Peter H. Russell
Peter H. Russell | |
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| Born | Peter Howard Russell 16 November 1932 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | 10 January 2024 (aged 91) |
| Title | Principal of Innis College, Toronto (1971–1976) |
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| Discipline | Political science |
| Institutions | Innis College, Toronto |
| Doctoral students | Janet Ajzenstat |
Peter Howard Russell CC FRSC (16 November 1932 – 10 January 2024) was a Canadian political scientist and professor emeritus of political science at the University of Toronto,[1] where he taught from 1958 to 1997.
Education
[edit]Russell was an alumnus of the University of Toronto Schools,[2] Trinity College in the University of Toronto, and Oriel College, Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar.[3] He was also a member of the Toronto chapter of Alpha Delta Phi.[4]
Academic career
[edit]In the 1960s, Russell was asked by the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism to study the Supreme Court of Canada's approach to language. As a result, since 1969 all the Court's decisions are published in both English and French, and simultaneous translation is provided for court hearings.[5]
Russell was the principal of Innis College, at the University of Toronto, from 1971 to 1976. He authored several books including: Two Cheers for Minority Government: The Evolution of Canadian Parliamentary Democracy, Constitutional Odyssey: Can Canadians Become a Sovereign People?, Recognizing Aboriginal Title: The Mabo Case and Indigenous Resistance to English Settler Colonialism and Canada's Odyssey: A Country Based on Incomplete Conquests.
Russell was director of research for the McDonald Commission on the RCMP, a member of the federal Task Force on Comprehensive Land Claims, president of the Canadian Political Science Association, and chair of the Research Advisory Committee for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.[6]
Death
[edit]Russell died on 10 January 2024, at the age of 91.[7]
Awards and recognition
[edit]Russell received the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002 and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012.[8][9]
He was the 2012 winner of the American Political Science Association's Mildred A. Schwartz Award.[10]
Having been appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada (OC) in 1987, in the 2022 Canadian honours Russell was promoted to Companion of the Order of Canada (CC).[11][12]
References
[edit]- ^ Burman, John; Healey, Deirdre (9 August 2006). "Land claims put on hold No talks until protesters gone". The Spectator. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
- ^ "Notable Alumni". University of Toronto Schools. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ Russell, Peter. "Getting Hired – The Old Way". Computing in the Humanities and Social Sciences. University of Toronto. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ Torontonensis. Toronto, Ontario: University of Toronto Students' Administrative Council. 1955. p. 278.
- ^ Fine, Sean (25 January 2024). "Brilliant political scientist Peter Russell explored the intersection of politics and law". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ "Peter Russell O.C., B.A. (Toronto), B.A., M..1. (Oxford), LL.D. (Calgary), F.R.S.C." University of Toronto Faculty of Law. Archived from the original on 5 July 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ "Peter H. Russell". The Globe and Mail. 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024 – via Legacy.com.
- ^ "Professor Peter Howard Russell". Governor-General of Canada. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ^ "Peter Howard Russell". Governor-General of Canada. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ^ "Peter Russell Wins APSA Prize". Department of Political Science. University of Toronto. 24 April 2012. Archived from the original on 5 August 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ^ "Order of Canada: Professor Peter Howard Russell". Governor-General of Canada. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ^ "Order of Canada appointees - June 2022". Office of the Governor General. 21 June 2022. Archived from the original on 27 July 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
External links
[edit]- Peter H. Russell archival papers held at the University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services
