Research
Lark Harbour, NL
Embedded Files
Below, you will find a selected list of my research outcomes organized by type.
Below, you will find a selected list of my research outcomes organized by type.
Books and Journal Special Issues
Books and Journal Special Issues
Book:
2025. Clancy, Peter and Mario Levesque. Environmental Governance in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. UBC Press. Book Link | Project Overview Link
Journal Special Issues:
(forthcoming) Lloyd, Vett, and Mario Levesque, eds. “Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases―Pathogens, Parasites, People and Processes, 2nd Edition.” Pathogens.
This special issue explores the biology of ticks, the biology of the pathogens they transmit, the experiences of patients and health professionals, and analyses of related health protocols and public policies.
(forthcoming) Levesque, Mario, ed. “The 2024 New Brunswick Election.” Journal of New Brunswick Studies.
A series of 14 articles that explore the performance of the main political parties and traces key public policy issues in the 2024 election.
2024. Levesque, Mario, Graydon Nicholas, and Ken Coates, eds. “The Marshall Decisions, New Brunswick & Atlantic Canada 25 years later.” Journal of New Brunswick Studies. Special Issue Link
A series of 17 articles that explore the impact of the Supreme Court of Canada 1999 Marshall decisions 25 years later.
Includes copies of the 1760-1761 Peace & Friendship Treaties
Journal Articles
Journal Articles
Note: Links to articles have been included where possible. Not all articles are open access.
* = SSHRC funded; ** = graduate student; *** = undergraduate student
Forthcoming. Levesque, Mario, and Peter Graefe. ““It's Never Our Turn”: Canada's incremental disability policy path.” Journal of Disability Policy Studies.
*2025. Clancy, Peter, and Mario Levesque. “The Irving Whale and Environmental Governance in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.” Acadiensis 54, no. 1: 72-99.
2024. Levesque, Mario, Graydon Nicholas, and Ken Coates. “The Marshall Decisions and New Brunswick Twenty-Five Years Later – An Introduction.” Journal of New Brunswick Studies 16, no. 1: 1-8. Article Link
*2024. Levesque, Mario. “Service-Learning Lessons Learned From Organizing The Rough Waters Marshall Workshop.” Journal of New Brunswick Studies 16, no. 1: 355-79. Article Link
2024. Cox, Marilyn, and Mario Levesque. ““Small Wins” for those with Lyme Disease in Canada: Patients in an Embodied Health Movement.” Zoonotic Diseases 4, no. 1: 22-36. Article Link
2022. Levesque, Mario. “Questioning the Success of Canada’s 1995-2005 Austerity Measures.” Journal of Public Policy and Administration 6, no. 3: 122-34. Article Link
2022. Levesque, Mario. “Governance models for rural accessible transportation: Insights from Atlantic Canada.” Disability & Society 37, no. 4: 684-710. Article Link
2020. Marland, Alex, Philip Osborne, and Mario Levesque. “Suing Canadian Governments: Differentiating Between Core Public Policy and Operational Decisions.” Canadian Public Administration 63, no. 4: 543-62. Article Link
2020. Levesque, Mario. “The New Brunswick NDP: Trapped in Quicksand and Sinking.” Journal of New Brunswick Studies 12 (Fall): 45-62. Article Link
*2020. Levesque, Mario. “Leadership as Interpreneurship – A Disability Nonprofit Atlantic Canadian Profile.” Politics and Governance 8, no. 1: 182-92. Article Link
*2020. Levesque, Mario. “Characteristics of Disability Leaders: An Atlantic Canada Profile.” Canadian Journal of Disability Studies 9, no. 1: 143-80. Article Link
2019. Levesque, Mario. “The Constitutional Day After: Government Formation after a Minority Government Result.” Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law. 2019 – Special Issue: 307-34.
2019. Levesque, Mario, and Matthew Klohn**. “A Multiple Streams Approach to Understanding the Issues and Challenges of Lyme Disease in Canada’s Maritime Provinces.” International Journal of Environmental and Public Health. Special Issue on Ticks and Lyme Disease. 16, no. 9: 1531-54. Article Link
2019. Klain, Andrew***, and Mario Levesque. “Revisiting the Labrador boundary decision to include Indigenous interpretations of the region.” Journal of Canadian Studies 53, no. 1: 123-51. Article Link
2017. Langford, Brynne**, and Mario Levesque. “Symbolic and Substantive Relevance of Politicians with Disabilities: A British Columbia Case Study.” Canadian Parliamentary Review 40, no. 2 (Summer): 8-17. Article Link
2016. Levesque, Mario. “Experiencing disability in three small New Brunswick Acadian communities.” Canadian Political Science Review 10, no. 1: 109-49. Article Link
2016. Levesque, Mario, and Brynne Langford**. “The role of disability groups in the development and implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.” Canadian Journal of Disability Studies 5, no. 4: 63-102. *senior undergraduate student Article Link
2016. Levesque, Mario. “Searching for persons with disabilities in Canadian provincial office.” Canadian Journal of Disability Studies 5, no. 1: 73-106. Article Link
2015. Fletcher, Steven, Jennifer Howard, Mario Levesque, Kevin Murphy, and David Onley. “Disability in Parliamentary Politics.” Canadian Parliamentary Review 38, no. 1: 6-13. Article Link
2014. Levesque, Mario, Dave Thomas, and James Devine. "Lessons Learned from teh use of simulations as an assessment tool." Association of Atlantic Universities Teaching & Learning Showcase Proceedings, pp. 75-84.
2012. Levesque, Mario. “Mapping a way forward: Interest group selection and roles performed in engagement processes.” Canadian Public Administration 55, no. 4: 531-52. Article Link
2012. Levesque, Mario. “Assessing the Ability of Disability Organizations: An Interprovincial Comparative Perspective.” Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research 3, no. 2: 82-103. Article Link
2011. Levesque, Mario. “Build it...if you can!”: Discretion, Building Inspectors and Part 8 of the Ontario’s 2006 Building Code.” Canadian Journal of Urban Research 20, no. 1: 103-30.
2011. El Dessouky, Naglaa, and Mario Levesque. “Stories from the North to the South: Why some sustainable cities initiatives gain significance and become existing public policies?” Interdisciplinary Themes Journal 3, no. 1: 69-83.
2010. Graefe, Peter, and Mario Levesque. “Accountability and Funding as Impediments to Social Policy Innovation: Lessons from the Labour Market Agreements for Persons with Disabilities.” Canadian Public Policy 36, no. 1: 45-62. Article Link
2006. Graefe, Peter and Mario Levesque. “La nouvelle gouvernance fédérale et les politiques sociales au Canada : Leçons des ententes en matière de l’intégration en emploi des personnes ayant des handicaps.” Lien Social et Politiques 56 (Automne) : 73-86. Article Link
Book Chapters
Book Chapters
Note: * = SSHRC funded
2017. Levesque, Mario. “Enabling the Political Participation of Persons with Disabilities.” In The Democracy Cookbook Recipes to Renew Governance in Newfoundland and Labrador, edited by Alex Marland and Lisa Moore, 222-225. ISER Books.
*2017. Clancy, Peter, and Mario Levesque. “Exploring Environmental Governance in the Gulf of St. Lawrence: Contested Political Relations in a Canadian Inland Sea.” In Building Community Resilience: From Dark Horses to White Steeds, edited by Laurie Brinklow and Ryan Gibson, 218-240. Island Studies Press.
2017. Levesque, Mario. “Vulnerable populations and the permanent campaign: Disability organizations as policy entrepreneurs.” In Permanent Campaigning in Canada, edited by Alex Marland, Thierry Giasson, and Anna Esselment, pp. 278-97. UBC Press.
2016. Levesque, Mario. “Of Learning Outcomes and Skills Development.” In Mount A Teaches, edited by Louise Wasylkiw and Jennifer Tomes, pp. 3-16. Friesen Press.
2016. Levesque, Mario. “New Brunswick.” In Big Worlds: Politics and Elections in the Canadian Provinces and Territories, edited by Jared Wesley, pp. 59-81. University of Toronto Press.
2015. Levesque, Mario. “Missing in Action: Disability Policy and Persons with Disabilities.” In Canadian Election Analysis 2015: Communication, Strategy, and Canadian Democracy, edited by Alex Marland and Thierry Giasson, pp. 86-87. Samara/UBC Press.
2014. Levesque, Mario. “Fishing for Change: Fisheries Policy in Newfoundland & Labrador.” In First Among Unequals: The Premier, Politics, and Policy in Newfoundland and Labrador, edited by Alex Marland and Matthew Kerby, 194-212. McGill-Queen’s University Press.
2013. Levesque, Mario, and Peter Graefe. “‘Not Good Enough’: Canada’s Stalled Disability Policy.” In How Ottawa Spends, 2013-14, edited by Bruce Doern and Chris Stoney, 172-83. Carleton University Press.
2013. Graefe, Peter, and Mario Levesque. “Accountability in Labour Market Policies for Persons with Disabilities.” In Overpromising and Underperforming? Understanding and Evaluating New Intergovernmental Accountability Regimes, edited by Peter Graefe, Julie Simmons, and Linda White, 127-43. University of Toronto Press.
Community & Public Talks
Community & Public Talks
A sample of recent community and public talks I have been invited to give on various subject areas related to my research. For inquiries, please contact me at malevesque@mta.ca.
2025. In Discussion with Jo-Ann Roberts for her book Storm the Ballot Box.” Moncton Press Club, Moncton, NB. April 04.
2023. “Assessing the Higgs’ government impact on Acadian society.” Tuesday Morning Group, Moncton, May 09.
2022. “Accessible Transportation in Atlantic Canada.” Transport Canada. April 12.
2022. “Canada Disability Benefit Roundtable.” Office for Disability Issues, Employment and Social Development Canada. January 14.
2021. “Rural Transportation Infrastructure.” Infrastructure Canada Consultations. April 13.
2020. “Lessons for Elections Canada from the NB 2020 Pandemic Election.” Elections Canada. September 22.
2019. “Disabled in New Brunswick.” Canadian Studies 2121 – Cultural Diversity in Canada. Mount Allison University. November 05.
2019. “Impact of and in Policy, Politics, and People.” Impact: Interdisciplinary Conversations Panel. Mount Allison University. November 21.
2019. “Political challenges in Atlantic Canada.” Political Panel. Canadian Pension Benefits Institute 2019 conference. Charlottetown, PEI. October 04.
2019. “Governance models for rural accessible transportation: Insights from Atlantic Canada”. Intersectional Disability Studies Atlantic Institute (IDeaS) Symposium. Saint Francis Xavier University, NS. August 26-27.
2019. “Leadership in the Disability Sector in Nova Scotia.” Nova Scotia Disabled Persons Commission. Halifax, NS. March 05.
2019. “Needed Reforms to Support Persons with Disabilities Seeking Political Office.” Consultations with Elections Canada. Ottawa, January 24-25.
2018. “Explaining the NB Election: What’s Next?” Mount Allison University. October 22.
2018. “Disability Leadership in Atlantic Canada: Situating New Brunswick.” New Brunswick Disability Executives Network. Fredericton, NB. December 04.
2018. “Student Engagement in Research & Teaching.” Mount Allison Alumni Board of Directors. Sackville, NB. October 20.
2018. “Environmental Considerations, Decision-Making & Gulf of St. Lawrence Infrastructure.” Coastal Matters, ACAP – Humber Arm. Grenfell Campus, Memorial University. Corner Brook, NL. - October 17.
2018. “Issues of Disability.” Canadian Studies 2121 – Cultural Diversity in Canada. Mount Allison University. March 20.
2018. “Disability Leadership: A Newfoundland & Labrador Analysis.” Network of Disability Organizations, St. John’s, NL. October 11.
2018. “Connecting the Streams: The Politics of Lyme Disease.” Rotary Club of Sackville, NB. August 30.
Funding for my research and workshops have principally come from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) with smaller amounts coming from many other organizations, a few of which are noted below.
Page updated
Google Sites
Report abuse