Posts Tagged ‘politics’
May. 9, 2013 | Filed under: Business, Law and Society, Media Release | Tags: BC election, business, Liberals, NDP, politics, sauder school of business, Tsur Somerville
A new study from UBC’s Sauder School of Business seeks to provide an independent assessment of the economic track records of British Columbia’s top political parties vying for the May 14th election. The study finds that no one party is significantly better at fiscal management than another. On average since 1991, according to the study, B.C. fiscal performance, compared to that of other provinces, has been modestly better under the NDP.
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Apr. 29, 2013 | Filed under: Arts and Humanities, Beats, Business, Law and Society, Media Release, News Feed, Uncategorized, University News | Tags: Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions, continuing studies, democracy, Dept. of Political Science, government, Max Cameron, model parliament, politics, Preston Manning, professional development
A new UBC program will give aspiring politicians the training to thrive as future elected officials and handle the challenges of government life.
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Apr. 3, 2013 | Filed under: Arts and Humanities, Business, Law and Society, UBC Reports Stories | Tags: academia, arts, Dept. of Sociology, Education, Faculty of Arts, ivory towers, Neil Gross, politics, post-secondary education, Q&A, Sociology, teaching and learning, universities
A Q and A with Prof. Neil Gross on universities and liberal thinking
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Mar. 20, 2013 | Filed under: Arts and Humanities, Business, Law and Society, Media Release, News Feed | Tags: business, Craig Mitton, Dept. of Political Science, economics, Faculty of Arts, federal budget, Gerald Baier, health care, Human Early Learning Partnership, Kevin Milligan, medicine, Paul Beaudry, Paul Kershaw, policy, politics, UBC experts list, Vancouver School of Economics
UBC experts are available to provide media commentary and analysis on the March 21 federal budget.
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Mar. 6, 2013 | Filed under: Arts and Humanities, Business, Law and Society, UBC Reports Stories | Tags: Andrew Owen, BC election, business, Charles Breton, Dept. of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, Faruk Pinar, Fred Cutler, politics, Richard Johnston
UBC researchers partner on B.C. Vote Compass to help people assess provincial party platforms
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Feb. 27, 2013 | Filed under: Business, Law and Society, Media Release, News Feed, University News | Tags: arts, BC election, business, finance, politics, polls, research, sauder school of business, Strategy and Business Economics Division, Werner Antweiler
UBC’s Sauder School of Business has launched an online prediction market for investors seeking to predict the outcome of B.C.’s May 14 provincial election.
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Feb. 19, 2013 | Filed under: Hot Topics, Media Advisory, News Feed | Tags: British Columbia, business, economics, experts list, Faculty of Arts, politics
UBC experts are available for commentary on today’s B.C. budget, which is expected around 2 p.m.
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Feb. 5, 2013 | Filed under: Arts and Humanities, Media Release, News Feed | Tags: climate change, Dept. of Geography, Faculty of Arts, global warming, media, politics, Simon Donner, sustainability
A UBC study of American attitudes toward climate change finds that local weather – temperature, in particular – is a major influence on public and media opinions on the reality of global warming.
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Dec. 19, 2012 | Filed under: Arts and Humanities, Business, Law and Society, Media Release, News Feed | Tags: Alan Kingstone, business, Dept. of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Jessica Tracy, Joey Cheng, Joseph Henrich, leadership, politics, power, Science, social hierarchy
Finding the next Barack Obama or Warren Buffett might be as simple as looking at who attracts the most eyes in a crowd, a new UBC study finds.
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Dec. 7, 2012 | Filed under: Hot Topics, Media Advisory, News Feed | Tags: Aboriginal, Canada, Enbridge Northern Gateway, environment, honorary degree recipients, Keystone, Keystone XL, Kinder Morgan, law, politics, sustainability, trade
UBC researchers can provide expert commentary on three proposed pipeline projects that would carry Alberta bitumen to U.S. and foreign markets. Next week the Joint Review Panel of the National Energy Board re-opens hearings for the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline.
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