Media Engagement

Professor Timothy Cheek (SPPGA; History) comments on Beijing residents stockpiling food and supplies, fearing that officials could implement a mass lockdown to contain a COVID-19 outbreak.

MPPGA students Melissa Hollobon, David Markwei, Claire Okatch, and Savannah Tuck, co-author this article discussing how different Canadian government agencies are using disaggregated data as a strategy to better understand marginalized communities and deliver services to them.

Professor Heidi Tworek (SPPGA; History) discusses how the World Health Organization’s decision to not classify COVID-19 as airborne has sowed confusion and impacted public health measures throughout the pandemic.

Professor Yves Tiberghien (SPPGA Faculty Associate; Political Science Prof) co-authors this article discussing whether occasionally cooperative relations between China and India are sufficient to edge out the stalemate at the border.

Professor Heidi Tworek (SPPGA; History) discusses a new online survey on B.C.’s COVID-19 response, and how the review doesn’t examine B.C.’s economic and policy decisions, or the decisions made by Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry.

Professor Hugh Gusterson (SPPGA; Anthropology) comments on the history of the United States implementing drone strikes in counterinsurgency attacks, and de-emphasizing troops on the ground.

Temitope Onifade (Co-chair of the Liu Institute Network for Africa; PhD candidate at Allard School of Law) discusses why money spent on fossil fuel subsidies could be better spent on the clean energy transition, health care, and education.

With 78 public interest groups urging Canada’s biggest banks to drop investments in Small Modular Reactors, Professor M.V. Ramana shares why nuclear investments pose huge risks for both private and public investors.

Ketty Anyeko (SPPGA Postdoctoral Research Fellow) writes about their doctoral research findings, discussing women’s senses of justice and reparations after wartime sexual violence in Northern Uganda.

Professor Heidi Tworek (SPPGA; History) shares an opinion piece on extremist hate fundraising being conducted online, and states that Canadian politicians had been warned about it in 2019.

In collaboration with SPPGA Prof Ramana, MPPGA student Tasha Carruthers co-authors this article discussing why the Kebaowek First Nation is calling for an alternative to a planned nuclear reactor.

Professor M. V. Ramana discusses whether nuclear power could be the solution for B.C. to reach its climate goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Professor Julian Dierkes shares his thoughts on Rio Tinto’s plan to sign a contract with the Mongolian government for the expansion of the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine (Subscription).

Professor Heidi Tworek (SPPGA; History) comments on what measures should be taken to clear confusion surrounding changing Covid-19 protocols in B.C.

SPPGA Director and Professor Allison Macfarlane shares her thoughts on how small modular reactors will play a role in the future of nuclear power.

Professor Philippe Le Billon (SPPGA; Geography) shares why climate meetings need to discuss fossil fuels, and why incentives are needed to accelerate its decline.

Professor M. V. Ramana discusses how, despite the world’s five major nuclear powers pledging to prevent nuclear wars, the countries continue to upgrade and enhance existing nuclear arsenals.

While it is expected that the United States will not agree to all of Russia’s security proposals, especially regarding NATO expansion, Professor M. V. Ramana shares why it is possible for the two sides to reach a compromise.

Even before COVID-19, protests by health workers in India were on the rise. Professor Veena Sriram (SPPGA; SPPH) writes about how the protests are a culmination of long-simmering problems in the governance of health policy in India.

Professor M. V. Ramana shares why the use of an American design for Canada’s first new nuclear reactor is a bad sign for the Canadian nuclear industry, and why it may be cause for the government to rethink its support for SMR developers.

Professor Hugh Gusterson (SPPGA; Anthropology) discusses how withdrawal from Afghanistan has played a role in the reported number of U.S. drone strikes plummeting under the Biden administration.