By Victoria ParkerDoctoral Student, Social Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University Anne WilsonProfessor, Social Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University It hardly needs to be said that US politics is starkly polarized. It’s a regular talking point among politicians and pundits, touted as the cause of […]

Parts of Canada are already battling a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic and the struggle promises to be at least as difficult as it was in the first wave, if not more so. Ontario and Quebec are reporting more […]

Probably all of us have had an experience was so unexpected or startling that we were able to remember years later where we were and what we were doing when it happened. In my case, one such memorable moment happened […]

George Will, the great Washington Post political columnist, has a way with words. Consider the opening sentence from his column on the ghastly Donald Trump-Joe Biden debate last week: “The putrescence of America’s public life was pitilessly displayed Tuesday when, […]

This is the second in LISPOP’s series of three blog posts examining important issues in the American presidential election. Here, Associate Professor of Political Science, Dr. Jason Roy examines some of the important issues related to contemporary polling.  Pre-election polls: […]

With all eyes on the presidential election in the United States, we have put together a series of blog posts on important aspects of the campaign. First in our three-part presidential election primer is an examination of the challenges facing […]

“The situation for too many people in long-term care homes is unacceptable. It’s time for it to change and it will change. So we will start working as of today with the provinces and territories in order to establish new […]

With a fall election no longer in the cards, much of the drama has leeched out of the return of Parliament and the Speech from the Throne on Wednesday.MPs, in attendance physically or virtually, will find the capital in mourning […]