In the Media
Our faculty make regular features and appearances in the media.
2024
Spring
Fitness industry calls for tax credit on gym memberships
CBC News - January 2, 2024
Ali Bhagat is interviewed
Will B.C. create a money laundering investigation unit? There's no answer yet
Vancouver Sun - January 7, 2024
Maureen Maloney is mentioned
Key anti-money-laundering Cullen inquiry recommendations not implemented
Times Colonist - January 8, 2024
Maureen Maloney is mentioned
Starbucks sued for allegedly using coffee from farms with rights abuses while touting its ‘ethical’ sourcing
CNBC - January 10, 2024
Genevieve LeBaron is quoted
(FR) Le pouvoir des pétitions
Radio-Canada - January 10, 2024
Alex Rivard is interviewed
(FR) Regain dans le marché immobilier anticipé et le hockey féminin pour Danielle Sauvageau
Radio-Canada - January 19, 2024
Alex Rivard is interviewed
Deaths increase despite drug decriminalization, experts urge more safe supply for users
Niagara Falls Review - February 6, 2024
Kora DeBeck is quoted
New Legislative session will open with the Speech from the Throne today
CBC Radio One - February 20, 2024
Alex Rivard is interviewed
Youth face barriers to overdose harm reduction, say front-line workers
CHEK News - February 25, 2024
Kora Debeck is quoted
Combat NIMBYism with transparency to help resolve Canada’s housing crisis
Policy Options - March 8, 2024
Alex Rivard co-writes an op-ed
IUBAT reception to international advisors
The Daily Star - March 11, 2024
John Richards is honoured
'Deficiencies' in overdose prevention programs: auditor general
CBC News - March 19, 2024
Kora DeBeck is interviewed
How well is Canada's program for Iranian temporary residents working?
North Shore News - March 20, 2024
Mohsen Javdani is interviewed
B.C.’s net-zero ambitions adding to energy security anxiety
Times Colonist - April 23, 2024
Nancy Olewiler is quoted
Summer
A stunner in Delta: Mayor George Harvie stripped of Metro Vancouver role by his own council
Vancouver Sun - May 7, 2024
Kennedy Stewart is mentioned
Debunking myths about community housing: What governments and the public should know
The Conversation - May 8, 2024
Yushu Zhu and SPP students Hanan Ali and Natasha Mhuriro write commentary
Ideological Biases within mainstream economics
Challenging Economic Assumptions Podcast - July 9, 2024
Mohsen Javdani is interviewed
Analysis: What's at stake as battle over opioid crisis erupts in London
The London Free Press - July 26, 2024
Kora DeBeck is quoted
Migration crisis: European countries to pay African nations
Newzroom Afrika - August 2, 2024
Ali Bhagat is interviewed
Can Canada overcome its drug overdose crisis?
BBC TV - August 8, 2024
Kennedy Stewart is interviewed
(FR) Affordable and social housing community support and opposition
Radio-Canada - August 9, 2024
Alex Rivard is interviewed
Wildfires foreshadow the looming crisis of internal displacement
The Globe and Mail - August 12, 2024
Ali Bhagat writes an op-ed
Wildfires and internal displacement
CBC Radio One - August 14, 2024
Ali Bhagat is interviewed
Overdose crisis in Vancouver
CBC Radio One - August 14, 2024
Kennedy Stewart is interviewed
Fall
Whistler Institute’s Speaker Series lineup revealed
Pique News Magazine - September 3, 2024
Kennedy Stewart is mentioned
(FR) Pause d’un projet de 90 studios sociaux
Radio-Canada - September 4, 2024
Alex Rivard is interviewed
Foreign interference in Canadian politics
CBC Radio One - September 10, 2024
Kennedy Stewart is interviewed
B.C. to expand involuntary care
CBC Radio One - September 16, 2024
Kora DeBeck is interviewed
Critics slam B.C. premier's involuntary care announcement, cite lack of evidence
CTV News - September 16, 2024
Kora DeBeck is quoted
Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam mayors back expansion of involuntary mental health and addiction treatment; experts question policy
The Hamilton Spectator - September 18, 2024
Kora DeBeck is quoted
(FR) Les députés mieux payés ici qu’en Ontario?
Le Soleil - September 20, 2024
Alex Rivard is interviewed
(FR) La Vérif : Plus de morts sur les listes d’attente que par surdose?
Radio-Canada - September 20, 2024
Kora DeBeck is quoted
Addressing the crisis in access to primary healthcare
BMM Bloomberg - September 20, 2024
John Richards is interviewed
The controversy around expanding involuntary care in B.C.
The Times Colonist - September 24, 2024
Kora DeBeck is quoted
If BC drops the consumer carbon tax, what about incentives?
Daily Hive Vancouver - September 25, 2025
Nancy Olewiler is quoted
Vancouver mayor faces challenges reaching policing goal
The Globe and Mail - September 28, 2024
Kennedy Stewart is quoted
Solving the drug crisis
980 CKNW - September 30, 2024
Kennedy Stewart is interviewed
(FR) Le NPD veut doubler la taxe sur la spéculation immobilière
Radio-Canada - October 4, 2024
Alex Rivard is interviewed
Where will B.C.'s election be won? Even identifying the battlegrounds is tough call
National Newswatch - October 6, 2024
Kennedy Stewart is quoted
Will AI tools revolutionize public health? Not if they continue following old patterns, researchers argue
UCSC News - October 9, 2024
Leah Shipton is mentioned
B.C. Election: Parties using mix of new digital tactics and tried-and-true methods to reach voters
Vancouver Sun - October 11, 2024
Kennedy Stewart is quoted
What 'axing' the carbon tax would mean for British Columbians
The Times Colonist - October 18, 2024
Nancy Olewiler is quoted
Development cost charges
CKNW-AM - November 25, 2024
Kennedy Stewart is interviewed
Former Vancouver mayor on next steps after B.C. gets green light to sue opioid providers
The Exchange (CBC) - November 29, 2024
Kennedy Stewart is interviewed
2023
Fall
Scotland's Drug Consumptions Rooms Approved
BBC News - September 27, 2023
Kora DeBeck is interviewed
Corporations are paying for worker abuse audits that are ‘designed to fail’, say insiders
The Guardian - October 10, 2023
Genevieve LeBaron is quoted
Audits aimed at flagging labor abuses are ‘designed to fail,’ investigation finds
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists - October 16, 2023
Genevieve LeBaron is quoted
Inequality and Housing Access
Policy Options - November 1, 2023
Yushu Zhu is featured
Climate council slams B.C. emissions plan, urges ban on new gas hookups
Vancouver is Awesome - November 11, 2023
Nancy Olewiler is quoted
Canadian seafood company High Liner cuts ties with supplier following forced-labour investigation
The Globe and Mail - November 17, 2023
Genevieve LeBaron is quoted