Decoding Politics
Jared WesleyI write about political culture, public opinion, public policy, and political institutions in Canada. Most of my commentary centres on Alberta and the West.
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Making Sense of Alberta’s Referendums
This presentation was given to the Downtown Edmonton Community League (DECL) on September 27, 2026. It is not intended as an endorsement of any one side of any referendum question.
This fall, Albertans are being asked to answer ten referen...
Pandering to Pandora
This post is co-authored with Don Padget, Alberta constitutional lawyer, LLM (Constitutional Law)
As part of this fall’s record-setting referendum, the Alberta government is asking residents to weigh in on four questions about reforming th...
How to lose a referendum in 30 days
Turns out losing a referendum is easier than you think. Just don’t turn out.
Taking a massive lead in public opinion and transforming it into a narrow win or loss is pretty simple. Just ask Hillary Clinton’s followers or our anti-Brexit fr...
When “leverage” isn’t leverage
This post is a longer-form version of my op-ed in the Calgary Herald today, with links and receipts.
Any negotiator worth their salt is a humble one. None of us has all the right answers, and different circumstances require different appro...
Ten Questions, One Real Decision
Albertans will be handed ten referendum ballots this fall.
Five questions concern immigration, four propose constitutional changes, and a tenth asks whether they want to remain in Canada.
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Jared Wesley is a professor of political science and member of the Black Faculty Collective at the University of Alberta.
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