Department News

Visit this page to watch, listen to and read media interviews related to the 2020 provincial election given by Sanjay Jeram and Stewart Prest.

Professor Genevieve Fuji Johnson speaks to three media outlets about B.C. leaders' response to white privilege question at the debate.

Marjorie Cohen, Sanjay Jeram, and Stewart Prest speak to the media in the wake of the 2020 B.C. Leaders' Debate.

Professor Genevieve Fuji Johnson spoke to City Vancouver (CKVU) on October 12, 2020 about the Bowinn Ma controversy.

Professor Anthony Perl is interviewed by CBC Radio One about the planned expansion to the George Massey Bridge

Cara Camcastle speaks to CBC Radio One about new federal Green party leader, Annamie Paul.

Professor Andy Hira was interviewed on Breakfast Television on October 2, 2020 about U.S. President Donald Trump's diagnosis and its impact on the election campaign.

Professor Emerita Marjorie Cohen talks to radio station CFAX 1070 about various aspects of the 2020 B.C. election.

Sanjay Jeram discusses the challenges minority groups face when running for office with CBC Radio One.

Listen to Cara Camcastle as she discusses the history of snap elections in B.C. on the radio program, News Talk 980 CKNW.

Inspiring student profile story about Rochelle Prasad and the value of volunteerism.

Seven Simon Fraser University scholars have been named to the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), including two political science professors, Michael Howlett and Laurel Weldon.

Stewart Prest gives insight into the impact of COVID-19 on civil liberties, municipal politics and more. Read and listen to his interviews here.

On September 18, 2020, former prime minister John Turner died at the age of 91. Stewart Prest looks back at his years in politics.

Stewart Prest speaks to CTV News about expectations ahead of the September 23, 2020 federal government throne speech.

On August 12th, SFU students joined a Zoom panel event to hear about FASS' new social data analytics (SDA) minor.

Sanjay Jeram speaks to CBC Radio One about a likely fall 2020 provincial election for British Columbia.

Congratulations to Professor David Laycock on his retirement

Sanjay Jeram explains why Erin O'Toole's 2020 Conservative leadership win is not a surprise.

Prof Andy Hira shares insights from his 2019 book, "The Great Disruption: Understanding the Populist Forces Behind Trump, Brexit, and LePen", in "The Conversation".

Media interviews with Sanjay Jeram and Stewart Prest about the WE Charity Scandal

Professor Anthony Perl's media interviews about the future of transportation

Sanjay Jeram's interviews about the COVID-19 crisis are available here.

Professor Andy Hira notes that companies that practice corporate social responsibility (CSR) could ensure more positive outcomes by tackling “real change on the ground” rather than focusing on single projects and budgets.

Lulu Li and health sciences graduate students won the 2020 Student Evaluation Case Competition (SECC) on June 15, 2020.

Professor Alexander Moens discusses the role of NATO in global politics.

The Department of Political Science celebrates its spring and summer 2020 undergraduate award winners who have received The Pauline Jewett Scholarship, The Rama Reddy Scholarship and The Robert Stanfield Book Prize.

Stewart Prest discusses The Detention of Canadians in China with CTV News Channel on June 21, 2020.

Sanjana Ramesh came to SFU to work on human rights issues centered around gender and sexuality. Now she graduates with her master’s in political science, having contributed to the discourse on LGBTQIA+ rights.

David Henigman has worked hard to complete his political science major and law and philosophy minor, plus certificate in ethics and global justice.

Our faculty members regularly produce world-class research in a number of political science sub-disciplines. Read more about just a few projects that have made headlines recently.

The Department of Political Science congratulates you on your Simon Fraser University graduation. Although we cannot celebrate with you in person, we want to let you know how proud we are of your achievements.

The CDSN COVID Response Recommendations and Future Directions - Department of Political Science Chair Alex Moens is co-director in this SSHRC-funded partnership and PhD candidate Alexandra Richards is a regular researcher.

Professor Aude-Claire Fourot has won a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Connection Grant and Partnership Engage Grant.

Kate Olivares is an exceptional political science student, whose latest accomplishment was acceptance into the B.C. Legislative Internship Program for 2021. Read her story here.

The Department of Political Science congratulates Sanjay Jeram and Stewart Prest who received 2019 President's Media Newsmaker Awards.

Professor Alan Jacobs (UBC) will be presenting a free talk, "Whose News? Class-biased Economic Reporting in the United States".

Marina Bishara will soon graduate from SFU. In her last year as a political science major (Honours) with an extended minor in French, she’s reflecting on her experience at university and beyond.

The final information sessions for the 2020 NATO Field School and Simulation Program will be on January 14, 2020.

Congratulations to students from across the university and especially across the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) who took home top honours in the 3rd Annual 2019 Student Learning Commons (SLC) Writing Contest!

SFU political science professor S. Laurel Weldon has studied the impact of women’s movements around the globe and finds they have advanced women’s economic empowerment.

Several of our NATO Field School students never expected that they would spend the summer in Kosovo, in addition to the NATO Field School sites.

In 2017, Maja Lampa made a long journey. She left Hong Kong, where she had been studying since 2015, and came to Simon Fraser University. Lampa chose to do her degree at SFU because she was looking for a sense of community.

Simon Fraser University PhD alumnus and former instructor Nancy Teeple is heading to Vermont in January to take up the Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Peace and War Studies at Norwich University.

Cory Henderson graduated from the French Cohort Program in Summer 2019 with a major in political science (Honours) and an extended minor in French. She is currently completing her Master's in political science. Read about her academic journey at SFU.

Natasha Mhuriro didn’t plan on majoring in political science when she began her studies at Simon Fraser University. She started her academic life with a double major in business administration and economics. However, she realized that her passion for female empowerment and community service wouldn’t be fulfilled if she continued on her current path.

"The Great Disruption: Understanding the Populist Forces Behind Trump, Brexit, and LePen" aims to put the shocking events of 2016–17 into a long-term, historical perspective.