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MPPGA students Nabila Farid and Victoria Ker comment on Monday’s federal election debate, and UBC CSDI Acting Director Gerald Baier shares his insight on the debate outcome in an interview with CBC News.

SPPGA Professor Paul Evans shares his insights on the Huawei CFO hearings and the escalating tensions between Canada and China in a podcast by CBC Radio.

Controversy over Green Party candidates’ ideologies may have party supporters shaking their heads, but SPPGA Acting Director Maxwell Cameron says it’s not going to have much of an impact on election results.

Professor Yves Tiberghien discusses Boris Johnson’s brother’s resignation as MP. Johnson alleges this was done due to a conflict between family loyalty and national interest.

Faculty Associate Yves Tiberghien comments on the US farm lobby ‘pressuring’ Trump to get agreement that will help boost exports into key Asian market.

In light of the explosion at a remote missile test site in Northern Russia last month, SPPGA Professor Ramana and Lauren J. Borja argue that Canada could do more to slow the accelerating nuclear arms race.

According to a Scientific American article, more than 1,500 people across 50 countries were murdered in retaliation for protecting land, water, forests and other natural resources between 2002 and 2017. SPPGA Professor Philippe Le Billon provides comments about the violence done against environmental defenders.

Professor Ramana’s publication in Springer highlights the uncertainties surrounding the stockpiling of nuclear waste, which can be hazardous to human health for hundreds of thousands of years.

Yves Tiberghien is the Founder and Co-Chair of the donor-funded Vision 20 Initiative that enables UBC students to impact the uppermost echelons of global political power, inspiring change at high profile events such as the Paris Peace Forum and the G20. Read more about this project.

SPPGA Professor Yves Tiberghien discusses what’s in store for Canada at the upcoming G20 Summit, amidst US-China and China-Canada tensions.

“Canada is guilty of genocide… Now it’s time to be shocked out of complacency about ongoing structural violence against Indigenous peoples, as well as the belief that we get a free pass on human rights issues,” writes Professor Sheryl Lightfoot in The Tyee.

Every minute of every day, a young child dies of illness caused by air pollution. Read more on actions that we can take to protect what UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment David Boyd calls our human right to clean air.

Professor Yves Tiberghien is interviewed by SXM Canada Talks on Canada’s extradition treaty and how CFO Meng Wanzhou’s arrest falls within the purview of US foreign policy rather than rule of law.

Read the February 2019 UBC Report on Canadian Public Attitudes on China & Canada-China Relations here.

Fiji has adopted many climate change mitigation measures like the Environment and Climate Adaptation Levy, investments in renewable energy, and an electrification program for rural and indigenous areas. UN Special Rapporteur and SPPGA Professor David Boyd praised the nation’s accomplishments and calls on wealthier nations to follow suit. This story was also featured in The Fiji Times.

A new report recommends returning artifacts seized from French colonies in Africa. MPPGA student Darren Touch says Cambodia should also be included. Read more about what this could mean for the Asian nation in The Diplomat.

GP² courses are taken in MPPGA students’ second year and requires students to address a complex policy problem identified by a real-world client.