News Archive 2023

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Passing of Neville Linton

  • The Guardian
  • 17 November 2023
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Stereotypes Matter. So We Asked Folks, ‘Draw Me an Albertan’

  • The Tyee
  • 30 October 2023
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Political Science Graduate Student, Rissa Reist, wins multiple awards

  • M. Whitecotton-Carroll with files
  • 25 October 2023
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Can We Trust Elections Alberta to Give Voters the Truth on Pensions?

  • The Tyee
  • 25 October 2023
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How women in Israel and Palestine are pushing for peace — together

  • The Conversation
  • 18 October 2023
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Alberta premier’s push for separate provincial pension plan part of broader conflict with Ottawa, say experts, but necessary to keep base on side

  • The Hill Times
  • 09 October 2023
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Strathcona County Mayor Rod Frank: Party time in municipal politics?

  • Postmedia
  • 05 October 2023
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Didier Zúñiga wins 2023 annual prize for best article in Contemporary Political Theory

  • M. Whitecotton-Carroll
  • 05 October 2023
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Debunking the Alberta Pension Plan

  • The Tyee
  • 04 October 2023
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Spotlight on 2023 Hurtig Lecturer: Canadian novelist, Katherine Govier, CM

  • Mita de la Fuente
  • 19 September 2023
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Albertans want federal climate regulation – just don’t tell Danielle Smith

  • Globe and Mail
  • 15 September 2023
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Polls suggest slim majority of Albertans support oil and gas emissions cap

  • CTV News
  • 15 September 2023
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Opinion: The thinking person's guide to climate change

  • Edmonton Journal
  • 14 September 2023
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Is Canada's real estate-driven economy dragging down growth?

  • The Hub
  • 13 September 2023
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Don’t test me, Danielle Smith warns feds ahead of climate peace talks

  • 01 September 2023
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Rage Farming Is Poisoning Our Politics. How to Resist

  • Jared Wesley and Fajr Ahmad
  • 18 July 2023
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Albertans have more in common than recent elections suggest

  • Jared Wesley
  • 17 July 2023
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Meet New Faculty Member Didier Zúñiga

  • M. Whitecotton-Carroll
  • 10 July 2023
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Meet New Faculty Member Corey Snelgrove

  • M. Whitecotton-Carroll
  • 10 July 2023
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Experts call on Alberta government to strengthen treaty relationships

  • CBC
  • 28 June 2023
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More diversity in cabinet starts in the years leading up to an election, experts say

  • CBC
  • 14 June 2023
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Professor Andy Knight meets with 36 honours high school students

  • 09 June 2023
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Survey finds similarities in Alberta politics

  • CTV
  • 07 June 2023
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Rob Currie-Wood wins Vincent Lemieux Prize from the Canadian Political Science Association

  • M. Whitecotton-Carroll
  • 06 June 2023
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Identity, not ideology, key to Alberta political divide, survey suggests

  • CBC
  • 04 June 2023
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United Conservative Party majority and what that means for Indigenous Peoples

  • APTN
  • 30 May 2023
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Alberta’s party leaders are ignoring the climate crisis while the region burns

  • The Guardian UK
  • 28 May 2023
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Andy Knight to receive honorary degree from McMaster University

  • McMaster University
  • 20 May 2023
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Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi, and Political Science Professor Laurie Adkin speak with CBC about the impacts of recent events on the election

  • CBC
  • 19 May 2023
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Drop in global oil price highlights long-term Alberta revenue problem

  • City News
  • 09 May 2023
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Arts researchers take significant role in huge national project on immigration

  • Helen Metella
  • 08 May 2023
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Donations from wealthy individuals more important under new Alberta election ad rules

  • CBC
  • 08 May 2023
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Jared Wesley and Ken Boessenkool: Danielle Smith is not a conservative

  • Jared Wesley
  • 28 April 2023
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Latest edition of the Political Science Undergraduate Review (PSUR) is now out

  • Marcie Whitecotton-Carroll
  • 27 April 2023
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Nigerian election a litmus test for democracy: U of A expert

  • Geoff McMaster
  • 27 April 2023
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Congratulations to Will Kujala!

  • Staff
  • 26 April 2023
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Democracy itself is on the ballot in Alberta’s upcoming election

  • Jared Wesley, The Conversation
  • 18 April 2023
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Elections Alberta Mess May Skew Ballots, Says Expert

  • The Tyee
  • 17 April 2023
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Alberta Premier Smith, with election looming, announces new limits on media questions

  • CBC
  • 15 April 2023
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Elections Alberta walks back voting messaging following social media backlash

  • Global News
  • 14 April 2023
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‘A humongous symbolic victory’: Indigenous people react to Vatican rejection of Discovery Doctrine

  • CTV News
  • 31 March 2023
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New Book: The Myth of Middle East Exceptionalism: Unfinished Social Movements

  • Mojtaba Mahdavi
  • 27 March 2023
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New book: Anger and Angst: Jason Kenney’s Legacy and Alberta’s Right

  • 14 February 2023
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Arab Spring’s rebellions upended most stereotypes about Middle East, say prominent scholars

  • Helen Metella
  • 09 February 2023
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Iran: A Post-Islamist Society Revolts Against an Islamist State

  • Mojtaba Mahdavi
  • 05 February 2023
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What the convoys left behind

  • Shannon Proudfoot, The Globe and Mail
  • 26 January 2023
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The Department of Political Science mourns Jaspreet Singh Pandher

  • Harnoor Kochar
  • 25 January 2023
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Investigation: Big Oil’s most powerful lobby group held more meetings with feds in 2020 than any other year on record

  • National Obserber
  • 12 January 2023
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U of A professor recruited to assess white supremacy in Canadian Armed Forces

  • Geoff McMaster
  • 11 January 2023

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