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By: Cassandra Hendry <\/em><\/p>\n

In one of Rand Dyck\u2019s political science classes, it\u2019s not unusual to hold show-and-tell items such as souvenirs from Alberta\u2019s oil sands, crumpled McCain fries packages, and an empty box of Stanfield\u2019s underwear from Nova Scotia.<\/p>\n

Each passed around memento is a part of Canada\u2019s political history and culture, he says, and for a professor like Dyck, spicing up the country\u2019s politics in sometimes unconventional ways is his favourite part.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like the material and I like the students. Somehow it all seems to flow rather naturally from those two things,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Dyck, a renowned political scientist in Canada, is the recipient of the 2014 Faculty of Public Affairs Teaching Excellence Award for contract instructors. After teaching at Laurentian University for most of his career, he came to Canada\u2019s capital in 2006 to teach political science at Carleton.<\/p>\n

He won the award through the nomination letters of 18 of his students, who sent in glowing testimonials of his teaching. One letter, which Dyck says is the \u201cone that\u2019s most touching to me,\u201d is written by a student whose views of constitutional politics in Canada were turned upside-down by Dyck\u2019s teaching.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe just stands at the front of the class and basically paints us the story of Canada\u2019s political history, as if it were story time. In this way, his voice is enthralling, he makes the complex history accessible and interesting for us students, and you can just hear the passion in his voice,\u201d the student wrote.<\/p>\n

For Dyck, his secret to success is to learn the names of his students as much as possible, which he says is sometimes challenging with larger classes. On the first day of class, he also asks students to write down a few facts about themselves so he can connect with them and what they\u2019re interested in.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I understand to some extent what students go through and what they need, and I try to make it as clear and painless as possible,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

When he\u2019s not teaching politics, Dyck is still involved with his students by supervising theses and writing graduate school letters. Since he\u2019s retired, he says it gives him the opportunity to spend extra time giving students a helping hand.<\/p>\n

With 18 nomination letters for this award alone, it\u2019s obvious that Dyck\u2019s dedication to his teaching inside and outside the classroom hasn\u2019t gone unnoticed by his many students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By: Cassandra Hendry In one of Rand Dyck\u2019s political science classes, it\u2019s not unusual to hold show-and-tell items such as souvenirs from Alberta\u2019s oil sands, crumpled McCain fries packages, and an empty box of Stanfield\u2019s underwear from Nova Scotia. 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