What happens now? - SFU experts available to speak about B.C. election

The final outcome of B.C.'s closely fought election remains unclear, with recounts ongoing in several ridings, where the margin of victory was 100 votes or less. Final results are expected later this week.

SFU experts are available to offer their insights on how the election went down and what might happen next.

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

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

CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY

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

CONTACT

WILL HENDERSON, SFU Communications & Marketing 
604.368.2532 | will_henderson@sfu.ca

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