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September 15, 2008
Campaign: Polling expert - Mark Pickup
Polling expert Mark Pickup is tracking vote intention on his website, The Polling Observatory, http://pollob.politics.ox.ac.uk/, which is updated daily. It incorporates information from all published polls. The new SFU political scientist’s examination of how various polling firms and the polling industry as a whole performed in the 2004 and 2006 elections was recently published in the International Journal of Forecasting. He found a tendency to underestimate Liberal support and overestimate NDP support – and wants to see whether or not this will be repeated. Pickup has a three-year Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) grant to look at polls in the media and their effect on public opinion and electoral outcomes in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K.
Mark Pickup, 778.782.8640; mark_pickup@sfu.ca
Issue: health care - John O’Neil
Health is a key election issue and researchers in SFU’s Faculty of Health Sciences are carving new directions in areas of public and population health. “Our faculty members have a strong focus on investigating the social determinants of population health outcomes, and translating this into public policy that will promote the health of all Canadians, but in particular, its most vulnerable members, including children and aboriginal communities,” says faculty dean John O’Neil, who can comment on health-related issues of importance to voters. The faculty officially opens its new home – Blusson Hall – on Wednesday, Sept. 17 at 11 a.m. Media are welcome. “Canadians are worried about the rationing of health services that is occurring as costs of treatment escalate. Controlling health care costs will require significant investments in public policies that, for example, ensure children are raised in nurturing environments, and that communities have good housing, safe water and good educational and employment opportunities.”
John O’Neil, 778.782.5361; 604.306.4987 (cell); joneil@sfu.ca
For more on Blusson Hall opening/researcher profiles see the release.
Polling expert Mark Pickup is tracking vote intention on his website, The Polling Observatory, http://pollob.politics.ox.ac.uk/, which is updated daily. It incorporates information from all published polls. The new SFU political scientist’s examination of how various polling firms and the polling industry as a whole performed in the 2004 and 2006 elections was recently published in the International Journal of Forecasting. He found a tendency to underestimate Liberal support and overestimate NDP support – and wants to see whether or not this will be repeated. Pickup has a three-year Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) grant to look at polls in the media and their effect on public opinion and electoral outcomes in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K.
Mark Pickup, 778.782.8640; mark_pickup@sfu.ca
Issue: health care - John O’Neil
Health is a key election issue and researchers in SFU’s Faculty of Health Sciences are carving new directions in areas of public and population health. “Our faculty members have a strong focus on investigating the social determinants of population health outcomes, and translating this into public policy that will promote the health of all Canadians, but in particular, its most vulnerable members, including children and aboriginal communities,” says faculty dean John O’Neil, who can comment on health-related issues of importance to voters. The faculty officially opens its new home – Blusson Hall – on Wednesday, Sept. 17 at 11 a.m. Media are welcome. “Canadians are worried about the rationing of health services that is occurring as costs of treatment escalate. Controlling health care costs will require significant investments in public policies that, for example, ensure children are raised in nurturing environments, and that communities have good housing, safe water and good educational and employment opportunities.”
John O’Neil, 778.782.5361; 604.306.4987 (cell); joneil@sfu.ca
For more on Blusson Hall opening/researcher profiles see the release.