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Our ailing Parliamentary Democracy - Can it Recover?

When
May 26, 2014
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location
Aurora Cultural Centre

Dr. Peter H. Russell

Peter H. Russell is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Toronto where he has taught since 1958. He is also Principal of Senior College, the U of T’s youngest college for its oldest scholars.

He has published widely in the fields of constitutional, judicial and aboriginal politics. Most recently his work has focused on parliamentary democracy with the publication of Two Cheers for Minority Government in 2008, and Parliamentary Democracy in Crisis in 2009.

He is past-President of the Canadian Political Science Association and past-Chair of the Churchill Society for the Advancement of Parliamentary Democracy.

Peter Russell is an Officer of the Order of Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.