Stephen Randall (political scientist)

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Stephen Randall
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Born Toronto, Ontario
Alma mater University of Toronto
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Stephen James Randall, FRSC is a professor emeritus of History at the University of Calgary, former director of the University of Calgary's Latin America Research Centre and the Institute for United states Policy Research, author, academic, civil-right advocate, oil policy expert, and more recently a progressive political activist.

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Academic

Randall has taught at the University of Toronto (1971-74), McGill University (1974-1989), the University of Calgary (1989-2013). He was a visiting professor at San Diego State University and held the Fulbright Chair in North American Studies at American University in Washington. He held the Imperial Oil-Lincoln McKay Chair in american Studies at the University of Calgary, 1989-1996 and was the Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences 1994-2006. He was Director of the Institute for United States Policy Research and subsequently director of the Latin American Research Centre at the University of Calgary. Randall's scholarship has focused on Canada-United States relations, and inter-American relations with a particular focus on Colombia.

Personal

Randall was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1944. He and his wife, Dr. M. Anne Katzenberg, live in Charleswood Heights in Calgary, Alberta.

Human Rights, Civil Liberties

He was the first president of the Rocky Mountain Civil Liberties association. He has had the honour to work in international elections in Nicaragua, El Salvador, Venezuela, Jamaica and Cambodia with the United Nations, the Carter Presidential Centre and the Organization of American States. International observers and election workers have played important roles in ensuring that all citizens have had the opportunity to vote in free and open elections.

Honours

Randall is an elected member of the Royal Society of Canada; a fellow of the Canadian Council for the Americas and the Centre for Military and Security Studies at the University of Calgary. He was honoured with the Award of Merit, Grand Cross and the Order of San Carlos by the government of Colombia for his contributions to an understanding of Colombian history and foreign policy. He received a lifetime public service award from the Canadian Council for the Americas. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Political activism

On January 7, 2011, Randall was nominated as the Liberal Party of Canada candidate in Calgary Centre-North for the 41st Canadian federal election. [5]

Electoral record

2011 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Michelle Rempel 28,44356.53±0.00$82,363.77
New Democratic Paul Vargis8,04815.99+0.67$15,914.50
Liberal Stephen Randall7,04614.00+2.23$55,742.32
Green Heather MacIntosh6,57813.07-2.22$42,457.33
Marxist–Leninist Peggy Askin2030.40+0.02$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit50,318 100.00  $
Total rejected ballots 200 0.40
Turnout 50,518 60.55
Eligible voters 83,431

Selected publications

John Herd Thompson; Stephen J Randall (1994) Canada and the United States : ambivalent allies, Athens : University of Georgia Press [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

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References

  1. "Stephen J. Randall | Latin American Research Centre". Archived from the original on 2011-04-01. Retrieved 2011-04-03. University of Calgary: Stephen Randall (Accessed April 2011)
  2. "RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada". Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2011-04-08. Royal Society of Canada: Stephan Randall (Accessed April 2011)
  3. http://www.onlinecic.org/calendar/haitithecontinuingchallengeofafailedstate Canadian International Council:Haiti: The Continuing Challenge of a Failed State (Accessed April 2011)
  4. "Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute - Editorial Board". Archived from the original on 2007-08-24. Retrieved 2011-04-08. Canadian Defense and Foreign Affairs Institute (Accessed April 2011)
  5. "Liberals name candidate for Calgary Centre-North". CBC News. January 7, 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
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  7. Scott W See (1995) Review of Canada and the United States: Ambivalent Allies by John Herd Thompson; Stephen J Randall, The Journal of American History, Dec., vol. 82, no. 3, p. 1278-1279
  8. David C Hendrickson (1995) Review of Canada and the United States: Ambivalent Allies by ; John Herd Thompson; Stephen J Randall, Foreign Affairs, May - Jun., 1995, vol. 74, no. 3, p. 176-176
  9. George Feaver (1995) Canada and the United States - Ambivalent allies by John Herd Thompson; Stephen J Randall, TLS, the Times literary supplement. no. 4814, : 25
  10. Richard D Challener (1996) Review of Canada and the United States: Ambivalent Allies by John Herd Thompson; Stephen J Randall, Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews, Mar., vol. 25, no. 2, p. 218-220
  11. Jeffrey Ling (1996) Review of Canada and the United States: Ambivalent Allies by John Herd Thompson; Stephen J Randall, Canadian Journal of Political Science, Sep., vol. 29, no. 3, p. 590-591