Stephen Harper’s veiled attack on religious freedom
February 18, 2015
Professor Clifford Orwin has penned a sharply-worded op-ed in today’s Globe and Mail that addresses the issue of whether people should be forced to remove their niqab or face covering upon taking the oath of Canadian citizenship. To read the entire article, please click here. Orwin subsequently appeared on TVO’s The Agenda to defend his […]
Haddow in the media
February 12, 2015
Professor Rodney Haddow appeared on yesterday’s CTV (Toronto) Evening News to discuss the recent crossing of the floor by MP Eve Adams. Haddow notes that Adams faces an uphill climb in her mission to become a Liberal candidates, let alone MP for the riding of Eglinton-Lawrence in the 2015 federal election. To watch the story, […]
Canada’s 2008 election offers lessons for 2015 vote
February 9, 2015
As Wiseman notes, trying to predict the results of elections is a largely futile exercise. That said, if this year’s federal election produces another Conservative minority, “the first lesson that should be drawn from the case of 2008 is that the opposition parties will be hard-pressed to bring down a minority government at a time […]
Lorne Bozinoff Doctoral Fellowship in Political Analysis
February 5, 2015
The Department of Political Science is thrilled to announce its newest fellowship that will assist current or incoming doctoral-level scholars who specialize in the area of political analysis. The fellowship was kindly supported by Dr. Lorne Bozinoff, the founder of Forum Research, who has been a champion the work being done in the Department of […]
Congrats to Professor Stein
February 3, 2015
Yesterday, the University of Toronto announced the appointment of Professor Janice Gross Stein as the senior Presidential Advisor on International Initiatives for a two-year term. Beginning on March 1, 2015, Stein will work to build partnerships with international organizations to benefit the University’s staff and students. To read more about this prestigious role, please read […]
19 weeks ago, 43 Mexican students disappeared. What happened?
January 30, 2015
Professor Judith Teichman is quoted in a story posted today on GlobalNews.ca that addresses lack of government action surrounding the 43 still-missing Mexican college students. In the article, Teichman says that the current political climate in Mexico should be an item of concern for Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. “Things are going to hell in […]
Is the NDP Manitoba’s Natural Governing Party?
January 29, 2015
That’s the question that Professor Nelson Wiseman examines in an op-ed published in today’s Winnipeg Free Press. Although he stops short of predicting a victory for the province’s New Democrats in the next election, he does indicate that the provincial political culture appears to be strongly linked with the ‘orange’ party. To read Wiseman’s piece, […]
Undergraduate Research Colloquium
January 27, 2015
The Department of Political Science, in conjunction with the Association of Political Science Students (APSS), hosted the inaugural undergraduate research colloquium last week in the debate room at Hart House. Students from all years of the undergraduate program were invited to submit their best political science research papers to a panel of experts to receive […]
Stopping Putin in Ukraine
January 26, 2015
Professor Aurel Braun has penned an op-ed in today’s Globe and Mail. The piece says that U.S. President Barack Obama needs to offer more than rhetoric to stop Putin in Ukraine. To read his piece, please click this link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/to-stop-putin-in-ukraine-obama-must-offer-more-than-rhetoric/article22634283/
North American Natural Resource Governance
January 13, 2015
Professor Andrea Olive, who is cross-appointed with the Department of Geography, has recently published a new article in the Review of Policy Research. Her article: ‘Assessing Intergovernmental Institutions and Transnational Policy Networks in North American Resource Management‘ is part of this special issue that addresses the issue of transboundary natural resources governance in North America. […]