The Canadian Political Science Association (french: Association canadienne de science politique) is an organization of

political scientists This is a list of notable political scientists. See the list of political theorists for those who study political theory. See also political science. A * Robert Abelson - Yale University psychologist and political scientist with special int ...

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

. It is a

bilingual Multilingualism is the use of more than one language, either by an individual speaker or by a group of speakers. It is believed that multilingual speakers outnumber monolingual speakers in the world's population. More than half of all E ...

organization and publishes the bilingual journal ''

Canadian Journal of Political Science The ''Canadian Journal of Political Science'' (french: Revue canadienne de science politique) is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Canadian Political Science Association. In 1968, it was spl ...

''. The organization is headquartered in

Ottawa Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...

Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...

, and has an annual convention in conjunction with the

Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences The Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (french: Fédération canadienne des sciences humaines), also known as the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, is a member-based organization and the national voice for r ...

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Adam Shortt Adam Shortt (1859–1931) was an economic historian in Ontario. He was the first full-time employed academic in the field at a Canadian university ( Queen's University). Biography Shortt was born in Kilworth, Ontario, on 24 November 1859 to Ge ...

(Civil Service Commission), 1913–1914 *

Oscar D. Skelton Oscar Douglas Skelton (July 13, 1878 – January 28, 1941) was a Canadian political economist and civil servant. Skelton was a loyal member of the Liberal Party, an expert on international affairs, and a nationalist who encouraged Canadians ...

(Queen's), 1929–1930 *

Stephen Leacock Stephen P. H. Butler Leacock (30 December 1869 – 28 March 1944) was a Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humorist. Between the years 1915 and 1925, he was the best-known English-speaking humorist in the world. He is known ...

(McGill), 1934–1935 * R. H. Coats (Toronto), 1935–1936 * W. A. Mackintosh (Queen's), 1936–1937 * H. A. Innis (Toronto), 1937–1938 * J. W. Dafoe (Winnipeg Free Press), 1938–1939 * J. C. Hemmeon, 1939–1940 *

W. C. Clark W. C. Clark (born Wesley Curley Clark, November 16, 1939) is an American blues musician. He is known as the "Godfather of Austin Blues" First aired in 1990. for his influence on the Austin, Texas blues scene since the late 1960s. Biography ...

(Deputy Minister of Finance), 1940–1941 * H. Mitchell, 1941–1942 * C. A. Dawson, 1942–1943 * R. A. MacKay (Dalhousie), 1943–1944 * K. W. Taylor, 1944–1945 * R. MacGregor Dawson (Toronto), 1945–1946 * F. A. Knox, 1946–1947 * V.W. Bladen (Toronto), 1947–1948 * H. F. Angus (British Columbia), 1948–1949 * W. B. Hurd (McMaster), 1949–1950 * C. A. Curtis (Curtis), 1950–1951 * G.-H. Levesque (Laval), 1951–1952 *

Herbert Marshall Herbert Brough Falcon Marshall (23 May 1890 – 22 January 1966) was an English stage, screen and radio actor who starred in many popular and well-regarded Hollywood films in the 1930s and 1940s. After a successful theatrical career in the Uni ...

, 1952–1953 * Alexander Brady (Toronto), 1953–1954 * J. A. Corry (Queen's), 1954–1955 * J. D. Gibson, 1955–1956 * G. E. Britnell (Saskatchewan), 1956–1957 * G. A. Elliott (Alberta), 1957–1958 * S. D. Clark (Toronto), 1958–1959 * Mabel F. Timlin (Saskatchewan), 1959–1960 * C. A. Ashley, 1960–1961 *

Eugene Forsey Eugene Alfred Forsey (May 29, 1904 – February 20, 1991) served in the Senate of Canada from 1970 to 1979. He was considered to be one of Canada's foremost constitutional experts. Biography Forsey was born on May 29, 1904, in Grand Bank in ...

(Canadian Labour Congress), 1961–1962 * W.J. Waines, 1962–1963 *

C. B. Macpherson Crawford Brough Macpherson (1911–1987) was an influential Canadian political scientist who taught political theory at the University of Toronto. Life Macpherson was born on 18 November 1911 in Toronto, Ontario. After graduating from the Univ ...

(Toronto), 1963–1964 *

Jean-Charles Falardeau Jean-Charles Falardeau (1914-1989) was a Canadian sociologist. He was a professor at Université Laval and then President of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec in 1962. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Académie des Sc ...

(Laval), 1964–1965 *

Harry G. Johnson Harry Gordon Johnson, (26 May 1923 – 9 May 1977) was a Canadians, Canadian economist who studied topics such as international trade and international finance. Nobel laureate James Tobin said about him: "For the economics profession throughou ...

(London School of Economics/Chicago), 1965–1966 * Anthony D. Scott (British Columbia), 1966–1967 *

H. B. Mayo Henry Bertram Mayo, PhD, D.Phil, Royal Society of Canada, FRSC, (—) was a Canadians, Canadian political scientist. At the time of his death, he was Canada's oldest living Rhodes Scholar, and professor emeritus at Carleton University, Ottawa. ...

(Carleton), 1967–1968 * Donald V. Smiley (British Columbia), 1968–1969 * Douglas V. Verney (York), 1969–1970 *

Gilles Lalande The Gilles are the oldest and principal participants in the Carnival of Binche in Belgium. They go out on Shrove Tuesday from 4 am until late hours and dance to traditional songs. Other cities, such as La Louvière and Nivelles, have a traditi ...

(Montréal), 1970–1971 * J. E. Hodgetts (Toronto), 1971–1972 * Jean Laponce (British Columbia), 1972–1973 *

John Meisel John Meisel (born October 23, 1923) is a Canadian political scientist, professor, and scholar, and former chairman of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. He has written extensively on various aspects of politics, not ...

(Queen's), 1973–1974 * Léon Dion (Laval), 1974–1975 *

Donald C. Rowat Donald is a masculine given name derived from the Goidelic languages, Gaelic name ''Dòmhnall''.. This comes from the Proto-Celtic language, Proto-Celtic *''Dumno-ualos'' ("world-ruler" or "world-wielder"). The final -''d'' in ''Donald'' is part ...

(Carleton), 1975–1976 *

Alan Cairns Hugh Alan Craig Cairns, (2 March 1930 – 27 August 2018) was a Canadian political scientist and professor. His scholarship focused on diverse topics within Canadian politics, including federalism, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, electoral ...

(British Columbia), 1976–1977 * Hugh Thorburn (Queen's), 1977–1978 * Kenneth D. McRae (Carleton), 1978–1979 * Paul W. Fox (Toronto), 1979–1980 * Walter D. Young (Victoria), 1980–1981 * Denis W. Stairs (Dalhousie), 1981–1982 *

Edwin R. Black The name Edwin means "rich friend". It comes from the Old English elements "ead" (rich, blessed) and "ƿine" (friend). The original Anglo-Saxon form is Eadƿine, which is also found for Anglo-Saxon figures. People * Edwin of Northumbria (die ...

(Queen's), 1982–1983 * Caroline Andrew (Ottawa), 1983–1984 * Kalevi J. Holsti (British Columbia), 1984–1985 * Frederick C. Engelmann, (Alberta), 1985–1986 * O.P. Dwivedi (Guelph), 1986–1987 * John C. Courtney (Saskatchewan), 1987–1988 * David J. Elkins (British Columbia), 1988–1989 * André-J. Bélanger (Montréal), 1989–1990 *

Peter H. Russell Peter Howard Russell (born 1932) is a Canadian political scientist, serving as professor emeritus of political science at the University of Toronto, where he taught from 1958 to 1997. He was a member of the Toronto chapter of Alpha Delta Phi. H ...

(Toronto), 1990–1991 *

Vincent Lemieux Vincent ( la, Vincentius) is a male given name derived from the Roman name Vincentius, which is derived from the Latin word (''to conquer''). People with the given name Artists *Vincent Apap (1909–2003), Maltese sculptor *Vincent van Gogh ...

(Laval), 1991–1992 * V. Seymour Wilson (Carleton), 1992–1993 *

Sylvia Bashevkin Sylvia Beth Bashevkin, (born 1954) is Canadian academic and writer known for her research in the field of women and politics. Career Bashevkin is a professor in the Department of Political Science in the University of Toronto Faculty of Arts ...

(Toronto), 1993–1994 * David Smith (Saskatchewan), 1994–1995 * Peter Aucoin (Dalhousie), 1995–1996 * Jane Jenson (Montréal), 1996–1997 * Tom Pocklington (Alberta), 1997–1998 *

Donald J. Savoie Donald Joseph Savoie (born 1947) is a Canadian public administration and regional economic development scholar. He serves as a professor at l'Université de Moncton. In 2015, he was awarded the Killam Prize for his contribution to the field of so ...

(Moncton), 1998–1999 * Roger Gibbins (Calgary), 1999–2000 * Kenneth McRoberts (York), 2000–2001 * R. Kenneth Carty (British Columbia), 2001–2002 * Grace Skogstad (Toronto), 2002–2003 * Robert Young (Western Ontario), 2003–2004 *

André Blais André Blais (born 24 January 1947) is a Canadian political scientist who is a professor in the department of political science at the University of Montreal. At this university, he holds the University Research Chair in Electoral Studies, and f ...

(Montréal), 2004–2005 *

Kim Richard Nossal Kim Richard Nossal, PhD, FRSC, is a professor emeritus in the Department of Political Studies and the Centre for International and Defence Policy, Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Education and career Born in London, England, No ...

(Queen's), 2005–2006 * Elisabeth Gidengil (McGill), 2006–2007 * Richard Johnston (Pennsylvania), 2007–2008 * Miriam Smith (York), 2008–2009 * Keith Banting (Queen's), 2009–2010 * Graham White (University of Toronto), 2010–2011 * Reeta Tremblay (Victoria), 2011–2012 * Michael Atkinson (Saskatchewan), 2012–2013 * Alain Noël (Montréal), 2013–2014 * Jill Vickers (Carleton), 2014–2015 * William Cross (Carleton), 2015–2016 * Yasmeen Abu-Laban (Alberta), 2016–2017 * Janet Hiebert (Queen's), 2017–2018 * François Rocher (Ottawa), 2018–2019 * Barbara Arneil (British Columbia), 2019–2020 *

Joanna Everitt Joanna is a feminine given name deriving from from he, יוֹחָנָה, translit=Yôḥānāh, lit=God is gracious. Variants in English include Joan (given name), Joan, Joann, Joanne (given name), Joanne, and Johanna. Other forms of the name in ...

(University of New Brunswick – Saint John), 2020–2021 * Cheryl Collier (University of Windsor), 2021–2022

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