Prof. Macfarlane published a new book in August 2025 called "Rights and Parliamentary Systems in Canada and Beyond."
International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics 18.2 (2025): 432-442. This one examines new legislation (and proposals for legislation) to require people who use illicit substances to obtain treatment. It looks at some of the consequences of this kind of law for parents and pregnant people who use drugs, including that it is likely to deter people from seeking out prenatal care. Article linked here.
An opportunity to meet with the Political Science Chair and fellow students, graduate and undergraduate, to discuss current events happening on our campus, in our community, and around the globe. All are welcome!
Dr. McCulloch will be speaking on her upcoming book Gender, Peace, and Power-Sharing (University of Toronto Press, June 2026), coauthored with Siobhan Byrne (University of Alberta). The book explores how power-sharing and the women, peace, and security agenda intersect in peacebuilding practices. It offers a feminist “alternative telling” that captures the tensions and potential of these frameworks
Join us in HH 341 or on MS Teams to hear from Political Science faculty members about their Winter 2026 undergraduate courses! This is your opportunity to learn about interesting PSCI courses running next term and ask all your questions on the first day of the open enrolment period. Light refreshments will be served in HH 341. This event is open to all undergraduate students!
To join the meeting on MS Teams:
Meeting ID: 257 932 339 888 05
Passcode: kz2Qu73V
Canada is the only country with complete decriminalization of abortion: no gestational duration limitations, no parental consent obligations, and no waiting periods. In recent years, other countries (New Zealand, Colombia, Uruguay, Mexico) have made strides toward this, while the United States has notoriously lost ground. Amidst the tumult, nurse and scholar Martha Paynter uses historical context and contemporary issues to explain why experts advocate against laws governing abortion.
Canada's official maternal mortality statistics are incomplete to the extent that the World Health Organization applies an amplifier of 60%. This problem has been known for at least 100 years with no lasting progress to address it at a national level. Through the lens of reproductive justice, this presentation chronicles the historical trajectory and interrogates the public policy failure to prioritize the critical issue of maternal mortality.
In this talk, Rowland will interrogate the phenomenon of false Indigenous identity claims and their corrosive effects on Indigenous communities. Drawing on personal experience, historical precedents, and critical Indigenous scholarship, he situates these practices within the broader logic of settler colonialism and its drive toward self-indigenization. In particular, he will focus on the drive to consume and assume historical Indigenous suffering in the effort to cohere false claims.
Join the Chair and faculty of the Political Science Department each week this fall for open discussions with undergraduate and graduate students on current events happening in our campus, community, and in the wider world.
All are welcome!
Associate Professor; Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Governance and Freshwater Fish Futures
Drawing on various scholars, Dr Zoe Todd critiques the push to 'braid' Indigenous and settler paradigms in conservation. As a Red River Métis scholar, Dr Todd advocates for the radical refusal of systems based on white possession and individualism, urging western institutions to embrace Indigenous practices and global anti-imperialist solidarities.