The Director - Susan Pond
The director of the Glendon School of Public and International Affairs is Mrs Susan Pond, M.S.C. working along talented faculty, staff and Fellows, and supported by generous gifts provided by BMO and Power Corporation, she is responsible for several high-profile events, including the popular Glendon Global Dialogue series. In carry out these activities Ms. Pond is committed to diversity and inclusion. She has reinstated the highly esteemed study trip for all students to the United Nations in New York in 2024 and Washington DC in 2025.
Thanks to her longstanding experience in the field, her vast network, and the contribution of York International, Glendon College, and other supporters, Director Pond provides students with exceptional access to transformative experiential learning opportunities. The aim of the School is to help create a rich and rewarding learning experience for the next generation of community leaders.
Our students witness the power of innovative and collaborative approaches to creating positive change. In recognition of her outstanding contributions to research and analysis and her steadfast support that led to the creation of two MPIA internships at the NATO Security Force Assistance Centre of Excellence (COE) Ms Pond was made a Senior Fellow of the COE.
Francis Garon
Heading the master’s in Public and International Affairs is Associate Professor Francis Garon, a public policy and administration specialist. Within the discipline, his areas of expertise include immigration, integration, multiculturalism, and linguistic policy. In the MPIA, he’s teaching The Policy Process and conduct the Weekly Colloquium: Canada and its Place in the World, a guest speakers’ series that runs in both the Fall and Winter terms.
Our Faculty of Glendon
Elaine Coburn
Academic History: PhD (Stanford)
Title: Associate Professor of International Studies
Research Interests: Critical Social Theory, Indigenous Struggles, Neoliberal Globalization, Social Justice Movements, Social Science Methods
Email: ecoburn@glendon.yorku.ca
Emily Laxer
Academic History: PhD (University of Toronto)
Title: Associate Professor of Sociology
Research Interests: Political Sociology; Immigration, Race & Ethnicity, Citizenship & Nationalism; Gender
Email: emily.laxer@glendon.yorku.ca
Willem Maas
Academic History: PhD (Yale)
Title: Professor of Political Science and Jean Monnet Chair in European Integration.
Research Interests: Comparative politics, European integration, citizenship and migration, sovereignty, nationalism, democratic theory, federalism
Email: maas@yorku.ca
Andrew Mackey
Academic History: MPA (Dalhousie), MER (Memorial, NL) Med (Memorial, NL)
Title: Senior Policy and Issues Advisor, Deputy Minister’s Office – Ontario Ministry for Seniors and Accessibility
Research Interests: Political Economy, Public economics
Email: andrewgmackey@gmail.com
Miloud Chennoufi
Academic History: PhD (Université de Montréal)
Title: Assistant Professor of International Relations
Research Interests: Theory of International Relations, Political Theory, and the Geopolitics of the Middle East
Email: chennoufimiloud@gmail.com
Nicholas-Guillaume Martineau
Academic History: PhD (Queen’s)
Title: Assistant Professor of Economics
Research Interests: Political Economy, Public economics
Email: ngmartineau@glendon.yorku.ca
Jean Michel Montsion
Academic History: PhD (McMaster)
Title: Associate Professor of Multidisciplinary Studies
Research Interests: Global and gateway cities, political geography, roles of ethnic community associations in international political economy, Singapore, Vancouver and northern Canada
Email: jmmontsion@glendon.yorku.ca
Joanna Robinson
Academic History: PhD (UBC)
Title: Associate Professor of Sociology
Research Interests: Contentious politics, globalization, the environment, climate change, labour, urban sociology and inequality
Email: joannar@yorku.ca
Shirin Shahkroni
Academic History: PhD (Cambridge)
Title: Assistant Professor of Sociology
Research Interests: Immigration, identity negotiation processes, educational and professional trajectories, racism and discrimination
Email: sshahrok@yorku.ca
Peter Constantinou
Academic History: PhD (University of Toronto)
Title: Associate Professor of Public Policy
Research interests: political acuity and the relationships between the civil service and elected officials; government relations, with a focus on how the private, not-for-profit and broader public sectors develop and implement strategies, stakeholder relations.
Email: pconstan@yorku.ca
Remi Vivès
Academic History: PhD (Aix-Marseille School of Economics)
Title: Associate Professor of Economics
Research interests:
Macroeconomics, with an early focus on the economic and financial implications of belief-driven fluctuations (sunspot equilibria); interdisciplinary applications of digital data and data science techniques; real estate economics, health economics, populism, and political responsibility. Co-founder and collaborator on the Observatory of Populism in Canada.
Email: remi.vives@glendon.yorku.ca