BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//School of Public Policy and Global Affairs//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ X-WR-CALDESC:School of Public Policy and Global Affairs - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200529T0218Z-1590718714.6868-EO-34155-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20240328T043650Z CREATED:20200528T170915Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200617T155454Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200611T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200611T113000 SUMMARY: IFL Virtual Series Session 2: Getting Trolled on the Campaign Trai l: How Candidates Address Online Harassment and Incivility DESCRIPTION: Join this IFL Virtual Series session with Dr. Grace Lore. Dr L ore and her team have been researching the forms and effects of online hara ssment\, particularly during the 2019 federal election. She will join us to talk about her research\, and to discuss policy changes and individual str ategies to address this problem. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
From before the COVID-19 pandemic forc ed a great many activities to go digital\, social media has played an incre asingly important role in local\, provincial and federal elections. Through social media platforms\, candidates and voters can connect rapidly and dir ectly. This has brought new opportunities but also new challenges\, includi ng high volumes of abusive and toxic messages directed at candidates and el ected officials.
Dr. Grace Lore and her team have be
en researching the forms and effects of online harassment\, particularly du
ring the 2019 federal election. She\, along with UBC Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Chris Tenove\, will join us to talk about their research
\, and to discuss policy changes and individual strategies to address this
problem.
This session is part o f the Institute for Future Legislators (IFL) Virtual Series\, co-presented by UBC’s C entre for the Study of Democratic Institutions at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and the Faculty of Arts at Ryerson University. Th e IFL Virtual Series brings together political practitioners from the Insti tute for Future Legislators to share their insights\, experience and expert ise. Please see virtual series page for more inf ormation on all upcoming events.
Grace Lore i s a lecturer at the University of Victoria where she teaches Canadian Polit ics\, Political Science Methods\, and Gender and Politics. She works with w omen's organization like the Equal Voice\, the Victoria Sexual Assault Cent re\, and the PEI Women's Coalition\, to promote women's political represent ation and best practices in gender-based policy.
She has a PhD in Pol itical Science from the University of British Columbia where she studied th e relationship between electoral systems\, women’s political representation \, and the representation of gendered policy issues. She is mom of two and was recently a candidate for Victoria city council in the 2018 municipal el ection.
Chris Tenove is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Politi cal Science at the University of British Columbia. He researches democratic participation\, public policy\, and digital politics. In recent years he h as published studies and policy reports on the threats that disinformation and harmful speech pose to Canadian democracy. Together with Grace Lore and Heidi Tworek (UBC History and SPPGA)\, he is conducting an in-depth study of the online abuse of Canadian politicians.
CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events ORGANIZER;CN="lindzmar":MAILTO:lindsay.marsh@ubc.ca1 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ifl-virtual-series-session- 2-getting-trolled-on-the-campaign-trail-how-candidates-address-online-haras sment-and-incivility/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/05/IFLR_Twitter_2020_VIRTUAL_SERIES_Lore_1024x512.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Vancouver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 DTSTART:20200308T100000 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR