• Political Science PhD candidates Tari Ajadi and Julia Rodgers co‑lead authors on police defunding report
  Read more here
  
• Dr. Fierlbeck cited in the Globe and Mail
  Dr. Fierlbeck cited in the Globe and Mail article on tax imposition on unvaccinated people.
  
• Dr. Fierlbeck cited on CBC News article
  Political science chair Dr. Fierlbeck cited in CBC news on health care policy. Read more here.
  

From Dal News

• International forum brings world security leaders to Dal with post‑COVID era top of mind
  Top global thinkers, policy makers and government officials converged at Dalhousie last week for the Halifax International Security Forum's annual public panel, touching on a variety of topics surrounding China, global cooperation and the world after COVID-19.
  
• ‘Democracy has to rise to the occasion:’ Inaugural Stanfield Conversation tackles the state and fate of democracy
  Renowned political thinkers Charles Taylor and Simone Chambers took part in the launch of a new series honouring the legacy of politician Robert Stanfield.
  
• From political science to "Power & Politics": How Vassy Kapelos uses school‑honed skills to hold politicians to account
  Vassy Kapelos (MA’06), host of CBC's "Power & Politics," is returning to her alma mater later this month to moderate Dalhousie's inaugural Stanfield Conversations. Learn more about how Kapelos’ time in political science classes at Dal led to a career as one of Canada’s most accomplished political journalists.
  
• Ask an expert: Kiran Banerjee on what the Taliban’s takeover means for Afghanistan and the global community
  This week, we delve even deeper beyond the headlines with a two-part series on the Taliban's re-emergence in Afghanistan. In part two, Kiran Banerjee, an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and a Canada Research Chair, explain what the Taliban’s return will mean for Afghan citizens and the international community.
  
• Ask an expert: Kiran Banerjee on the rise of the Taliban and its brisk power grab in Afghanistan
  This week, we delve even deeper beyond the headlines with a two-part series on the Taliban's re-emergence in Afghanistan. In part one, Kiran Banerjee, an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and a Canada Research Chair, discusses the history of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the regional implications of its return to government.