News & Events

Reckoning with the colonial present: the failures of reconciliation and the denialism of the Canadian state

PhD Candidate, Marrissa Mathews, was selected as a participant for the 2021 Graduate Residency in Digital Scholarship at McMaster’s Lewis and Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship.

Professor Robert O’Brien will conduct climate politics research at the University of Southern California from January to May 2022.

Suneth Wijeratne successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled: Examining Other Diplomacies of Sri Lankan Workers in South Korea: A Human-Centric Approach to Diplomatic Studies

Dr. Alina Sajed contributes the chapter on Postcolonialism to the 6th edition of Theories of International Relations, edited by Richard Devetak and Jacqui True.

We are pleased to welcome Dr. Emily Merson to our teaching staff beginning July 1, 2021.

Dr. Tan describes her research and plans for the future after being named University Scholar.

Our focus throughout the COVID-19 pandemic has been on the health and safety of every member of our community. As the University plans for select in-person opportunities in the 2021 Fall term, we want to provide you with information specific to the Faculty of Social Sciences and your program of study within Political Science.

McMaster Political Science faculty are involved in more than $897,000 of new research funding under the most recent 2020 SSHRC Insight Grants program.

Meet Ananya Yadav, one of this year's Political Science graduates. In this feature, Ananya talks about her time at Mac, lessons learned, as well as her plans for the future.

We are writing to you again after a horrific act of racist violence: the murder of four members of the Afzaal family in London, Ontario, on June 6, 2021.

Department of Political Science at McMaster University issues statement on Kamloops Indian Residential School

The results of the 2021 Faculty of Social Sciences Internal Awards have been announced. The awards include the Early Career Researcher Award, the Impact Award, and the Scholar in Community Award.

New project aims to advance research and tools in support of poverty reduction advocacy and education work

As Spring/Summer 2021 approaches, we are excited to profile a few of the instructors who will be teaching our courses this year.

Based on a recent COVID-19 impact study on Ontario workers, Peter Graefe and Mohammad Ferdosi of the Department of Political Science have written an article comparing the experiences of Ontarians living on CERB to provincial social assistance programs.

Congratulations to Dr. Netina Tan on being named University Scholar, 2021-2025.

The team collaborated on a presentation entitled "Using marketing research methodologies to study parents' preferences and understanding of early childhood education and care services".

Colette successfully defended her doctoral thesis entitled: Incentives, Rules, Power, and Discretion: A comparative Analysis of Local Financial Autonomy Building in the Cities of Accra and Nairobi.

The Department of Political Science at McMaster University acknowledges and condemns a long history of anti-Asian racism in Canada, and its links to a horrifying rise in anti-Asian hate crimes during the pandemic. We stand in solidarity with Asian communities at home and around the world in condemning all forms of racial injustice and acknowledging in particular the suffering that Asian people continue to endure as a result of systemic anti-Asian racism.

Notable Indigenous scholars, Renae Watchman and Robert Innes will join McMaster University on July 1, 2021.