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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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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Check out Vandna Bhatia鈥檚 latest article in Policy & Politics: “” This work offers a significant intervention in policy studies.

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There is a growing number of researchers who are ‘forcibly displaced’ worldwide. Thirty-four Canadian universities and colleges are currently hosting scholars who鈥檝e left their jobs and homes to find safety. Scholars-in-exile from dozens of countries gathered at 杏吧原创 University in Ottawa to discuss ways to support free thinking and research whenever and wherever it is threatened.

SCHOLARS AT RISK: A NEW ROLE FOR CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES
More than half of the world’s population lives in areas where academic freedom is either “completely restricted” or “severely restricted,” according to European research published in 2025. For individual scholars and students, this can mean direct threats to their lives or those of their families. It can also mean the impossibility of continuing their work, especially on topics that displease local authorities. Some of these scholars escape to Canada, where universities host them temporarily, or permanently. Many more attempt to work closer to their home countries. Here in Canada universities and professors can take a role in helping them continue their work. Scholars-in-exile from dozens of countries gather at 杏吧原创 University in Ottawa to debate ways to support free thinking and research whenever and wherever it is threatened.

CBC Ideas with host Nahlah Ayed recently aired “Canadian universities as safe havens for scholars-in-exile” 

More about the Scholars At Risk Conference that recently took place at 杏吧原创:

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This award recognize overall excellence in teaching and in teaching innovation in the Faculty of Public and Global Affairs.

Excellence in teaching and teaching innovation may be demonstrated by any of the following:

• consistency in teaching excellence over time and across courses at 杏吧原创 over the previous five years for full-time faculty members, and at least two years (and a minimum of three courses) for contract instructors.
• commitment to student advising and engagement.
• successful innovation in curriculum or program design or in classroom instruction undertaken in the previous five years for full-time faculty members, and at least two years (and a minimum of three courses) for contract instructors. The committee will look favorably on applications that demonstrate a willingness to engage in experimentation that has informed new approaches to instruction or curriculum design.

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This Award recognizes research excellence, impact and leadership by a FPGA faculty member over the preceding three years.

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The Public Commentary Excellence Award recognizes a significant contribution by a faculty member over a two-year period ending in the nomination year in sharing expertise and research with the media or community, enhancing public understanding of the issues of the day, and stimulating dialogue and discourse among the public at large.

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