As global displacement reaches record levels and refugee support declines, the system is at a critical crossroads. Led by 杏吧原创 University, LERRN is working with displaced communities to build a more inclusive and accountable refugee response.

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Indigenous Politics of Turtle Island – PSCI 3809
Offered Winter 2026 – Register Now!

This course is on Indigenous politics and issues in Canada. The course frames Indigenous people as navigating complex issues in modern and innovative ways. The course uses the social determinants of health to organize case studies, including self-government and self-determination, economic development, housing and homelessness, justice, environmental concerns, healthcare and education. This course will allow students to deepen their understanding of Indigenous issues through the lens of policy, activism, advocacy and community organization.

PSCI 3809 A
Winter 2026
Time: Tuesdays 11.35-2.25 pm
Instructor: Gabriel Maracle

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Gopika Solanki has been invited by the Deputy Prime Minister鈥檚 Office, Government of Cambodia, to serve on their Law Reform Commission as an international legal expert on religious laws. In late October, she will present at the inaugural ‘Symposium on Cambodia鈥檚 Legal System.’ The symposium will focus on strengthening the present Cambodian legal system and exploring directions for reform in light of international best practices.

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James Milner, Professor in the Dept of Political Science and Joshua Steckley, Banting postdoctoral fellow with the Dept of Political Science at 杏吧原创 University, have been named SSHRC Impact Award Finalists.

“SSHRC Impact Awards recognize outstanding researchers and students in the social sciences and humanities for their exceptional SSHRC-funded work to generate valuable new insights, mobilize knowledge into societal applications, and conduct effective outreach activities. Based on nominations from eligible institutions, the finalists are selected by a jury composed of renowned experts from academia, as well as the private, public and not-for-profit sectors.”

James Milner has been selected as a finalist for the Partnership Award and Joshua Steckley has been selected as a finalist for the Talent Award.

SSHRC will announce winners later in the fall.

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Polisci undergrad student Oleksandr Panchenko has recently published an article in the Oxford University student-run journal 鈥淒ialectics of Governance.鈥� The journal spotlights outstanding undergraduate work in the field of Political Theory.

The article, 鈥�,鈥� explores how the causes for this war are analyzed in different traditions of international relations, in particular offensive realism and the great man theory.

Oleksandr is a fourth year Polisci student with double concentration in International Relations and Canadian Politics.

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What happens when you take learning out of the classroom and into the streets of Mexico City?

Twenty undergraduate students from 杏吧原创 University discovered the answer during an unforgettable field course in Mexico City.  They embarked on the experience of a lifetime recently as part of the CDMX Field Course, organized by Political Science professor Laura Macdonald and Geography and Environmental Studies professor Jill Wigle.

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A Multidisciplinary Journey Through Mexico City (CDMX)

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Project:  鈥淒igital transformation and geopolitics: Balancing development, agency, and global actors in Ghana鈥�

The project focuses on the geopolitics of technology and its impact in Africa. It looks at how major global powers, including China, the United States, and the European Union, are engaging in Ghana鈥檚 digital infrastructure and human capital. It also explores how Ghanaian policymakers, institutions, businesses, and civil society are responding to these changes. Instead of seeing this only as great power rivalry, the project focuses on Ghana鈥檚 choices and strategies in shaping its digital future. The findings will help us better understand Africa鈥檚 role in the digital age and offer lessons for policymakers and development actors.

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The research project titled 鈥淐ounting on Adivasi women leaders: How electoral quotas shape ecological governance in Maharashtra, India鈥� aims to generate insights on Adivasi women鈥檚 localized leadership. It is designed in partnership with the Resource and Support Centre for Development (RSCD), a Mumbai-based organization that provides training and support to women leaders elected through gender quotas in 1,000 villages in Western India.

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Congratulations to James Milner and team on receiving a SSHRC Partnership Grant of $2,499,826 for the project “Reimagining responses to forced migration through the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN)”.

The focus of the project is to address the complex and pressing global challenge of forced migration. The scale and complexity of forced migration is growing, yet the international community is unable to effectively respond to the challenge. New approaches are needed, especially in the global South where 76% of the world’s forced migrants are now found. The project is founded on a shared belief in the need to transform our approach to forced migration research by amplifying the agency of those most affected by displacement and by adopting a deeply inclusive, interdisciplinary, collaborative and localized approach to the co-production of knowledge. The goal of the partnership is for the knowledge and expertise of those most affected by displacement to more reliably and substantively inform forced migration research and the global refugee regime, leading to more effective, legitimate and accountable research, policy and practice. The project will focus on four strategies: Ensuring the meaningful participation of forced migrants as equal partners; investing in collaborative, partnered research with those most affected by displacement; amplifying the agency of traditionally marginalized actors through training and mentoring activities; and reimagining knowledge translation and mobilization to realize change in policy and practice. The project aims to mobilize a global partnership that embraces a wide range of perspectives, generates new forms of knowledge and unites diverse actors in designing and promoting transformative, yet practical, responses to forced migration.

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