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Wednesday, September 18, 2019 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm GMT (GMT +00:00)

The Trudeau Formula | Martin Lukacs

Join us for the book launch and discussion of the Trudeau Formula, featuring author and investigative journalist Martin Lukacs.

Friday, October 4, 2019 8:30 am - 5:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Freedom of Expression in Canada Workshop

Canadian parliament building
Freedom of Expression in Canada

This workshop is co-sponsored by the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo, the Courts & Politics Research Group, and the research cluster for Indigenous Peoples, Decolonization and the Globe at the Balsillie School of International Affairs.

In 2005 the University of Waterloo established an Outstanding Performance Fund to reward faculty members for outstanding contribution in teaching and scholarship. The Department of Political Science is proud to celebrate three of our very own 2018 Outstanding Performance Award recipients, Prof. Anna Esselment, Prof. Emmett Macfarlane and Prof. Eric Helleiner. Congratulations!

Diversity is good for business

At a time when global migration is at a record high, Prof. Momani, is examining the impact of immigration on the bottom lines of Canadian businesses. Her research shows that across all sectors in Canada, a 1% increase in workforce diversity corresponds to an average increase of 2.4% increase in revenue and a 0.5% increase in productivity. Momani explores how Canada is uniquely positioned to harness the benefits of immigration, a benefit that she has named Canada’s diversity dividend.

On March 29th Dr. Anna Esselment moderated a panel on “#MeToo and Parliament” in Ottawa as part of the Canadian Study of Parliament Group seminar series.

Thursday, January 17, 2019 12:00 pm - 12:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Book launch — Atomic Assurance: The Alliance Politics of Nuclear Proliferation

Do alliances curb efforts by states to develop nuclear weapons? Atomic Assurance looks at what makes alliances sufficiently credible to prevent nuclear proliferation; how alliances can break down and so encourage nuclear proliferation; and whether security guarantors like the United States can use alliance ties to end the nuclear efforts of their allies.

Thursday, September 20, 2018 11:30 am - 11:30 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Fall Speaker Series with Kate Glover-Berger

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Kate Glover-Berger is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law at Western University. Her research and teaching span many areas of public law, with a particular focus on constitutional and administrative law.

She will be visiting UWaterloo as part of the Department Speaker Series.

Thursday, October 18, 2018 11:30 am - 11:30 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Fall Speaker Series with Megan Gaucher

Megan Gaucher is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University. Broadly speaking, her research interests focus on the intersections between citizenship, family, gender, sexuality, and race in Canadian immigration and refugee law and policy.

During her visit to UWaterloo she will discus her new book Keeping it in the Family: The (Re-) Production of Conjugal Citizens Through Canadian Immigration Policy and Practice.