Understanding the Manitoba Election 2019: Campaigns, Participation, and Issues

Royce Koop writes about political parties, representation, local politics, and online political communication. He is the author of Grassroots Liberals: Organizing for Local National Politics (UBC Press, 2015), which won the 2014 Seymour Martin Lipset Best Book Award from the American Political Science Association, and, with Peter J. Loewen, Jaime Settle, and James H. Fowler, “A Natural Experiment in Proposal Power and Electoral Success,” American Journal of Political Science 58, no. 1 (2014).

Barry Ferguson is a Professor of History and currently Duff Roblin Professor of Manitoba Government at the University of Manitoba. His work is in political ideas in Canada, particularly liberalism and federalism, as well as provincial politics and government.

Karine Levasseur is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Studies, University of Manitoba. She specializes in government – voluntary sector relationships and is the author of “In the Name of Charity: Institutional support and resistance for redefining the meaning of charity in Canada”, which won the J.E. Hodgetts Award for best article (English) published in Canadian Public Administration in 2012.

Andrea Rounce is an Associate Professor in Political Studies at the University of Manitoba and Academic Director of the Manitoba Institute for Policy Research (MIPR). Her recent work includes projects on public opinion about post-secondary education, government's use of public opinion and consultation, public servants’ political activities, gender, elections, and public sector governance.

Kiera L. Ladner is Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor in at the University of Manitoba. Her current SSHRC-funded research includes: a digital archives in marginalized communities project with Shawna Ferris; and a comparative Indigenous constitutional law and politics project. She is also working on an Indigenous response to Canada@150 collection with Myra Tait.