The Mowat Centre also led the Mowat Centre EI Task Force, a task force of leading experts and public figures co-chaired by Ratna Omidvar and Roy Romanow, which reviewed Canada's Employment Insurance (EI) system, conducted public consultations about its relevance to contemporary realities, commissioned research on various aspects of the system from leading Canadian academic experts, and made recommendations about improving Canada's support system for the unemployed. In the area of government transformation, the Mowat Centre published work examining "how governments can improve their ability to deliver high-quality public services and public policy, even in times of fiscal constraint", through public service reform. Issues have included improvements to the health care system in Canada, the integration of human services, outcomes-based funding, insights for governments from behavioural science, the regulation of disruptive technologies, the role of government procurement [lxviii] in poverty reduction, community benefits agreements and other topics. Mowat NFP, Mowat's research hub focused on the not-for-profit sector, published research on human capital and capacity building in the not-for-profit sector, social enterprises, social impact bonds, data priorities for the not-for-profit sector, wages in the not-for-profit sector and other topics. Mowat Energy, Mowat's research hub focused on energy policy, published research on energy security, energy r&d funding, social license and public engagement in energy policy decisions, an analysis of the economic impact [lxxxiv] on Ontario of the Energy East proposal, and carbon pricing in Canada. In addition to public policy research, the Mowat Centre engages in a variety of public policy knowledge transfer and convening activities. In 2010 it co-organized, with the Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, the 2010 State of the Federation conference. In 2011 the Mowat Centre co-organized, with the Brookings Institution, the Windsor-Detroit summit. Following the summit, the Mowat Centre took a leading role in creating the Council of the Great Lakes Region, which was launched in 2013. Mowat has since collaborated with the Council of the Great Lakes Region on several research projects. The Mowat Centre's founding director was Matthew Mendelsohn. Mendelsohn is a former political science professor at Queens University and a former Deputy Minister in the Ontario Public Service, and has advised governments and political candidates on various policy matters, drawing on his academic expertise as well as Mowat research. He left the Mowat Centre in January 2016 for a senior position with the Public Service of Canada.