4 days. 0 excuses. 😉 👉 Submit your work shorturl.at/AgUow 📣 #CPSA_ACSP26 @queenspols.bsky.social @westernupolisci.bsky.social @jlisayoung.bsky.social @mcgillpolisci.bsky.social @ecsac.bsky.social @jplewis.bsky.social @isaluciecote.bsky.social @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social @alexmarland.bsky.social

5 days. 0 excuses. 😉 👉 Submit your work shorturl.at/AgUow 📣 #CPSA_ACSP26 @queenspols.bsky.social @westernupolisci.bsky.social @jlisayoung.bsky.social @mcgillpolisci.bsky.social @ecsac.bsky.social @jaredwesley.ca @isaluciecote.bsky.social @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social

"From Democratic Resilience to Recession" The conference begins on Monday! Keynote addresses by Steven Levitsky, Ashley Jardina, and Robert Mickey. Tuesday is sold out, but there are still a few registration spots available for Monday: alumni.mcgill.ca/aoc/events-t...

Check out Professor Yann Allard-Tremblay's new book, now available from Oxford University Press. You can read the introductory chapter for free here: academic.oup.com/book/60793/c...

New article from Professor Juliet Johnson (Political Science) and Professor Benjamin Forest (Geography) "Aspirational Iconography: The European Union Flag as an Extraterritorial Political Symbol”, available open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

See you tonight!

Associate Professor Debra Thompson @debthompsonphd.bsky.social has been renewed as Canada Research Chair in Racial Inequality in Democratic Societies for a second five-year term. www.mcgill.ca/arts/article... @mcgillarts.bsky.social

Amy Janzwood @amyjanzwood.bsky.social 's book _Mega Pipelines, Mega Resistance_ is coming out soon from UBC Press. A book launch will be held Nov 26, 4:30-5:30 pm, Thomson House; she will be in conversation about the book with Darin Barney. Open to all, RSVP at www.eventbrite.ca/e/book-launc...

A few alum tickets are still left for this Poli Sci Homecoming roundtable next week with @excubs.bsky.social @danielbeland.bsky.social @popovaprof.bsky.social @debthompsonphd.bsky.social @jacobtlevy.bsky.social Reserve: www.eventbrite.ca/e/democracy-... Give: www.alumni.mcgill.ca/give/?new=1&...

Fall 2025 newsletter (Now updated with the correction that *nine,* not eight, of the 343 seats in the parliament elected this year are held by alumni of the department.)

Congratulations to today's graduates! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXhA...

And (separately) registration is still open for the alumni Homecoming week roundtable "Democracy under Pressure: What’s at Stake for Canada and the World" www.eventbrite.ca/e/democracy-...

Registration is open for the inaugural conference for the Diamond-Brown Chair in Democratic Studies! "From Democratic Resilience to Recession: Global and Canadian Perspectives on Authoritarian Backsliding." alumni.mcgill.ca/aoc/events-t...

Registration is open for the inaugural conference for the Diamond-Brown Chair in Democratic Studies! "From Democratic Resilience to Recession: Global and Canadian Perspectives on Authoritarian Backsliding." alumni.mcgill.ca/aoc/events-t...

Assistant Professor @amyjanzwood.bsky.social is among the experts featured on this CBC "Ideas with Nahlah Ayed" episode on building pipelines and fighting climate change, and public opinion that seems to want both. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

with @danielbeland.bsky.social on Trump 2.0 and Canadian Identity @popovaprof.bsky.social on Russia’s War on Europe @leobaccini.bsky.social on International Trade in Turbulent Times @debthompsonphd.bsky.social on The War on Woke @jacobtlevy.bsky.social on The Crisis of Constitutional Democracy 2/2

www.eventbrite.ca/e/democracy-... @mcgillarts.bsky.social @mcgillumedia.bsky.social Homecoming week roundtable in the Department of Political Science Democracy under Pressure: What’s at Stake for Canada and the World Oct 23, 5:45 pm Moderator: @excubs.bsky.social 1/2

New article coauthored by Juliet Johnson and Alison Johnston in Perspectives on Politics "Bent into Submission? Domestic Investors and Populist Governments" doi.org/10.1017/S153...

New from Associate Professor of Political Science @popovaprof.bsky.social Maria Popova, in Policy Maia Sandu’s Latest Victory and Moldova’s European Future www.policymagazine.ca/maia-sandus-...

www.eventbrite.ca/e/democracy-... @mcgillarts.bsky.social @mcgillumedia.bsky.social Homecoming week roundtable in the Department of Political Science Democracy under Pressure: What’s at Stake for Canada and the World Oct 23, 5:45 pm Moderator: @excubs.bsky.social 1/2

Today and tomorrow! Learning about democracy and design from Black feminist perspectives, at the Lin Centre conference at McGill University. @mcgillarts.bsky.social @mcgillpolisci.bsky.social @gripp-montreal.bsky.social @lecre.bsky.social

Inaugural conference of the newly established Center for Global Chinese Studies at McGill "Understanding the Future of China's Economy in Canada" Friday, October 3, at the Faculty Club. The conference is cosponsored by Global Affairs Canada.

New from @danielbeland.bsky.social www.policymagazine.ca/universities...

Five Political Science faculty members were awarded Insight Grants or Insight Development Grants totalling over $600,000 from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada: Arash Abizadeh Megan Bradley Catherine Lu T.V. Paul Tania Islas Weinstein www.mcgill.ca/arts/article...

reporter.mcgill.ca/cnn-academy-... Over two decades, some two thousand or more McGill political science students took part in the annual POLI 450 peacebuilding simulation. Now it’s gone global—in part, due to McGill political science alumni. @rexbrynen.bsky.social

New from @debthompsonphd.bsky.social in the Globe & Mail www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/McGill_Caree... The McGill University Department of Political Science invites applications for a tenure-track position in International Relations, with an emphasis on global governance and/or international security.

The McGill Department of Political Science is on: Instagram, www.instagram.com/mcgill.polis... LinkedIn, www.linkedin.com/in/mcgillpol... and Bluesky (right here).

Last day officially on the job for Professor Mark Brawley. A leading scholar and renowned teacher of international political economy, he's retiring after thirty-five years of service as a member of the faculty at McGill. Congratulations to him on a well-earned retirement, and best wishes for it!

The Department will participate in an online information session for students interested in applying for the MA in Poli Sci, held jointly w the McCall MacBain Scholarship Program, Economics, & the Max Bell School. 4 Sept noon Register: apply.mccallmacbainscholars.org/register/eco...

McGill Department of Political Science statement on academic freedom: www.mcgill.ca/politicalsci...

Welcome back! Did you know: Largest units at McGill by student enrolment Management: 3074 Psychology: 2191 Computer Science: 1473 Political Science: 1452 www.mcgill.ca/es/registrat...

Applications are open for the 2025-26 RGCS Charles Taylor Student Fellowship. www.mcgill.ca/rgcs/students

Professor T.V. Paul recieved the Inaugural 2025 President Kim Dae-jung Award in collaboration with the International Political Science Association for “outstanding scholarly contributions to global peace, democracy and human rights.” Congratulations! www.ipsa.org/na/news/tv-p... @ipsa.org

Opportunity for IR professors on sabbatical in 2025-2026: « The Department of Political Science at McGill University invites applications for a Visiting Professorship in International Relations. » mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill... @mcgillpolisci.bsky.social @mcgillarts.bsky.social

New piece in Policy Options by Anika Ganness, a former postdoctoral fellow and incoming Assistant Professor of Public Policy at Toronto Metropolitan University ⬇️

Huge congratulations to the following graduate students and alumnae who have been recognized at the 2025 Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference for their outstanding work: Lou Pingeot, Anne Imouza, Rose Chabot & Sashenka Lleshaj! 🎉 More details: ➡️ linkedin.com/in/mcgillpolisci

We are excited to announce that 13 fellowships have been granted to current and future graduate students with the department from SSHRC and FRQ @fondsrechercheqc.bsky.social! 👏 👏 👏 See the recipients here ➡️ linkedin.com/in/mcgillpolisci

Click on the link to view Arwen's graduation speech! ➡️ www.youtube.com/live/zzVXgIU...

New ⁦‪Globe and Mail poll op-ed‬⁩: “It’s easy to announce the end of internal trade barriers. Eliminating them is harder”. ⁦‪@cpsa-acsp.bsky.social @mcgillpolisci.bsky.social @mcgillarts.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Publication alert! 🚨 Prof. Tania Islas Weinstein recently co-authored an article titled "Performative infrastructures: Populism and the material politics of militarization in contemporary Mexico" Read the full article here ⬇️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

We’re thrilled to congratulate the following undergraduate students graduating this spring with a special award or honour: Juliette Barlier, Monika Bassett, Dominique Lametti, Arwen Low, and Kate O’Connor! Learn more at the department's LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mcgillpolisci

@jacobtlevy.bsky.social, Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory, was featured by The Chronicle of Higher Education about his approach to teaching amid the growth of AI Read the full article here ➡️ www.chronicle.com/newsletter/t...

"Falling back into the shadows? How to keep internal displacement on the humanitarian agenda" A new article by #McGillArts Profs. Megan Bradley and Jennifer Welsh @mcgill-isid.bsky.social @mcgillpolisci.bsky.social @maxbellschool.bsky.social theconversation.com/falling-back...

Congratulations @kaelkropp.bsky.social on being nominated to the Board of the Canadian Political Science Association to be a voice for graduate students -- CPSA is very fortunate! @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social 🎉

RGCS Charles Taylor Student Fellow Arwen Low looks back at her time at McGill in this video from the university: www.instagram.com/reels/DJuAMm...

Congratulations to the McGill Political Science alumni serving in our next parliament: @AnnaMGainey.bsky.social, Secretary of State (Children and Youth); and MPs Raquel Dancho, @KarinaGould.bsky.social, @AIaconoMP.bsky.social, Patricia Lattanzio, Scott Reid, Jonathan Wilkinson, and John Williamson!

@jacobtlevy.bsky.social, Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory, has published a new op-ed in The Washington Post on the Qatari government's gift of a jumbo jet to President Trump and legal loopholes 👉 Read the full article here: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Occasional repost: my Bartlett Lecture at Bridgewater State University last month www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wpud... @mcgillpolisci.bsky.social