Canadian politics
Akaash Maharaj
Senior Fellow
- Campus
- Department
Areas of Expertise
- Federal Politics; Political Parties; and Elections
- International Relations; Foreign Affairs; and Diplomacy
- Political Corruption and Anti-Corruption
- Sport Ethics; Olympics; and Paralympics
- War; Peace; and Conflict Resolution
Office: N/A
Mobile: (416) 995 3275
Languages (in addition to English): French
Email: akaash@maharaj.org
Andrew McDougall
Assistant Professor
- Campus
- Department
Areas of Expertise
- Canadian federalism and intergovernmental relations
- Conservative leadership
- Constitutional law
- Provincial politics
Office: (416) 432-3813
Website
Email: andrew.mcdougall@utoronto.ca
Media availability: TV, Radio, Print/Online
Jeffrey Dvorkin
Senior Fellow, Massey College
Former director, Journalism Program
- Campus
Areas of Expertise
- Changing role of media
- Disinformation & censorship
- Importance of trusted media sources
- Journalism ethics
- Media management and ethical decision-making
- Misinformation
- News ombudsmanship
- Significance of digital freedom & government accountability
- Social media and democratic practice
- Spread of misinformation
- The challenge of digital information
- The role of cameras in court rooms
- Youth vote reporting
Office: N/A
Home: 416-537-2892
Mobile: 647-401-5330
Languages (in addition to English): French, German, Hebrew
Email: jeffrey.dvorkin@utoronto.ca
Media availability: TV, Radio, Print/Online
Michael Donnelly
Associate Professor
- Campus
- Faculty
- Department
Areas of Expertise
- Canadian views on immigration and refugees
- Ethnic Politics
- European politics
- Immigration
- Public opinion
- Social policy
Office: N/A
Languages (in addition to English): English
Website
Email: mj.donnelly@utoronto.ca
Media availability: TV, Radio, Print/Online
Michael Krashinsky
Professor
- Campus
- Department
Areas of Expertise
Office: 416-287-7341
Website
Email: michael.krashinsky@utoronto.ca
Media availability: TV, Radio, Print/Online
Nelson Wiseman
Professor Emeritus
- Campus
- Faculty
- Department
Areas of Expertise
- Canada in the world
- Canada’s political parties and leaders
- Canadian politics and policy
- Elections and Voting
- Provincial politics
Office: 416.922-5595 call or email do not text
Email: nelson.wiseman@utoronto.ca
Preferred method of contact: Phone
Media availability: TV, Radio, Print/Online
Randy Besco
Associate Professor
- Campus
- Department
Areas of Expertise
- Canadian government and politics
- Elections
- How political polls dictate voter behaviour
- Public opinion
- Race & immigration
Office: 905-569-4377
Website
Email: randy.besco@utoronto.ca
Media availability: TV, Radio, Print/Online
Renan Levine
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
- Campus
- Department
Areas of Expertise
Office: (416) 208-2651
Home: 416-848-1871
Website
Email: renan.levine@utoronto.ca
Media availability: TV, Radio, Print/Online
Robert Bothwell
Professor Emeritus/Emerita
- Campus
- Faculty
- Department
Areas of Expertise
- Atomic history
- Canada-US relations
- Canadian foreign relations
- Canadian politics and political history
Office: 416-946-8948 Ext. 68948
Languages (in addition to English): English,French,Spanish - Latin American
Website
Email: bothwell@chass.utoronto.ca
Media availability: TV, Radio, Print/Online
Robert Gillezeau
Assistant Professor
- Campus
- Department
Areas of Expertise
Office: N/A
Website
Email: rob.gillezeau@utoronto.ca
Semra Sevi
Assistant Professor
- Campus
- Faculty
- Department
Areas of Expertise
Office: N/A
Website
Email: semra.sevi@utoronto.ca