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Department of Political Science APSA Reception

September 2, 2009

The Department of Political Science APSA Cocktail Reception will be held at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel (100 Front Street) in Tudor 8 from 10:00 pm to 11:30 pm on Thursday, September 3, 2009. This event is open to APSA registrants.

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Robert Sparling wins Strauss Award

August 18, 2009

Recent PhD graduate Robert Sparling is the 2009 recipient of the Leo Strauss Award for his doctoral dissertation on Johann Georg Hamann and the Enlightenment Project. The Leo Strauss Award is made annually by the American Political Science Association for the best doctoral dissertation in in the field of political philosophy. Congratulations to Robert and […]

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Vincent Pouliot wins Lemieux Dissertation Prize

June 14, 2009

Recent PhD graduate Vincent Pouliot was awarded the CPSA’s Vincent Lemieux Dissertation Prize at the 2009 CPSA Conference in Ottawa for his thesis entitled Security Community In and Through Practice: The Power Politics of Russia-NATO Diplomacy. The two other finalists were also recent U of T graduates Martin Papillon and Robert Sparling.

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Clifton van der Linden wins Sedra Distinguished Graduate Award

June 13, 2009

PhD candidate Clifton van der Linden was presented with the Adel S. Sedra Distinguished Graduate Award at a ceremony honouring the 2009 recipients of the University of Toronto Alumni Association Awards of Excellence. The Sedra Award recognizes academic excellence in a doctoral program at the University of Toronto as well as outstanding extra-curricular and community […]

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Debra Thompson wins McMenemy Prize

June 12, 2009

PhD candidate Debra Thompson won the John McMenemy Prize for the best article published in English or in French in the Canadian Journal of Political Science in 2008 for her article, ‘Is Race Political?’, published in the September 2008 issue of CJPS.

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Sarah Yun wins Dean's Student Leadership Award

February 9, 2009

Sarah Yun, a fourth-year Trinity College student in English and political science, is this year’s recipient of the Dean’s Student Leadership Award.

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