Philip Oxhorn (born January 5, 1958) is a professor in international development and societal issues, as well as a university executive. He is the founding director of the Institute for the Study of International Development at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, where he teaches political science and edits the Latin American Research Review. In 2016, Oxhorn was appointed to a five-year term as McGill University's Associate Provost of International University Affairs. Oxhorn received his Bachelors in Political Science from the

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in his home state of California, before continuing to

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for his Masters work, for which he was awarded first-class honors. Upon his completion of his Masters, he matriculated to Harvard University for his PhD. In the 1980s, he wrote his dissertation on the Chilean civilian uprisings against dictator Augusto Pinochet. He has published over 75 articles, chapter selections and books, including ''What Kind of Democracy? What Kind of Market? Latin America in the Age of Neoliberalism''. In 2012, he was interviewed regarding the similarities and difference of the

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over tuition fees to protests in Chile the previous year. The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade has interviewed him about Canada-Latin America trade relations. Also in 2012, he supported the Canadian International Development Agency for its public-private partnerships with mining companies to foster sustainable development.

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