Fall/Winter Timetable
POL2800H1S L0101
Special Topics
Topics in Canadian History: Historical Foundations of Canadian Foreign Policy after the Cold War
Themes
This course will begin on January 31, 2011 and end on February 17, 2011
In this course, students will have the opportunity to examine episodes in the recent history of Canadian foreign policy in greater depth than in wider-ranging surveys, as well as to draw upon the experience and insights of former policymakers. One instructor is a former Minister of Foreign Affairs and of National Defence, another is a onetime MP involved in foreign policy, and we intend to bring in other former policymakers as guests. Each individual seminar topic has its inherent interest, but they are also grouped thematically, to shed light on wider trends and themes in Canadian foreign policy after the end of the Cold War (the Human Security agenda; the Arctic; interventions abroad). Readings will include published works, draft chapters from a memoir in progress by the Hon. Bill Graham, and some documentary materials. Students will be evaluated on the basis of a major research paper (80%) and seminar participation (20%).
November 14, 2023
Congratulations to Madalyn Hay, a recipient of a 2023-2024 Connaught PhDs for Public Impact Fellowship. Madalyn, one of our doctoral students, holds a BAH in Contemporary Studies and Classics from the...
August 24, 2023
Congratulations to alumna Meaghan Williams, a recipient of the 2022-23 Governor General’s Gold Medal for Academic Excellence, the highest academic honour available to graduate students in Canada. Awarded annually by the Office of the...
June 14, 2021
Great news from the Canadian Political Science Association, which held its annual awards ceremony (online) over the weekend of June 12 & 13: Professor Stefan Rencken’s book "Private Governance and Public...
April 22, 2021
Congratulations to two political science alumni now teaching at U of T who have both won Superior Teaching Awards! Igor Shoikhedbrod and Khalid Ahmed will be celebrated on May 5th at...
August 6, 2020
Q&A with 2020 Vanier Scholar Yojana Miraya Oscco Congratulations to PhD student Yojana Miraya Oscco who has won a prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (SSHRC). Launched in 2008, the program enables...
April 30, 2020
Congratulations to our graduate student Kevin Edmonds who has won New College's June Larkin Award for Pedagogical Development. A PhD candidate specializing in Caribbean political economy, histories of alternative/illicit development, foreign intervention and...