Stephen is a Research Associate on the Conference Board’s Future Skills Team, where his research supports the mission of the Future Skills Centre to help Canadians prepare for and adapt to new jobs and a changing labour market. Prior to joining the Conference Board, he worked as a Policy Analyst at Mitacs, where he oversaw proposal writing, the development of pilot initiatives, and research projects on a variety of topics relating to Canadian research and innovation.

Stephen has additional experience with Canada’s Public Policy Forum and the International Centre for Northern Governance and Development (ICNGD). He holds a Master of Political Studies from the University of Saskatchewan, where he received the Arctic Foreign Policy Graduate Fellowship for his research on northern capacity building and regulatory challenges in the NWT. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Lethbridge, where he dual-majored in Political Science and Indigenous Studies.