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13th March 2012

Bennett Boskey Fellow in Politics and International Relations gives keynote speech to Canada’s National Women’s Liberal Commission

The Bennett Boskey Fellow in Politics and International Relations, Christine Cheng, recently gave the keynote speech for the National Women’s Liberal Commission at Canada’s Liberal Party’s biennial convention. Dr Cheng presented the findings of a study on how female political candidates are selected, revealing the importance of informal factors and how the gender of party gatekeepers matters for the candidate selection process.

The Liberal Party is traditionally one of Canada’s two major political parties.

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