David E. Smith

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Department of Politics and Public Administration Ryerson University

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David E. Smith, OC, FRSC is Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the Department of Politics and Public Administration and a member of the Yeates School of Graduate Studies at Ryerson University. He was appointed to his present position in 2013, following a long and distinguished career at the University of Saskatchewan (1964-2004), where he is Professor Emeritus, and at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Regina (2005-2012), where he was a Senior Policy Fellow.

Dr. Smith earned his PhD and Masters degrees in Political Science at Duke University, and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Economics and Political Science from the University of Western Ontario. The University of Saskatchewan honoured Dr. Smith with an earned Doctor of Letters in 1995, and a Distinguished Researcher Award in 2003. Ryerson University conferred on Dr. Smith a Doctor of Letters Honoris Causa at the 18 June 2010 convocation ceremony.

David Smith received the Saskatchwan Order of Merit - the Province's highest honour - on 13 May 2015. Click here for the internal announcement of that news. The award citation notes:

Dr. Smith chose to make his contribution to education in Saskatchewan by shaping the thinking of thousands of Saskatchewan post-secondary students; through his writing he brought national and international attention to scholarship in Saskatchewan. Dr. Smith used his writing to advance Saskatchewan’s voice and drive home the realization that to know the West is to know Canada. His work is deeply rooted in the Prairie, bringing Saskatchewan political history into the mainstream of Canadian political science. He is credited with producing the definitive works on each of the major institutions of the Canadian government, such as the Crown, the Senate and the House of Commons, and recently completed a book on the history of the Official Opposition in this country.

A “lifetime of achievement and merit of a high degree” was recognised on July 1, 2013, when Dr. Smith was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC), the highest academic accolade in Canada that is available to scientists and scholars. Two of his University of Saskatchewan colleagues, Hans Michelmann and Cristine de Clercy, edited a festschrift, Continuity and Change in Canadian Politics: Essays in Honour of David E. Smith which was, like so many of Dr. Smith’s own books, published by the University of Toronto Press (2006).

During his forty years at the University of Saskatchewan, Dr. Smith supervised numerous graduate theses, served on many thesis committees, and taught a full range of undergraduate courses. He has also lectured in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, and Korea, and held a visiting professorship of Canadian studies in Japan. His passion for knowledge, good scholarship and excellent writing has been a lasting influence on a host of students.

Throughout his career as an outstanding researcher, scholar and teacher, David E. Smith has also served his University, many professional organisations, his province, and his country. At the University of Saskatchewan, he served on all manner of University committees and as Department Head. His service to the profession includes a term as chair the management board of what is now the Awards to Scholarly Publications Program of the Canadian Federation of the Humanities and Social Sciences. He has served on or chaired numerous committees of the Royal Society of Canada. For five years (1979-1984), he was book review editor of the Canadian Journal of Political Science; and he served the Canadian Political Science Association as President-Elect (1993-94), President (1994-95), and Past President (1995-96). Outside the world of academe and his profession, he served for many years on the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. He has testified before parliamentary committees, done briefings for the Canadian Senate, and briefed a former Governor General on the role of the Canadian Crown. He served as a Commissionaire on the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Saskatchewan in 2004.

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Dr. Smith earned his PhD and Masters degrees in Political Science at Duke University, and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Economics and Political Science from the University of Western Ontario. The University of Saskatchewan honoured Dr. Smith with an earned Doctor of Letters in 1995, and a Distinguished Researcher Award in 2003. Ryerson University conferred on Dr. Smith a Doctor of Letters Honoris Causa at the 18 June 2010 convocation ceremony.

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1The Oxford Handbook of Canadian Politics

John C. Courtney,David E. Smith

The Oxford Handbook of Canadian Politics provides a comprehensive overview of the transformation that has occurred in Canadian politics since the country achieved autonomy, examining the institutions and processes of Canadian government and politics at the local, provincial, and federal levels. The book represents the work of distinguished contributors, including some of the world's most prominent scholars of political science. Canada officially achieved legislative autonomy in 1931 and has since developed into one of the world's most prosperous democracies. Though its political system is widely commended for its stability and fairness, it is nonetheless extremely complex. Particularly within the past five decades, Canada has undergone a vast social and political revolution, as exhibited by events such as the Quiet Revolution in Quebec, the ratification of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Medical Care Act of 1966, and the official adoption of bilingualism and multiculturalism. As the world moves toward globalization, technology has likewise facilitated communication between previously isolated provinces and territories within Canada. Such developments hold significant implications for the role of Canadian politics, both domestically and internationally. This text analyzes all aspects of the Canadian political system: the courts, elections, political parties, Parliament, the constitution, fiscal and political federalism, the diffusion of policies between regions, and various aspects of public policy. It examines recent trends such as the movement toward minority Parliaments, and extrapolates potential developments.

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