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On Nov. 3, polls opened and the countdown began for first results of the US election. UVic experts are available to media to comment on several key issues and what lies ahead.

Experts on US presidential election

QAnon has taken a ‘religious tone’ says sociologist

Political scientist Claire Cutler shines a light on the complexities and corruption of PPE procurement in a fractured market with countries around the world competing for medical supplies in this time of COVID-19.

Political scientist Claire Cutler shines a light on the complexities and corruption of PPE procurement in a fractured market with countries around the world competing for medical supplies in this time of COVID-19.

·¬ÇÑÉçÇø faculty members are available to media to discuss the provincial budget.

Beyond bloodlines: How the Wet’suwet’en hereditary system works

Privacy rules and political parties

·¬ÇÑÉçÇø experts are available to media to discuss various aspects of climate change ahead of the Sept. 23 UN Climate Action Summit 2019 and during the federal election campaign.

During the federal election campaign, UVic experts are available to media to provide political commentary and expertise on a wide range of subjects including data privacy, gender politics, fiscal policy, electoral procedure and federal-provincial relations.

Sex scandals absorb voters in the US and UK, but new research by UVic political historian Penny Bryden shows that nothing gets under Canadians' skin more than misspent taxpayers' dollars.

UVic historian Penny Bryden knows what riles Canadian voters. For her five-year research project, she is focusing on political scandals in Canada. And her preliminary findings, released Sept. 11, proves that taxpayer pocketbooks are most sacrosanct in the true North.

Daniel Westlake (Dept. of Political Science) is available to media to discuss the election of Paul Manly in Monday's Nanaimo-Ladysmith byelection, winning only the second Green Party seat in the House of Commons.

UVic privacy expert Colin Bennett is available to media to discuss the findings in a report expected on Feb. 6 by the BC Information and Privacy Commissioner on the use of personal data by political parties.

Two UVic researchers are available to media for expert comment on the results announced Dec. 20 of the 2018 referendum on BC electoral reform. Sixty-one per cent of voters wanted to keep first-past-the-post and now it's breaking news.

Serhy Yekelchyk is an expert on Modern Ukraine and is available to media for comment on the rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine, including the current situation taking place in the sea passage connecting the Black Sea to the Sea of Azov.