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The purpose of this section is to promote the interest in Canadian Politics, to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and information related to Canadian Politics and to encourage the cumulation of knowledge about Canadian Politics.

Website: http://sspa.boisestate.edu/apsa-canadianpolitics/

2011 - 2012 Officers

President:
Raymond Tatalovich
Loyola University, Chicago
Political Science
1032 W. Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60660
rtatalo@luc.edu

Vice President:
D. Munroe Eagles
University at Buffalo, SUNY 
Canadian Studies
810 Clemens Hall 
Buffalo NY 14260
eagles@buffalo.edu

Secretary:
Ross E. Burkhart
Boise State University 
Political Science
1910 University Drive
Boise ID 83725
rburkha@boisestate.edu

Treasurer:
Christopher M. Sands
Hudson Institute
1015 15th Street NW
Sixth Floor
Washington DC 20005
csands@hudson.org

2012 Program Chair:
Kathryn Harrison
University of British Columbia 
Political Science
C425-1866 Main Mall
Vancouver V6T 1Z1 Canada 
harrison@politics.ubc.ca  

Council:
Louise Carbert, Dalhousie University, louise.carbert@dal.ca
James Farney, Queen's University, farney@queensu.ca
Eric Montpetit, University of Montreal, e.montpetit@umontreal.ca
Laura Stephenson, University of Western Ontario, lstephe8@uwu.ca
Donley T. Studlar, West Virginia University, dstudlar@wvu.edu
Melissa Haussman, Carleton University, melissa_haussman@carleton.ca (ex officio) 
Patrick James, University of Southern California, patrickj@usc.edu (ex officio)

Awards

The Mildred A. Schwartz Lifetime Achievement Award in Canadian Politics recognizes "Scholarship and Leadership in bringing the study of Canadian Politics to the International Political Science Community."  Nominations from the membership should be emailed to the committee Chair no later than January 1, 2012, with a letter of endorsement explaining why your nominee should be considered for the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Award Committee Chair:
Michael Martinez, University of Florida, martinez@ufl.edu

Award Committee Members:
Fred Cutler, University of British Columbia, cutler@exchange.ubc.ca
Elisabeth Gidengil, McGill University, elisabeth.gidengil@mcgill.ca
David Rayside, University of Toronto, david.rayside@utoronto.ca
Mildred A. Schwartz, New York University, mildred@uic.edu

The Seymour Martin Lipset Best Book Award is given to honor a significant contemporary contribution to the scholarship on Canadian politics, or Canada in a comparative perspective, or a comparative analysis of Canada with other countries, particularly the United States.

Nominations from the membership of the “best book” on Canadian Politics published during 2005-2009 should be emailed to the committee Chair no later than January 1, 2012.  No editions are eligible.

Award Committee Chair:
Michael Lusztig, Chair, Southern Methodist University, mlusztig@mail.smu.edu

Award Committee Members:
Cristine de Clercy, University of Western Ontario, C.Declercy@uwo.ca
Katherine Fierlbeck, Dalhousie University, k.fierlbeck@dal.ca
Kenneth M. Holland, Ball State University, kmholland@bsu.edu
Richard Vengroff, Kennesaw State University, richard_vengroff@kennesaw.edu