Political Polarization

摘要

The CIC recently sent Trent University M.Sc. graduate student Josephine C. Esposto to the virtual 2020 Canadian Science Policy Conference. Esposto sat in on ‘Polarization: What Does it Mean for Science Communication and Decision-Making?’ and offers her take on what she heard. Canadians have been facing the effects of political polarization for several generations. As panelists pointed out at the 2020 Canadian Science Policy Conference, this polarization is largely the result of economic displacement and income inequalities within various socio-political groups. But with the COVID-19 pandemic in full swing, many of those disparities are now being accentuated.