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Ian Brodie

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Ian = Brodie was born and raised in Toron= to. He studied political science at McGill University (BA) and the University of Calgary (MA, PhD).

A revised version of h= is PhD dissertation, completed under the supervision of Prof. Morton, was later published as Friends of the Court by the State University of New Y= ork Press.

In 1997, Dr. Brodie was appointed assistant professor of political science at the University of Wes= tern Ontario and he was promoted to the rank of associate professor, with tenure, in 2002.

In 2003, became Assist= ant to the Chief of Staff in the Office of the Leader of the Opposition, first u= nder Canadian Alliance Leader Stephen Harper and then under the Conservative Party's Leader in the Commons, Dr. Grant Hill.

When Stephen Harper wo= n the Conservative Party leadership in the spring of 2004, he appointed Dr. Bro= die Executive Director of the Party.

In 2005, Dr. Brodie re= turned to Parliament Hill as Chief of Staff in the Office of the Leader of the Opposition.  On February 6, = 2006, when Stephen Harper became Prime Minister of Canada, he appointed Dr. Bro= die Chief of Staff in the Office of the Prime Minister.

Dr. Brodie is currentl= y on leave from Western and is unable to take on teaching or supervisory duties for undergraduate or graduate students.&= nbsp; He is no longer in a position to provide former students with lett= ers of reference.

Dr. Brodie married his= wife Vida in 2000 and they live in Ottawa with their daughter, Chloe.