James Eayrs (1926 – 2021)
February 16, 2021The Department is saddened to hear of the death of Professor James Eayrs, a distinguished scholar of Canadian foreign policy, who taught in the Department from 1952 - 1980. Our...
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Our mission is to encourage our students to think broadly, critically, and internationally about the core features of democratic and global citizenship.
The Department is saddened to hear of the death of Professor James Eayrs, a distinguished scholar of Canadian foreign policy, who taught in the Department from 1952 - 1980. Our...
Congratulations to Professor and Political Science Chair (on leave) Antoinette Handley, the recent recipient of an African Scholar Award. Created by the University of Toronto’s African Alumni Association's founder and...
Dear members of our community, We want to thank those of you who reached out with concerns regarding the David Rayside Undergraduate Scholarship. The Department of Political Science has now...
Congratulations to Professor Phillip Lipscy whose article COVID-19 & the Politics of Crisis was a recipient of a 2020 Albie award as selected by Daniel W. Drezner, professor of international politics at the Fletcher...
Congratulations to Professor Alison Smith and alumnus Jack Lucas for winning the 2019 J.E. Hodgetts award for best article in the Journal of Canadian Public Administration for their article 'Multilevel policy from...
Professor Ran Hirschl's work on the high global stature and reputation of Canadian constitutional law and the Supreme Court of Canada has been quoted in a recent landmark ruling of...
Congratulations to Professors Elizabeth Acorn (UTSC) and Martha Balaguera Cuervo (UTM) both recipients of U of T's Connaught New Researcher Awards. In total, there were 56 recipients of the award this year (fourteen researchers in...
Congratulations to Professor Diana Fu, one of five University of Toronto faculty members who have been appointed to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Established in...
The American Political Science Association (APSA) has awarded the 2020 Seymour Martin Lipset Best Book Award to Professor Emeritus Carolyn Tuohy for her book Remaking Policy: Scale, Pace, and Political Strategy in Health Care Reform. (University...
Congratulations to our faculty members who have received a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada 2019-20 Insight Grant: Steven Bernstein Coherence and Incoherence in Global Sustainable Development Governance Randall...