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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
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Erin Tolley is interviewed by CBC to talk about Order of Canada and its appointees. "The Order of Canada is a rather elite definition of service, and I think that understanding of what constitutes excellence or contribution may also contribute to underrepresentation in appointments and nominations," she said. "So I think more needs to... More
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
What do the major international events of 2022 mean for 2023? In this discussion, Elliot Tepper covered the globe - Russia/Ukraine; US politics; China; elections in Israel and Brazil - on the feature program 'The World', on City News. Listen to interview ... More
Thursday, December 15, 2022
James Milner has been awarded €145,800 from the Gerda Henkel Foundation to support a comparative study on the politics and process of refugee leadership in the global South, with a specific focus on Latin America and East Africa. This research is a collaboration between R-SEAT (Refugees Seeking Equal Access at the Table) and LERRN... More
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
New book out by Yasmeen Abu-Laban, Ethel Tungohan and Christina Gabriel: Containing Diversity: Canada and the Politics of Immigration in the 21st Century Although Canada is known internationally as a leader among industrialized countries for inclusive practices towards immigrants and refugees, the twenty-first century has witnessed a rise in the... More
Sunday, November 20, 2022
The latest title from Waller R. Newell examines how the theories of Rousseau, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche and Heidegger transformed political thought, feeding catastrophic revolution, tyranny and genocide. Learn more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNikM3mtjcs ... More
Friday, November 18, 2022
Feminism is for Everybody: Understanding Feminism in Contemporary Politics FYSM 1611D offered Winter 2023 - Register Now! Tuesdays 11.35-14.25 Instructor: Fiona Robinson These days we hear a lot about ‘feminism’ and ‘feminists’, but what do these labels really mean? This course seeks to go beyond stereotypes and common misconceptions to... More
Political Science Emeritus Professor Elliot Tepper talks to CTV news about Canada's relationship with China. view interview ... More
Friday, November 4, 2022
Data Analysis for Governance: Formal Approaches and Practical Realities PSCI 3411 A Offered Winter 2023 Thursdays 8.35-11.25 Register now! This is an opportunity for students to see how the technical and political aspects of governance come together using different kinds of data and information. Apart from lectures and class exercises we are... More
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
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