Just arrived in my mailbox: Kiran and Craig Damian Smith’s new collection, Migration Governance in North America, to which Phil Triadafilopoulos and I contributed a chapter. Great to see it out! Published by McGill-Queen's University Press.

📢 #SSHA2024 Conference Deadline Reminder: Friday March 22 is the deadline to submit panel&paper proposals for the Social Science History conference in Toronto Oct 31-Nov 3 2024. See ssha.org/conference for info. Join us in the city formerly known as the Belfast of Canada 🍀

Great to hear Michelle Hamilton ⁦Public History, Western University Canada⁩ talking ⁦CBCLondonMorning⁩ about this important petition to Save Victoria Hospital Archives - London, Canada · Change.org. Please consider signing if you live in #ldnont #sxont change.org/p/save-victori…

Hot off the press, on one of the central issues of our time, comes an advance copy of Kiran and Craig Damian Smith's new volume, MIGRATION GOVERNANCE IN NORTH AMERICA. Essential reading for policy-oriented students, scholars, and practitioners.

The 44th edition of The Mirror is here! Fun fact: Did you know it's Canada's oldest undergraduate history journal, published annually here at Western. Congratulations to the dynamic team who made it possible, authors and faculty supervisors. #westernu

On behalf of the History Department, we wish to share the news of the passing of our colleague, friend, and former Dean of Social Science, Prof. Peter Neary. necrocanada.com/deces-2023/pet… #westernu

This is a terrible loss. Peter was very generous to me when I arrived at Western. We had a great chat at his home last August about the history of the Faculty of Social Science. I had hoped to see him again soon.

I am happy to announce a 3-year PhD scholarship on forced migration in the Middle East University of Glasgow! Come research an exciting array of topics, incl. borders, migration diplomacy, and refugee rentierism.

Non-UK students eligible. Deadline: 19 April.
Info: shorturl.at/uX389

'Commentators in many spheres lament the poor level of public participation in local government. This flagship book holds the key to explain, and possibly remedy, the problem.” The latest in our 'Urban Governance' series, check it out!

Apr. 2: Join us & Urban Studies @ UofT to mark the end of this year's capstone course w/ the poster showcase, exploring work from students of all disciplines who have tackled urban issues w/ community partners in CA, U.S. & India. There'll be food, drinks & music too! schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/event/school-o…

Je suis très heureux de recevoir mon exemplaire du Dictionnaire Politique de la Scène Municipale Québécoise, auquel j'ai contribué en écrivant la postface. Toutes mes félicitations à Anne Mévellec mevellec anne et Sandra Breux Centre Urbanisation Culture Société de l’INRS !

Let’s celebrate 50 years of the Local Government Program! Help us create a legacy that will last beyond the next 50 years. Share your photos, memories & career news for an LGP memory book celebrating our 50th anniversary: uwo.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1N…

Join IMFG as a Post-Doctoral Fellow to examine finance and governance issues faced by large cities and city-regions in Canada and around the world. Deadline: April 26!

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The Forum of Federations Handbook on Local Government in Federal Systems

Edited by Nico Steytler

Read the open Access PDF today! ➡️📖 link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

Cool to see my research with Jack Lucas UCalgary Political Science and Dave Armstrong on Canada's urban-rural divide profiled in a Literary Review of Canada review of John Ibbitson's book on Diefenbaker, Pearson, and the Making of Modern Canada, which I hope to read this summer. reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2024/…

Interested in a postdoctoral fellowship on municipal finance and governance? IMFG School of Cities has announced that applications for the 2024-25 Richard M. Bird fellowship are now open: imfg.munkschool.utoronto.ca/fellowships/ab…. A great opportunity in a great institute in a great city.

Very pleased to see my chapter with IMFG School of Cities Enid Slack on Canada in The Forum of Federations Handbook on Local Government in Federal Systems, published by Palgrave. The book is open-access. link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

Congratulations to one of our conference co-chairs on this new position! #alumni