On September 15 2015, the Trudeau Foundation announced that Professor Bessma Momani, a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo, was awarded one of five 2015 Trudeau Foundation Fellowships.
The Department of Political Science is very proud that Professor Eric Helleiner, was among the newly-announced fellows of the Royal Society of Canada – people who have been peer-elected as the best in their field. The fellowship of the Royal Society consists of individuals who have made outstanding contributions in the arts, the humanities, social science, science, and Canadian public life.
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At Arts convocation, William Coleman of the Department of Political Science received the distinguished title of University Professor. He joins an extraordinary group of only sixteen such title-holders at Waterloo who have been recognized for their “exceptional scholarly achievement and international pre-eminence in a particular field or fields of knowledge.”
"Royal Military College Model United Nations 2015 - What an amazing weekend! Congratulations to all the delegates who earned their awards, especially to the Top Delegation, the University of Waterloo. We hope everyone had a insightful, engaging and enjoyable weekend and we hope to see you again next year!"
- Royal Military College Model United Nations organizers
The department of Political Science would like to congratulate the University of Waterloo Model United Nations Club for their impressive achievements at this years North American Model United Nations Conference in Toronto.
This year's winners include:
Best Position Paper:
Security Council
Joint Crisis
Outstanding Delegate:
SPECPOL
CONGRATULATIONS to all the students involved in making this such a successful event!
The department of Political Science would like to congratulate Jud Whiteside and Benjamin Ries for their outstanding achievements!
"Studying Local Climate Adaptation: A Heuristic Research Framework for Comparative Policy Analysis," Global Environmental Change, 31 (2015): 1
The first is a Setting the Scene article: "G20: An Ongoing Evolution" in Melissa Conley Tyler and Nick Snelling (Eds), G20: Words into Action Brisbane 2014 (Australian Institute of International Affairs and Faircount Media, Sydney: 2014).
He has also contributed to a Forum on the G20 in the Caribbean Journal of International Relations @ Diplomacy, "The G20 and Contested Global Governance: BRICS, Middle Powers and Small States."