Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2010: Politics and procedure of the Manitoba NDP leadership selection process

The Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences is an annual gathering of scholars, students, policymakers and practitioners to exchange ideas and nurture groundbreaking research. This year's Congress is being held at Concordia University in Montreal, with "connected understanding" as its overriding theme. Jared Wesley is a lecturer in Political Science at the University of Manitoba. His lecture was an analysis of the recent Manitoba NDP leadership selection process, with critiques of the procedure of delegate voting as well as strategies used by individual candidates.