News & Events

Faculty and graduate student researchers from across the University participated in a multi-disciplinary September 15 McMaster workshop to discuss such digital threats to democracy as “fake news”, election hacking, or the delegation of governance to algorithms, along with the potential of digitization for enhancing democracy.

The left won the argument but not the fight against neoliberal constraint, argues Dr. Stephen McBride in the September-October edition of the CCPA Monitor.

Looking for some course ideas for the Fall? We have a some great options in our department and the rest of the Social Sciences.

Hun Sen and the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) won a recent landslide victory in the Southeast Asian country. Political Science Professor Netina Tan and MA student Cassandra Preece dissect what went down in a new article written for The Conversation.

What do new "smart city" technologies mean for our privacy? Can we balance our right to privacy with the benefits of having a networked city?

Angela Orasch (PhD Candidate, Political Science) and Dr. Sara Bannerman (Canada Research Chair in Communications Policy and member of the Institute on Globalization & the Human Condition) have received a grant from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada to study the privacy implications of smart cities in Canada.

Analysis of Malaysia's 14th general election by Dr. Netina Tan and Cassandra Preece.

Political Science Professor, Dr. Tan, shows how false information can sway elections and how social media can make the situation worse.

On April 4, 2018 Professor Robert O’Brien travelled to Buenos Aires Argentina to present the results of a co-authored report on alternative trade union policies to the Southern Initiative on Globalization and Trade Union Rights (SIGTUR).

Thursday, May 10, 1:00-2:30pm, L.R. Wilson Hall 1003, McMaster University, Race, Refugees and the Current Crisis, Dr. Eric Tang

Dr. Netina Tan and Globalization Program MA student Marvin Mercado discuss "Canada’s need to ‘walk the talk’ on human rights".

Mon., March 19th, 1:30pm-3:00pm, L.R. Wilson Hall 1003, McMaster University, John Clarke, Austerity and After? Policies, Politics, and Ideologies

Dr. Alina Sajed (with co-editor Randolph B. Persaud, American University, Washington) Race, Gender, and Culture in International Relations (Routledge) has just published the first postcolonial textbook in IR, that is aimed at undergraduates students.

Thur., March 8th, 12:30pm-2:00pm, L.R. Wilson Hall 3001, McMaster University, The Diaspora Imperative, Dr. Janet Bauer, IGHC Fulbright Global Scholar

One of our MA students baked these amazing MDGs cupcakes for the Global Social Policy class yesterday, when the UN's Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) was discussed. Thank you for your kind sharing!

Dr. Lydia Kapiriri has developed a framework to help policy makers in low-income countries decide how to effectively allocate precious health care resources and evaluate whether their efforts have been successful.

Mon., Feb. 26, 2018, 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., L.R. Wilson Hall 1003, McMaster University,Toxic-free Future: Health and Environmental Justice for Chemical Safety, Dr. Olga Speranskaya, the Goldman Environmental Prize Winner (2009), CoChair of IPEN

The Winter 2018 issue of the IGHC Newsletter highlighting: research news, academic program news, and upcoming IGHC Research Seminar Series.

Every year, migrant workers come to Canada to pick the fruits and vegetables we take for granted. They aren't paid well and get none of the benefits they pay into. Don MacLean Wells, Professor Emeritus, Labour Studies and Political Science and Janet McLaughlin Associate Professor of Health Studies, Research Associate, International Migration Research Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University, argue that it's time to treat them fairly.

MA in Globalization at McMaster University is a unique interdisciplinary program at one of the top universities in Canada. It's a 12-month program that requires students to complete 6 one-semester courses and a major research paper. The application deadline for September 2018 entry is extended to Monday, February 12th, 2018.