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B.C. provincial election – Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµexperts available

October 20, 2026

Voters across British Columbia are heading to the polling booths again this week as they cast their votes in the provincial election on Saturday.

Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµexperts are available to share their insights on key election issues.

Available Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµexperts

POLITICS

SANJAY JERAM, senior lecturer, political science
sjeram@sfu.ca
Expertise: Provincial politics, Canadian politics, federalism, political parties, national identity, political values and ideology, and diversity issues. 

EDANA BEAUVAIS, associate professor, political science 
edana_beauvais@sfu.ca
Expertise: Political communication, deliberative democracy, racial, ethnic and settler-colonial politics, gender and politics, political behaviour.

FINANCE AND ECONOMY

ANDREY PAVLOV, professor, finance
apavlov@sfu.ca
Expertise: Real estate markets, housing affordability, B.C. and Canadian economy, interest rates, inflation.

STEEVE MONGRAIN, professor, economics
mongrain@sfu.ca
Expertise: Public economics, law and economics, taxation, economic policies.

DAVID FREEMAN, professor, economics
david_freeman@sfu.ca
Expertise: Behavioural economics, economic decision-making, heuristics and biases.

HOUSING AND URBAN ECONOMY

ANDY YAN, director, The City Program
ayan@sfu.ca
Expertise: Housing, urban planning and regeneration, neighborhood development, applied demographics, transportation, Vancouver real estate.

HEALTH CARE

ANDREW LONGHURST, health policy researcher and PhD candidate in the Department of Geography
andrew_longhurst@sfu.ca
Expertise: Health care delivery and financing, wait times, health workforce, privatization.

Contact

SAM SMITH, Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµCommunications & Marketing  
236.880.3297 | samuel_smith@sfu.ca

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