Events | Department of Political Science

The Department of Political Science hosts a variety of events each academic year. Our faculty are also involved in a number of talks, interviews and panels across the world. Please see below for some of the upcoming events in our department.

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Featured Past Events

Is China a Surveillance State? Old and New Control Tactics

This is an online event.

China’s surveillance reach is global. With police stations being set up abroad, election interference in Canada, and spy balloons, how are we to make sense of China as a surveillance state? Join journalists and researchers for a dynamic discussion of China as a surveillance state: the benign, the malign, and the ugly implications for Canada and the democratic world.

Screening & Discussion of Goran Hugo Olsson’s film “Concerning Violence”

Presented by The Critical Student Collective, Health Studies Student Association, and the UTSC Critical Book Club, and with Professor Sicchia and TAIBU Community Health Centre

Book Launch: Revolution and Dictatorship: The Violent Origins of Durable Authoritarianism

On November 18, author Lucan Way will be joined by Randall Hansen, Lynne Viola, Joe Wong, Ed Schatz, and Peter Loewen for the launch of his new book, Revolution and Dictatorship: The Violent Origins of Durable Authoritarianism.

About the book

Professor Lucan Way on The Current with Matt Galloway

Professor Lucan Way and Steven Levitsky discuss their new book Revolution and Dictatorship: The Violent Origins of Durable Authoritarianism which explores how dictatorships survive, even in the face of economic crisis, mass discontent and intense external pressure.

Listen to the episode here on CBC's The Current

CHINA Town Hall - Hand on the Pulse: Changing Canadian Public Opinion on China

A recent Pew poll showed that Canadian public opinion of China has grown increasingly unfavourable over the past decade. From the two Michaels to China’s zero-Covid policy to Communist Party influence abroad, many pressure points have surfaced. Canada also has a large and diverse population of Chinese descent that enriches and participates in Canadian politics and society. This panel brings together diverse voices to discuss how Chinese in Canada have historically been treated, and what lessons there are for people-to-people exchange today.

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Stefan Rencken's Talk: Lobbying and Corporate Social Responsibility

Join UTSC's Associate Professor Stefan Renckens for an upcoming round table: Lobbying and Corporate Social Responsibility where he will be discussing " Voluntary sustainability standards organizations as interest organizations".

Zoom Link: https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/86730179688

Professor Neil Robert's talk: POLICING'S UNFREEDOM

Join Professor Neil Robert's for his upcoming talk this Friday Sept. 30 at Harvard University as part of a conference for the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy.

The 2022 conference, to be held Friday, September 30, will be on “Policing." It will be a hybrid event: an in-person conference hosted by Harvard University’s Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics together with a Zoom meeting. Please register here, indicating whether you will be in person or on Zoom. They will distribute the Zoom link to registrants shortly before the conference.

Left to Right: Nicole Bastian, Julia Friedlander, Carla Norrlof, Daleep Singh

Professor Carla Norrlof: The implications of sanctions and other tools of statecraft

Join UTSC's Professor Carla Norrlof at the Frankfurt Forum on US-European GeoEconomics

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
FRANKFURT, GERMANY

The Frankfurt Forum launches new research and brings together senior policymakers from both sides of the Atlantic. This special event will deliver a blueprint for US-EU cooperation in four key areas: digital currencies, monetary policy, international trade, and economic statecraft.

Professor Norrlof will be speaking at Session 4 of the event from 3:30 – 4:30pm CET- Economic statecraft: A new era in the use of sanctions and tools of statecraft