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    Canadian Political Science Association
    2025 Annual Conference Programme

    The Politics of Belonging: Conflict,
    Community, Curriculum

    Hosted at George Brown College, Toronto, CANADA
    June 3 to June 5, 2025
    2025 Annual Conference Programme

    The Politics of Belonging: Conflict,
    Community, Curriculum

    Hosted at George Brown College
    June 3 to June 5, 2025

Sessions - June 05, 2025

Day 3 - Session 1 (08:30 am - 10:00 am)

IDSectionEvent NameDateTimeRoom
A16(a)Canadian PoliticsMedia and PoliticsJun 508:30am to 10:00am
A16(c)Canadian PoliticsRace, Representation and Electoral PoliticsJun 508:30am to 10:00am
B16Comparative PoliticsIdentity, Conflict, and DisplacementJun 508:30am to 10:00am
C16(a)International RelationsEnvironmental GeopoliticsJun 508:30am to 10:00am
C16(b)International RelationsRoundtable: International Relations in Canada: Understanding the FieldJun 508:30am to 10:00am
C16(c)International RelationsIR Theory 3: RealismJun 508:30am to 10:00am
F16Political Behaviour/SociologyPublic Opinion and the Politics of AI and Digital Technologies / Opinion publique et politique de l’IA et des technologies numériquesJun 508:30am to 10:00am
G16Political EconomyRegional Political Economy- Agriculture, Food and WorkJun 508:30am to 10:00am
H16(a)Political TheoryReligion and PoliticsJun 508:30am to 10:00am
H16(b)Political TheoryIndigenous Democratic TheoryJun 508:30am to 10:00am
J16Provincial and Territorial Politics in Canada and BeyondRoundtable: State of the Federation 2025 (1 of 3)Jun 508:30am to 10:00am
M16TeachingRoundtable: Leadership and DemocracyJun 508:30am to 10:00am
N16(a)Women, Gender, and PoliticsGendered Violence Across Spaces and SystemsJun 508:30am to 10:00am
N16(b)Women, Gender, and PoliticsBeyond Vulnerability: Listening to Women and GirlsJun 508:30am to 10:00am
N16(c)Women, Gender, and PoliticsQueer, Homonational, and Trans PoliticsJun 508:30am to 10:00am
W416Workshop 4 - Human Rights Teaching (Presented by the Teaching Section)Workshop 4 - Teaching Human Rights: Tensions and TransformationJun 508:30am to 10:00am

Day 3 - Business and Committee Meetings (09:30 am - 12:00 pm)

IDSectionEvent NameDateTimeRoom
S16CPSA Business and Committee Meetings(New) CPSA Board of Directors / (Nouveau) Conseil d’administration de l’ACSPJun 509:30am to 12:00pm

Day 3 - Session 2 (10:15 am - 11:45 am)

IDSectionEvent NameDateTimeRoom
A17(a)Canadian PoliticsPolitical AttitudesJun 510:15am to 11:45am
A17(c)Canadian PoliticsPolitical Discourses and Parliamentary DebatesJun 510:15am to 11:45am
A17(d)Canadian PoliticsWhen Digital Elections Go Wrong: And How to Fix ThemJun 510:15am to 11:45am
B17(a)Comparative PoliticsFederalism, Governance, and Identity: Comparative PerspectivesJun 510:15am to 11:45am
B17(b)Comparative PoliticsContention, Resistance, and Knowledge Production in Repressive ContextsJun 510:15am to 11:45am
C17(a)International RelationsGlobal Governance 3: Human Rights & DemocracyJun 510:15am to 11:45am
C17(b)International RelationsClimate Change Politics & its DiscontentsJun 510:15am to 11:45am
C17(c)International RelationsCanadian Foreign PolicyJun 510:15am to 11:45am
C17(d)International RelationsRoundtable: Navigating Different Career Tracks: Career Paths from Education to Policy and ResearchJun 510:15am to 11:45am
D17Law and Public PolicyRoundtable: Intersectionality and Canadian Public Policy: Structure, Power and PoliticsJun 510:15am to 11:45am
E17Local and Urban PoliticsDemocracy and Participation in Municipal PoliticsJun 510:15am to 11:45am
F17Political Behaviour/SociologyApplied Experimental Methods in Political Behaviour / Méthodes expérimentales appliquées en comportement politiqueJun 510:15am to 11:45am
G17Political EconomyROUNDTABLE Book panel – The Trudeau Record: Promise v. PerformanceJun 510:15am to 11:45am
H17(a)Political TheoryDemocratic Theory and Practice IIJun 510:15am to 11:45am
H17(b)Political TheoryAuthor-Meets-Critics Session: "Feminist Human Rights: A Political Approach"Jun 510:15am to 11:45am
H17(c)Political TheoryIntersections of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and PowerJun 510:15am to 11:45am
J17(a)Provincial and Territorial Politics in Canada and BeyondIndigenous and Territorial Politics in Canada and BeyondJun 510:15am to 11:45am
J17(b)Provincial and Territorial Politics in Canada and BeyondRoundtable: State of the Federation 2025 (2 of 3)Jun 510:15am to 11:45am
L17Race, Ethnicity, Indigenous Peoples and PoliticsAuthor-Meets-Critic Session: Secularism, Race, and The Politics of Islamophobia in Canada and BeyondJun 510:15am to 11:45am
N17Women, Gender, and PoliticsFeminist Perspectives on Justice MovementsJun 510:15am to 11:45am
W417Workshop 4 - Human Rights Teaching (Presented by the Teaching Section)Workshop 4 - Roundtable: Human Rights Classrooms: Navigating Safe Spaces in Unsafe TimesJun 510:15am to 11:45am
R17Special Events2025 CPSA Presentation - Editing Your Own Work: A Five-Step ApproachJun 510:15am to 11:45am

Day 3 - Session 3 (Lunch) (12:00 pm - 01:30 pm)

IDSectionEvent NameDateTimeRoom
A18(a)Canadian PoliticsAuthor Meets Critic Session: No I in Team: Party Loyalty in Canadian Politics by Alex Marland, Jared Wesley and Mireille Lalancette.Jun 512:00pm to 01:30pm
A18(b)Canadian PoliticsNonroutine proceedings: Research by the 55th Parliamentary Internship Programme CohortJun 512:00pm to 01:30pm
B18Comparative PoliticsPolitical Representation and Public Policy: Who Represents How and What?Jun 512:00pm to 01:30pm
M18TeachingThree Minute Thesis FinalsJun 512:00pm to 01:30pm
W418Workshop 4 - Human Rights Teaching (Presented by the Teaching Section)Workshop 4 - Roundtable: Exploring Contemporary Challenges and Perspectives in Human RightsJun 512:00pm to 01:30pm

Day 3 - Session 4 (01:45 pm - 03:15 pm)

IDSectionEvent NameDateTimeRoom
A19(a)Canadian PoliticsAgenda setting, policy change and policy effectsJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
A19(b)Canadian PoliticsNational Identity and MulticulturalismJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
B19(a)Comparative PoliticsMigration, Borders, and BelongingJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
B19(b)Comparative PoliticsWar, Security, and Political Violence in Comparative PerspectiveJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
C19(a)International RelationsGlobal Governance 5: Canada & Global MigrationJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
C19(b)International RelationsRoundtable: Back to the Future: How the Past Can Inform Today’s Defence Policy ChallengesJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
C19(c)International RelationsGlobal Politics of the Indo-PacificJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
E19Local and Urban PoliticsRepresentatives and Representation in Municipal PoliticsJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
F19Political Behaviour/SociologySocial Media, Politics, and Influence / Médias sociaux, politique et influenceJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
G19Political EconomyPublic policy, aid and international securityJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
H19(a)Political TheoryJustice and Punishment in Liberal SocietiesJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
H19(b)Political TheoryPolitical Theory and EpistemologyJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
H19(c)Political TheoryIdeology and ReasonJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
H19(d)Political TheoryGovernance and Responsibility in the Infosphere and BeyondJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
J19Provincial and Territorial Politics in Canada and BeyondRoundtable: State of the Federation 2025 (3 of 3)Jun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
L19(a)Race, Ethnicity, Indigenous Peoples and PoliticsMigration, Identity, and the Contours of Political ParticipationJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
L19(b)Race, Ethnicity, Indigenous Peoples and PoliticsRace, Religion and Political Participation in CanadaJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
M19TeachingRoundtable: Sabbaticals: Aspirations, Inspirations and LogisticsJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
M19TeachingSyllabi Matter: Diversity, Representation, Amnesia and FragmentationJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
N19Women, Gender, and PoliticsROUNDTABLE: Shifting the frame: What happens when we include women with disabilities in research?Jun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
S19CPSA Business and Committee Meetings2026 CPSA Programme Committee Planning Meeting / Réunion de planification du comité de programme de l'ACSP 2026Jun 501:45pm to 03:15pm

Day 3 - Session 5 (03:30 pm - 05:00 pm)

IDSectionEvent NameDateTimeRoom
A21(a)Canadian PoliticsElectoral and Institutional RerformJun 503:30pm to 05:00pm
A21(b)Canadian PoliticsRoundtable - Trust and Political Leadership: A Synthesis of New Research and KnowledgeJun 503:30pm to 05:00pm
A21(c)Canadian PoliticsRoundtable - Canada and the Wars in the Middle EastJun 503:30pm to 05:00pm
A21(d)Canadian PoliticsFederalism and Intergovernmental PoliticsJun 503:30pm to 05:00pm
A21(e)Canadian PoliticsRoundtable - Shared Rule in FederationsJun 503:30pm to 05:00pm
C21(a)International RelationsIR Theory 4: Security & SecuritizationJun 503:30pm to 05:00pm
C21(b)International RelationsRoundtable: Reflecting on Eighty Years of the International JournalJun 503:30pm to 05:00pm
D21Law and Public PolicyCovid PoliticsJun 503:30pm to 05:00pm
F21Political Behaviour/SociologyPolitical Trust and Social Divides / Confiance politique et divisions socialesJun 503:30pm to 05:00pm
G21Political EconomyROUNDTABLE What is the Future of the American Empire?Jun 503:30pm to 05:00pm
H21(a)Political TheoryRights and BelongingJun 503:30pm to 05:00pm
H21(b)Political TheoryAuthor-Meets-Critics Session: "The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism"Jun 503:30pm to 05:00pm
L21(a)Race, Ethnicity, Indigenous Peoples and PoliticsSocial Movements, Women's Mobilizations and Minority/Majority Relations in Conflicts and Settler Colonial ContextsJun 503:30pm to 05:00pm
L21(b)Race, Ethnicity, Indigenous Peoples and PoliticsIndigenous Resistance, Decolonization and Building AlliancesJun 503:30pm to 05:00pm
N21(a)Women, Gender, and PoliticsWomen’s Activism and ResistanceJun 503:30pm to 05:00pm
N21(b)Women, Gender, and PoliticsCritical Lens on Academia: Institutions and DiscoursesJun 503:30pm to 05:00pm

Sessions - June 05, 2025

Day 3 - Session 1 (08:30 am - 10:00 am)

IDSectionEvent NameDateTimeRoom
A16(a)Canadian PoliticsMedia and PoliticsJun 508:30am to 10:00am
A16(c)Canadian PoliticsRace, Representation and Electoral PoliticsJun 508:30am to 10:00am
B16Comparative PoliticsIdentity, Conflict, and DisplacementJun 508:30am to 10:00am
C16(a)International RelationsEnvironmental GeopoliticsJun 508:30am to 10:00am
C16(b)International RelationsRoundtable: International Relations in Canada: Understanding the FieldJun 508:30am to 10:00am
C16(c)International RelationsIR Theory 3: RealismJun 508:30am to 10:00am
F16Political Behaviour/SociologyPublic Opinion and the Politics of AI and Digital Technologies / Opinion publique et politique de l’IA et des technologies numériquesJun 508:30am to 10:00am
G16Political EconomyRegional Political Economy- Agriculture, Food and WorkJun 508:30am to 10:00am
H16(a)Political TheoryReligion and PoliticsJun 508:30am to 10:00am
H16(b)Political TheoryIndigenous Democratic TheoryJun 508:30am to 10:00am
J16Provincial and Territorial Politics in Canada and BeyondRoundtable: State of the Federation 2025 (1 of 3)Jun 508:30am to 10:00am
M16TeachingRoundtable: Leadership and DemocracyJun 508:30am to 10:00am
N16(a)Women, Gender, and PoliticsGendered Violence Across Spaces and SystemsJun 508:30am to 10:00am
N16(b)Women, Gender, and PoliticsBeyond Vulnerability: Listening to Women and GirlsJun 508:30am to 10:00am
N16(c)Women, Gender, and PoliticsQueer, Homonational, and Trans PoliticsJun 508:30am to 10:00am
W416Workshop 4 - Human Rights Teaching (Presented by the Teaching Section)Workshop 4 - Teaching Human Rights: Tensions and TransformationJun 508:30am to 10:00am

Day 3 - Business and Committee Meetings (09:30 am - 12:00 pm)

IDSectionEvent NameDateTimeRoom
S16CPSA Business and Committee Meetings(New) CPSA Board of Directors / (Nouveau) Conseil d’administration de l’ACSPJun 509:30am to 12:00pm

Day 3 - Session 2 (10:15 am - 11:45 am)

IDSectionEvent NameDateTimeRoom
A17(a)Canadian PoliticsPolitical AttitudesJun 510:15am to 11:45am
A17(c)Canadian PoliticsPolitical Discourses and Parliamentary DebatesJun 510:15am to 11:45am
A17(d)Canadian PoliticsWhen Digital Elections Go Wrong: And How to Fix ThemJun 510:15am to 11:45am
B17(a)Comparative PoliticsFederalism, Governance, and Identity: Comparative PerspectivesJun 510:15am to 11:45am
B17(b)Comparative PoliticsContention, Resistance, and Knowledge Production in Repressive ContextsJun 510:15am to 11:45am
C17(a)International RelationsGlobal Governance 3: Human Rights & DemocracyJun 510:15am to 11:45am
C17(b)International RelationsClimate Change Politics & its DiscontentsJun 510:15am to 11:45am
C17(c)International RelationsCanadian Foreign PolicyJun 510:15am to 11:45am
C17(d)International RelationsRoundtable: Navigating Different Career Tracks: Career Paths from Education to Policy and ResearchJun 510:15am to 11:45am
D17Law and Public PolicyRoundtable: Intersectionality and Canadian Public Policy: Structure, Power and PoliticsJun 510:15am to 11:45am
E17Local and Urban PoliticsDemocracy and Participation in Municipal PoliticsJun 510:15am to 11:45am
F17Political Behaviour/SociologyApplied Experimental Methods in Political Behaviour / Méthodes expérimentales appliquées en comportement politiqueJun 510:15am to 11:45am
G17Political EconomyROUNDTABLE Book panel – The Trudeau Record: Promise v. PerformanceJun 510:15am to 11:45am
H17(a)Political TheoryDemocratic Theory and Practice IIJun 510:15am to 11:45am
H17(b)Political TheoryAuthor-Meets-Critics Session: "Feminist Human Rights: A Political Approach"Jun 510:15am to 11:45am
H17(c)Political TheoryIntersections of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and PowerJun 510:15am to 11:45am
J17(a)Provincial and Territorial Politics in Canada and BeyondIndigenous and Territorial Politics in Canada and BeyondJun 510:15am to 11:45am
J17(b)Provincial and Territorial Politics in Canada and BeyondRoundtable: State of the Federation 2025 (2 of 3)Jun 510:15am to 11:45am
L17Race, Ethnicity, Indigenous Peoples and PoliticsAuthor-Meets-Critic Session: Secularism, Race, and The Politics of Islamophobia in Canada and BeyondJun 510:15am to 11:45am
N17Women, Gender, and PoliticsFeminist Perspectives on Justice MovementsJun 510:15am to 11:45am
W417Workshop 4 - Human Rights Teaching (Presented by the Teaching Section)Workshop 4 - Roundtable: Human Rights Classrooms: Navigating Safe Spaces in Unsafe TimesJun 510:15am to 11:45am
R17Special Events2025 CPSA Presentation - Editing Your Own Work: A Five-Step ApproachJun 510:15am to 11:45am

Day 3 - Session 3 (Lunch) (12:00 pm - 01:30 pm)

IDSectionEvent NameDateTimeRoom
A18(a)Canadian PoliticsAuthor Meets Critic Session: No I in Team: Party Loyalty in Canadian Politics by Alex Marland, Jared Wesley and Mireille Lalancette.Jun 512:00pm to 01:30pm
A18(b)Canadian PoliticsNonroutine proceedings: Research by the 55th Parliamentary Internship Programme CohortJun 512:00pm to 01:30pm
B18Comparative PoliticsPolitical Representation and Public Policy: Who Represents How and What?Jun 512:00pm to 01:30pm
M18TeachingThree Minute Thesis FinalsJun 512:00pm to 01:30pm
W418Workshop 4 - Human Rights Teaching (Presented by the Teaching Section)Workshop 4 - Roundtable: Exploring Contemporary Challenges and Perspectives in Human RightsJun 512:00pm to 01:30pm

Day 3 - Session 4 (01:45 pm - 03:15 pm)

IDSectionEvent NameDateTimeRoom
A19(a)Canadian PoliticsAgenda setting, policy change and policy effectsJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
A19(b)Canadian PoliticsNational Identity and MulticulturalismJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
B19(a)Comparative PoliticsMigration, Borders, and BelongingJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
B19(b)Comparative PoliticsWar, Security, and Political Violence in Comparative PerspectiveJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
C19(a)International RelationsGlobal Governance 5: Canada & Global MigrationJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
C19(b)International RelationsRoundtable: Back to the Future: How the Past Can Inform Today’s Defence Policy ChallengesJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
C19(c)International RelationsGlobal Politics of the Indo-PacificJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
E19Local and Urban PoliticsRepresentatives and Representation in Municipal PoliticsJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
F19Political Behaviour/SociologySocial Media, Politics, and Influence / Médias sociaux, politique et influenceJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
G19Political EconomyPublic policy, aid and international securityJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
H19(a)Political TheoryJustice and Punishment in Liberal SocietiesJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
H19(b)Political TheoryPolitical Theory and EpistemologyJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
H19(c)Political TheoryIdeology and ReasonJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
H19(d)Political TheoryGovernance and Responsibility in the Infosphere and BeyondJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
J19Provincial and Territorial Politics in Canada and BeyondRoundtable: State of the Federation 2025 (3 of 3)Jun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
L19(a)Race, Ethnicity, Indigenous Peoples and PoliticsMigration, Identity, and the Contours of Political ParticipationJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
L19(b)Race, Ethnicity, Indigenous Peoples and PoliticsRace, Religion and Political Participation in CanadaJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
M19TeachingRoundtable: Sabbaticals: Aspirations, Inspirations and LogisticsJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
M19TeachingSyllabi Matter: Diversity, Representation, Amnesia and FragmentationJun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
N19Women, Gender, and PoliticsROUNDTABLE: Shifting the frame: What happens when we include women with disabilities in research?Jun 501:45pm to 03:15pm
S19CPSA Business and Committee Meetings2026 CPSA Programme Committee Planning Meeting / Réunion de planification du comité de programme de l'ACSP 2026Jun 501:45pm to 03:15pm

Day 3 - Session 5 (03:30 pm - 05:00 pm)

IDSectionEvent NameDateTimeRoom
A21(a)Canadian PoliticsElectoral and Institutional RerformJun 503:30pm to 05:00pm
A21(b)Canadian PoliticsRoundtable - Trust and Political Leadership: A Synthesis of New Research and KnowledgeJun 503:30pm to 05:00pm
A21(c)Canadian PoliticsRoundtable - Canada and the Wars in the Middle EastJun 503:30pm to 05:00pm
A21(d)Canadian PoliticsFederalism and Intergovernmental PoliticsJun 503:30pm to 05:00pm
A21(e)Canadian PoliticsRoundtable - Shared Rule in FederationsJun 503:30pm to 05:00pm
C21(a)International RelationsIR Theory 4: Security & SecuritizationJun 503:30pm to 05:00pm
C21(b)International RelationsRoundtable: Reflecting on Eighty Years of the International JournalJun 503:30pm to 05:00pm
D21Law and Public PolicyCovid PoliticsJun 503:30pm to 05:00pm
F21Political Behaviour/SociologyPolitical Trust and Social Divides / Confiance politique et divisions socialesJun 503:30pm to 05:00pm
G21Political EconomyROUNDTABLE What is the Future of the American Empire?Jun 503:30pm to 05:00pm
H21(a)Political TheoryRights and BelongingJun 503:30pm to 05:00pm
H21(b)Political TheoryAuthor-Meets-Critics Session: "The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism"Jun 503:30pm to 05:00pm
L21(a)Race, Ethnicity, Indigenous Peoples and PoliticsSocial Movements, Women's Mobilizations and Minority/Majority Relations in Conflicts and Settler Colonial ContextsJun 503:30pm to 05:00pm
L21(b)Race, Ethnicity, Indigenous Peoples and PoliticsIndigenous Resistance, Decolonization and Building AlliancesJun 503:30pm to 05:00pm
N21(a)Women, Gender, and PoliticsWomen’s Activism and ResistanceJun 503:30pm to 05:00pm
N21(b)Women, Gender, and PoliticsCritical Lens on Academia: Institutions and DiscoursesJun 503:30pm to 05:00pm