With a referendum on Proportional Representation looming, BC will decide whether or not to move to a new way of electing our provincial government — or stick with our current First Past the Post system.

Our first guest is Maria Dobrinskaya, BC Director of the Broadbent Institute. Maria shares why she is advocating for BC residents to vote ‘Yes’ to PR when they mail in their ballots this month. She is interviewed by your host, Am Johal, the director of SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement.

Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/1-maria-dobrinskaya.html

Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/1-maria-dobrinskaya.html

Resources:
Supplemental reading from the Broadbent Institute:
http://www.broadbentinstitute.ca/electoral_system_for_all_bc

Bio:
Maria Dobrinskaya is the BC Director, overseeing the work of the Broadbent Institute in British Columbia. A creative political strategist and effective communicator, Maria is committed to expanding the political arena and increasing the access and involvement we can all have with our governments. Maria has over fifteen years of political experience; she’s worked for government, she’s run a governing political party, and she’s been involved in numerous campaigns at the local, provincial, and federal levels, in both electoral and issue-based politics. Maria is a regular media commentator on both municipal and provincial politics. Before working in politics and government, Maria spent over a decade in Vancouver’s hospitality sector.

Cite this episode:
Chicago Style

Johal, Am. “Why Vote ‘Yes’ to Proportional Representation? — with Maria Dobrinskaya” Below the Radar, SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement. Podcast audio, November 5, 2018. https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/1-maria-dobrinskaya.html

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