Reports and Commentary

I feel strongly about making my work accessible to citizens outside of the academy. Some attempts to do so can be found here. 

Reports

McKay, Spencer. (2020) “Canada’s Leaders’ Debates in Comparative Perspective.” Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions, University of British Columbia.

Tenove, Chris, Jordan Buffie, Spencer McKay, and David Moscrop. (2018) “Digital Threats to Democratic Elections: How Foreign Actors Use Digital Techniques to Undermine Democracy.” Vancouver, BC: Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions, University of British Columbia.

Dias, Megan, Spencer McKay, and David Moscrop. (2016) “Electoral Reform in Canada: Rapporteur’s Report.” Vancouver, BC: Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions, University of British Columbia, 2016.

Popular Press

McKay, Spencer. 2021. “COVID-19 Measures, Convoys, and Contestation.” Policy Options.

McKay, Spencer, and Chris Tenove. 2020. “Trump’s Lies about the Election Show How Disinformation Erodes Democracy.” The Conversation.

McKay, Spencer. (2016) “The Illusion of Participatory Democracy.” National Post.

McKay, Spencer. (2016) “It’s More Important to Do Electoral Reform Right than to Do It Quickly | Ottawa Citizen.” Ottawa Citizen.

McKay, Spencer. (2015) “How to Decide the Future of Our Democracy?” National Post.

Blog Posts

McKay, Spencer. (2020) “How Can the Debates Commission Contribute to Canadian Democracy?” Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions.

McKay, Spencer. (2018) “Fake News Is Still Making Headlines, but We’re Learning More about How Online Misinformation Works.”Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions.

McKay, Spencer. (2014) “Democratically Improving Democracy in Vancouver.” The Samara Centre for Democracy.