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The Chair's Message 2013 THE CHAIR’S MESSAGE 2013 INSIDE THIS ISSUE Dr. Robert Finbow It was another active and successful Message from the Chair year for the department. This was Remembering David despite continued fiscal constraint Braybrooke and organizational change. Once Seminar Series again it reflects our dedicated pro- Honours Essays fessional faculty, great part-time News from the Podium of the instructors, excellent staff, support- Undergraduate Society ive and generous alumni and en- Undergraduate Student thusiastic and energetic students at Award/Prize Winners all levels of study. Despite uncer- Graduate Student Symposium tainty about the sustainability of enrollments and funding for this department and others in the Faculty of Graduate Award Winner Arts and Social Science, this Chair leaves office at the end of this academic Graduate Student Society year with a reasonable hope that the department’s strengths will carry it for- News ward to further success. Graduate Program News Reflecting over the past two terms in this role, I remain especially grateful for Part time Faculty News & Awards the support from productive and engaged students and faculty colleagues and above all from our excellent staff. I have received invaluable assistance Faculty News from our office administrator, Tracy Powell, who is incredibly sociable, high- Centre for Foreign Policy Stud- ly knowledgeable about the institution and its processes, and tireless in her ies News efforts to complete her work collegially, effectively and expertly. Shannon Glyn Berry Scholarship Recipi- Langton has been a very impressive, hard-working and personable adminis- ent Interview trator for the Department and Centre, contributing here while building her Canadian Naval Review Update own new family (or families?). We were lucky to have her maternity replace- Romeo Dallaire Child Soldiers ment, Mary Ruth Machan, who filled in energetically and admirably. We also Initiative News had a very impressive student assistant, Brittany Humphries, who was im- European Union Centre of Ex- mensely helpful, effective and collegial. And the foundation for office effec- cellence News tiveness was set in my first term with help from Karen Watts, who improved Alumni News office operations, staff interactions, workplace efficiency and department morale. Without these tireless contributions from staff, we as a department News Links would flounder, and we owe them all our continued thanks and appreciation. Blast from the Past Contact Information The circle of life was on display during the year. The department and univer- sity mourned the passing of David Braybrooke, Profes- In March, a highly successful Graduate Symposium on sor Emeritus of Philosophy and Political Science. David "Children, Youth and Security: Intersections of Re- was a major presence in his field and a very warm and search Practice" was organized by graduate students exuberant personality who many of us will remember David Morgan and Emily Zinck, with the Romeo Dal- with fondness as a scholar, teacher, mentor, friend and laire Child Soldiers Institute and the Institute on Chil- colleague. On a more positive note, THREE faculty dren and Youth in Challenging Contexts. This was an members, plus one recent limited term appointee, had example of the benefits of new collaborations for re- new babies this year as the ranks of the next generation search and student learning. continue to swell. All faculty and staff are currently ac- tive parents to young people alongside their busy ca- Students contributed remarkably to extra-curricular life. reers, putting work-life balance at the forefront. In the fall, there were two high profile student-led events addressing political participation among young Our faculty colleagues at all ranks continue to perform people. This included "The Afterparty", a discussion on at a high level, making this small department an over- the future of parliamentary democracy in Canada with a achiever and permitting continued success as a research multiparty panel of politicians; and “Bridging the Gap: and graduate unit. Lead by undergraduate coordinator Connecting Active Citizenship with Politics” organized Margaret Denike (who will be taking a well-deserved by the “Springtide Collective” which includes several sabbatical in the fall), faculty have been creating innova- department alumni. We also hosted the Korean ambas- tive new courses including Queer theory, a model UN sador and Scottish Minster of culture among other nota- preparatory course, and a framework for experiential bles. In between these highlights, our seminar coordina- and cooperative learning. They have also extended inter- tor, Anders Hayden, collaborated with the Centre for disciplinary connections across campus in areas like in- Foreign Policy Studies and European Union Centre of ternational development, gender and women’s studies, Excellence (lead by Ruben Zaiotti) to organize diverse health policy, European studies, and sustainability. Fac- events covering theoretical and topical themes, including ulty news below reveals that all faculty members remain a Nova Scotia election post-mortem and extensive anal- productive researchers, despite increased demands on ysis of events in the Ukraine. their time and reduced availability of research funds. A parade of faculty achievements and excellent contribu- Despite declining graduate student funding, especially in tions from our programme coordinators have made this FASS, our programme continues to flourish. Continuing newsletter easy to edit over the years, as it mostly writes students picked up major awards, including Trudeau, itself. An excellent group of sessional instructors rein- Killam and SSHRC scholarships, providing ongoing forced our course offerings and kept our programme support to many in our PhD cohort. Our new graduate sustainable despite multiple leaves and non- coordinator, Katherine Fierlbeck, has continued to at- replacements. tract top quality students bringing with them prestigious scholarships upon entrance. Besides Killam and SSHRC, This year we benefitted from determined and inventive we have an incoming student funded by Dalhousie’s leadership in our undergraduate student society. Led by South African Scholarship programme, and an SSHRC Bryn Karcha, the Dalhousie Political Science Student post-doctoral fellow. This ability to attract high quality Society sought to be among the Faculty’s most active students at a time of funding limits is testament to the groups. Imaginative events included a dodge ball tourna- coordinator’s efforts and reflects the enduring reputa- ment for charity and a regular “Polibeer” discussion tion of the department. Under the tutelage of Peter Ar- among students and faculty. The DPSSS sent a large thur we also had a very strong honours cohort, who delegation to a national undergraduate student’s confer- produced a wide range of theses covering diverse as- ence. The DPSSS also sought a greater role in student pects of our discipline. recruitment (including work on recruitment videos); and our students were active in efforts to keep the university David Black completed a busy term as Director of the library strong in the face of cutbacks. Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, during which he worked tirelessly to promote a sustainable future for this The Department also benefitted from the insightful in- invaluable institute. The Centre faced the Harper gov- put of graduate students representatives in department ernment’s cutbacks to the security and defense forum decisions and hiring processes, led by David Beitelman. and senior administration’s inability to provide bridge Political Science News is published annually by the Department of Political Science 2 http://www.dal.ca/faculty/arts/politicalscience.html funding, despite the global reach of Centre research fel- ism. Alumni have headed chambers of commerce; prac- lows and alumni. David organized a symposium on ticed corporate and criminal law; clerked at the Supreme “Rethinking Canadian Aid” bringing together a range of Court; worked at the Treasury Board, the Privy Council divergent scholars and practitioners. This formed the Office and the Premier’s office; served in trade and in- basis of a partnership grant application, but a shortage tergovernmental affairs offices; and advised first nations of SSHRC funds left this in the limbo of “acceptable yet on restorative justice. Overseas, students have served in unfunded”. As David outlines below, the Centre’s future president’s offices, been executive director of academic is clouded despite a successful year and a robust, global and regional agencies, served as Senator and ambassador intellectual network. We owe David a debt of thanks for and held positions at NATO headquarters, the Europe- his tireless efforts to reposition the Centre for a produc- an Commission and the Commonwealth Secretariat. tive future. Alumni have also worked for NGOs like Canada World Youth and Amnesty International, and in United Na- As this Chair’s term draws to a close, the shifting nature tions agencies like UNIFEM. of higher education makes the department’s long-term future uncertain. New university managerial styles give In addition, the department’s faculty have a long tradi- units like ours less autonomy and fewer faculty re- tion of public service which ranges from professional sources. Faculty members face more reporting require- service in academic associations to public policy advice, ments, imposed arbitrary schedules and onerous re- expert testimony in courts and legislatures
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