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Political Science Weekly Digest for Friday, September 4, 2026

September 04, 2026

POLITICAL SCIENCE

WEEKLY DIGEST

Friday, September 4, 2026

 

We acknowledge and respect the Ləkʷəŋən (Songhees and Xʷsəpsəm/Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory the university stands, and the Ləkʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

 

Congratulations

CONGRATULATIONS TO COLIN CHIA  on a new publication: Scott Robert Patterson, Colin Chia, and Aengus Bridgman, "Podcasts as Data: Mapping the Canadian Podcast Ecosystem and its Economic and Housing Debates", Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media, https://doi.org/10.51685/jqd.2026.015

CONGRATULATIONS TO AMY VERDUN  who was interviewed (in Dutch) on BNR Newsradio. She spoke about the Canada-US trade war. It can be listened to here (at minute 23).

Department Events

GRADUATE STUDENT MEET AND GREET EVENT WITH DEPARTMENT
Tuesday, September 8th 4:00-6:00 PM in DTB Courtyard

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT MEET AND GREET EVENT WITH DEPARTMENT
Wednesday, September 23rd 4:00-6:00 PM in Vertigo Lounge, SUB

University Events

THE VICTORIA COLLOQUIUM will be resuming in September. Please mark your calendars for the upcoming Fall Victoria Colloquium speakers.

Ben McKean, "Climate Change as a Fight for Time: Guy Debord as Eco-Marxist” Ohio State University, September 25, 2026, 3pm to 4:30pm
Dayna Scott, Osgoode Hall Law School, October 23, 3:30pm to 5pm
Mark Walters "Council Fire Constitutionalism: Reflections on Crown Honour and Indigenous Sovereignty" Queen’s University Law School, November 6, 3pm to 4:30pm.

Please note the change of time from last year, and the different starting time for the October 23rd colloquium.

As always, there will be a pre-seminar a week before each talk, 1:30pm to 2:30pm.

All the colloquia and pre-seminars will be in Fraser Building (Law) A 152, EXCEPT the September 18 pre-seminar for Ben McKean, which will be in Fraser Building (Law) Room B261.

More information is available at https://www.uvic.ca/victoria-colloquium/events/index.php

If you would like to be added to the Victoria Colloquium mailing list, please contact uvicphil@uvic.ca

 

The Political Science Weekly Digest is available online. I’d love your help in highlighting media appearances, publications, student achievements, upcoming events, and any other good news — please send items to mattdavies@uvic.ca.