Dr. G. Kent Fellows
Positions
Assistant Professor
100% Secondment
School of Public Policy
Graduate Programs Director
School of Public Policy
Contact information
Phone number
Office: 1.403.210.9429
Background
Biography
G. Kent Fellows is an Assistant Professor of Economics and the Director of Graduate Programs for the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary. He is also a Fellow-in-Residence at the C.D. Howe Institute as an academic advisor and contributor to the Institute's Energy Policy program. Kent specializes in competition policy and energy and infrastructure economics. Through his academic and policy publications he has provided advice to provincial, federal and international governments, including the government of Alberta, through the Energy Diversification Advisory Committee (2017) and the Economic Corridors Task Force (2021); the European Union as an expert panel member in their global infrastructure benchmarking assessment (2020-2021) and the Senate of Canada for their report on Economic Trade Corridors (2016).
In the News
- Alberta could face big problems getting goods in and out of province due to B.C. floods, landslides. CBC. (2021)
- Refinery that Supplies Estimated One Third of Lower Mainland Gas Runs Out of Crude Oil. Vancouver Sun. (2021)
- Here's why gas prices aren't going up in B.C., despite rationing. Vancouver Sun. (2021)
- Alberta government to review federal Conservatives' carbon plan. CBC. (2021)
- Is a northern Canada transportation corridor a realistic goal?. Journal of Commerce. (2021)
- More than 40 ships backlogged in Port of Vancouver due to rail blockades. CBC. (2020)
- Trump to approve $22B railway between Alaska and Alberta Social Sharing. CBC. (2020)
- Alberta extends oil curtailment for another year. CBC. (2019)
- Kenney government’s $1.3B pipeline investment wasted: experts. City News. (2021)
- Site C dam a white elephant without Alberta: study. Alaska Highway News. (2020)
- Crude-by-rail exports surge in Canada as pipeline restraints squeeze oil industry Social Sharing. CBC. (2018)
- Northern corridor could reduce 'the cost of everything in the North,' says researcher. CBC. (2016)
- Alberta announces new 10-year program to attract petrochemical projects. CBC. (2020)
- Calgary Transit wants $26M to add electric buses to fleet. CBC. (2018)
- Cross-Canada corridor concept getting dusted off ahead of election. National Observer. (2019)
- Varcoe: New Canadian energy outlook an 'inkblot test' for pipeline views. Calgary Herald. (2020)
- Will Ottawa get its money back on Trans Mountain? CER report raises fresh questions. Global News. (2020)
- A tale of 2 taxes: how carbon pricing and revenue rolls out in Alberta versus Sask.. CBC. (2019)
- Study shows carbon-tax rebate helps lower-income earners the most. The Globe and Mail. (2019)
- Proposed 7,000-kilometre resource corridor would improve life in Canada's North, researchers say. The Globe and Mail. (2016)
- Twinning Quebec's Hwy. 185 to N.B. a priority for Canadian Chamber of Commerce. CBC. (2018)
- As Canadian pipeline plans falter more oil is moving by rail prompting familiar fears. The Washington Post.
- Alberta government losing billions of dollars in oil revenue annually: report. Global News. (2018)
- A test for Canada': Cautious optimism after federal cabinet OKs Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Edmonton Journal. (2019)
- Alberta’s $5.3 Billion Backing of Keystone XL Signals Vulnerability of Canadian Oil. Inside Climate News. (2020)
- Kelly Ogle: A 'northern corridor' to put Canada back on the map. National Post. (2020)
- Beginning of the End for Canada’s Tar Sands or Just a Blip?. Inside Climate News. (2018)
- Does Ontario need a cohesive national plan for northern infrastructure?. TVO. (2016)
- Clean energy fast track to employment growth in Canada, study says. Toronto Star. (2019)
- Alberta’s carbon tax: What is it and what happens if it’s scrapped?. Toronto Star. (2019)
- Is Canada really sending $80 million in oil wealth to the Americans every day?. National Post. (2018)
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