Interview with Anastasiia Lapatina, Ukrainian war correspondent and UBC Political Science student
Fourth-year Political Science student Anastasiia Lapatina reflects on her time in Ukraine, shares her thoughts on the state of the war, and how it feels to be back in Canada.
Dr. Amy Janzwood co-authors story on harmful natural gas “bridge fuel” narrative
“Decarbonization will have real costs for oil producing provinces,” writes SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow Amy Janzwood. “Successful policy-making needs to address these impacts up front.”
Photos from our Graduate Research Conference
UBC Political Science would like to congratulate our Graduate Students, who put together a wonderful conference in May. We would particularly like to thank Conference Chair Katelynn Kowalchuk and Keynote Speaker UBC Professor Genevieve Bates.
Prof. Yves Tiberghien and Christina Song: South Korea’s foreign policy faces many challenges
South Korea’s recently-elected President Yoon Suk-yeol “faces the same challenge his predecessor faced — balancing the dual demands of trade relations with China and security alignment with the United States,” write Song and Prof. Tiberghien.
Photos from Our Expert Panel on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
In March UBC Political Science hosted an event bringing together experts on Russian and Ukrainian politics and foreign policy, military strategy and the NATO alliance, and international law and tribunals to discuss why President Vladimir Putin decided to invade Ukraine.
UBC Political Science student James Achuli recounts his story from child soldier in South Sudan to college in Canada
“I never thought in my life that I would actually go to college and get a college degree because you know, coming from my background, it was just something that we never thought would happen,” James Achuli said. He now studies international relations and political science at UBC, and has plans to write an autobiography in order to inspire others.
POLI 2022-23 Winter Courses Now Available on Our App!
Our POLI Courses App for Winter 2022/2023 is now live! Use it to select courses for the new year, see previous syllabuses, and search by keyword or by instructor. Students can pop out straight to the SSC site to get enrolled.
Congratulations to our 2022 Award Winners!
UBC Political Science would like to congratulate our award winners in undergraduate, graduate and International Relations programs who were recognized at a special ceremony on May 26, 2022 in the Buchanan Penthouse.
Pandemic and Putin turn UBC Political Science student into war correspondent
UBC Political Science student Anastasiia Lapatina has spent the last four months covering Russia’s invasion of her homeland, Ukraine, while studying political science full-time.
Honours student Alexa Traboulay explores the intersecting effects of social media echo chambers and partisanship in shaping attitudes toward immigration
Fourth-year Honours student Alexa Traboulay undergraduate thesis examines the ways in which partisanship mediates the relationship between participation in social media echo chambers and extreme attitudes towards immigration.