Political science improves awareness of ourselves and our place in the political world, including the capacity to improve and change the world around us. Concerned with the theory and practice of politics, faculty in the department help students develop the ability to understand the world from a variety of political, social and cultural perspectives. The discipline prepares students to think independently, develop flexibility and apply critical judgement.
Associate of Arts, Political Science Emphasis
International Development Diploma
Diploma in Environmental Studies
Courses
Political Science courses explore issues such as civil rights, war, peace, poverty, justice, globalization and equality.
Faculty
Dr. Rosalind Warner
Chair, Political Science
Email: rowarner@okanagan.bc.ca
Campus: Kelowna
Phone: 250-762-5445 ext. 4294
I have researched and published on topics like ecological modernization, global environmental governance issues, protected areas governance in North America, environmental discourses, rights of nature, and environment and trade in Canadian foreign policy. I am also energized by educational technologies and the latest news and information about teaching and learning in higher education. I am currently a Research Fellow with the Earth System Governance Project, Board Member of the RCEN (Canadian Environmental Network), and Associate Editor for the Canadian Journal of International Development and International Journal.
My ORCID ID is: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7925-397X
Credentials:
PhD, York University
MA, York University
BA, Simon Fraser University
Dr. Felix Amoh-Siaw holds a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies (Global Studies) from the University of British Columbia, Okanagan. He also holds an MA in International Relations from Shanghai University (mainland China) and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana.
His research examines international development and the politics of external intervention in Sub-Saharan Africa, with particular interests in armed conflict, humanitarian crises, UN peace operations, genocide, neocolonialism, and African responses to international interventions. His doctoral research focused on how local populations perceive and respond to external interventions in humanitarian crises, drawing on fieldwork in Mali and South Sudan.
Dr. Amoh-Siaw has conducted fieldwork across West and East Africa and briefly in the United States and has experience working at the intersection of academic research, evaluation, and community engagement. In 2022, he was selected as a Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholar in recognition of his research potential, intellectual curiosity, and commitment to engaged scholarship.
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