UBC Political Science alumnus Ron Deibert Receives ISA Award
Citizen Lab founder and director, and UBC Political Science alumnus Ron Deibert, has been honoured as a Distinguished Scholar by the International Studies Association (ISA). Delivered every two years, the award honours “exceptional scholarship accomplishments and contributions to the development of the study of International Relations in Canada.”
The Centre for Migration Studies awarded funding through 2023
The Centre for Migration Studies is thrilled to announce that it has been awarded two years of funding (2021 – 23) from the UBC Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation (VPRI) as part of the 2021/22 Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters Competition (GCRC).
Congratulations to Prof. Peter Dauvergne who was awarded a Killam Research Prize
UBC Political Science Prof. Peter Dauvergne has been awarded a Killam Research Prize, which recognizes outstanding research and scholarly contributions at UBC. He is one of four senior faculty across all of the social sciences and humanities so recognized at UBC this year. Congratulations Peter!
Professor Sheryl Lightfoot Appointed United Nations Representative on Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The UN Human Rights Council has appointed Dr. Sheryl Lightfoot as the North American member on the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Prof. Xiaojun Li receives funding for investigation of global supply chains in a post-pandemic world
How do global supply chains adapt to a global pandemic when raw materials, parts, components, and services cross national borders multiple times before final products are sold on world markets?
Alumna Edana Beauvais hired as an assistant professor at SFU
UBC Political Science graduate Edana Beauvais was recently welcomed as a new assistant professor at the Department of Political Science at Simon Fraser University. Her research focuses on racial & settler-colonial politics, gender & politics, and political communication & democratic innovation.
Grace Lore on her journey from UBC Political Science to the BC Legislature
UBC Political Science alumna Grace Lore plans to leverage her expertise and passion for gender equity and intersectional feminism to tackle her mandate as a BC NDP MLA and the parliamentary secretary on gender equity.
Prof. Brian Job teaches final class before retirement
Congratulations to Professor Brian Job, who due to his well-deserved retirement next year, taught his last undergraduate Political Science class this week!
An Odyssey Indeed: a review of Professor Emeritus Philip Resnick’s Itineraries
Although Philip Resnick did not run into any cyclopses in his life’s journey, the tale that he recounts is as fascinating as that of Odysseus.
UBC Political Science Professor Emeritus publishes Pandemic Poems in Inroads
2020’s toughest curveballs cannot stop UBC Political Science Professor Emeritus and poet Philip Resnick. This year, he published his new memoir, Itineraries, but not even a global pandemic can put his muse to rest.