UBC experts on 2025 B.C. budget
The provincial government is to introduce its 2025 budget on Tuesday. UBC experts are available to comment on various related topics.
Dr. Suliman Gargoum
Assistant Professor, UBCO School of Engineering
Email: suliman.gargoum@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- transportation infrastructure management
- highway maintenance
- road safety
* unavailable March 6-7
Dr. Gord Richard Lovegrove, PEng, MBA, PhD, FITE
(He/Him/His)
Associate Professor, UBCO School of Engineering
Email: gord.lovegrove@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- passenger rail
- highways
- high-speed rail
- hydrail tram-trains
- transit
* limited availability, please email to arrange
Dr. Rita McCracken, MD, PhD, CCFP(COE), FCFP
(She/Her/Hers)
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Family Practice, Dept. of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Kim McGrail, PhD, MPH
(She/Her/Hers)
Professor, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health
phone: 778-998-3821
Email: kim.mcgrail@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- healthcare funding/financing
- older adults
- primary care
- equity
Dr. Gregory Paradis, RPF, P.Eng.
(He/Him/His)
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Forest Resources Management
Phone: 418-456-2208
Email: gregory.paradis@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English, French
Expertise:
- forest products industry
- bioproducts industry and related supply chains
- forests and forest product policy
- U.S. tariffs on softwood lumber
* intermittent availability, please text first
Dr. Stewart Prest, PhD
(He/Him/His)
Lecturer, Dept. of Political Science
Email: stewart.prest@ubc.ca
Phone: 604-219-9309
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- B.C. politics
* available Monday and Wednesday mornings; unavailable March 4 before 3 p.m.
Jason Sutherland, PhD
Professor, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health
phone: 604-375-6837
Email: jason.sutherland@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English, French
Expertise:
- health systems
- healthcare funding policy
- access to care
