global governance

Graduate students to engage with lawyers, political economists and theorists at SSHRC-funded workshop

Some of the top Canadian and international lawyers, political economists, social and development theorists will meet with graduate students this week to analyze and debate the “new constitutionalism”, a central characteristic of the global political economy. It’s another way York students are being given opportunities to engage with the wider community, says York Distinguished Research Professor Stephen […]

Osgoode Professor Stepan Wood's co-authored book in running for best book on Canadian Politics

Prize named to honour Professor Emeritus Donald V. Smiley A new book by Osgoode Hall Law School Professor Stepan Wood (LLB '92) and University of Toronto political economist Stephen Clarkson has been nominated for the Canadian Political Science Association's prestigious 2011 Smiley Prize for the best book on Canadian politics. Examining Canadians’ complicated roles as […]

York prof behind today's prestigious Helsinki Discussions on global governance

Today, more than halfway around the world, York University Distinguished Research Professor of Communications, Culture and Political Science Stephen Gill is watching his vision become reality. Gill is at the University of Helsinki in Finland as the institution’s inaugural Jane & Aatos Erkko Visiting Professor in Studies on Contemporary Society. As part of his role with […]