Dean’s Research Excellence Award
December 7, 2023
Congratulations to Lynette Ong, one of the winners of the 2023 Dean’s Research Excellence Award! Created in 2022, this award recognizes faculty members whose research achievements have been cited as especially noteworthy with the aim of helping accomplished mid-career researchers to compete successfully in national awards competitions. Previous winners have contributed a wealth of research […]
Connaught New Researcher Awards
December 5, 2023
Congratulations to the following faculty for each receiving a Connaught New Researcher Award: Uahikea Maile for his project Canadian Capital in Hawaii: How Canadian Tourism, Agribusiness, and Development are Violating Indigenous Rights Overseas Maria Mendez for her project Violence-keeping: Women’s role in organized criminal violence Alison Smith for her project Rent Banks as a Tool […]
Connaught ‘PhDs for Public Impact’ Fellow
November 14, 2023
Congratulations to Madalyn Hay, a recipient of a 2023-2024 Connaught PhDs for Public Impact Fellowship. Madalyn, one of our doctoral students, holds a BAH in Contemporary Studies and Classics from the University of King’s College, Halifax, and an MA in Political Theory from the University of Chicago. Her doctoral research is on urban land use […]
Two faculty members included in Royal Society of Canada’s Class of 2023
September 5, 2023
Congratulations to Professors Ryan Balot and Jessica Green, both included as new members in the Royal Society of Canada’s (RSC) Class of 2023. Professor and Chair Ryan Balot is among the new Fellows elected by peers for outstanding scholarly, scientific and artistic achievement. Recognition by the RSC as a Fellow is the highest honour an […]
Governor General’s Gold Medal for Academic Excellence
August 24, 2023
Congratulations to alumna Meaghan Williams, a recipient of the 2022-23 Governor General’s Gold Medal for Academic Excellence, the highest academic honour available to graduate students in Canada. Awarded annually by the Office of the Governor General to three students determined to have the highest academic standing, candidates are evaluated based on their performance in degree […]
Dean’s Distinguished Long Service Award
August 17, 2023
Congratulations to Sari Sherman, assistant to the Chair, who has been awarded the 2023 Dean’s Distinguished Long Service Award! The Dean’s Distinguished Long Service Award is presented to a non-academic staff member who, over the course of their years of service to the Faculty of Arts & Science, has distinguished themselves in ways that are […]
Seymour Martin Lipset Best Book Award
August 3, 2023
The American Political Science Association (APSA) has awarded the 2023 Seymour Martin Lipset Best Book Award to Professor Alison Smith for her book, Multiple Barriers: The Multilevel Governance of Homelessness in Canada (University of Toronto Press, 2022). University of Toronto Press describes the book as exploring “the forces that shape intergovernmental and multilevel governance dynamics […]
Milner Memorial Award
August 3, 2023
Congratulations to Ziibiing Lab Director Uahikea Maile on receiving, along with his Censure U of T colleagues, the Milner Memorial Award. The award was established by the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) in 1969 in honour of James Milner, a former chairperson of the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee, to recognize a distinguished contribution […]
Ran Hirschl named David R. Cameron Distinguished Professor in Law and Politics
August 3, 2023
Congratulations to Ran Hirschl who has been appointed the David R. Cameron Distinguished Professor in Law and Politics, from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2028. Professor Hirschl studies constitutional law and constitutional institutions and their intersection with comparative politics and society. He is the author of several major books including City, State: Constitutionalism and […]
New Appointment
July 11, 2023
Congratulations to Peter Loewen who has been appointed the Robert Vipond Distinguished Professor in Democracy, from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2028. Professor Loewen, the Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, is also the Director of PEARL (Policy, Elections & Representation Lab), Associate Director of the Schwartz Reisman Institute […]