SFU experts available for 2024 B.C. election

While the B.C. provincial election campaign does not officially kick off until Sept. 31, there has been a flurry of activity, platform announcements and intrigue this summer as parties jockey for the public’s attention in what’s shaping up to be one of the most interesting and unpredictable races in recent memory. Who will win when British Columbians head to the polls Oct. 19, and what issues will sway voters in their favour?

Simon Fraser University experts are available to speak about the election and the many provincial issues that could influence the race.

AVAILABLE SFU EXPERTS

POLITICS

SANJAY JERAM, senior lecturer, political science  
sjeram@sfu.ca  
Expertise: Provincial politics, Canadian politics, federalism, public opinion, political parties, national identity, political values & ideology, immigration & diversity


FINANCE AND ECONOMY

ANDREY PAVLOV, professor, finance
apavlov@sfu.ca
Expertise: Real estate markets, housing affordability, B.C. and Canadian economy, interest rates, inflation

STEEVE MONGRAIN, professor, economics  
mongrain@sfu.ca
Expertise: Public economics, law and economics, taxation, economic policies

LINDSAY MEREDITH, professor emeritus, marketing
604.842.6007 | meredith@sfu.ca
Expertise: Marketing strategic issues in the campaign, economic issues that can drive voting behaviour


HOUSING AND URBAN PLANNING

ANDY YAN, director, The City Program  
ayan@sfu.ca
Expertise: Housing, urban planning and regeneration, neighborhood development, applied demographics, transportation, Vancouver real estate


HEALTH AND SENIORS

DJ LARKIN, executive director, Canadian Drug Policy Coalition  
dj_larkin@sfu.ca
Expertise: Politicization of health care programs, strain on emergency services by unregulated drug supply, policy alternatives to opioid crisis, human rights and legal issues around drug use, social determinants of health

ANDREW LONGHURST, PhD candidate, geography, research associate, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives  
arlonghu@sfu.ca
Expertise: Health care funding, privatization, surgical wait times, pandemic response, seniors’ care, physician compensation and primary care reform

GLORIA GUTMAN, professor emerita, gerontology
gutman@sfu.ca
Expertise: Senior’s housing, long term care, health promotion, age-friendly hospitals and communities

ANDREW SIXSMITH, professor, gerontology, director, Science and Technology for Aging Research (STAR) Institute  
andrew_sixsmith@sfu.ca
Expertise: Aging and health care, issues relating to technology and aging


SOCIOLOGY

TRAVERS, professor, sociology  
atravers@sfu.ca
Expertise: LGBT children and youth, SOGI policies in schools, transgender kids and gender affirming healthcare, transgender people and sport participation, urban and suburban transportation policy (cycling infrastructure, e-scooters, etc.)


CRIME

RYLAN SIMPSON, assistant professor, criminology  
rylan_simpson@sfu.ca
Expertise: Policing, perceptions of police, police organizations, legitimacy, experimental criminology, theories of crime, social psychology


LABOUR

KENDRA STRAUSS, associate professor and director, Labour Studies, co-director, SSHRC Partnership Understanding Precarity in BC  
kendra_strauss@sfu.ca
Expertise: Labour issues and labour migration/immigration, multi-dimensional precarity, feminist political economy, unfree labour, gender and work, precarious employment, care work


CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY

ZAFAR ADEEL, professor of professional practice, School of Sustainable Energy Engineering  
zadeel@sfu.ca
Expertise: Climate change, green-tech and energy-related industries (hydrogen, energy storage, electric vehicles, energy-efficient buildings and transportation), the nexus of water-energy-food security, energy transmission

MARK ZACHARIAS, executive director, Clean Energy Canada
Contact Keri McNamara, senior communications specialist, for interviews
778.951.8060 | keri@cleanenergycanada.org
Expertise: Climate policy, carbon pricing, electric vehicles, clean energy, clean industrial policy

EVAN PIVNICK, clean economy program manager, Clean Energy Canada
Contact Keri McNamara, senior communications specialist, for interviews
778.951.8060 | keri@cleanenergycanada.org
Expertise: Climate policy, carbon pricing, electric vehicles, clean energy, clean industrial policy

CONTACT

MATT KIELTYKA, SFU Communications & Marketing 
236.880.2187 | matt_kieltyka@sfu.ca

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