Ken Boessenkool, Director

Ken Boessenkool, Director

Ken joined the Cantos board of directors in 2008 as a specialist in federal policy. He is currently responsible for national public affairs for communications firm GCI Canada.
Ken was senior policy advisor and strategist to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and played senior strategic roles in the 2004 and 2006 Conservative election campaigns.  He has served as a policy advisor on numerous provincial and national leadership races.  He also served as a policy advisor to two Alberta finance ministers.
Ken has been an adjunct research fellow as well as a policy analyst with the Toronto-based C.D. Howe Institute. He has taught Canadian Public Finance in the Economics Department at the University of Calgary and has published over 35 policy papers. His numerous opinion editorials have appeared in Time Magazine, The Globe and Mail, National Post, Calgary Herald, Ottawa Citizen and other newspapers. He is currently a research fellow with the Canada West Foundation and was named one of Calgary’s Top 40 under 40 in 2007 by Calgary Inc. Magazine.