Andrea Olive and Carolina de Miguel Moyer win Connaught New Researcher Awards
May 28, 2013
Political Science Professors Andrea Olive (UTM) and Carolina de Miguel Moyer were recently awarded the Connaught New Researcher Awards to help them launch their academic careers. The program is designed to foster excellence in research and innovation among researchers at the assistant professor level who are within the first five years of their first academic […]
Ron Deibert to receive Partners In Research Technology Ambassador Award
May 27, 2013
Political Science Professor, Ron Deibert, is to receive the Partners in Research Technology Ambassador Award on June 2, 2013. This award recognizes outstanding contributions of a body of work over a period of time to the field of technology and Canadians by a Canadian researcher. The ceremony will take place in London, Ontario. This award […]
Phil Triadafilopoulos shortlisted for CPSA Donald Smiley Prize
May 27, 2013
Phil Triadafilopoulos’s book, Becoming Multicultural: Immigration and the Politics of Membership in Canada and Germany. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2012, has been shortlisted by the Canadian Political Science Association for the Donald Smiley Prize for best book of the year. The winner will be announced at the CPSA annual meeting in June. […]
Professor Clifford Orwin receives the inaugural JJ Berry Smith Doctoral Supervision Award
May 21, 2013
The annual JJ Berry Smith Supervision Award honours active faculty members who, over a minimum of a fifteen-year period, have demonstrated excellence in supervision at the University of Toronto by: inspiring and guiding students to reach excellence in scholarship; providing an environment that is supportive and stimulating; enabling students to learn the essential methodologies, concepts […]
Professor Aisha Ahmad to speak at the inaugural TEDxUofT
May 16, 2013
On Saturday May 18, Professor Aisha Ahmad will be part of the first ever TEDxUofT. The event, organized by a student-led group, “will showcase 13 speakers from a wide range of disciplines who will engage and inspire a community of curious souls with their ideas, their stories, their journeys and their dreams. ” Click here […]
Joseph Wong champions 'audacious' innovation
May 14, 2013
In a recent U of T News article, Barrett Hooper writes about Political Science Professor Joseph Wong and how he teaches his students is that innovation doesn’t mean invention. Professor Wong says “innovation has become a buzzword — you hear it everywhere from Singapore to Rwanda. But we need to disabuse people of the idea […]
Professor Peter Loewen appointed Director of the Centre for the Study of the United States
May 3, 2013
Professor Peter Loewen has been appointed as the Director of the Centre for the Study of the United States. Professor Loewen’s appointment is from July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2016.
Professor Thomas Tieku reflects on the work he does outside the classroom
May 2, 2013
In a recent UofT News article Professor Thomas Tieku writes about his work outside of teaching with anti-poverty initiatives and conflict mediation work. “In ways that are not immediately obvious, these works enhance my teaching and the overall experiences of our students back at U of T.” To read the full article click here.
Lee Ann Fujii awarded a 2013-14 Russell Sage Foundation Fellowship
April 30, 2013
Professor Lee Ann Fujii has been awarded a fellowship at the Russell Sage Foundation in New York City. Next year, she will be one of 19 visiting scholars based at the Foundation. “The Russell Sage Foundation is the principal American foundation devoted exclusively to research in the social sciences. Located in New York City, it […]
In Memoriam: Richard Iton
April 26, 2013
The Department of Political Science mourns the loss of our former colleague, Richard Iton, who passed away on April 24, 2013 in Evanston, Illinois, of leukemia. Richard joined the Department as an Assistant Professor in 1994, having completed his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University and, before that, his B.A. and M.A. degrees at McGill University. […]