UBC experts on Trump inauguration and second term
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump will be inaugurated for a second term on Jan. 20, 2025. UBC experts are available to comment on various topics related to a second Trump presidency.
Dr. Werner Antweiler, PhD
Associate Professor, Strategy and Business Economics Division
Tel: 604-822-8484
Tel: 604-822-8503
Email: werner.antweiler@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English, German
Expertise:
- International trade (tariffs and trade wars), energy systems, environmental policy
* unavailable until Feb. 12
Dr. Richard Barichello
Professor, Food and Resource Economics, Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Email: rick.barichello@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- Food prices, trade policies, dairy and poultry policy, Canada-US agricultural and trade policy disputes
Prof. Irene Bloemraad, PhD
(She/Her/Hers)
President’s Excellence Chair in Global Migration and co-director, Centre for Migration Studies
Email: i.bloemraad@ubc.ca
Interview languages: Dutch, English, French
Expertise:
- US-Canada relations, immigration, asylum, undocumented migration, race relations, and social movement mobilization
Dr. Kimberley Brownlee
(She/Her/Hers)
Professor, Dept. of Philosophy
“If the second Trump presidency goes according to plan, it will threaten press freedom, academic freedom, and freedom of expression. These freedoms are mainstays of a healthy liberal democracy. We must remember – again and again – why these freedoms matter and what we can do to protect them.”
Tel: 604-827-0027
Email: kimberley.brownlee@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- Political philosophy, free expression, dissent, civil disobedience
Dr. Lisa Brunner, PhD
(She/Her/Hers)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Migration Studies
“During Trump’s first administration, restrictive immigration policies, policy proposals, and xenophobic rhetoric impacted the United States’ recruitment of international students, while Canada’s global share of international student enrollments grew rapidly. However, the global landscape has since changed. Major destination countries such as Canada, Australia, and the UK have all tightened their international student mobility policies over the past year. International students in Canada are currently grappling with anxiety and uncertainty due such a volatile policy environment. This time around, if international students sour on the United States, they are less likely to view Canada as an attractive alternative.”
Email: lisa.brunner@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- International students, higher education, immigration
Dr. Holly Caggiano, PhD
(She/Her/Hers)
Assistant Professor, School of Community and Regional Planning
“What legal and political strategies are environmental groups employing to counter Trump’s deregulation efforts? In absence of federal climate action, other levels of government often step up to fill gaps, so I expect advocacy groups to direct resources to advancing state and city-level climate policy. In response to 2017 withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, coalitions like the U.S. Climate Alliance (a bipartisan coalition of 24 governors) emerged to coordinate state-level climate policy. New York’s recently passed Climate Change Superfund Act is a good example of an early legislative answer to the rollbacks expected under Trump.”
Email: holly.caggiano@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- Clean energy, climate change, environmental politics, United States
* Unavailable Thursday afternoons
Dr. Max Cameron, PhD
Professor of Political Science, Dept. of Political Science, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
“As someone who has studied the erosion of democracy in countries around the world, I will be watching closely to see how the election of a president who has faced legal consequences for actions aimed at derailing a transition of government will shape the rule of law and the integrity of democracy in the United States. Trump’s election poses a serious threat to the separation of powers and the lawful operation of the state. What he calls the ‘deep state’ is, in effect, a functioning bureaucracy that, if dismantled, will disable the rights and freedoms necessary for a robust democracy.”
Tel: 604-822-3129
mobile: 604-827-5311
Email: max.cameron@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English, Spanish
Expertise:
- Politics, democracy, Canadian foreign policy
Dr. Simon Donner
Professor, Dept. of Geography
Tel: 604-822-6959
Email: simon.donner@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- Climate change and energy
Antje Ellermann, PhD
Professor, Dept. of Political Science and co-director, Centre for Migration Studies
Tel: 604-822-4359
Email: antje.ellermann@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English, German
Expertise:
- Immigration, asylum, undocumented migration
Dr. Kathryn Harrison, PhD
(She/Her/Hers)
Professor, Dept. of Political Science
Tel: 604-822-4922
Email: kathryn.harrison@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- U.S. climate, environmental, and energy policy, the implications of U.S. policy changes for Canada
Dr. Alfred Hermida
(He/Him/His)
Professor, School of Journalism, Writing, and Media
Tel: 604-827-3540
Email: alfred.hermida@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English, French, Spanish
Expertise:
- Media and social media
Prof. Kristen Hopewell
Director of the Liu Institute for Global Issues; Professor and Canada Research Chair, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
Tel: 604-822-4687
Email: kristen.hopewell@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- International trade, geopolitics, international political economy, trade policy, CUSMA/USMCA, United States
Prof. Terri Givens, PhD
(She/Her/Hers)
Professor, Dept. of Political Science
Tel: 514-668-4576
Email: terri.givens@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English, French, German
Expertise:
- United States, U.S. politics, right-wing, radical right, race and racism, gender, immigration, impacts on Canada
Camden Hutchison, JD, PhD
Associate Professor
“President Trump’s enthusiasm for tariffs could have serious negative consequences for Canada, as the United States is Canada’s single largest export market. Whether (or in what manner) the second Trump Administration imposes tariffs on Canadian goods and services will be a major source of economic uncertainty for at least the near future. In the longer term, the Trump Administration will likely seek to renegotiate the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.”
Tel: 604-822-3776
Email: hutchison@allard.ubc.ca
Interview languages: English, French
Expertise:
- Business
- Corporate Law
- Entrepreneurship
- History
- United States
Dr. Harry Nelson, PhD
Associate Professor, Faculty of Forestry
Tel: 604-827-3478
Email: harry.nelson@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- Softwood lumber, forest economics and policy
Dr. Stewart Prest, PhD
(He/Him/His)
Lecturer, Dept. of Political Science
Email: stewart.prest@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- Implications of Trump presidency for Canada and the world
Dr. Paul Quirk
Professor, Dept. of Political Science
Tel: 604-822-2230
Email: quirk@politics.ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- U.S. politics, congress, presidency
Prof. Heidi Tworek
(She/Her/Hers)
Professor of International History and Public Policy, Dept. of History, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
Tel: 617-905-2321
Email: heidi.tworek@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English, German
Expertise:
- Digital policy and platforms, online harassment, health communications