Edelgard Elspeth Mahant is a Canadian academic, who teaches political science at York University's Glendon College in Toronto, Ontario and University of Botswana.[1][2]

She formerly taught at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, where she was also the Ontario Liberal Party candidate in the electoral district of Sudbury East in the 1985 provincial election.[3]

Education edit

She completed her studies at the Universities of British Columbia (BA) and Toronto (MA) and obtained her PhD at the London School of Economics and Political Science with a thesis titled "French and German Attitudes to the Establishment of the European Economic Community, 1955-1957".[1][2]

Areas of expertise edit

Mahant is specialized in foreign policy, including the politics of the European Union, Free trade and International Relations.

She has cowritten two books on Canada-United States relations with historian Graeme S. Mount:

  • An introduction to Canadian-American relations Graeme S. Mount, Edelgard E. Mahant. Methuen, London 1984 ISBN 0-458-97190-1
  • Invisible and inaudible in Washington: American policies toward Canada Graeme S. Mount, Edelgard E. Mahant. UBC Press, Vancouver 1999 ISBN 0-7748-0703-2

Other books Mahant is also the author of several other books and publications:[1][4]

  • Grandma's Gone to Africa. One Woman's Journey to Botswana the Good Toronto: EP2M Enterprises, 2016.ISBN 978-1522700128.
  • Darfur to Taipei. Cases in Foreign Policy Analysis Edelgard Mahant and Bodistean, eds Toronto: Glendon College, 2015 ISBN 9781508823742
  • Free trade in American-Canadian relations Edelgard E. Mahant. Krieger 1993 ISBN 0-89464-522-6
  • Birthmarks of Europe: the origins of the European Community reconsidered Edelgard E. Mahant. Ashgate 2004 ISBN 0-7546-1487-5

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "EUCAnet - Mahant, Edelgard". Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  2. ^ a b "GLENDON - Edelgard Elspeth Mahant". Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Senior Liberals' Commission | Ontario Section Board". slc-cal.liberal.ca. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  4. ^ "Glendon Research Group in Public and International Affairs". Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2011.