Multidisciplinary discussion – Looking at municipal elections in Montreal through the lens of linguistic diversity

On March 22, the CIRM invites you to a moment of discussion around the book Voting in Québec Municipal Elections: A tale of two cities (University of Toronto Press), co-edited by Éric Bélanger. An event organized in association with the Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship (CSCD) and McGill University’s Quebec Studies Program (QSP). Join Éric Bélanger (McGill), along with several speakers and guests, and among them Laura Stephenson our illustrious panelist and professor in political behaviour at Western University.

Voting in Quebec: A tale of two cities seeks to transform the state of research on municipal elections in Quebec through a systematic study of the 2017 elections in Montreal and Quebec City. Using data from the Canadian Municipal Elections Study, the authors demonstrate not only the importance of municipal politics in Quebec, but also the many ways in which research on municipal elections can help us better understand electoral behaviour in Quebec. This book examines characteristics specific to the local Quebec context, such as the importance of language and nationalism, the effects of local party labels on negative ballot races, and the role of ideology. 

This event will take place in hybrid mode. 

• To attend the event online and receive the Zoom link, please register here.
• To attend the event in person, please register here.

Moderator

• Éric Bélanger – Professor, Department of Political Science, McGill University

Panelist

• Laura Stephenson – Professor of Political Behaviour, Faculty of Social Sciences, Western University 

Speakers

• Daniel Béland – Director, McGill Institute for Canadian Studies, MICS, Professor Department of Political Science, McGill 

• Lamiae El Kettani – Development Centre for the Exercise of Citizenship (CDEC) 

• Anuradha Dugal – President, Council of Montreal women, City of Montréal

• Alex Norris – City Councillor, Member of the Chair of the Council Commission, City of Montréal 

• Charles-André Goulet – Senior Expertise and Practice Officer, Elections Montréal, City of Montréal

• Tatiana Auguste– Youth council of Montréal-Nord