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Friday, February 17, 2023
view interview: https://www.tvo.org/video/is-ukraine-getting-the-support-it-deserves ... More
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
The Department of Political Science is saddened to have learned that our former colleague, Professor emeritus Vincent Seymour Wilson, passed away in January. Please find his obituary here. Vincent Seymour Wilson joined the Department of Political Science in 1969. He later transferred to the School of Public Administration (as it was then called)... More
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Ghana @66 Public Lecture “Outside gentility, home cry”: The Progress and Problem with Ghana’s Democracy and the role of China Isaac Odoom, Dept of Political Science Wednesday, March 8 1.00-2.30 pm This event is both in-person and online In-person: 433 Paterson Hall (History Lounge) Online on Zoom: https://bit.ly/3jPUumt While Ghana continues... More
Saturday, January 28, 2023
Jon Malloy talks to City News: "As downtown Ottawa braces for the return of some protesters on the anniversary of the 2022 'Freedom Convoy', the message and goals of the three week occupation of Wellington Street remains unknown. What is clear, however, is Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre tapped into the anger and frustration to... 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
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
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