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UC E102
Phone Number
416-978-3289
Fax Number
416-971-2027
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Area Group(s)
- Canadian Government
- Comparative Politics
- Public Policy
Education
- B.A. (Hons.), Hampshire College
- M.A., University of Michigan
- Ph.D., York University
- B.A.,
Sylvia Bashevkin
Professor Emeritus
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Biography
Author most recently of Women as Foreign Policy Leaders (2018); Women, Power, Politics: The Hidden Story of Canada’s Unfinished Democracy (2009); Tales of Two Cities: Women and Municipal Restructuring in London and Toronto (2006); Welfare Hot Buttons: Women, Work and Social Policy Reform (2002); Women on the Defensive: Living through Conservative Times (1998); and numerous journal articles and chapters in books. Editor of Opening Doors Wider: Women’s Political Engagement in Canada (2009); Women’s Work is Never Done: Comparative Studies in Caregiving, Employment and Social Policy Reform (2002); Women and Politics in Western Europe (1985); and Canadian Political Behaviour (1985). Major research interests are Canadian and comparative politics.
Research Interests
- Canadian Politics
- Comparative Politics
Recent News
- Professor Emerita Sylvia Bashevkin receives 2024 Governor General’s Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case
- CPSA Award Shortlists
- SSHRC Insight Grants 2022
- YWCA Award
- Rabble’s Favourite Books 2019
- Book award
- CPSA Wins
- CPSA Shortlist
- ISA Bertha Lutz Prize
- CPSA Award Winners