People
Faculty
Todd Alway
Undergraduate Chair Department of Political Science | Assistant Professor
Faculty
Department of Political Science
Area(s) of Interest: Comparative Politics, Critical International Relations, Global Political Economy, Globalization, International Relations
Nathan Andrews
Associate Professor
Faculty
Department of Political Science
Area(s) of Interest: African Diasporas , Anti Oppression, Corporate Social Responsibility, Critical International Relations, Critical Pedagogy, Decolonization, Gender, Global Governance, Global Political Economy, Globalization, Globalization & Transnationalism, International Development , International Relations, Natural Resources, Political Economy, Postcolonial Theory, Poverty, Qualitative Methods, Race and Racism , Resource and Environmental Economics, Social Justice
J. Marshall Beier
Professor
Faculty
Department of Political Science
Area(s) of Interest: Childhood Studies, Critical International Relations, Critical Pedagogy, Critical Military Studies, Cultural Studies, Decolonization, Gender & Politics, Globalization, International Relations, Political Sociology, Political Subjecthood, Politics of Representation, Pop Culture, Youth
Karen Bird
Professor
Faculty
Department of Political Science
Faculty
Master of Public Policy Program
Area(s) of Interest: Comparative Politics, Gender and Ethnic Relations, Gender & Politics, Politics of Representation, Public Policy
Katherine Boothe
Associate Professor
Faculty
Department of Political Science
Faculty
Master of Public Policy Program
Area(s) of Interest: Canadian Politics, Comparative Politics, Patient involvement in healthcare, Public Policy, Social & Health Policy
Adrienne Davidson
Assistant Professor
Faculty
Department of Political Science
Faculty
Master of Public Policy Program
Area(s) of Interest: Canadian public policy, Child Care & Education, Comparative Public Policy, Federalism and Intergovernmental Relation, Indigenous Politics, Institutions and Identity, Public Policy, Social Policy
Michelle L. Dion
Professor | Senator Wm. McMaster Chair in Gender & Methodology
Faculty
Department of Political Science
Faculty
Master of Public Policy Program
Area(s) of Interest: Comparative Politics, Gender & Politics, Globalization, Public Policy, Social & Health Policy
Greg Flynn
Chair of the Department of Political Science | Assistant Professor
Faculty
Department of Political Science
Faculty
Master of Public Policy Program
Area(s) of Interest: Canadian Politics, Comparative Politics, Public Policy
Catherine Frost
Professor
Faculty
Department of Political Science
Members
Institute on Globalization & the Human Condition
Area(s) of Interest: Communications, Globalization & Transnationalism, History, Temporality and Time, Nationalism, Political Theory, Politics and History, Politics of Representation, Time/temporalities, Violence
Nibaldo Galleguillos
Associate Professor
Faculty
Department of Political Science
Associate Members
School of Labour Studies
Area(s) of Interest: Comparative Politics, Globalization, International Relations
Maria Gintova
Assistant Professor
Faculty
Department of Political Science
Faculty
Master of Public Policy Program
Peter Graefe
Associate Professor
Faculty
Department of Political Science
Associate Members
School of Labour Studies
Area(s) of Interest: Canadian Politics, Nationalism, Policy, Political Economy, Political Sociology, Politics, Politics of Representation, Public Policy, Social & Health Policy, Social Movements, Social Policy
Ahmed Shafiqul Huque
Professor
Faculty
Department of Political Science
Area(s) of Interest: Climate, Water & Sustainability, Policy, Public Policy
James Ingram
Associate Professor
Faculty
Department of Political Science
Members
Institute on Globalization & the Human Condition
Area(s) of Interest: Critical International Relations, Globalization, Political Theory, Postcolonial Theory
Robert Innes
Associate Professor | Chair of the Indigenous Studies Department
Faculty
Department of Political Science
Faculty
Indigenous Studies Department
Inder S Marwah
Associate Professor
Faculty
Department of Political Science
Members
Institute on Globalization & the Human Condition
Area(s) of Interest: Critical International Relations, Decolonization, Globalization, Globalization & Transnationalism, History, Temporality and Time, Political Philosophy, Political Theory, Politics of Representation, Postcolonial Theory, Race
Stephen McBride
Professor | Canada Research Chair in Public Policy and Globalization
Faculty
Department of Political Science
Members
Institute on Globalization & the Human Condition
Associate Members
School of Labour Studies
Area(s) of Interest: Canadian Politics, Global Political Economy, Globalization, International Relations, Labour Issues, Public Policy, Social & Health Policy
Peter Nyers
Graduate Chair Department of Political Science | Professor
Faculty
Department of Political Science
Members
Institute on Globalization & the Human Condition
Area(s) of Interest: Citizenship Studies, Critical International Relations, Globalization, Immigration
Robert O'Brien
Professor
Faculty
Department of Political Science
Members
Institute on Globalization & the Human Condition
Associate Members
School of Labour Studies
Area(s) of Interest: Climate, Water & Sustainability, Critical International Relations, Economic History, Global Political Economy, Globalization, Globalization & Transnationalism, International Economics, International Labour Standards, International Relations, Labour, Labour activism beyond the workplace, Labour Issues, Movements, Political Economy, Political Sociology and Social Movements, Political Theory, Politics, Politics and History, Postcolonial Theory, Public Policy, Resource and Environmental Economics, Social Justice, Social Movements, Social Policy, Transantionalism and Globalization
Tony Porter
Professor/Associate Director IGHC
Department of Anthropology
Faculty
Department of Political Science
Members
Institute on Globalization & the Human Condition
Faculty
Master of Public Policy Program
Associate Members
School of Labour Studies
Area(s) of Interest: Climate, Water & Sustainability, Critical International Relations, Global Political Economy, Globalization, International Relations
Alina Sajed
Associate Professor
Faculty
Department of Political Science
Members
Institute on Globalization & the Human Condition
Area(s) of Interest: Critical International Relations, Decolonization, Globalization, Globalization & Transnationalism, International Relations, Political Economy, Political Theory, Politics and History, Postcolonial Theory, Race and Gender, Violence and Ethnography of Nation-State, Violence
Netina Tan
Associate Professor | University Scholar, 2021-2025
Faculty
Department of Political Science
Faculty
Master of Public Policy Program
Members
Institute on Globalization & the Human Condition
Area(s) of Interest: Comparative Politics, Digital Technology, Electoral Politics, Gender & Politics, Politics of Representation, Qualitative Methods, Race and Ethnicity, Social Media
Clifton van der Linden
Assistant Professor | Director, Digital Society Lab | Academic Director, Master of Public Policy Program
Faculty
Department of Political Science
Faculty
Master of Public Policy Program
Area(s) of Interest: Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Digital Technology, Elections, Political behaviour, Public Opinion, Public Policy, Social Media, Survey methodology, Voting Advice Applications
Lana Wylie
Associate Professor
Faculty
Department of Political Science
Area(s) of Interest: Comparative Politics, Critical International Relations, Gender & Politics, Globalization, International Relations, Politics of Representation
Contract and Sessional Faculty
Angela Orasch
Contract and Sessional Faculty
Contract and Sessional Faculty
Department of Political Science
Area(s) of Interest: Canadian Politics, Canadian public policy, Critical Data Studies, Digital Technology, Participatory Arts-Based Research Methodologies, Political Subjecthood, Public Policy
Hosea Patrick
Contract and Sessional Faculty
Contract and Sessional Faculty
Department of Political Science
David Said
Contract and Sessional Faculty
Contract and Sessional Faculty
Department of Political Science
CLA
Geoffrey Cameron
Assistant Professor
CLA
Department of Political Science
Area(s) of Interest: Canadian Politics, Comparative Politics, Immigration, Public Policy, Religion and Politics
Szu-Yun Hsu
Assistant Professor
CLA
Department of Political Science
Area(s) of Interest: Critical International Relations, Global Political Economy, Globalization, Globalization & Transnationalism, Nationalism, Political Economy, Social Justice, Social Movements, Transantionalism and Globalization
Emily Merson
Assistant Professor
CLA
Department of Political Science
Area(s) of Interest: Critical International Relations, Decolonization, Gender & Politics, Global Political Economy, Politics of Representation, Transantionalism and Globalization
Associate Members
Julia Abelson
Associate Members
Department of Political Science
Gail Krantzberg
Associate Members
Department of Political Science
John Lavis
Associate Members
Department of Political Science
Adjunct Faculty
Bryan Evans
Adjunct Faculty
Department of Political Science
Dustin Garrick
Associate Member | Adjunct Faculty
Adjunct Faculty
Department of Political Science
Members
Institute on Globalization & the Human Condition
Emeritus Faculty
William Coleman
Distinguished University Professor Emeritus | Fellow Royal Society of Canada | Founding Director of the IGHC
Emeritus Faculty
Department of Political Science
Honourary Lifetime Members
Institute on Globalization & the Human Condition
Henry Jacek
Professor Emeritus
Emeritus Faculty
Department of Political Science
Area(s) of Interest: Canadian Politics, Comparative Politics, Global Political Economy, Public Policy
Richard Stubbs
Professor Emeritus
Emeritus Faculty
Department of Political Science
Members
Institute on Globalization & the Human Condition
Area(s) of Interest: Comparative Politics, Global Political Economy, Globalization, International Relations
Donald Wells
Professor Emeritus
Emeritus Faculty
Department of Political Science
Members
Institute on Globalization & the Human Condition
Emeritus Faculty
School of Labour Studies
Area(s) of Interest: Globalization & Transnationalism, Immigration, International Labour Standards, Movements, Poverty, Public Policy
Charlotte Yates
Professor Emeritus
Emeritus Faculty
Department of Political Science
Emeritus Faculty
School of Labour Studies
Graduate Students
Rebecca Lynn Denyer
PhD Student
Graduate Students
Department of Political Science
Area(s) of Interest: Communications, Comparative Politics, Comparative Public Policy, Digital Technology, Media, Public Policy, Social Movements
Noah Fry
PhD Candidate
Graduate Students
Department of Political Science
Area(s) of Interest: Canadian Politics, Canadian public policy, Comparative Public Policy, Globalization, Labour, Political Economy, Social Movements
John P. Hayes
PhD Candidate
Graduate Students
Department of Political Science
Area(s) of Interest: Climate, Water & Sustainability, Comparative Politics, International Relations, Natural Resources, Political Economy, Public Policy, Social Justice
Regan M. Johnston
PhD Student
Graduate Students
Department of Political Science
Area(s) of Interest: Big Data, Comparative Politics, Digital Technology, Gender & Politics, Political behaviour, Political Sociology and Social Movements, Public Opinion, Quantitative Methods , Survey methodology
Katherine Lee
PhD Candidate (ABD)
Graduate Students
Department of Political Science
Area(s) of Interest: Comparative Politics, Comparative Public Policy, Health Policy, Health Systems, Mental Health, Public Policy
Joanna Massie
Graduate Students
Department of Political Science
Area(s) of Interest: Canadian Politics, Comparative Politics, Comparative Public Policy, Politics of Representation, Public Opinion, Public Policy
Marrissa Mathews
PhD Student
Graduate Students
Department of Political Science
Area(s) of Interest: Decolonization, Education, Indigenous, International Relations, Policy, Political Theory, Politics, Public Policy, Race and Ethnicity, Race and Gender
Shelby McPhee
PhD Student
Graduate Students
Department of Political Science
Area(s) of Interest: Critical International Relations, Decolonization, Global Political Economy, Globalization, International Intervention, International Relations, Political Sociology, Postcolonial Theory, Race and Gender
Spencer Naylor
PhD Student
Graduate Students
Department of Political Science
Area(s) of Interest: Aging, Comparative Politics, Global Health, Health and Health Care, Health Policy, Public Policy
Rebekah K. Pullen
PhD Candidate
Graduate Students
Department of Political Science
Area(s) of Interest: Critical International Relations, Gender & Politics, Globalization, Historiography, Ideology and Culture, International Relations, Political Theory, Politics and History, Pop Culture, Qualitative Methods, Violence
Garima Sarkar
PhD Candidate (ABD)
Graduate Students
Department of Political Science
Area(s) of Interest: Comparative Politics, Comparative Public Policy, Electoral Politics, Gender & Politics, Political behaviour, Politics of Representation, Public Leadership, Public Policy, Qualitative data analysis, Quantitative Methods , Race and Ethnicity, Social Class, Social Inequalities
Ghada Sasa
PhD Candidate
Graduate Students
Department of Political Science
Area(s) of Interest: Climate, Water & Sustainability, Critical International Relations, Critical Pedagogy, Decolonization, Indigenous Knowledge, Postcolonial Theory, Social Justice, Social Movements
Anwar Sheluchin
PhD Student
Graduate Students
Department of Political Science
Area(s) of Interest: Canadian Politics, Canadian public policy, Comparative Politics, Digital Technology, Elections, Political behaviour, Public Opinion, Public Policy, Qualitative Methods, Quantitative Methods , Survey methodology
sasha skaidra
PhD Candidate
Graduate Students
Department of Political Science
Area(s) of Interest: Arts-based Research Methods, Citizenship Studies, Critical International Relations, Immigration, International Relations, Political Theory, Social Justice, Social Movements
Ulaş Taştekin
PhD Candidate
Graduate Students
Department of Political Science
Area(s) of Interest: International Development , Political Economy, Political Theory, Social Class
Staff
Wendy Ryckman
Administrator of the Department of Political Science
Staff
Department of Political Science
Postdoctoral Fellows
Alex Beyer
Postdoctoral Fellows
Department of Political Science
Area(s) of Interest: Big Data, Elections, Political behaviour, Public Opinion, Public Policy, Survey methodology, Voting Advice Applications
Akalya Kandiah
Postdoctoral Fellows
Department of Political Science
Area(s) of Interest: Decolonization, Ethnography, International Development , Qualitative data analysis, Qualitative Methods, Race and Ethnicity, Race and Racism , Transnationalism, migration, and diaspora
Allison Leanage
Postdoctoral Fellows
Department of Political Science
Area(s) of Interest: Public Policy, Social Inequality, Social Psychology, Statistics
Adjunct Lecturer
Vass Bednar
Executive Director, Master of Public Policy Program
Adjunct Lecturer
Department of Political Science
Staff
Master of Public Policy Program
Adjunct Professor
Faculty
Area(s) of Interest: Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Canadian public policy, Ethics, Labour Issues, Labour Markets, Pop Culture, Provincial Politics and Government, Public Leadership, Public Policy
Sanjay Khanna
Foresight Advisor, Former Futurist at Baker McKenzie
Adjunct Lecturer
Department of Political Science
Professor of Practice, Advisory Board
Master of Public Policy Program