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Sunday, July 18, 2021

IPE 2021 – 2022 Visitors

The institute of Political Economy is pleased to announce we have 3 visitors for the 2021 – 2022 academic year.   Visiting Fulbright Scholar Herman Mark Schwartz September 2021 – August 2022 Herman Mark Schwartz (Mark) is a professor in the Politics department of the University of Virginia. He is best known for work... More

Monday, June 21, 2021

Congratulations to our Graduates!

  We are  happy to announce our graduates for 2020 - 2021! They have overcome so much during the last year and we would like to take this opportunity to wish them all the best as they embark on the next chapter of their life. We have created a special Virtual Convocation page to... More

Monday, March 1, 2021

Congratulations to our Winter 2021 Graduates!

Congratulations to our Winter 2021 Graduates! MA Political Economy Janna Bryson Amina Kane Diana Kolesnik Kyla Piccin Rominick Villaneuva Patricia Wallinger Collaborative PhD M. Wesley Petite (Political... More

Saturday, February 20, 2021

Tune in: “Back to ‘normal’? Prospects for a more just post-pandemic world” by Dr. Lindsey McKay

We will be kicking off our 21st annual graduate student conference (un)masking with a keynote presentation from Institute of Political Economy alum, Dr. Lindsey McKay! Dr. Lindsey McKay is an Assistant Teaching Professor in Sociology, Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Colombia. She is a sociologist and political economist of health,... More

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Watch: Pension Fund Capitalism and the Covid-19 Pandemic in Canada: A Socialist Perspective (Lecture By Kevin Skerrett)

Video Recording of Pension Fund Capitalism and the Covid-19 Pandemic in Canada: A Socialist Perspective Thank you to everyone who was able to join our event! For those who missed the live lecture and discussion, we happy to announce the full video recording is available for viewing. Follow the prompt to watch the November 18,... More

Friday, January 15, 2021

CALL FOR PAPERS DEADLINE EXTENDED! IPE 2021 Graduate Student Conference: (un)masking

POST UPDATE! The Institute of Political Economy will be hosting it's annual graduate student conference on February 25-26, 2021 [via zoom]. Abstract submissions are now being accepted for this winter's conference: (un)masking. Please see full details of this year's theme in our call for papers poster/text copied below; and send your abstract... More

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Leo Panitch, Professor Emeritus at York University, and former Professor of Political Science at Carleton University has passed away (1945-2020)

Leo Panitch, mentor, supporter, and the inspiration behind the creation of the Institute of Political Economy passed away from COVID-19 and pneumonia on December 19, 2020, shortly after a cancer diagnosis. Leo was born in 1945 to a working-class family in the North end of Winnipeg. Following PhD studies at the LSE in England,... More

Thursday, November 5, 2020

Upcoming Visiting Professor Lecture by Kevin Skerrett

The Institute of Political Economy is excited to announce our upcoming lecture by the fall 2020 Visiting Professor, Kevin Skerrett! Kevin will deliver a lecture on Pension Fund Capitalism and the Covid-19 Pandemic in Canada: A Socialist Perspective next Wednesday, November 18th from 19:00-20:30. Kevin is currently serving as a Fall 2020... More

Monday, September 28, 2020

Upcoming Speaker Series: Bolivia, the end of a cycle?

The Institute of Political Economy is happy to present the upcoming speaker series "Bolivia, the end of a cycle? Reflections on the political crisis, the pandemic, and what comes next."  About the Series Bolivia has gone through its most severe crisis in recent decades. After the failed 2019 election, the country was engulfed in... More

Thursday, March 5, 2020

Work-Time and its Discontents: Scraps, Cyborgs and Ledgers

Everyone is invited to attend Visiting Professor Aaron Henry's talk, Thursday March 12, 2:30 p.m. in Room 482 MacOdrum Library. Dr. Henry will argue that one consequence of work-time relations today is the production of the scrap as a form of economic activity. The scrap is an attempt to capture both discarded time and discarded... More

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Congratulations to Political Economy’s Zoe McKnight and Political Science’s Michael E. Campbell, Winners of Pollara Statistical Confidence Award

The Pollara Statistical Confidence 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 Insights is a major Canadian research company that has been... More

Monday, November 25, 2019

Within and Against the Law: Sex Work, Marxist Feminism, and the Politics of Rights

All are invited to attend the Institute of Political Economy's Visiting Professor Katie Cruz (University of Bristol Law School) on the rights of sex workers. Over the past 30 years, the demand for sex workers’ rights has  gained momentum. In this talk, I apply a Marxist feminist legal approach to the use of rights... More

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