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 […]
McMenemy Prize Nomination
May 26, 2015
Jerald Sabin, a PhD student in the Department has been nominated for this year’s McMenemy Prize for the best article in the Canadian Journal of Political Science. His article, “Contested Colonialism: Responsible Government and Political Development in the Yukon“, was published in the 47th volume of the CJPS. You can read the abstract of his […]
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 […]
2015 QS World University Rankings: Politics and International Studies
April 29, 2015
The University of Toronto has once again been ranked as the top university in Canada for the study of politics and international studies, according to the 2015 QS World University ranking survey. This year U of T placed 27th in the world, which is up six places from our final standing in 2014. The next […]
MA Graduate To Oversee Lobbying in Ireland
April 24, 2015
Really interesting story from The Irish Times on the recent appointment of Sherry Perreault, a graduate of our MA program, as Ireland’s first head of lobbying regulation. Prior to taking up this post, Mme Perreault has been a dedicated public servant with stints in Canada’s Privy Council Office, The Department of Canadian Heritage and the […]
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 […]
Alumna Wins Fulbright Scholarship
April 8, 2015
A hearty congrats on behalf of the Department of Political Science goes out to Elizabeth Sweitzer who has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright U.S Student Program grant to Brazil for an English Teaching Assistantship. Elizabeth graduated from the Department with her honours Bachelor of Arts degree, with distinction, in 2013. She will take up her […]