Alum Nikki Hill named one of Canada’s most powerful women in 2023 by WXN
Alum Nikki Hill (BA’97) was awarded the Canadian Tire impact award in recognition of her charity leadership. Between 2018 and 2022, Nikki served as the founder and Co-Chair of United Way’s Period Promise campaign and has since served as the chair of the provincial government’s Period Poverty Task Force. Her work has led to significant federal and provincial public policy changes.
MA alum Haley Magrill awarded microgrant from Glocal Foundation of Canada
Haley Magrill’s project investigates legal constraints to misinformation legislation in five democracies and provides a comparative analysis for potential Canadian responses to social media misinformation. A key question of the project is how to balance free speech and preventing harmful misinformation spread.
Welcoming Assistant Professor Vince Hopkins to UBC Political Science
Our department is excited to welcome Dr. Vince Hopkins to UBC as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Hopkins joins us from the University of Saskatchewan’s Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, where he taught after earning his doctorate from Simon Fraser University. His research in Canadian politics is focused on citizens’ take-up of government programs. […]
UBC Political Science students learn from European Union travel experiences
Under the leadership of Professor Kurt Huebner, UBC Political Science offers a range of educational opportunities for students to explore European politics with opportunities to learn both in Europe and across North America.
UBC Centre for Migration Studies, Profs Ellermann & Hopkins, part of $12M Bridging Divides research program
Profs. Antje Ellermann and Vince Hopkins are among seven UBC core researchers as part of the Bridging Divides research program, led by Toronto Metropolitan University. The Center for Migration Studies has been awarded $12.4 million in Canada First Research Excellence Funds as a partner on the program.
UBC Political Science is looking to fill up to two Lecturer positions
The Department of Political Science is seeking to hire up to two full-time Lecturers, who will teach courses at the undergraduate level including Introduction to Politics, other lower-level survey courses, and courses in their field of specialization based on the teaching needs of the Department.
Prof. Yves Tiberghien calls China’s COVID-19 policy “unsustainable” in CBC interview
“It’s difficult in the sense that [China has] reached an impasse, where they have forced everyone to do perpetual tests, to have sudden quarantines at home, lockdowns, and nobody can plan their life. The economy is in freefall,” says Prof. Tiberghien.
Prof. Yves Tiberghien interviewed about Chinese COVID-19 policies and protests
On the difficulty of President Xi Jinping’s COVID-19 decisions moving forward, Prof. Tiberghien says that “the exit is difficult because if they give in to the public to save the legitimacy of the regime, they’re going to have a big number of cases and of deaths.”
Prof. Yves Tiberghien & MA Candidate Dustin Lo discuss China’s zero-COVID policy “trap”
“China’s zero-COVID response to the Omicron variant after March 2022 has become all-encompassing, unpredictable and economically ruinous,” they write in this op-ed. “A logic of political control has pushed aside pragmatic health and economic policy,” leaving the Chinese public frustrated.
Prof. Antje Ellermann awarded the Charles H. Levine Memorial Book Prize
“Prof. Antje Ellermann offers a fascinating and insightful investigation into the diversity of immigration policy choices, and the causes of policy change or persistence over time and across jurisdictions. A masterful achievement and a must-read for immigration scholars, political and policy scientists, institutionalists, and policy makers,” from the official announcement.