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Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Congratulations Emily! “Being recognized on the Dean’s Honour List is a huge honour that I didn’t plan for or expect but I seem to have achieved. I think the secret to my success at Carleton has been the faculty and all of the supports that are available to students. It has been a wonderful... More
Friday, May 12, 2023
We are pleased to announce the winner of the 2022-23 Department of Political Science Outstanding TA award: Doug Fergusson. One nominator said, "I never thought that the History of Political Thought I would be my favourite discussion group...." And that "Doug truly fostered not only an interest in the subject matter, but a deeper... More
Congratulations to PhD student Brianna Parent Long, who has been selected as one of the five recipients of Carleton’s 2022-2023 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award. This award celebrates the support TAs give to the undergraduate programs in their disciplines, their roles in establishing a positive learning environment and their work in... More
Thursday, March 9, 2023
To highlight why AI is becoming widely used in market research, consider that there were 4.95 billion active internet users in 2022. Each day, these users tweeted 650 million times, had over 300 million meetings on Zoom, posted 350 million photos to Facebook, and viewed 6,000 to 10,000 ads. In total, it is estimated that... More
Thursday, January 26, 2023
Professors Geoffrey Kellow and Marc Hanvelt will host a reading group centred on Dennis C. Rasmussen’s The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship that Shaped Modern Thought. The book is a very accessible scholarly work that offers an excellent introduction to the study of Smith, Hume, and the Scottish... More
Thursday, January 19, 2023
Join Bill Cross for the next Author Meets Readers event, to discuss his book The Political Party in Canada, co-authored with Scott Pruysers and Rob Currie-Wood. This will be a panel discussion with David Coletto and Paul Thomas. The event is on Wednesday, January 25th at Irene's Pub. More info and registration ... More
Friday, November 4, 2022
NEW section! PSCI 4809G/5915D - The Politics of Race Offered Winter 2023 - Register now! Fridays 11.35 - 14.25 Erin Tolley, Associate Professor of Political Science, and Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Gender, Race, and Inclusive Politics Political science frequently offers a disembodied view of politics, one that centres “equal citizens,” the... More
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
Congrats to Rob Currie-Wood for the successful defence of his PhD dissertation, entitled Re-Examining the Distribution of Decision-Making Power Within Canadian Political Parties. Rob has also been awarded a Senate Medal for his research. "My doctoral thesis explores and explains how power-sharing arrangements develop within political parties.... More
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Congratulations to Benjamin Andrews, the 2022 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... More
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Congratulations to Akaysha Humniski for the successful defence of her PhD thesis, entitled "Gender Equality Mythologized? Depoliticization, Discourse, and Policymaking in a Post-Crisis European Union." She is pictured here with her PhD supervisor Achim Hurrelmann. ... More
What role and influence do international organizations have in global politics? What reforms are necessary to increase their effectiveness, impact and relevance? How can international organizations help effectively address the many pressing challenges the world is facing? Offered Winter 2023 - Register now! PSCI 5807 - Analysis of International... More
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Congratulations to Victoria Tait on the successful defence of her PhD thesis, entitled "Backtalk: Implementing United National Security Council Resolution 1325 in the Canadian Armed Forces." Victoria’s dissertation examined the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 and the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda in the... More
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