Political Scientist David Cameron named member of the Order of Canada
July 5, 2018
Rideau Hall announced 105 new appointments to the Order of Canada on Friday with more than two dozen leading lights associated with the University of Toronto. Among them, professor of political science and dean of the Faculty of Arts & Science, David Cameron. One of the country’s highest civilian honours, Cameron has been named a […]
New Appointments
July 3, 2018
Our latest faculty appointments include Wendy Wong and Peter Loewen, who have both been promoted to the rank of Full Professor. Congratulations to both! Picture: Wendy Wong
APSA Awards
June 8, 2018
Diana Fu’s book Mobilizing Without The Masses is the winner of this year’s Gregory Luebbert Prize for Best Book in Comparative Politics from the American Political Science Association (APSA). Congratulations Diana on this impressive award and accomplishment! Another APSA winner was Martha Balaguera who will be joining the department on July 1st. Martha won the […]
CPSA Award Winners
June 1, 2018
Congratulations to CPSA award winners Aisha Ahmad (CPSA Prize in Comparative Politics), Peter Russell (Donald Smiley Prize) & Sylvia Bashevkin (Jill Vickers Prize)! Excerpts form the jury reports are below. 2018 CPSA Prize in Comparative Politics Aisha Ahmad Jihad &Co.: Black Markets and Islamist Power (Oxford University Press, 2017) With this book, Aisha Ahmad has […]
CPSA Award Nominations
May 22, 2018
Congratulations to Aisha Ahmad, Sylvia Bashevkin, Peter Russell and Linda White who have all received nominations for CPSA (Canadian Political Science Association) awards! Professor Ahmad and White have both been shortlisted for the CPSA Prize in Comparative Politics for their books Jihad &Co. Black Markets and Islamic Power (Oxford University Press 2017), and Constructing Policy […]
Canada Research Chair in Global Migration
May 3, 2018
University of Toronto Political Scientist Randall Hansen has been awarded the Canada Research Chair in Global Migration. Professor Hansen is the Interim Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and the Director of the Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies. His fields of research are migration and citizenship, eugenics and population policy and […]
Conducting research in Indonesia
April 26, 2018
Under the supervision of Political Science Professor Jacques Bertrand and PhD candidate, Alexandre Pelletier, students from the Contemporary Asian Studies Program at Munk’s Asian Institute recently spent nine days in Bandung, Indonesia, where they conducted research and field observation of Islam, and its social and political expression in Indonesia. It was an International Course Module […]
Superior Teaching Awards 2018
March 22, 2018
Congratulations to Political Science sessional lecturer Spyridon Kotsovilis, one of this year’s recipients of the Superior Teaching Award – Sessional Instructor (2018). The Superior Teaching Awards recognise some of the Faculty of Arts & Science’s most exceptional sessional lecturers and graduate student course instructors. The Superior Sessional Instructor Teaching Award recognises excellence in undergraduate education […]
Canada’s deadly new peacekeeping mission to Mali
March 20, 2018
As Canadian troops prepare for deployment to the war-torn country of Mali, U of T Political Science Professor and Director of the Islam and Global Affairs Initiative at the Munk School of Global Affairs, Aisha Ahmad, discusses the main challenges our forces face in this peacekeeping mission for The Globe and Mail.
2018 Awards of Excellence
March 13, 2018
Three out of the five 2018 Awards of Excellence for faculty have been awarded to Political Scientists. Professors Aisha Ahmad, Neil Nevitte and Robert Vipond are all recipients of the prestigious University of Toronto’s annual awards presented to outstanding faculty, staff and students who exemplify a commitment to high achievements and to enhancing the University […]