In the Media

Our faculty make regular features, appearances, and publications 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 

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