Faculty

Prof. Sheryl Lightfoot Elected Member of The College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists by Royal Society of Canada

Congratulations to UBC Political Science Professor Dr. Sheryl Lightfoot who was elected as a Member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists by the Royal Society of Canada.

Prof. Gerald Baier comments on Erin O’Toole’s campaign appearances on the North Shore

Gerald Baier, a North Shore resident and professor of political science at University of British Columbia, said O’Toole’s stop on the North Shore is indicative of the party’s desire to win back those seats. “We have 17 days left, so every place they go is very symbolic of where they’re hoping to make gains,” he said.

Professor Emeritus Richard Johnston says Liberal and NDP supporters more likely to use mail-in options to vote

“I would think parties would be unwise to certainly motivate their strategies and their logistics all that dramatically because of the possibility of mail-in ballots. They still need to get millions of voters down toward the end of the campaign,” Professor Emeritus Richard Johnston said.

Vancouver has the biggest pool of unsafe seats in 2021 election says Prof. Gerald Baier

“By the time the numbers are tallied it will come down to what happens in a province that’s really competitive between all three parties,” Baier said, adding B.C. sent an “eclectic mix” of MPs from all parties to Parliament in 2019.

SPPGA Welcomes Professor Maxwell A. Cameron – Q&A

The School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA) welcomed Professor Maxwell A. Cameron to the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs as of July 1, 2021. Prof. Cameron (Ph.D., California, Berkeley, 1989) is jointly appointed with SPPGA and Political Science at the University of British Columbia.

Prof. Yves Tiberghien examines why East Asian countries handled COVID better in his new book

In his new book, UBC Political Science Professor Yves Tiberghien argues that high levels of institutional preparation, social cohesion, and global strategic reinforcement in a context of situational convergence explain the different experiences of COVID-19 in East Asian countries.

Polling pegs federal Liberals in majority position, but Professor Emeritus Richard Johnston thinks Conservative support is underestimated

“[There] are three-way places [in Metro Vancouver], and the NDP is relevant as well,” Richard Johnston said. “So you have two possibilities: that the NDP’s growth could simply mean that they take the seats, rather than the Liberals, and the other possibility is that the NDP’s growth just splits the vote and hands seats back to the Conservatives.”