Canada’s oldest oil and gas trade association to drop ‘oil’ from its name in bid to alter image
Prof. Kathryn Harrison noted several companies have removed the word “oil” from their name, using the term “energy” as a euphemism for oil while maintaining the company’s operations.
Prof. Yang-Yang Zhou named as a CIFAR-Azrieli Global Scholar
Dr. Zhou joins the Boundaries, Membership, and Belonging research program, which explores how to create and empower groups without falling back into ideas that produce pernicious divisions and hierarchies.
Prof. Kathryn Harrison notes BC’s carbon tax didn’t hurt the economy in The Tyee
“By now, we have a bunch of studies that have shown that it didn’t hurt British Columbia’s economy, it wasn’t regressive, which is often a concern, and it did reduce emissions below what they would have been otherwise,” said Kathryn Harrison.
COVID-19 tensions emerge in Japan as people are asked to stay home while Olympic Games deemed essential
Japan has done quite well with COVID-19 so far because of the rapid adoption of health instructions. However, the Olympics presents a challenge for the Suga government, notes UBC Political Science Prof. Yves Tiberghien.
What’s at stake in the runoff between leftist front-runner Pedro Castillo and right-wing, dynastic candidate Keiko Fujimori?
Maxwell Cameron and Paolo Sosa-Villagarcia write that a precarious or unpopular president facing an implacable but fragmented opposition in congress in Peru could undermine democracy.
Postdoctoral Fellow Amy Janzwood featured on Global Policy: Next Generation’s #scholarspotlight
Amy Janzwood discusses her book project on how broad-based social movements formed strategies that successfully frustrated pipeline development and new oil sands projects.
Prof. Gerald Baier weighs in on Canada’s unique challenge of representing vast and often sparsely populated rural ridings
To avoid allegations of political influence, Baier said “I’m sure the NDP will rely on the idea that they’re kind of giving the commission room (for independent decision-making) and hopefully they give the that commission room.”
Prof. Alan Jacobs: Whose News? Class-Biased Economic Reporting in the United States
Prof. Alan Jacobs’ new publication presents evidence that a pro-rich bias emerges not from pro-rich journalistic preferences but, rather, from the interaction of the media’s focus on economic aggregates with structural features of the relationship between economic growth and distribution.
Prof. Antje Ellermann interviewed about what drives a country’s openness to immigration
Prof. Antje Ellermann and Merion West’s Mark Hecht spoke about why immigration debates are vastly different in four seemingly similar countries—the United States, Canada, Germany, and Switzerland.
Jennifer Gagnon awarded a Killam Teaching Prize
UBC Political Science is delighted and proud that Sessional Instructor Jennifer Gagnon has been awarded a Killam Teaching Prize for this year.