Spring Newsletter Now Available Online
June 9, 2015
It has been a busy term and we have done our very best to document it. Please take a look at the Spring 2015 edition of News.Politics here. In fact, we had so much happening this term that we were not able to squeeze everything in. So once you’ve had a chance to read through […]
China’s Great Cannon
June 2, 2015
Political Science Professor Ronald Deibert, who is also the director of the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, is part of a team that has published a new report on China’s latest cyber weapon, which they call ‘The Great Cannon’. In partnership with other scholars at the International Computer Science Institute; the […]
Keeping Up With McCarney
May 12, 2015
It has been a busy couple of weeks for Professor Patricia McCarney. Late last week, she was featured in the latest issue of the U of T Cities podcast with an engaging talk on ‘The Power of Numbers’. To listen to her podcast or read the transcript of her interview, please click here. Today, McCarney […]
Cities of Learning Symposium
May 5, 2015
The Department of Political Science will be well represented at next week’s President’s Panel on the topic of “Cities of Learning: The University in the Americas”. Professors Andrea Olive, Theresa Enright and Sara Hughes will be participating in a panel on May 11 titled, “Helping Cities Navigate Global Change: A Critical Role for Urban Research […]
Remembering Rotstein
April 30, 2015
Today, family, friends and colleagues will celebrate the life of Professor Abe Rotstein in a memorial service to be held today at Benjamin’s Park Memorial Chapel, in Toronto. The outpouring of tributes to honour Professor Rotstein since his passing on Monday has been incredible. One of the best tributes has been penned by Toronto Star […]
Professor Abe Rotstein
April 28, 2015
It is with great sadness that we have learned of the passing of Professor Abe Rotstein. Please see the below note from Professor Louis Pauly, Chair of the Political Science Department: Colleagues, Our colleague, Abe Rotstein, died this morning. He had been frail lately, and it seems that his heart just gave out. May […]
Dusting Off The Archives
April 17, 2015
Professor Robert Vipond is featured on the front page of today’s Toronto Star for his involvement in the creation of a miniature museum at the city’s Clinton Street Junior Public School. His work with the project will culminate in a new book to be published by the University of Toronto Press, entitled: The Making of […]
Health Care Is About Values
April 10, 2015
Professor Peter Loewen and Alex Kamath, who has been studying in the Department of Political Science on a Fulbright research grant, have recently published an op-ed in The Ottawa Citizen on the politics of health care. Their piece argues that the structure of a health-delivery system is based on overriding political values. To read their […]
Greece’s Debt Crisis
April 9, 2015
The debt situation in Greece remains ever volatile as the nation continues to teeter on the brink of financial collapse. Professor Phil Triadafilopoulous recently did a special ‘question and answer’ segment with U of T News to explain the struggles facing any potential recovery. It is an illuminating look into the complexities of the global […]
Exploring Violence and Peace in Divided Societies
April 6, 2015
Several of the Department’s faculty members will be acting as discussants for the Munk School’s upcoming workshop put on ‘Exploring Violence and Peace in Divided Societies’. This workshop has been organized by Professor Jeffrey Kopstein and will take place April 13th at the Munk School for Global Affairs, Room 108 North. The workshop will feature […]