Ian Hussey Email and Phone Number

Ian Hussey is the Director of Energy Policy at the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL). He is the project lead for Diversify Alberta, the AFL's ambitious, multi-year public education and government relations campaign to promote the many job-creation and investment opportunities that can be realized in a more diverse energy economy.Previously, Ian worked for nearly nine years as a research manager at the University of Alberta’s Parkland Institute, where his work focused on energy jobs and automation, industrial policy, climate policy, public finances, and minimum wage policy and impacts. Ian is the author of “No Worker Left Behind: A Job Creation Strategy for Energy Transition in Alberta” (Parkland Institute, 2023), “Job Creation or Job Loss? Big Companies Use Tax Cut to Automate Away Jobs in the Oil Sands” (Parkland Institute, 2022), and “The Future of Alberta’s Oil Sands Industry: More Production, Less Capital, Fewer Jobs” (Parkland Institute, 2020). Ian is also the co-author, with Emma Jackson, of “Alberta’s Coal Phase-Out: A Just Transition?” (Parkland Institute, 2019). Twitter: @IanHussey12