The death of Joe Garcea, a long-time professor and political scientist at the University of Saskatchewan, was announced on the Twitter account of the department of political studies Thursday afternoon. "It is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to Professor Joe Garcea. Garcea, who was well known in the world of Saskatchewan politics, specialized in local governance, Indigenous-municipal relations and a wide array of other topics associated with Saskatchewan's political realm. 'A brilliant political scientist': MandrykMurray Mandryk, a long-time political columnist with the Saskatoon StarPhoenix and Regina Leader-Post, said Garcea will be missed both as a great political mind, but also as a wonderful person all around. "He was a brilliant political scientist that offered you, always, an unbiased and fair-minded perspective," he said, adding that's a characteristic not all political scientists have.

Source: CBC News November 13, 2020 01:41 UTC