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All four of the department’s SSHRC graduate nominees win major doctoral scholarships.

Noah’s article ‘Dairy concessions in Canadian trade: a discursive institutionalist account’ has been published in the Canadian Foreign Policy Journal.

Cassandra Preece recently published in the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada’s online blog, Dispatch, discussing the anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar and Canada’s role in the country as we look to the future.

Scott Smith successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled: Convening Authority in Global Education: A Case Study of the OECD's Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes

Professor Sajed has been named the 2022 recipient of the President's Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision.

sasha skaidra successfully defended her doctoral thesis entitled: Remapping Sanctuary: Political Theology and Ontario Border Enforcement

Allison Leanage has been selected as a McCall MacBain Postdoctoral Teaching and Leadership Fellow.

by Geoffrey Cameron [Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, McMaster University] and Shauna Labman [Associate Professor of Human Rights, Global College, University of Winnipeg].

By: Stephen McBride Professor and Canada Research Chair in Public Policy and Globalization, McMaster University

The scholarship helps support Black political scientists at the start of their careers.

Learn about the McMaster Mooting Society at their Meet and Greet Question Period on October 4th

Dr. Karen Bird is supporting the redesign of Ontario’s federal electoral district boundaries.

Gustavo studies how information shapes accountability and representation in the Global South. This agenda also informs a research program on research design tradeoffs in quantitative social science.

Michael Gordon successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled: Solidarity and Resistance at the Borders of EUrope: Civil Fleet Search and Rescue Operations in the Mediterranean Borderscape

Article published by Peter Nyers, Professor of Political Science and David Moffette, Associate Professor of Criminology at L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa.

Stephen McBride’s new book Escaping Dystopia: Rebuilding a Public Domain is published by Bristol University Press

A new book from Political Science alumnus, Oldrich Bubak, and his colleagues is stimulating public reflection on science and society.

Faculty of Social Sciences valedictorian Harjot Kaur Shoker graduates June 15 with an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. We asked Harjot, who is going on to study for an MSc in occupational therapy at U of T, a few questions about herself. Here’s what she had to say.

Finley Kibbey-Dunne graduates this week with a political science degree, specializing in public law and judicial studies. Finley talks about his love for politics, his plans for a future law career and his fond memories of Welcome Week.

Noah Fry was featured in the Conversation.

The Department of Political Science is hiring for a two-year full-time contractually limited appointment in Canadian Politics and/or public policy with a focus on public law.