Linda Trimble, University of Alberta
3pm Tuesday, June 14th in Tier 409
In the Premier League? Women and Canadian Provincial Party Leadership
A March 2011 Maclean’s article titled “Premier Club for Women” argued
that a
new generation of ambitious women politicians is “carving space these days
in the upper echelons of provincial politics” – party leadership. While the
electoral project for women seems stalled, the ranks of female party
leaders
seem to be growing. But is the picture really this rosy? What do the
numbers tell us and how can we interpret them? My presentation examines the
status of women and party leadership at the provincial and territorial
level, making comparisons over time and by party. I draw some preliminary
conclusions about the opportunities for, and obstacles to, party and government leadership by women.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
3:00pm to 4:30pm
Democratic Deficit: The Challenge of Raising Youth Participation
University of Manitoba, 409 Tier Building
Henry Milner is Research Fellow at the Chair in Electoral Studies, Department of Political Science, Université de Montréal. He has been a Visiting Professor of Political Science at Umea University in Sweden since 1998. He has held the Chair in Canadian Studies at the Sorbonne, and the Canada-US Fulbright Chair, at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh. He has also been a visiting professor or researcher at universities in Finland, Australia and New Zealand. His book: The Internet Generation: Engaged Citizens or Political Dropouts was published in summer 2010. Recent books include Civic Literacy: How Informed Citizens Make Democracy Work (2002), Social Democracy and Rational Choice (1994), and Sweden: Social Democracy in Practice (1989). He is co-publisher of Inroads, the Canadian journal of opinion and policy.
April 4, 2011
Conference, Dinner, and Templeton Lecture
Paul Thomas and Duff Roblin on the occasion of Dr. Thomas being named the first Duff Robin Professor of Government, 2000.
There are three great events taking place at the University of Manitoba
on April 4, 2011. Please save the date and join us for these exciting
events.
The day starts with Duff Roblin's Legacy: Civic Engagement in Manitoba, a conference organized by the Visiting Duff Roblin Professor in Government.
Following the conference there will be a reception and dinner honouring the distinguished career of Dr. Paul Thomas,
the recently retired Duff Roblin Professor in Government. Proceeds from
the dinner will create the endowment for the newly established Paul
Thomas Scholarship in Public Administration.
We will cap off the evening with the Templeton Lecture - "Political Leadership and Democracy in Manitoba: The Roblin Era and Beyond" to be delivered by Dr. Paul Thomas.
For more information and to register, please visit the Manitoba Institute for Policy Research.