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2022-2023 Academic Year

Recycling Plant

‘Broken promises’: Is Canada falling short on its climate change goals?

Professor Matthew Hoffman says it’s a “contentious issue” but one that he would like to see progress made on.
A protester in London holds up a sign asking to stop economic and diplomatic relations with Russia, Belarus and Iran Photograph: Jasmine Leung/SOPA Images/Shutterstock

Professor Carla Norrlöf's latest piece in The Guardian

Don’t be fooled: sanctions really are hurting Russia’s war against Ukraine says Professor Carla Norrlöf
Justice Clarence Thomas

Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife have bolstered conservative causes as he is poised to lead the

Read Professor Neil Roberts’s latest piece in The Conversation on Justice Clarence Thomas
Left: Book Cover- Revolution and Dictatorship, Right: Lucan Way

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

Checkout Professor Lucan Way's new book co-authored with Steven Levitsky
Left: Journal Cover, Right: Diana Fu

Associate Professor Diana Fu featured in Harvard Univeristy Press, Fairbank Centre's latest Vol

A new volume of insights from top China specialists explains key issues shaping today’s United States–China relationship
Diana Fu's latest chapter in NUS Press Singapore

Associate Professor Diana Fu's latest chapter in NUS Press Singapore

In their chapter, Diana Fu and Rui Hou write about China's social credit system.
Assistant Professor Aisha Ahmad

Assistant Professor Aisha Ahmad appointed to Royal Society of Canada

Aisha Ahmad has been appointed to the Royal Society of Canada’s college of new scholars, artists and scientists
Left: (Book) The New Nationalism in America and Beyond, Right: Robert Schertzer

New Book: The New Nationalism in America and Beyond

Click here to read more about Associate Professor Robert Schertzer's new book co-authored with Eric Taylor Woods
Police enforce an injunction against anti-vaccine mandate protesters near Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Feb. 19, 2022.

Check out Associate Professor Christopher Cochrane’s latest analysis in CBC News on Canadian Federal

"The lion's share of convoy donors' leadership campaign donations went to Pierre Poilievre's campaign
From left, Silvio Berlusconi, Giorgia Meloni and Matteo Salvini address a rally in Rome in 2019. Meloni’s Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party, with neo-fascist roots, has been rising rapidly in popularity ahead of Italy’s Sept. 25 parliamentary elections.

Read Assistant Professor Julian Campisi’s latest piece in The Conversation on Italy’s upcoming elec

Italians will soon vote in national elections and the country will have its 70th government.
“Revolution and Dictatorship” Book Cover

Time magazine lists “Revolution and Dictatorship” as one of the most anticipated books for Fall 202

Co-written by UTSC’s Professor Lucan Way and Harvard Professor Steven Levitsky. Click here to read more.
Flooding in Pakistan

Professor Matthew Hoffmann on Metro Morning with Ismaila Alfa

Canada needs to take responsibility to act as flooding devastates Pakistan, says Professor Matt Hoffmann

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