Please join us for our Annual Business Meeting and Reception, to be held on Thursday, September 11, 2025 at Palate Kitchen, which is located at 848 West Hastings Street.

The business meeting is scheduled to take place between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. PT. You will find the meeting agenda here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1789ew1KUQrSZCwWxhHAbsR_5riueehQxYmYEn11jMOw. Should you wish to add an agenda item, please feel free to let the executive know by September 8.

The reception will follow the business meeting and will run from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. PT. We will be honouring our section award winners, including:

• Robert Vipond, winner of the 2025 Mildred A. Schwartz Lifetime Achievement Award
• Kim Pernell, winner of the 2025 Seymour Martin Lipset Best Book Award
• Heather Millar, honourable mention for the 2025 Seymour Martin Lipset Best Book Award

Complimentary drinks and a delicious assortment of hors d’oeuvres will be provided courtesy of the evening’s sponsor, Vox Pop Labs. 

If possible, we kindly ask that you register in advance so we can provide the venue with proper estimates for food and beverage orders. You can register at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/apsa-canadian-politics-section-reception-tickets-1640649339339. Registered attendees will receive a complimentary drink ticket at the door.

Please note that the event is only open to registered members of the Canadian Politics section. If you are not currently a section member you can register for only $10 for regular members and free for graduate students at https://members.apsanet.org/Membership/Add-a-Section. Again, we encourage you to register in advance, but will accept registrations at the door.

The American Political Science Association Section for Canadian Politics is pleased to call for nominations for the 2025 Mildred A. Schwartz Lifetime Achievement Award.

The 2025 Selection Committee includes:

Elizabeth Baisley, Queen’s University
Randy Besco, University of Toronto
James W. Endersby, University of Missouri

To nominate someone for this award, please send a detailed nomination letter and the CV of the nominee to the entire committee and the Section Chair by July 18, 2025.

The American Political Science Association Section for Canadian Politics is pleased to call for nominations for the 2025 Seymour Martin Lipset Best Book Award.

Books dealing with Canadian politics—or incorporating Canada as a significant case in a comparative political analysis—that were published between 2023 and 2025 are eligible for consideration. Edited collections are not eligible.

The 2025 Selection Committee includes:

Évelyne Brie, Université de Montréal
Andrea Lawlor, McMaster University
Arjun Tremblay, University of Regina

Nominations, including self-nominations, should be sent to the entire selection committee and the Section Chair no later than July 18, 2025.

The Canadian Politics Section Business Meeting will be held Thursday September 5th at 6:30 at the Marriott Philadelphia Downtown, 403.

Following the meeting, there will be a reception for the section and a book launch for:
Foundations of Canadian Political Behaviour: Stability and Change in the Twenty-First Century. Edited by Amanda Bittner, J. Scott Matthews, and Stuart Soroka.
Thu, September 5, 7:30 to 9:00pm, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Room Franklin 9
The reception is sponsored by U of Toronto Press.

The event will include snacks, a cash bar, and will honour Dick Johnston, whose career of excellence inspired the book project.

Also, there are two Canadian Politics section awards.

The 2024 Seymour Martin Lipset Book Award Committee:
James Endersby, Missouri
Jean-François Daoust, Sherbrooke
Alison Smith, Toronto

The winner of the award is Jack Lucas for his book Ideology in Canadian Municipal Politics (UofT Press).

Honorable mention to Yasmeen Abu-Laban, Ethel Tungohan, and Christina Gabriel for Containing Diversity (UofT Press).

The 2024 Mildred Schwartz Lifetime Achievement Committee:
Jack Lucas, Calgary
Renan Levine, UTSC
Laura Stephenson, Western
The winner of the award is William Cross of Carleton University.

Full citations for the awards can be found here: https://connect.apsanet.org/s40/