Q&A with an Alberta politics expert: Taking the province’s pulse as the referendum approaches

By Jared Wesley, Professor, Political Science, University of Alberta
The Conversation Canada, The Conversation

Jared Wesley, a professor of political science at the University of Alberta, is on the award-winning Conversation Weekly podcast discussing the Alberta independence referendum being held on Oct. 19 and his work in community town halls throughout the province leading up to the vote. The following is a truncated version of that compelling conversation. It’s been edited for length and clarity.

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~	Young voters fear mass shootings but are divided on gun control

~	Is the world pricing the risk of a US diesel export ban?

~	Why the GOP’s voter fraud messaging may backfire

~	Ketamine’s role in alleged Cornell rape highlights flood of psychoactive drugs on campus

~	Do you think teachers are similar to coaches, pastors or something else? It depends on where you live

~	Americans who go to church and trust science are also more likely to believe in ghosts and curses, new research shows

~	As AI takes on more tasks, what happens when people have to jump in to clean up after it?

~	Using light to control brain cells – neuroscientist Karl Deisseroth explains how he made his Nobel-winning discovery

~	Menopause is a biological transition that’s become a lucrative consumer business

~	Australia’s ‘digital duty of care’ was just introduced to parliament. So what’s in the bill?