Paul Kershaw is a tenured professor at the University of British Columbia, as well as a public speaker, regular media contributor and founder of Generation Squeeze, a think tank that promotes well-being for all generations by championing generational fairness to preserve what Canadians hold sacred — a healthy childhood, home and planet.

Kershaw has received several awards, including the 2023 UBC president’s award for public education through the Media, the 2016 Academic of the year award from the Confederation of University Faculty Associations of BC and has been twice honoured by the Canadian Political Science Association with national prizes for his gender and politics research.

His work has directly influenced many policy areas, including $10-per-day childcare, the national housing strategy, pollution pricing, taxation of housing wealth and commitments to generational fairness. Kershaw is the director of the masters of public health program in the UBC School of Population & Public Health.