Welcome! My name is Sam Routley, and I am a writer, researcher, and political staffer; I am currently working on a PhD in Political Science at the University of Western Ontario. My main research and writing concerns conservative political thought, particularly in regards to the way that it shapes political parties, leadership, and public policy in Canada and the United States. Before grad school, I worked with the Conservative Party of Canada and as a Legislative Assistant at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. I am also currently a 2024-25 NextGen Fellow at Cardus.

I also write pieces, both opinion columns and long-form essays, on a wide variety of topics related to politics, culture, and public policy. My work has appeared in The National Post, The Conversation, The Hub, The Hill Times, The American Conservative, and C2C Journal, among others. I am also regularly interviewed for radio, television, and print media sources. When not writing, I am usually reading or watching baseball; the main problem with living in London, Ontario is that you are close, yet so very distant, to the Rodgers Centre.