Professor Maxwell Cameron on how B.C.’s snap election reflects our electoral system
Minority parliaments are not necessarily unstable or unproductive. Ironically, it is the logic of our first-past-the-post system that has created the incentive to destabilize a working supply and confidence arrangement.
“Other nations need to speak up, now”: Read Prof. Michael Byers’ latest about US space policy
Michael Byers latest titled: U.S. policy puts the safe development of space at risk
Watch Prof. Paul Quirk’s conversation with Global News about the impact of Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis
UBC Political Science Professor Paul Quirk, who specializes in U.S. politics, looks at what the President’s COVID-19 diagnosis will mean for the election campaign.
Prof. Gerald Baier finds it odd that many NDP incumbents have chosen not to run for re-election
Prof. Gerald Baier, a Canadian politics expert at the University of B.C., said he considered it strange the number of incumbent New Democrats who decided not to run this fall, especially with the party ahead in the polls.
Prof. Lisa Sundstrom says “nothing has improved” with LGBTQ rights in Russia since 2014
Lisa Sundstrom, associate professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia, said on a legal level, “nothing has improved” with LGBTQ rights in Russia since the 2014 Olympics.
Sheryl Lightfoot: UBC demonstrates that we all have a role in upholding the rights of Indigenous peoples
We want to ensure our campuses are places where Indigenous students, scholars and knowledge keepers truly feel welcome and able to reach their fullest potential, Sheryl Lightfoot writes for the Vancouver Sun.
UBC Political Science Prof. Gerald Baier warns calling a BC fall snap election a “double-edged sword.”
The NDP and John Horgan have never been more popular but calling an election could backfire, UBC Political Science Prof. Gerald Baier tells CBC News.
Kathryn Harrison on what COVID-19 teaches us about collective action and climate change
“COVID-19 is a collective-action problem,” says Kathryn Harrison, a professor of political science at the University of British Columbia whose work focuses on climate. “That’s the challenge we face with climate change.”