Philippe J. Fournier is the creator of 338Canada, a statistical model of electoral projection based on historical trends, opinion polls and demographic data. He deconstructs and analyzes Canadian politics with the eyes of a scientist.

He has been writing about politics, polls and public opinion since 2017 in various publications, such as L'actualité and Maclean's, and writes a monthly science column in L'actualité.

He grew up in Quebec City and now lives in Montreal, Canada, where he teaches astrophysics at Cégep de Saint-Laurent.