Peter Copeland is a public policy professional who currently works as Deputy Director of Domestic Policy at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. He worked as a Director of Policy and Senior Policy advisor in the Ontario government for many years. He has contributed to various think tanks and NGOs, including Cardus, the Hub, the Dorchester Review, the Kirby Laing Centre, Catholic Conscience, Virtues at Work, and the Society of Catholic Scientists, and outlets like the National Post and Globe and Mail, where he works at the intersection of ideas, science, public policy and culture. 

A constant theme that guides his thinking is the focus on the coherence—both practical and conceptual—of intellectual frameworks, worldviews, and lifestyles; the assumption being that truth, goodness, and beauty are not separate from one another but found together in a coherent whole. In a rapidly changing world, he thinks it is imperative to think strategically about how to instantiate the structures of governance and forms of life required to maintain a society characterized by ordered liberty. 

Much of his life has been spent in Southwestern Ontario, though he’s called Vancouver and Montreal home for multiple years. His travels have taken him to Denmark for studies, and Korea to teach English. He lives in Burlington, but much of his family resides in Ottawa. Most importantly, he is married to Kelly, and they have two young children.