Congratulations to Riana Chaar, 2024 winner of the Pollara Statistical Confidence Award. This award is given to those students who produce the best quantitative analysis papers at an advanced stage of their studies and who have been associated with the Department of Political Science through course work or supervision. Pollara Strategic Insights is a major Canadian research company that has been sponsoring these awards for since 1998. This is the 27th time the award has been granted.
Riana is an honours undergraduate student in Political Science with a concentration in International Relations.
She is receiving the award for her work in Political Science 4702-Intermediate Research Methods for Applied Political Science. Her major course paper is entitled:
Trust in Government: Exploring the Enduring Impact of 9/11 and Demographic Dynamics
Riana’s instructor in PSCI 4702 was Scott Edward Bennett of the Department of Political Science.