Faculty

Sylvia Bashevkin

Office Location

UC E102

Phone Number

416-978-3289

Fax Number

416-971-2027

Email Address

sylvia.bashevkin@utoronto.ca

Website

www.sylviabashevkin.com/

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

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