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Monday, March 14, 2022
Bill Cross talks to CBC News about "How the rules could help shape who becomes the next Conservative leader." The leadership rules for the current race have kept the $300,000 buy-in but lowered the required signatures from a total of 3,000 down to 500. The fee is required in instalments and tied to access... More
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Feminists have applauded Canada’s efforts to “break the bias”—the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day—working against women in global trade. However, many also wonder if there are deeper biases that need to be addressed before we can call Canada’s trade policy feminist. The way the Canadian government evaluates and... More
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Vladimir Putin, Tyrant: The Russian leader’s actions express essential and unalterable truths about human nature, which we ignore at our peril. By Waller R. Newell When Vladimir Putin sent Russian forces into Crimea in 2014, then-Secretary of State John Kerry professed bewilderment that such imperial aggression could happen in the modern age.... More
Political Science Adjunct Research Professor Elliot Tepper has a weekly review of global politics on city news. This week the program was on the situation in Ukraine. view program ... More
Monday, February 28, 2022
[Jeremy Paltiel] says China has staked its reputation and position on the United Nations Security Council to the UN principle of territorial integrity, which prohibits states from using force to impose their will over the independence of another state. "And China to this day maintains that it supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of... More
Monday, February 14, 2022
Congrats to Laura Primeau on the recent defence of her thesis proposal. Laura's doctoral dissertation, "Mobilizing the Law: Indigenous Resistance to the Mayan Train in the South of Mexico," is supervised by Prof. Cristina Rojas and Prof. Laura Macdonald and examines the role of human rights in indigenous opposition to the Mayan Train project... More
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
The Carleton Political Science Society (CPSS) presents: Career Speaker Series Daryl Churney, Executive Director General of the Parole Board of Canada Online Event Tuesday, March 1 7.00 pm Teams Meeting Link: Join us March 1! Daryl Churney's civil service career has taken him all around the public sector. From the Department of the Solicitor... More
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Andrea Chandler talks to CTV News about the ongoing situation in Ukraine. With the Canadian government pulling diplomats' families out of Ukraine, and with Russian military buildup along the border, how do we evaluate Putin's stance? Where is the provocation coming from? What other options are at his disposal? view interview Professor... More
Monday, January 24, 2022
Congratulations to Blake Barkely on his recent successful PhD dissertation defence. His thesis is entitled “Revisiting the Politics of Asylum in Africa: Explaining Kenya’s Sub-National Policy Variation” and his supervisor is James Milner. “My PhD research focused on addressing how the politics of asylum in Africa have changed in recent... More
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
The Department of Political Science is pleased to welcome three visiting scholars hosted by the Centre for European Studies (CES). Annegret Bendiek is deputy head of the research division "EU/Europe" at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP). Since 2005, she has been researching fundamental issues of European foreign and... More
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
During the winter term, Jill Clark from Ohio State University will be in residence in the Department of Political Science as the Fulbright Canada Research Chair in North American Politics. Jill is an Associate Professor at the John Glenn College of Public Affairs at Ohio State University. She studies food system policy, governance, and public... More
MA student Matt Beard recently published an article on The Importance of Academic Impartiality, in Quillette. Matt's research interests include the history of political thought, artificial intelligence, and education. In November 1933, as rector of Freiburg University, Martin Heidegger published a letter urging students to vote “yes”... More
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