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B.C. provincial election – SFU experts available

October 20, 2026

Voters across British Columbia are heading to the polling booths again this week as they cast their votes in the provincial election on Saturday.

SFU experts are available to share their insights on key election issues.

Available SFU experts

POLITICS

SANJAY JERAM, senior lecturer, political science
sjeram@sfu.ca
Expertise: Provincial politics, Canadian politics, federalism, political parties, national identity, political values and ideology, and diversity issues. 

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.

FINANCE AND ECONOMY

ANDREY PAVLOV, professor, finance
apavlov@sfu.ca
Expertise: Real estate markets, housing affordability, B.C. and Canadian economy, interest rates, inflation.

STEEVE MONGRAIN, professor, economics
mongrain@sfu.ca
Expertise: Public economics, law and economics, taxation, economic policies.

DAVID FREEMAN, professor, economics
david_freeman@sfu.ca
Expertise: Behavioural economics, economic decision-making, heuristics and biases.

HOUSING AND URBAN ECONOMY

ANDY YAN, director, The City Program
ayan@sfu.ca
Expertise: Housing, urban planning and regeneration, neighborhood development, applied demographics, transportation, Vancouver real estate.

HEALTH CARE

ANDREW LONGHURST, health policy researcher and PhD candidate in the Department of Geography
andrew_longhurst@sfu.ca
Expertise: Health care delivery and financing, wait times, health workforce, privatization.

Contact

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

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778.782.3210

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