Anthony Sayers, University of Calgary

Research

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Sayers, Anthony M., Canadian Elections Database, Phase 6

Latest papers

Political donations and the gender gap during COVID-19.
Party politics · 2023
Does Federalism Prevent Democratic Accountability? Assigning Responsibility for Rates of COVID-19 Testing.
Political studies review · 2022

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Building a more productive Canada: a research partnership for national prosperity
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$6,000,000
From Chaos to Cohesion: How Single Member Electoral Districts Shape Political Representation in Canada
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$272,344
Study of the impact of Canada's new campaign finance regime on party organization
SSHRC · 2004 · Co-investigator
$127,223

All 3 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Political donations and the gender gap during COVID-19.

McMahon N, Sayers A, Alcantara C

Party politics2023

DOI: 10.1177/13540688211047768 PMID: 36643850

02

Does Federalism Prevent Democratic Accountability? Assigning Responsibility for Rates of COVID-19 Testing.

Kennedy J, Sayers A, Alcantara C

Political studies review2022

DOI: 10.1177/14789299211001690 PMID: 35125970

Building a more productive Canada: a research partnership for national prosperity

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Award recipient for Policy Innovation Partnership Grants

Principal investigators: Tombe, Trevor

$6,000,000

From Chaos to Cohesion: How Single Member Electoral Districts Shape Political Representation in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Sayers, Anthony M.

Keywords: representation; elections; electoral districts; political parties; party systems; parliament; federalism; provinces; candidates; occupation; religion; gender; ethnicity; Indigeniety; family ties; media

$272,344

Study of the impact of Canada's new campaign finance regime on party organization

Co-investigatorSSHRC2004Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Young, Lisa

Keywords: political parties; political party organization; campaign finance

$127,223

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Sayers, Anthony M., Canadian Elections Database, Phase 6 Dear Professor Sayers, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Political donations and the gender gap during COVID-19." (2023), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "From Chaos to Cohesion: How Single Member Electoral Districts Shape Political Representation in Canada" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]