Election dissection
The Conservative Party got its majority, the Bloc Québécois was decimated as the New Democratic Party surged in Quebec, and the Green Party won its first seat in Parliament. But many Canadians are still struggling to understand these results and how exactly they came about.
Concordia’s Department of Political Science is organizing a post-election talk that aims to provide some answers about the forces that shaped the recent campaign and produced the final results.
Election 2011: What Did We Learn? is organized by political science professors Mebs Kanji and Antoine Bilodeau. They have invited an international panel of experts to present results from their research on the federal election.
Harold Clarke from the University of Texas at Dallas and Thomas Scotto from the University of Essex in England will tackle the question of political choice in Canada.
Elisabeth Gidengil, from McGill University and the Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship, will take a look at the role of Vote Compass, a new online tool introduced during the campaign with the aim of helping voters choose which party is best aligned with their political views.
Patrick Fournier, from the Université de Montréal and the principal investigator of the Canadian Election Study, will present survey data and results from the study.
What: Election 2011: What Did We Learn?
When: Thursday, May 26 at 5 p.m.
Where: Room H-1220 of the Henry F. Hall Building (1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)
Related link:
• Concordia Department of Political Science