J. Marshall Beier
Professor
J. Marshall Beier’s work is concerned with hybridized identities issuing from (post)colonial encounters. His research considers the negotiation of identity through citizenship practices (Indigenous peoples' participation at the UN), and in emergent global networks of resistance.
Karen Bird
Ph.D. Political Science, University of Minnesota, 1997
Professor
Karen Bird conducts comparative research on multicultural policies. Her work focuses on the political representation of women and ethnic minorities, the effectiveness of quotas under various electoral systems and circumstances of party competition, and on the conditions under which women and ethnic minorities act as group representatives. Visit our Women and Minorities Project website for more information.
Catherine Frost
Ph.D. University of Toronto, 2000
Professor
Catherine Frost looks at the moral questions surrounding the claims of groups to political status – whether “the people” as a democratic concept, or specific nationalities and cultural minorities in the name of self-government or accommodation. Her work asks how identity, community, and collective consciousness are affected by the conditions of shared public life, including the impact that communication can have on knowledge. How, for instance, can a group found a political project to represent a multi-generational community? Why do some claims win recognition and others not? How does representation exclude as well as make present? Why are some forms of representation privileged over others? Addressing these issues require attention to representational practices, as well as to the way solidarity and boundedness is sustained through justice or violence.
Inder S Marwah
Associate Professor
Inder Marwah's research addresses the challenges that social, cultural and religious pluralism present for liberal democracies, both historically and in contemporary contexts. He works on the theory and practice of multiculturalism, secularism/religious rights, and immigration and social integration in Canada and Europe.
Peter Nyers
PhD Political Science, York University, 2002
Graduate Chair Department of Political Science | Professor
Peter Nyers does research on citizenship, refugees, and undocumented migration. His research focuses on the social mobilizations of non-status refugees and migrants, in particular their campaigns against deportation and detention and for regularization and global mobility rights. His primary interest in these movements has been to understand the ways in which they allow for a critical re-examination political subjectivity in relation to non-citizenship.
Netina Tan
Ph.D. Political Science, University of British Columbia, 2011
Associate Professor | University Scholar, 2021-2025
Netina Tan is interested in the political representation of women and ethnic minorities. She researches on ethnic and gender quotas, ethnic conflicts, electoral integrity, party politics, immigration and democracy in East and Southeast Asia.
Lana Wylie
Associate Professor
Dr. Wylie’s research focuses on Canadian and American foreign policy, Latin American and Caribbean politics with an emphasis on Cuba, international relations theory, and diplomacy and tourism.