Chair’s Message 2009 International Council and the INSIDE Child Soldiers initiative. With Karen Watts still guiding Message from the Chair the office, this has been a very Dr. Peter Aucoin Retires positive and productive year. We were pleased to welcome In Memoriam: Samantha Li Shannon Langton as a new Toronto Star feature article administrative secretary, Graduate Student Symposium bringing with her new energies and a positive outlook. In the Internship in Vietnam interim, we were fortunate to Tribute to Dr. Robert Boardman have Susan Vincent bring her experience to bear as she Undergraduate Student Society improved the filing system and Robert G. Finbow, Chair Jennifer Smith named Eric Dennis Chair office procedures, especially at the Centre, before taking a Alumni News The Department had another private sector job. Student Publications in Federalism-E strong year, though touched in the end by tragedy. As always, Student Prize Winners: Spring 2009 the Chair has received strong We were all saddened when an essential team member, our Outstanding Advisor Award support from our active faculty. And I have been assisted by excellent, collegial student Interview with Dr. Peter Aucoin very strong, professional assistant Samantha Li, was Graduate Program News administrators at the killed in a tragic auto accident in July, only 5 weeks after News from CFPS department. graduating from Dalhousie Honours Essays, Spring 2009 We welcomed new staff at the University. Her efficiency, generosity and warm humorous Glyn Berry Scholarship Fundraisers Centre and department. David Black took over as Centre spirit will be sadly missed by all. Seminar Series & Job Talks Director and Shelly Whitman Focus on Student Excellence now serves as Deputy Director. Despite facing stiff competition from better funded campuses, Faculty News They have continued to stage core Centre events in its role as the graduate program drew some strong new students to the a Security and Defence Forum doctoral and MA programme. Political Science News partner, such as the Maritime is published annually by the Department Security conference (ably Graduate coordinator Louise of Political Science. organized by Ken Hansen) and Carbert has worked hard to seek creative means to support MA www.politicalscience.dal.ca have brought new ventures in collaborations with the Canadian and PhD students in these difficult economic conditions and Elizabeth Croteau, was a top-ten department to fill, as these two has helped keep our graduate finalist in CBC's Canada's Next dedicated colleagues are programme vibrant. The 4th Great Prime Minister contest. irreplaceable for their intellectual annual Graduate Student skills and countless contributions Symposium on “Geopolitics vs. Faculty also continued to win to departmental administration Global Governance: recognition for excellence in and teaching. We have Reinterpreting International research and teaching. Jennifer fortunately been able to hire Security” drew high profile Smith was awarded the Eric strong new faculty to maintain guests like Senators Romeo Dennis Memorial Chair which departmental excellence. Dallaire and Hugh Segal. dates from the department’s earliest years (see the article on The department will soon Several graduate students won Jennifer’s appointment below). welcome Dr. Ruben Zaiotti who prestigious prizes. Sabrina Brian Bow was awarded a J. will be joining us as a new Hoque won an SSHRC Doctoral William Fulbright Visiting assistant professor after his Award. Sabrina's research Research Chair for the spring post-doctoral term ends in 2010. focuses on the challenges faced 2010 term, to be held at the Ruben was hired to our posted by multilateral institutions, Woodrow Wilson International position in International examining the trends of Center for Scholars. He will be Relations with a focus on unilateralism vs. multilateralism working on a long-term research Europe, and will reinforce within the changing global project on regionalism and anti- teaching in the department and security conditions of the 21st regionalism in North America, European Studies programmes. century. PhD student Glenn titled “Neighbourhood or His research is on refugees, Graham received a Joseph Community?: Identity Politics immigration and the European Armand Bombardier Canada and North American Integration. Union’s neighbourhood policy. Scholarship from the SSHRC. This is a fitting reward for his PhD candidate David years of service; Brian also Ruben will join a number of McDonough received a Killam received tenure this year. colleagues who have conducted Doctoral Fellowship for 2009-10. research on European Union Frank Harvey won the 2009 related themes with the support At the CPSA annual meetings, Dalhousie Outstanding Graduate of the European Union Centre of the Chair met with some 15 or Advisor Award, his second Excellence at Dalhousie. The more alumni of our MA and Phd, teaching related award at EUCE, headed by our hard- now in various academic Dalhousie University. (See the working colleague, Finn careers, government service or article on Frank’s award below). Laursen, has guided the degree programmes around the Our hard-working undergraduate complex applications required to world. This indicates the coordinator, Lori Turnbull, was attract European Union funds to immense value for our small reappointed to another 3-year the university. department’s reputation and term as assistant professor. influence of our graduate Denis Stairs, former faculty The department continues to programmes, despite the colleague and university vice search for a faculty member in obstacle of limited funds for president, received the A. Environmental Politics as the scholarships compared to other Gordon Archibald Alumni of the competition from other institutions. Year Award for his “outstanding universities is strong and good personal service, commitment candidates have so far been It was another strong year for and contribution to Dalhousie lured elsewhere. When this the undergraduate programme. University”. position is filled, the department A few courses showed some will increase its contributions to decreased enrollment, in Department colleagues and the new College of Sustainability keeping with trends for the end former students gathered at a at Dalhousie University. of the double cohort, but most of luncheon to honour Bob our offerings remained well Boardman, who retired after In addition to the active Centre subscribed. Some 14 students more than 30 years of service in seminar series, which brought defended their honours essays July 2008. Peter Aucoin is also numerous speakers on security this spring, guided by Frank taking retirement as of July and international relations, and Harvey as Honours Coordinator. 2009. These two retirements four excellent talks by the job A student in a first year class, leave big gaps for the candidate on environmental and international relations themes, and scholarships such as the Peter’s research has been the department also hosted Keens-Morden scholarship in the celebrated by the profession and speakers on urban development, current difficult investment rewarded with repeated funding. Canadian politics and political climate. We remain grateful to He has been one of the most theory. We start the new our generous donors for their productive scholars in his field, academic year with high profile continued support. as evidenced by the award of events. On September 17th there several SSHRC research grants will be a lecture and book launch Peter Aucoin retires in the past years. In his most of Guerilla Diplomacy by Darryl recent SSHRC grant competition Copeland to raise money for the By Herman Bakvis and Robert (2008), he was ranked 2nd out Glyn Berry fund. Finbow of 145 with a ‘record of research achievement’ of 5.75 out of 6. A two-day conference “From He has influenced both scholarly ‘New Public Management’ to discourse and debates and ‘New Political Governance’” will decisions on core issues of be held to honour the academic public management in Canada career of Peter Aucoin on and in other Commonwealth November 11-13 later this year. nations. In 2008, he was named To commemorate the 100th a Member of the Order of anniversary of Canada’s foreign Canada for “his contributions as affairs department, the Centre a leading political scientist and and DFAIT will co-sponsor a advisor to government bodies, November 6th event on specializing in the areas of “Canadian Multilateralism: Past public administration and Present and Future”. political governance”. Peter Aucoin with Governor General Michaëlle Jean The department has also His combined academic and increased its international Peter Aucoin recently retired public service achievements exchanges welcoming two after more than 35 years service have been recognized many visitors, Sebastian Plociennik at Dalhousie University. He has times over. He is the only 2 time from the University of Wroclaw been one of Dalhousie's most winner of J.E. Hodgetts award Poland and Victoria Rheinhardt distinguished academics. Both for best English article in from the University of Leipzig. his teaching and research have Canadian Public Administration. Both were supported by the shaped public policy and His 1995 book, The New Public Erasmus Mundus Global Studies influenced scholars and Management: Canada in programme. The department is administrators. As Dalhousie’s Comparative Perspective also participating in a new School of Public Administration (Institute for Research on Public exchange with the