Peter Howard Russell (born 1932) is a Canadian

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, serving as professor emeritus of political science at the

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, where he taught from 1958 to 1997. He was a member of the Toronto chapter of Alpha Delta Phi. He was the Principal of Innis College, at the University of Toronto, from 1973 to 1978. He is the author of several books including: ''Two Cheers for Minority Government: The Evolution of Canadian Parliamentary Democracy'', ''Constitutional Odyssey: Can Canadians Become a Sovereign People?'', and ''Recognizing Aboriginal Title: The Mabo Case and Indigenous Resistance to English Settler Colonialism''. Russell is an alumnus of the

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, Trinity College in the University of Toronto, and the

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, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. Russell was the 2012 winner of the American Political Science Association's Mildred A. Schwartz Award. He is also an Officer of the

Order of Canada The Order of Canada (french: Ordre du Canada; abbreviated as OC) is a Canadian state order and the second-highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit. To coincide with the cen ...

. Russell was Director of Research for the McDonald Commission on the

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, a member of the Federal Task Force on Comprehensive Land Claims, President of the

Canadian Political Science Association The Canadian Political Science Association (french: Association canadienne de science politique) is an organization of political scientists in Canada. It is a bilingual organization and publishes the bilingual journal ''Canadian Journal of Politic ...

, and chair of the Research Advisory Committee for the

Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) was a Canadian royal commission established in 1991 with the aim of investigating the relationship between Indigenous peoples in Canada, the Government of Canada, and Canadian society as a whole. ...

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Peter H. Russell archival papers
held at th
University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services

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