With the absence of an All Candidates Meeting on Gabriola this year, the Gabriola Sounder and Gabriola Talks are hosting an event with Dr. Stewart Prest, Lecturer with the UBC Department of Political Science. This is open to all members of the public, on Thursday, April 24, from 6:30pm to 8pm.
We are so accustomed to hearing that a given election is “the most important of our lives,” that the words seem like boiler plate.
And yet, with democracy under pressure around the world, and Canada under pressure from we used to think of as our closest ally, the stakes really do seem higher this time. At the same times, local politics, issues, and representation matters more than ever. What then is a voter to do? How should one cast a ballot in this election?
Dr. Stewart Prest, Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Political Science, and frequent political commentator, will speak both to the issues shaping the election at a national—and international—level, and how they will affect voters on the ground in Gabriola and the rest of Nanaimo–Ladysmith. He comes with some slides, but please do bring your questions, as much of the time will be reserved for answering the questions you’ve always wanted, or just realized, you wanted to ask.
Dr. Prest teaches political science as a lecturer with the Department of Political Science. He teaches and researches in a variety of areas of the discipline, ranging from BC politics, to the comparative study of democratic institutions, to international relations and the study of contentious politics. He is a frequent commentator on local, provincial, and federal issues in the media.
This talk is co-hosted by Gabriola Talks, and The Gabriola Sounder, with financial aid from the Covering Canada: Election 2025 Funding.
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