Professor Emerita, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
UC E102
416-978-3289
Campus
- Downtown Toronto (St. George)
Fields of Study
- Canadian Government
- Comparative Politics
Areas of Interest
- Canadian Government
- Canadian and Comparative Politics
- Public Policy
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).
Education
BA (Hons), Hampshire College
MA, University of Michigan
PhD, York University
Publications
- Doing Politics Differently? Women Premiers in Canada’s Provinces and Territories (UBC Press : 2019)
- Women as Foreign Policy Leaders: National Security and Gender Politics in Superpower America (Oxford University Press : 2018)
- Opening Doors Wider: Women’s Political Engagement in Canada (University of British Columbia Press : 2009)
- Women, Power, Politics: The Hidden Story of Canada’s Unfinished Democracy (Oxford University Press : 2009)