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As federal party leaders prepare to take part in two televised election debates this week, SFU experts are available to comment on key election issues and the debates themselves. With the federal election less than two weeks away, SFU experts can give their take on themes such as international relations, tariffs and interprovincial trade, health care, affordability and housing, climate policy, energy and infrastructure.

CANADA / U.S. RELATIONS & ECONOMY

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.

NICOLAS SCHMITT,  professor, economics 
schmitt@sfu.ca
Expertise: International trade, internal trade, tariffs.

JAMES HORNCASTLE,  assistant professor, The Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations 
jhorncas@sfu.ca
Expertise: Refugee and migration, international relations, nationalism, identity formation, conflict studies, Russia-Ukraine War.

SANJAY JERAM, senior lecturer, political science 
sjeram@sfu.ca  
Expertise: Canadian politics, federalism, public opinion, political parties, national identity, political values & ideology, immigration & diversity.

ALEX RIVARD, assistant professor, School of Public Policy
alexandre_rivard@sfu.ca
Expertise: Public opinion and its influence on public policy, Canadian political institutions, electoral processes, the trajectories of political careers, secessionist parties in Western Europe and North America. Speaks French.

ANDY HIRA,  professor, department chair, political science, Clean Energy Research Group
ahira@sfu.ca
Expertise: Energy policy, science and technology policy, U.S. politics, political economy, international development, comparative public policy, natural resource policy, corporate social responsibility, economic policy and climate change.

STEEVE MONGRAIN, professor, economics
mongrain@sfu.ca
Expertise: Public economics, law and economics, taxation, economic policies. (Note: Available as of April 2)

HEALTH CARE

KIFFER CARD, assistant professor, health sciences
kcard@sfu.ca
Expertise: Public health responses to and the social determinants of infectious diseases, mental health, substance use. 

CHARLOTTE WADDELL, professor emerita, director, Children’s Health Policy Centre, health sciences
charlotte_waddell@sfu.ca
Expertise: Child and youth mental health, health policy, children’s rights.

CAROLINE COLIJN, Canada 150 Research Chair in Mathematics for Evolution, Infection and Public Health
ccolijn@sfu.ca
Expertise: Infectious disease, outbreaks, public health.

HOUSING AFFORDABILITY

ANDREY PAVLOV, professor, finance, Beedie School of Business  
apavlov@sfu.ca
Expertise: Real estate markets, housing affordability, Canadian economy, interest rates, inflation.

CLIMATE & ENERGY

MARK ZACHARIAS, executive director, Clean Energy Canada
Contact Sicellia Tsui, communications specialist, for interviews
647.354.3790 |  sicellia@cleanenergycanada.org
Expertise: Climate policy, carbon pricing, electric vehicles, clean energy, clean industrial policy.

EVAN PIVNICK, clean economy program manager, Clean Energy Canada
Contact Sicellia Tsui, communications specialist, for interviews
647.354.3790 | sicellia@cleanenergycanada.org
Expertise: Climate policy, carbon pricing, electric vehicles, clean energy, clean industrial policy.

CONTACT  

ROBYN STUBBS, SFU Communications & Marketing 
604.376.0971 | robyn_stubbs@sfu.ca 

SAM SMITH, SFU Communications & Marketing 
236.880.3297 | samuel_smith@sfu.ca

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