Fall/Winter Timetable
POL2103H1S L5101
Undergraduate Course Code: POL491H1S L5101
Topics in Canadian Politics II
Canadian Political Behaviour
Themes
This course will examine several important questions in Canadian political behaviour. For example, how do individuals decide to vote or not to vote? What are the properties and effects of partisanship? What factors do individuals consider when deciding to vote? What role do the media and the economy play in Canadian political behaviour? And what determines the behaviour of Canadian legislators? The course will give students both a substantive overview of an important aspect of Canadian politics and an introductory overview to the study of political behaviour.
Texts
The course will principally make use of journal articles, though there will be a limited number of chapters assigned in a course pack.
Format and Requirements
The course will rely heavily on seminars and will feature minimal lecturing. Grading will rely principally on several reading reports and a final research paper.
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...