Donner Prize
June 1, 2022
Dan Breznitz’s book, Innovation in Real Places: Strategies for Prosperity in an Unforgiving World (Oxford University Press), has won the 2021 Donner Prize. Awarded annually by the Donner Canadian Foundation, the prestigious $50,000 prize is given to a book that showcases excellence and innovation in public policy writing by Canadians. The prize was awarded at […]
Outstanding Teaching Award
May 13, 2022
Congratulations to Professor Kate Neville who has won a 2022 Arts & Science Outstanding Teaching Award! Presented annually in recognition of teaching excellence in undergraduate and graduate education, they are given to faculty for the excellence of their classroom instruction and for their contribution to their unit’s course design and curriculum development. A full list […]
JHI Research Fellowship
May 10, 2022
Congratulations to Political Scientist Emily Nacol who has been awarded a Jackman Humanities Institute (JHI) Research Fellowship (2022 – 2023). Research Fellows are University of Toronto tenured faculty members by the time of their fellowship, chosen for their distinction in achievements relative to their career stage, the excellence of their proposed project, and its relation […]
New Appointments
April 28, 2022
Our latest faculty appointments include Jessica Green, Mark Manger, Phillip Lipscy, Andrea Olive, Lynette Ong and Carla Norrlof who were all promoted to Professor. Congrats to Michael Donnelly and Ato Kwamena Onoma on receiving tenure, effective July 1, 2022. They are now recognized as Associate Professors. (*Added July 4th, 2022) Congratulations to all! Picture: Andrea […]
Donner Prize Shortlist
April 27, 2022
Congratulations to Dan Breznitz whose book Innovation in Real Places: Strategies for Prosperity in an Unforgiving World (Oxford University Press), has been shortlisted for the prestigious Donner prize (2021), which recognizes the best book on public policy by a Canadian. The other finalists for the $50,000 award include: Mark Carney for Value(s): Building a Better […]
New Appointments
April 25, 2022
Congratulations to two of our faculty members who have recently been appointed to new positions. Dickson Eyoh has been appointed as Acting Principal of New College effective July 1, 2022 for a one year term, while Edward Schatz has been appointed as Director of the Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (CERES) at the […]
ISA Awards 2022
April 4, 2022
Congratulations to two of our faculty members who were both recognized at the 2022 International Studies Association’s (ISA) 63rd annual convention, held from March 28th to April 2nd in Nashville. Kate J. Neville was awarded the Harold & Margaret Sprout Award for her book, ‘Fueling Resistance: The Contentious Political Economy of Biofuels and Fracking,’ while […]
Remembering Frank Cunningham (1940-2022)
February 7, 2022
The department was very sad to learn of the death of Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Philosophy, Frank Cunningham, over the weekend. To remember him, his colleague and friend Joseph Carens, who remembers him below, has gathered together a number of tributes from his Political Science colleagues. His obituary is available here. To read […]
Show Time: Posthumously published book by UTM’s Lee Ann Fujii tackles political violence
December 6, 2021
Three and a half years ago, UTM and the scholarly community tragically lost Professor Lee Ann Fujii at the age of 56. At the time, she was nearing completion of a book on what she called “violent display.” This year, Lee Ann is in a limited sense back with us, as her final book Show […]
David A. Wolfe appointed as a member of CCA scientific advisory committee
November 29, 2021
Congratulations to David A. Wolfe, was has been appointed as a member of the Council of Canadian Academies scientific advisory committee. The Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) is a not-for-profit organization that convenes the best experts in their respective fields to assess the evidence on complex scientific topics of public interest to inform decision-making in […]