Debra Thompson

Debra Thompson is an associate professor of political science and Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Racial Inequality in Democratic Societies at McGill University. Her research focuses on the relationships among race, the state and inequality in Canada and other advanced democracies. Her most recent book, The Long Road Home: On Blackness and Belonging, was published by Scribner Canada (an imprint of Simon & Schuster) in September 2022. Debra is also the host of the In/Equality series of the IRPP’s Policy Options Podcast.