Four of the 2012 Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Awards Recipients from Political Science
March 28, 2012
The student experience at the University of Toronto is more than classes and books. It is life on campus, in the community and in the world at large. The Cressy Awards recognize graduating students for outstanding contributions to improving the world around them and inspiring others to do the same. We are proud to announce […]
Members of the Political Science Community highlighted in the 2011 Faculty of Arts & Science Year In Review
March 19, 2012
Be sure to catch a couple of features on members of the Political Science community in the 2011 publication of the Faculty of Arts & Science’ Year In Review. You can access an online “flippable” version here. This is an annual publication produced by the Faculty of Arts & Science to showcase awards and honours, […]
Salvator Cusimano, and Sima Atri are named 2012 UTAA Scholars
March 19, 2012
Political Science students Sima Atri, and Salvator Cusimano, the current President of the Association of Political Science Students at the University of Toronto (APSS), were each named one of the 2012 UTAA Scholars for their demonstrated commitment to enhancing the University experience of their peers. Throughout its rich history, the University of Toronto has striven […]
Scholars say global governance overhaul needed for earth’s sustainability
March 16, 2012
Article by Kim Luke, UofT News A group of the world’s leading environmental scholars are sounding the alarm that human societies need to transform their national and international environmental institutions into a more coherent and robust planetary stewardship model to steer away from rapid and irreversible changes to the Earth’s subsystems. University of Torontopolitical scientist […]
Beijing move to make restaurant menus more easily understandable is "silly and misguided,” says William Hurst
March 16, 2012
No more ‘chicken without sex life’: Beijing to properly translate Chinese dishes on menus Article by Debra Black, Toronto Star; Published On Thu Mar 15 2012 …Not everyone, however, agrees with Beijing’s moves to clear up the English translations on Chinese restaurant menus. “I frankly think the whole initiative is a bit silly and misguided,” […]
Book Review of Alain de Botton's Religion for Atheists: A Non-believer’s Guide to the Uses of Religion by CLIFFORD ORWIN from Saturday's Globe and Mail
March 12, 2012
God may be dead, but we still need Him Published Friday, Mar. 09, 2012 4:00PM EST This is a wonderfully provocative book. Its author, the accomplished essayist Alain de Botton, can only be described as a lapsed secularist. Raised as a “committed atheist,” he remains skeptical of truth claims raised on behalf of religion. “The […]
For Uganda, ‘justice’ is complicated
March 9, 2012
Article by SALVATOR CUSIMANO, President of the APSS, and SIMA ATRI. Published Thursday, Mar. 08, 2012 in The Globe and Mail An extraordinary thing happened on Monday night and Tuesday. Kony 2012, an online video campaign by an American NGO called Invisible Children, went viral in social media, where it was shared tens of thousands […]
Is Obama trying to leave Israel no choice?
March 7, 2012
Article by CLIFFORD ORWIN from Wednesday’s Globe and Mail Published Wednesday, Mar. 07, 2012 “Obama to warn Netanyahu against military strikes on Iran.” So proclaimed the headline in Saturday’s Washington Post. At their meeting on Monday, Barack Obama reportedly did just that, while reaffirming America’s commitment to Israel’s safety. And yet … could this be […]
Zack Taylor notes that some city wards are a lot more populous than others
March 6, 2012
Hume: Fixing Toronto’s democratic deficit By Christopher Hume, Published On Sun Mar 04 2012 Even without robo-calls and winner-take-all elections, Canada’s claim to democracy is growing strained. Toronto is no exception. When Zack Taylor of the University of Toronto Cities Centre did a little number crunching recently, his worst suspicions were confirmed: It seems some […]
Putin’s flawed victory, Russia’s painful future
March 6, 2012
Article by AUREL BRAUN from Tuesday’s Globe and Mail Published Tuesday, Mar. 06, 2012 As sure as the winter snow in Moscow, Vladimir Putin is back as president. But in the wake of mass protests after the widely discredited December parliamentary election instead of the coronation march expected in September of 2011 when he and […]