Professional Affiliation

Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, Université de Montréal

Expert Bio

François-Yannick Vézina joined the Canada Institute as a Junior Scholar from May to August 2008 to conduct research on his dissertation on "Members of Congress Changing Positions: How Knowledge and Saliency Can Do What Pressure Cannot." After his stay at the Woodrow Wilson Center, François-Yannick returned to Montreal where he joined the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission as a corporate analyst in the Acquisitions and Ownership Policy Section. Vézina plans to resume his doctoral studies at the Université de Montréal in 2009.

Wilson Center Project

"Members of Congress Changing Positions: How Knowledge and Saliency Can Do What Pressure Cannot"