Dr. Allison Harell
Professor – Université du Québec à Montréal

Canada is often portrayed as a more tolerant and welcoming society than our neighbours to the south. In this presentation, Dr. Harell explores the role that prejudice and perceptions of deservingness play in shaping support for redistribution in Canada. Drawing on multiple experimental surveys, Dr. Harell shows how attitudes toward various social and racial minorities in Canada shape the ways in which citizens think about their obligations to others. Dr. Harell will discuss the implications of these findings for understanding social solidarity in Canada.

Dr. Harell is a professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal. She is the UQAM Strategic Chair in the Political Psychology of Social Solidarity and the co-director of the Political Communication and Public Opinion Lab. Her research addresses the intersection of race, ethnicity and politics, political psychology and elections, and public opinion and voting behaviour.

Sponsored by the Bell Chair in Canadian Parliamentary Democracy.