institute research manager Ian Hussey appeared in the Edmonton Journal on September 18, 2018.

 
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Alberta’s so-called energy diversification plan: Doubling down on oil at the expense of public services, women

blog | Mar 07, 2018

The Notley government last week committed $1 billion to "diversify" the energy sector. Ahead of International Women's Day, Parkland Institute research manager Ian Hussey looks at where else that billion dollars could have been spent.

 
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Why the oilsands era is over

media | Feb 15, 2018

This op-ed by Parkland Institute research manager Ian Hussey appeared in The Tyee on February 15, 2018.

 
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What the Paris Agreement Means for Alberta’s Oil Sands Majors

research | Jan 31, 2018

This report for the Corporate Mapping Project looks at the implications of the Paris Agreement on the five largest corporations operating the Alberta oil sands by analyzing the carbon liabilities embedded in their proven and probable reserves.

 
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Alberta hasn’t suffered for raising the minimum wage

media | Jan 08, 2018

Parkland Institute research manager Ian Hussey contrasts the predicted and actual impacts of recent minimum wage increases in Alberta in this January 6, 2018 op-ed for the Globe and Mail.

 
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Cuts and privatization aren’t the answer for Alberta

media | Nov 02, 2017

Parkland Institute research managers Rebecca Graff-McRae and Ian Hussey respond in this National Observer op-ed to the recent paper on the Alberta budget by Janice MacKinnon and Jack Mintz.

 
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Minimum wage study is fundamentally flawed

blog | Oct 01, 2017

Ian Hussey debunks the recent CD Howe Institute report that claims the move by the Alberta government to increase the provincial minimum wage to $15 in 2018 could lead to 25,000 job losses.

 
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