Does devolution produce positive outcomes for territorial governments and residents? I examine this question with a former graduate student, Steven Kennedy, and a former civil servant in the Yukon Territorial Government, Whitehorse city councillor Kirk Cameron.
This article is free to the public (open access) and can be found here. Below is the abstract.
Today was the first full "flipped classroom" class for my course, AF101x. So what happened? Before I give you the final verdict, let me describe how the class was structured and how it went.
Generally speaking, First Nations have four options when they choose to engage the Canadian state. They can negotiate with the Crown to secure their rights and interests, but often the negotiating costs are high, as I argue here in my forthcoming book, or they produce results that are mixed, as political theorist Glen Coulthard argues here, or political scientist Martin Papillon argues
This year, I'm teaching a first year seminar (enrollment is 22 first year students) on "Understanding Power and Conflict Through Film: Making Sense of the Politics of the 21st Century." The idea for this course is to introduce students to some of the main conceptual tools that political scientists use to make sense of the world. My hope is that by the end of the course, the students will be able to apply political science concepts to any political situation they encounter in the news, etc.
A popular question in Canada, among both scholars and pundits: cultural diversity and deep disagreement... good? bad? some of both? What to do in the face of deep disputes over big questions of religion, cultural practices, and moral values?
