Currently on a research and sabattical leave in Quebec City, Dr. Sampert is excited to be a co-investigator on two SSRCH projects.� One examines the gendered mediation of women leadership candidates in federal campaigns from 1975 until 2010.� The second is a cross-Canada analysis of provincial elections, which involves scholars from around the country.� Her reader Mediating Canadian Politics co-edited with Linda Trimble (University of Alberta) examines the symbiosis between modern politics and media and examines the effects on democracy. She is a regular pundit for both radio and television and is a frustrated and irregular columnist for the Winnipeg Free Press.