UBC experts will be available to comment on various topics related to today’s provincial budget:
Dr. Marina Adshade (she/her)
Assistant Professor of Teaching, Vancouver School of Economics
Email: marina.adshade@ubc.ca
Language(s): English
- Childcare; parental leave; gender wage gap; education, tuition, scholarships, bursaries; single parenthood; discrimination; sexual harassment; any policy questions that concern spending on women’s health
Dr. Werner Antweiler
Associate Professor, UBC Sauder School of Business
Tel: 604-822-8484
Email: werner.antweiler@ubc.ca
Language(s): English, German
- Mobility/transportation issues, LNG industry, ICBC rates, environmental policy including electric vehicle and electric vehicle charger incentives
Dr. Thomas Davidoff
Associate Professor, UBC Sauder School of Business
Email: thomas.davidoff@sauder.ubc.ca
Language(s): English
- Housing policy and affordability, real estate finance
Dr. Paul Kershaw
Associate Professor, School of Population and Public Health
Cell: 604-761-4583
Email: paul.kershaw@ubc.ca
Language(s): English
- Implications for British Columbians in their 20s, 30s, 40s and their children
- Generational equity, including policy related to housing, families and medical care
Dr. Lesley Lutes
Professor, Department of Psychology, UBC Okanagan
Email: lesley.lutes@ubc.ca
Language(s): English
- Mental health, behavioural chronic disease management
Prof. Tsur Somerville
Associate Professor, UBC Sauder School of Business
Email: tsur.somerville@sauder.ubc.ca
Language(s): English
- Housing, mortgage markets, real estate
Dr. Allan Tupper
Professor, Department of Political Science
Email: allan.tupper@ubc.ca
Language(s): English
- Canadian politics, Western Canadian politics