PUBLIC SERVANT-IN-RESIDENCE
Department of Political Science, Carleton University, since 2010
ASSISTANT DEPUTY MINISTER, POLICY, DISPUTE RESOLUTION, AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Labour Program, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, 2007-10
VICE PRESIDENT, PROGRAM DELIVERY
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, 2005-07
DIRECTOR GENERAL, HUMAN RESOURCES STRATEGIES AND PROGRAMS
Department of Fisheries and Oceans, 2002-05
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, REFERENCE GROUP OF MINISTERS ON ABORIGINAL POLICY
Privy Council Office, 2002
PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICER, MACHINERY OF GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT
Privy Council Office, 2001-02
DIRECTOR, PAY EQUITY AND SETTLEMENT MONITORING
Canadian Human Rights Commission, 1997-2000
SENIOR POLICY ANALYST
Labour Branch, Human Resources Development Canada, 1996-97
VARIOUS POLICY POSITIONS
Canadian Human Rights Commission, 1990-96
Academic Experience
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
Department of Political Science, Carleton University
INSTRUCTOR, "BALANCING ACTS: THE NEGOTIATION AND RECONCILIATION OF COMPETING RIGHTS"
Department of Political Science, Carleton University, 2009
INSTRUCTOR, "GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN THE MIDDLE EAST"
Department of Political Science, Carleton University, 2006
INSTRUCTOR, "THE POLITICS OF HUMAN RIGHTS”
Department of Political Science, Carleton University, 2006, 2005 and 2000
Ruppin College, Israel,2000-01
INSTRUCTOR, HEBREW LANGUAGE
Carleton University, 1990-91
Education
DOCTORATE
Department of Political Science, Carleton University, 2002
Specializations in International Relations and Comparative Politics.
Dissertation: The Pursuit of Equality: Pay Equity, the Kibbutz, and the Future of Egalitarian Politics.
MASTER OF ARTS
Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, 1992
Specializations in conflict analysis, the Middle East, and developing countries.
Thesis: The Heart of the Matter: Arabs, Jews, and Jerusalem.
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Department of East Asian Studies, Hebrew University, 1988
Publications
Two Types of Affirmative Action: A Theoretical Framework, Canada’s Experience, and an Initial Comparison to Israel, Labour, Society, and Law, 11, 2005 (in Hebrew; co-authored with Ilan Saban).
Canada’s Experience with Employment Equity and Group Rights: An Overview and Preliminary Analysis of Lessons for Israel, in Maor, Anat (ed.) Affirmative Action and Equal Representation in Israel. Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv University Press, 2004 (in Hebrew; co-authored with Ilan Saban).
The Clash of Psychologies: Palestine, Israel, and the Tragedy of Intimate Ignorance, Canadian Foreign Policy, 10(1), 2002.
Principles, Politics, and Human Rights, in Ferguson, Sherry (ed.), Civic Discourse and Cultural Politics in Canada: A Cacophony of Voices. NY: Greenwood, 2002.
Shooting and Crying: The Emergence of Protest in Israeli Popular Music, The European Legacy, 6(6), 2001.
Pay Equity in Canada: Lessons Learned, Future Directions, in Women’s Progress: Perspectives on the Past, Blueprint for the Future, Washington DC: George Washington University, 1998 (co-authored with Carrie Gallant).
Review of Meron Benvenisti, City of Stone in the Journal of Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 6(1), 2000.
Review of P.J. Poole, Diversity: A Business Advantage in the Canadian Journal of Labour and Employment Law, 5(2), 1998.
