U of T Political Scientist Wins ISSS/ISA Best Article Award
October 25, 2016
Aisha Ahmad’s “The Security Bazaar: Business Interests and Islamist Power in Civil War Somalia,” International Security, Vol. 39, No. 3 (Winter 2014/15), pp. 89–117, has received the Best Security Article Award given by the International Security Studies Section (ISSS) of the International Studies Association. This is the first year that ISSS has given a Best […]
“More women’s voices needed” says Sylvia Bashevkin
October 24, 2016
In an recent article in the Calgary Herald, female experts were asked to weigh in on the U.S. election and gender issues in public life. Sylvia Bashevkin, political scientist at the University of Toronto and author of several books on women and politics has been watching the U.S. presidential election through an expert lens. “It’s […]
Free trade with Europe ‘in a coma,’ acccording to U of T political scientist
October 24, 2016
European and Canadian politicians and diplomats are scrambling this week to salvage a trade agreement that was supposed to be signed Thursday, but which is now in doubt because of the objections of Wallonia, a francophone region in Belgium. If ratified by Canada and the European Union, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) would […]
The changing face of Hungary
October 24, 2016
In his latest column for The Globe and Mail Aurel Braun, professor of political science and international relations at the University of Toronto, and a centre associate of the Davis Center, Harvard University, looks at the changing of face of Hungary since the 1956 Uprising sixty years ago. The full article is available here.
Joseph Wong named Associate Vice-President and Vice-Provost, International Student Experience
October 24, 2016
Professor Joseph Wong has been appointed as the University of Toronto’s first associate vice-president and vice-provost, international student experience. The five-year appointment, effective January 1, 2017, was announced jointly by Vice-President and Provost Cheryl Regehr and Vice-President, International, Ted Sargent. Wong is a professor of political science in the Faculty of Arts & Science and […]
Arbor Winner
October 19, 2016
U of T Mississauga Professor Emeritus Graham White has been busy. For more than half a decade on the first Tuesday of every month, he has been rising early to make it to Hart House for 8 a.m. so he could voluntarily chair the centre’s finance committee alongside a group of students, a role that […]
Remembering Frank Peers – academic, broadcasting aficionado and Blue Jays fan.
October 14, 2016
Frank Peers (1918 – 2016) died this week in Toronto, after a full life of almost 99 years. Throughout his many years, he retained a lively and informed interest in politics, public broadcasting, and the Blue Jays. Frank was born in the Acadia Valley on the border of Saskatchewan and Alberta, where his father was […]
Debating Trudeau’s new carbon policy
October 7, 2016
This week Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a new plan to set a minimum carbon tax. The announcement outlined that provinces will have to adopt a carbon tax or a cap-and-trade system of their own, or Ottawa will impose its own tax – starting with $10 a tonne in 2018, going up by $10 each […]
Will Brexit actually happen?
October 5, 2016
A panel of University of Toronto foreign policy experts including political scientist Randall Hansen recently gathered at the Munk School of Global Affairs to discuss the implications of Brexit three months after a majority voted in favour of the United Kingdom leaving Europe. Other panelists included Professor Mel Cappe and Massey College Master Hugh Segal. […]
New Editorial Team announced for GEP
October 5, 2016
Global Environmental Politics (GEP), a quarterly academic journal that examines the relationship between global political forces and environmental change, recently announced its new editorial team to include two University of Toronto political scientists, Steven Bernstein and Matthew Hoffmann. Along with Erika Weinthal (Duke University), the new team will take over as editors for a five-year […]