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Faculty
 Boris C. DeWiel, Chair
Associate Professor
Office: Admin. 3076
Tel: (250) 960-5662
E-mail: dewielb@unbc.ca
BA (Athabasca), MEDes (Calgary), PhD (Calgary)
Here’s why I became a political scientist.
Political science is the oldest of the social subjects,
as old as Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. It may also be the most general of
today's scholarly disciplines. I think so because when I was a student, I took
many other courses and found that the professors in those disciplines often
thought they were political scientists too.
I like studying politics because it is the most complex
and most lively of social activities. It is a study that takes a life’s work to
master. I’m still working at it and hope not to finish too soon. So far I’ve
learned a few things that only some people know, and a very few things that
very few people know, and one or two things that no one else knows. The trouble
with those last ones is it’s hard to say if they’re true.
My specialty is the history of ideas, especially bad
ones. The history of ideas is interesting because that’s where most of our
ideas come from, including the idea that we are the creators of our own ideas.
The idea of creativity is one of those I’m studying. I think it's a copy. When
you study the history of ideas like that, sometimes you discover (which does
not mean create) enduring truths.
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John Young, Dean
Associate Professor
Tel: (250) 960-6636
Email: young@unbc.ca
BA (hon) Alberta, MA Carleton, PhD Toronto
John Young teaches comparative politics and has written numerous
articles and chapters on Russian politics. He has worked or studied in
Canada, the United States, Germany, Russia and Japan. He has recently
returned from an extended leave (2001-2004), spending the previous
three years residing in Moscow. He is currently examining the pursuit
of a new public philosophy in post Soviet Russia.
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Alex is a
Professor
Emeritus with the Political Science Department.
He has published 23 books and over 95 refereed articles, and founded or
co-founded 6 scholarly journals. He is the President of the Canadian Commission
for UNESCO’s Sectoral Commission on Natural, Social and Human Sciences, and a
past President of Academy II (Humanities and Social Sciences) of the Royal
Society of Canada, and of the International Society for Quality of Life Studies.
He has won several awards of distinction, including the:
- Gold Medal for Achievement in Research (2004) from
the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (the
Council’s highest honour);
- Award for the Betterment of the Human Condition
(2003) from the International Society for Quality of Life Studies;
- Vincentian Ethics Scholar Award (2002) by the
Vincentian Universities of the
USA;
- Award for
Extraordinary Contributions to Quality of Life Research (1996) from the
International Society for Quality of Life Studies;
- Secretary of State’s Prize for Excellence in
Interdisciplinary Research in Canadian Studies (1984);
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British
Columbia Political Science Association Lifetime
Achievement Award (2005);
- Honorary Doctor of Letters from
Thompson
Rivers
University, B.C.
(2005); and
- Deryck Thompson Award for Community Social Planning
(2006) from the Social Planning and Research Council of B.C.
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 Tracy Summerville
Associate Professor
Office: 3067
My current research interests focus on issues of identity, community
and citizenship. I am working on a paper that examines the relationship
between civic engagement and the commodification of the family in
corporate advertising. I am also currently working collaboratively on a
number of projects including: a project concerned with the Historical
Geography of the Upper Fraser, issues of provincial regionalism and
particularly public policy outcomes that significantly affect the
provincial norths, and issues arising from competing constructions of
the north that occur in different subdivisions of what is traditionally
understood to be political science.
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 Jason Morris
Lecturer Office: Admin. 3063
Phone: 960-5931
Jason Morris has been teaching political science at UNBC
since 2000, and is also an alumnus. He has worked in many positions in the
so-called “real world” of politics and government. As
a political scientist, Jason is interested in the politics of health care, BC
and political parties.
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 Gary N. Wilson
Associate Professor
Office: Admin. 3070
Tel: (250) 960-5514
E-mail: wilsong@unbc.ca
B.A. (Hons) in Political Science
(Carleton)
M.A. in Russian and East
European Studies (Toronto)
Ph.D. in Political Science (
Toronto)
My research and teaching examines the remarkable resiliency
and adaptability of regions and communities in the face of the powerful forces
of global change. My work on Arctic
politics and governance explores the multidimensional relationships that exist between
Inuit regional governments and organizations, and non-Aboriginal governments at
the provincial, national and international levels. I am also interested in the ways that small
island regions, such as the Isle of Man in the
British
Isles, are protecting and revitalizing their indigenous languages
and cultures in a world that is becoming increasingly homogenized. Closer to home, I study the impacts that
global processes and changes are having on communities across northern British
Columbia and other parts of the Canadian provincial norths.
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 Michael Murphy
Associate Professor & Canada Research Chair
Office: Admin. 3075
Telephone: 960-6683
E-mail: murphym@unbc.caMA (Western) PhD (McGill)
Michael is an Associate Professor in the Political
Science Program at the University of Northern British Columbia, where he holds
the Canada Research Chair in Comparative Indigenous State Relations. Michael's research interests include
citizenship and democratic theory, indigenous rights and governance,
multiculturalism, and the political philosophy of nationalism and
self-determination.
Michael is co-author (with Helena Catt) of Sub-State
Nationalism: A Comparative Analysis of Institutional Design (Routledge 2002),
and (with Siobhan Harty) of In Defense of Multinational Citizenship (UWP 2005;
Spanish Translation, 451 Editores 2008). He is also the editor of
Re-Configuring Aboriginal-State Relations. Canada: The State of the Federation
2003 (McGill-Queen’s 2005), and Quebec and Canada in the New Century: New
Dynamics, New Opportunities Canada: The State of the Federation 2005
(McGill-Queen’s 2007). Michael is currently writing a critical introduction to
multiculturalism, to be published as part of the Routledge Contemporary
Political Philosophy series, and continues to work on a longer-term comparative
project on democracy, reconciliation and indigenous self-determination.
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 Jason Lacharite
Assistant Professor Phone: (250) 960-5597
Office: Admin. 3013
Email: lachari@unbc.ca
Ph.D., School of Political and
Social Inquiry,
Monash
University,
Melbourne,
Australia
(2005)
M.A. (High Distinction),
Graduate
School of
International Studies,
Yonsei
University,
Seoul,
Korea
(1998)
B.A. (Honours), Political
Science and Sociology,
University of
Victoria,
Victoria,
B.C. (1996)
Jason Lacharite has been a member of the Department of Political
Science for almost six years now. Dr. Lacharite’s principal areas of
research include Canadian and comparative public policy, globalization and
state taxation, Chinese politics and society, and international security
matters. He teaches comparative politics, Chinese and American politics and
government, and sports and politics in North American society.
Greg
Poelzer, MA Carleton, PhD Alberta
Associate Professor of
Political Studies &
Dean of Undergraduate Studies, University of the
Arctic
University of Saskatchewan
Office: Arts 280.1
Phone: (306)
966-1607
Specializations:
Comparative Aboriginal-state relations; Comparative Northern Development; Aboriginal self-government; The politics and government of the Provincial Norths. |
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