University of Toronto Department of Political Science |
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News and AnnouncementsFall 2011 Undergraduate Award ReceptionJanuary 9, 2012 — The Annual Undergraduate Award Reception was held on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 in the Political Science Lounge and celebrated the award recipients from the 2010-2011 academic year.
One of the awards is the Pollara Book Prize, which is awarded to the… Alanna Krolikowski Awarded Sylvia Ostry Doctoral Fellowship in International PolicyJanuary 9, 2012 — Alanna Krolikowski, who is completing her doctoral dissertation in Political Science, has won the inaugural Sylvia Ostry Doctoral Fellowship in International Policy. She is also affiliated with the Asian Institute. The fellowship is supported by an endowment gift from Dr.… Professor Ran Hirschl is recipient of the 2011 Dennis Leslie Mahoney Prize in Legal Theory and will deliver the Julius Stone Address in 2012November 28, 2011 — The Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence in the Faculty of Law at the University of Sydney is honouring University of Toronto Professor Ran Hirschl with the 2011 Dennis Leslie Mahoney Prize in Legal Theory and have invited Professor Hirschl to… Janice Stein reappointed as director of Munk SchoolNovember 15, 2011 — The Munk School of Global Affairs is celebrating the news that University Professor Janice Gross Stein, Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management and Negotiation, has been reappointed to lead the Munk School for a two-year term beginning July … Professor Wendy Wong to receive one of five undergraduate teaching awardsNovember 4, 2011 — Professor Wendy Wong has been nominated and selected to receive one of five undergraduate teaching awards presented by the University of Toronto Students’ Union and the Association of Part-time Undergraduate Students.
Each year undergraduate students have an opportunity to nominate instructors… PSAA Event Assesses Ontario ElectionOctober 20, 2011 —
From left to right - John Wright, Nelson Wiseman, Katherine Valiquette, Kerry Wicks, Bob Hepburn and Robin Sears.
For the second year in a row, the Political Science Alumni Association (PSAA) put a spotlight on a recent election, providing a treat… |
Upcoming EventsIn the Press“The Conservatives have the strongest core base, and there is a tussle going on between the NDP and the Liberals,” said Nelson WisemanJanuary 26, 2012 — Support for federal Tories waning, Liberals gaining steam: poll
Article by Kenyon Wallace
Published January 26, 2012 in The Toronto Star
The federal Conservatives have slipped from majority territory as the New Democrats continue to nip at the governing party’s heals, a new… “There is an arms race in cyberspace and it’s caught up with Iran,” says Ron DeibertJanuary 25, 2012 — Iran’s dissidents head online but the regime is there, waiting for them
Article by Olivia Ward, Foreign Affairs Reporter
Published On Tue Jan 24 2012, The Toronto Star
Iran’s Green Revolution geeks are taking their struggle to cyberspace, but the clerical regime’s censors are already… Nelson Wiseman takes a look at the NDP Leadership RaceJanuary 13, 2012 — Handicapping the NDP leadership race: Mulcair, Topp and Nash are front-runners.
Article by Nelson Wiseman, who teaches political science at the University of Toronto
Tuesday, January 10, 2012, The Straight Goods
“Canada’s successful parties have always been personality-oriented parties driven by their leaders.”
Read the full article at… The Star’s 12 to watch in 2012: Alexander LevyJanuary 10, 2012 — Published On Mon Jan 09 2012
Vanessa Lu, Business Reporter
Alexander Levy never imagined he’d be running a mobile app company.
In 2009 he was finishing up his political science degree at the University of Toronto and was planning to go to law… |
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