Department of Politics and International Relations

Knowledge. Critical thinking. Engagement.

��Ƶ’s Department of Politics and International Relations combines traditional and innovative approaches to equip students with the knowledge and critical thinking skills they need for active and creative engagement with the world around them.

The Department’s faculty are accomplished scholars and teachers whose expertise reaches across the fields of Canadian politics, comparative politics, global studies, international politics, and political theory.

Intensive learning and research opportunities abound for students interested in building upon the foundation of their course work through independent study projects or through study abroad programs and other international experiences.

Students are involved in many clubs and societies on campus as well as in the community and internationally. They are regularly recognized by the University for their contributions to life at ��Ƶ.

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Student Research: Rethinking Canada’s Inflation Targeting

PPE student Emily Pachell’s summer research compares policy alternatives to Canada’s current inflation-targeting framework

Four ��Ƶ professors receive more than $600,000 in SSHRC Insight funding

Research spans disciplines, including place name and policy, the impacts of colonization on our foodways, disaster risk reduction, inclusive histories of music, and Indigenous economies and exclusion.

International relations and psychology student on exchange in Japan

Aiko Valeria Aguilar Jimenez spent a semester at Kwansei Gakuin University

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