Academic Publications
Perceptions of Democracy and Elections
Gaspard, Valere. (2026). “Politicians, Elections, and Satisfaction with Democracy”. A dissertation submitted to the University of Ottawa in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctorate in Philosophy degree in Political Science. https://doi.org/10.20381/ruor-32312
Ferland, Benjamin, Gaspard, Valere, & Savoy, Johan. (2025). “Power and ideology – A comparison of citizens’ and politicians’ satisfaction with democracy”. European Journal of Political Research. https://doi.org/10.1017/S147567652510039X
Gaspard, Valere. (2025). “Politicians, Electoral Integrity, and Electoral Management Bodies: A Cross‐National Study on Satisfaction With Democracy”. Politics and Governance, Vol 13. https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.9762
Gaspard, Valere & Stockemer, Daniel. (2025). “Democracy Under Scrutiny: Unpacking the Causes and Consequences of Democratic Dissatisfaction”. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-032-06596-4_1
Stockemer, Daniel, & Gaspard, Valere. (2025). “Canadian democracy at risk? A wakeup call from the perspective of English-speaking citizens”. Politics & Policy, Vol. 53, No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.70008
Gaspard, Valere. (2024). “Debating the voting age: how Canadian legislators grapple with the federal voting age”. American Review of Canadian Studies, Vol. 54, No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1080/02722011.2024.2349426
Canadian Politics, Parliament, and Political Institutions
Ferland, Benjamin, Gaspard, Valere, Savoy Johan, & Wutchiett, David. (2025). “Service Responsiveness to Minority Constituents: A Field Experiment with Canadian Legislators”. Canadian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 58, No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0008423924000817
Eaton, Piers, & Gaspard, Valere. (2024). “A convoy, an emergencies act, and a state of exception: How Canada’s Emergencies Act contradicts Carl Schmitt’s critiques of deliberative democracy”. British Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 36, No. 2. https://doi.org/10.3828/bjcs.2024.10
Gaspard, Valere. (2022). “Messaging, Partisanship and Politics: Discourse in Standing Committees in a Minority Parliament”. Canadian Parliamentary Review, Vol. 44, No. 4. https://www.revparlcan.ca/en/messaging-partisanship-and-politics-discourse-in-standing-committees-in-a-minority-parliament/ . [Version française : « Messages, partisanerie et politique : Le discours tenu dans les comités permanents sous un gouvernement minoritaire » : https://www.revparlcan.ca/fr/messages-partisanerie-et-politique-le-discours-tenu-dans-les-comites-permanents-sous-un-gouvernement-minoritaire/ ].
Electoral Systems and Election Laws
Gaspard, Valere, and Ferland, Benjamin. (2026). “Chapter 88: Electoral systems, party systems, and political representation in North America”, in “Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Representation”. https://www.elgaronline.com/display/book/9781035324828/chapter88.xml?tab_body=abstract-copy1
Pallapothu, Sonya, Gaspard, Valere, and Garnett, Holly Ann. (2026). “To Measure the Individual or the Group? Predictors of Voter Turnout at the District Level in British Columbia”. Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law, L, No. 463.
Rivard, Alex B., Gaspard, Valere, and Ferland, Benjamin. (2025). “Electoral Systems”, in “IPSA Companion to Political Science: A Practical Introduction to the 200 Most Important Concepts”. https://link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/978-3-032-06918-4_69-1
Gaspard, Valere, Garnett, Holly Ann, and Goodman, Nicole. (2025). “Natural Hazards and Elections: the 2023 Wildfires in Alberta and Northwest Territories, Canada”. International IDEA Case Study: https://www.idea.int/publications/catalogue/impact-2023-wildfires-subnational-elections-canada?lang=en [Also Chapter 6 of (2026) “Managing Natural Hazards and Climate Risks in Elections”: https://doi.org/10.31752/98760]
Gaspard, Valere. (2024). “The surprising case of public participation in Canada’s redistribution process”. Canadian Parliamentary Review, Vol. 47, No. 1. https://www.revparlcan.ca/en/the-surprising-case-of-public-participation-and-social-media-usage-in-canadas-redistribution-process/ [Version française : « Le cas surprenant de la participation du public et de l’utilisation des médias sociaux dans le processus de redécoupage du Canada » https://www.revparlcan.ca/fr/le-cas-surprenant-de-la-participation-du-public-et-de-lutilisation-des-medias-sociaux-dans-le-processus-de-redecoupage-du-canada/ ].
de Clercy, Cristine, & Gaspard, Valere. (2022). “Money, pavement and PEP: Assessing Canada’s new pre-election regulations on third party spending”. Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law, XVI, No. 3.
[Information regarding my research projects that are forthcoming, under peer-review, or in progress, are available upon request]
