Francesca Scala, PhD

Delivering Policy: The Contested Politics of Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Canada. University of British Columbia Press. February 2019. **Shortlisted for the 2020 Donald Smiley Prize for the best book published in English or French in a field relating to the study of government and politics in Canada.

"Capitalising on Twitter for Policy Learning during Crises: The Case of the Covid-19 Pandemic" (with Lihi Lahat and Omer Keynan). International Journal of Public Administration. Forthcoming.

"Menstrual Activism, Insider-Outsider Alliances and Agenda-Setting: An Analysis of the Campaign to End the ‘Tampon Tax’ in Canada". Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, 44: 2, 228-244, 2023. DOI: 10.1080/1554477X.2022.2081913

"Problematising Older Motherhood in Canada: Ageism, Ableism and the Risky Maternal Subject" (with Michael Orsini). Health, Risk & Society, 24:3-4, 2022; 149-166. DOI: 10.1080/13698575.2022.2057453

"Understanding Gender Expertise in the Post-Truth Era: Media Representations of Gender-Based Analysis Plus in Canada" (with Stephanie Paterson). International Review of Public Policy. [Online], 3.3 | 2021.

“The Gender Dynamics of Interest Group Politics: The Case of the Canadian Menstruators and the Campaign to Eliminate the ‘Tampon Tax’”. In M. Tremblay and J. Everitt (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Gender, Sexuality and Canadian Politics. 2020.

"Feminist Government or Governance Feminism? Exploring Feminist Policy Analysis in the Trudeau Era" (with Stephanie Paterson). In Fiona Macdonald and Alexandra Dobrowolsky's (eds) Turbulent Times, Transformational Opportunities? Gender and Politics Today and Tomorrow. University of Toronto Press, Spring 2020.

"The Gender Logic and Effects of Instrument Mixes: Implementing Eldercare Policy in Canada" (with Stephanie Paterson and Laurence Richard-Nobert). Policy and Society, 38 (4), 2019, pp. 554-571. 

"Morality Policy: Abortion and Gay Rights" (with Gary Mucciaroni). In Paul Quirk’s (ed), The United States and Canada: How Two Democracies Differ, and Why It Matters. Oxford University Press, 2019.

"Stories from the Frontline: Making Sense of Gender Mainstreaming in Canada" (with Stephanie Paterson). Politics & Gender, 2018, 14 (2), pp. 208-234.  

"Bureaucratic Role Perceptions and Gender Mainstreaming in Canada" (with Stephanie Paterson). Gender, Work & Organization. 24 (6), November 2017, pp. 579-593.

“Gendering Public Policy or Rationalizing Gender? Strategic Interventions and GBA Practice in Canada” (with Stephanie Paterson) Canadian Journal of Political Science, 50 (2), June 2017, pp. 427-442. 

"Gender Mainstreaming and the Discursive Politics of Public Service Values" (with Stephanie Paterson).  Administrative Theory & Praxis, 39 (1), 2016, pp:1-18. 

"Making Gender Visible: Exploring Feminist Perspectives Through the Case of Anti-Smoking Policy (with Stephanie Paterson). In Frank Fischer, Doug Torgerson, Michael Orsini, and  Anna Durnova's (eds).  Handbook of Critical Policy Studies. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. 2015.http://www.e-elgar.com/shop/handbook-of-critical-policy-studies

Fertile Ground: Exploring Reproduction in Canada. Co-editor with Stephanie Paterson and Marlene K. Sokolon. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2014.

"IVF Policy and the Stratification of Reproduction in Canada". In Fertile Ground: Exploring Reproduction in Canada (Co-editor with Stephanie Paterson and Marlene K. Sokolon). McGill-Queen's University Press, 2014.

"The Framing of Scientific Governance in Canada: Policy Change and the Royal Commission of New Reproductive Technologies". In Gregory J. Inwood and Carolyn M. Johns' Commissions of Inquiry and Policy Change: A Comparative Analysis. University of Toronto Press, 2014.