Prof. Stewart Prest says broad economic issues won’t drive B.C. vote choices
Professsor Stewart Prest explains that “barring some kind of deficit or debt crisis for the province” voters will focus on issues of affordability and health spending in the election.
Prof. Stewart Prest on how local governments deal with threatening behaviour
Professor Stewart Prest explains that you need to balance between to ensure leaders are held accountable but aren’t “constantly having to confront harassing language or personal denigration.”
Prof. Stewart Prest on B.C.’s upcoming election
Professor Stewart Prest says the election will be “a referendum on B.C. NDP performance on these files where there’s a lot of frustration.”
Prof. Paul Quirk discusses the diminishing power of the ‘The Squad’
Professor Paul Quirk explains that the extent of their “influence was bound to be short-lived” given that the Congressional Progressive Caucus is 10 times larger than The Squad’s membership.
Prof. Stewart Prest discusses the NDP nomination of Callista Ryan in the Vancouver-Quilchena riding
Professor Stewart Prest explains that despite not being historically strong in the riding, the NDP hope the opportunities offered by a young candidate with wider experience in politics will distract Kevin Falcon from the wider campaign to ensure he wins reelection.
Prof. Irene Bloemraad on how a Kamala Harris presidency could affect Canada’s immigration policies
Professor Irene Bloemraad explains that Ottawa could work out an agreement with the Kamala Harris administration to help some Central American migrants resettle in Canada.
Prof. Stewart Prest discusses the frustrations of young voters
Professor Stewart Prest says Canada’s youth is ready for a change in government because of grievances with the system due to rising house prices, expensive education and their standard of living.
Prof. Stewart Prest discusses the current status of the B.C. election
Professor Stewart Prest explains that while incumbent parties typically have an advantage at the polls, the BC NDP are facing frustrations among younger voters who feel overlooked by the system in the aftermath of COVID, inflation and high interest rates.
UBC POLI alumni discuss how research experiences for their master’s influenced their careers
Kael Krop, Sydney Bartos and Karina Valcke-Beckett’s project “Why Canada needs a rental-unit energy report card” explores solutions to Vancouver’s housing crisis and climate change based on an assignment in Professor Kathryn Harrison’s course. We spoke to them about this project impacted their post-grad careers.
Get to know UBC Political Science Professor Irene Bloemraad
UBC Political Science welcomed Dr. Irene Bloemraad to UBC this summer as a Professor. We spoke to Dr. Bloemraad about her research.