Janice Stein
Janice Gross Stein, O.Ont, CM, FRSC (born 1943) is a Canadian academic. She currently serves as director of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. As well she currently holds the position of Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management and Negotiation within the University of Toronto's political science department, where she also serves as Associate Chair. Stein is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and an Honorary Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Stein regularly lectures on conflict management at home and abroad, at venues such as the Centre for National Security Studies in Ottawa and at the NATO Defense College in Rome, Italy.
Stein was selected to give the 2001 Massey Lecture. She was awarded the Molson Prize by the Canada Council for an outstanding contribution by a social scientist to public debate, as well, in 2003, she was awarded a Trudeau Fellow. She has been awarded Honorary Doctorate of Laws by the University of Alberta, the University of Cape Breton and McMaster University.
In 2006, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada. [1] In 2007, she was awarded the Order of Ontario.[2]
Other organizational affiliations
Professor Stein is member of the...
- National Academy of Science's Workshop on Middle East Negotiations and the Committee on International Conflict Resolution
- Advisory Group on Cross-Cultural Negotiation
- United States Institute for Peace's Advisory Committee for Peacemaking in the 21st Century
- American Association for the Advancement of Science's Advisory Committee on Conflict Management in the Gulf
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences' Committee on Security
- Chair, International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development [1]
- Board Member, Canadian International Council
Television
Janice Stein was a long-time member of the foreign affairs panel on the TVOntario television programs Studio 2 and Diplomatic Immunity, and continues as a regular guest on The Agenda. She has also appeared on CBC Television's The National numerous times.
Publications
Coauthored publications
- Choosing to Cooperate: How States Avoid Loss, with Louis Pauly
- We All Lost the Cold War, with Richard Ned Lebow
- Powder Keg in the Middle East: The Struggle for Gulf Security, with Geoffrey Kemp
- Citizen Engagement in Conflict Resolution: Lessons for Canada in International Experience with David Cameron and Richard Simeon
References
The Unexpected War: Canada in Kandahar (with Eugene Lang)