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Lana Wylie
Associate Professor, Political Science

Overview

Dr. Wylie’s research focuses on Canadian and American foreign policy, Latin American and Caribbean politics with an emphasis on Cuba, and international relations. Her book, Perceptions of Cuba: Canadian and American Polices in Comparative Perspective (University of Toronto Press, 2010) compares Canadian and American policies toward Cuba. She has three co-edited volumes on Canadian foreign policy or policy toward Cuba. They are Canadian Foreign Policy in Critical Perspective (with J. Marshall Beier) (Oxford University Press, 2010); Our Place in the Sun: Canada and Cuba in the Castro Era (with Robert Wright) (University of Toronto Press, 2009); and Other Diplomacies, Other Ties: Cuba and Canada in the Shadow of the US (with Cynthia Wright and Luis René Fernández Tabío) (University of Toronto Press, 2018). She was the guest editor of an issue of Canadian Foreign Policy Journal entitled “The Politics of Canada-Cuba Relations: Emerging Possibilities and Diverse Challenges.” Her forthcoming works include Other Diplomacies and Canada: Representations and Relationships Beyond the State (with Susan Henders and Mary Young) (University of Toronto Press).

Background

Degrees

PhD
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst Center
Master's
University of Calgary, Calgary
Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
McMaster University, Hamilton

Postgraduate training

Postdoctoral Fellow
Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University, New Haven

Contact

wyliel@mcmaster.ca
(905) 525-9140 ext. 23895

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