UFV students will have the chance to ask questions of provincial election candidates at two all-candidates debates this week.
The public is welcome to attend these debates, to be held in the lecture theatre (B101) on the Abbotsford campus, on April 24 and 25 from 7 to 8:30 pm, with an informal reception to follow afterwards in the cafeteria.
The first debate will run Monday, April 24, and will focus on the Abbotsford West riding. The second debate will run Tuesday, April 25, and feature the Abbotsford South riding.
The debates are organized by the UFV Political Science Student Association and will be moderated by professor Hamish Telford.
Honoured to be moderating Abby-West All-Candidates debate organized by PoliSci Students Assoc @goufv tonight 630-800 UFV Theatre #bcelxn17
— Hamish Telford (@HamishTelford) April 24, 2017
“We believe it is important for the university to encourage both students and the community to engage in politics. Hosting the all candidates debates on campus is a way that we, as the Fraser Valley’s academic institution, can foster political involvement and engage the student body and our community in the democratic process,” said PSSA president Olivia Friesen in a press release.