News & Announcements

Political Science Department Welcomes Two New Assistant Professors

September 3, 2015

Dr. Kate Neville Dr. Neville (above) holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of British Columbia, an M.E.Sc. from Yale’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and a B.Sc.H. from the Department of Biology at Queen’s University. Passionate about global environmental politics, Dr. Neville is interested in the insights that international relations and […]

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Balancing Stone Sculpture and Political Philosophy

August 4, 2015

Many of you know Professor Ronald Beiner from his work on modern political philosophy. After teaching for 31 years at the University of Toronto, he has become both a recognizable face and a noted scholar, for example, on Kantian philosophy. What you might not know about Prof Beiner, however, is that he is an artist, […]

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Featured Faculty: Canada’s 2015 Federal Election

August 4, 2015

This past weekend, Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited the Governor General to dissolve Parliament and officially begin the longest election campaign in modern Canadian political history. As a department recognized to be at the forefront of political scholarship, we know that our faculty members will be consulted by many different media outlets (mainstream and alternative […]

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Race affects how media cover Canadian political candidates

July 30, 2015

Although Canada’s federal election is not supposed to take place until October, rumours circulating around Ottawa have indicated that the campaign writ could be dropped as soon as this weekend. While the media will cover the issues and optics of the campaign, specifically the party leaders, what impact does race have in how the mainstream […]

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Academic News

July 14, 2015

Congrats to Professors Peter Loewen, Christopher Cochrane and Lee Ann Fujii on receiving tenure, effective July 1, 2015. They are now recognized as Associate Professors.

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Virginia M. Walsh Dissertation Award

July 6, 2015

The Department is very pleased to announce that Professor Stefan Renckens has been awarded the Virginia M. Walsh Dissertation Award for his thesis entitled: “Regulating Transnational Private Governance: Domestic Interests, Market Fragmentation, and Institutional Fit in the European Union”. The award was given by the American Political Science Association’s (APSA) Science, Technology, and Environmental Politics […]

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How Do You Measure ‘Democracy’?

June 26, 2015

It’s an ever-enduring question that has served as the point of debate between political science scholars. In a new op-ed column published in The Washington Post, Professor Gunitsky examines data on Russian democracy that is presented in Polity IV and Freedom House. Both are well-known and respected democracy indexes, however, questions surrounding the operationalization of […]

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Peter Loewen Receives SSHRC Grant

June 22, 2015

Congrats to Professor Peter Loewen, who has been awarded a prestigious Insight Grant by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Valued at nearly $300,000 over five years, Professor Loewen, along with colleagues Daniel Rubenson (Ryerson) and Royce Koop (Manitoba), will be conducting a research project entitled “The Local Parliament: Voter Preferences, […]

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Tolley selected as CPSA Director

June 16, 2015

Congrats to Professor Erin Tolley, who has been elected by her peers to serve a three-year term as a member of the Canadian Political Science Association’s (CPSA) Board of Directors. Erin is one of the Department’s rising stars. She teaches Canadian politics and specializes in issues of electoral representation; immigration, multiculturalism and citizenship; women and […]

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Sylvia Bashevkin receives SSHRC funding

June 15, 2015

Congrats to Professor Bashevkin, who has been awarded a prestigious Insight Development Grant by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). The title of Bashevkin’s project is: Women’s Leadership in the Canadian Provinces. This study is among the first to document and evaluate in comparative terms the contributions of women premiers and […]

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