Peter H. Russell
{{Short description|Canadian political scientist (1932–2024)}}
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| birth_name = Peter Howard Russell
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| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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| title = Principal of Innis College, Toronto (1971–1976)
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| discipline = Political science
| workplaces = Innis College, Toronto
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Peter Howard Russell {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CC|FRSC}} (16 November 1932 – 10 January 2024) was a Canadian political scientist and professor emeritus of political science at the University of Toronto,{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/1091433141.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+09%2C+2006&author=John+Burman%3B+Deirdre+Healey&pub=The+Spectator&desc=Land+claims+put+on+hold+No+talks+until+protesters+gone&pqatl=google |title=Land claims put on hold No talks until protesters gone |last1=Burman |first1=John |last2=Healey |first2=Deirdre |date=9 August 2006 |work=The Spectator |access-date=22 March 2011 |archive-date=6 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106042626/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/1091433141.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+09,+2006&author=John+Burman%3B+Deirdre+Healey&pub=The+Spectator&desc=Land+claims+put+on+hold+No+talks+until+protesters+gone&pqatl=google |url-status=dead }} where he taught from 1958 to 1997.
Education
Russell was an alumnus of the University of Toronto Schools,{{Cite web|url=https://www.utschools.ca/alumni/notable-alumni.aspx |title=Notable Alumni |work=University of Toronto Schools |access-date=13 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407103023/http://utschools.ca/alumni/notable-alumni.aspx|archive-date=7 April 2016}} Trinity College in the University of Toronto, and Oriel College, Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar.{{Cite web |url=http://projects.chass.utoronto.ca/ssc/life-stories/russell.htm |title=Getting Hired – The Old Way |last=Russell |first=Peter |work=Computing in the Humanities and Social Sciences |publisher=University of Toronto |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209195037/http://projects.chass.utoronto.ca/ssc/life-stories/russell.htm |archive-date=9 December 2020 |access-date=13 January 2024}} He was also a member of the Toronto chapter of Alpha Delta Phi.{{cite book |title=Torontonensis |date=1955 |publisher=University of Toronto Students' Administrative Council |location=Toronto, Ontario |page=278}}
Academic career
In the 1960s, Russell was asked by the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism to study the Supreme Court of Canada's approach to language. As a result, since 1969 all the Court's decisions are published in both English and French, and simultaneous translation is provided for court hearings.{{cite web |last1=Fine |first1=Sean |title=Brilliant political scientist Peter Russell explored the intersection of politics and law |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-brilliant-political-scientist-peter-russell-explored-the-intersection/ |publisher=The Globe and Mail |access-date=23 July 2024 |date=25 January 2024}}
Russell was the principal of Innis College, at the University of Toronto, from 1971 to 1976. He authored several books including: Two Cheers for Minority Government: The Evolution of Canadian Parliamentary Democracy, Constitutional Odyssey: Can Canadians Become a Sovereign People?, Recognizing Aboriginal Title: The Mabo Case and Indigenous Resistance to English Settler Colonialism and Canada's Odyssey: A Country Based on Incomplete Conquests.
Russell was director of research for the McDonald Commission on the RCMP, a member of the federal Task Force on Comprehensive Land Claims, president of the Canadian Political Science Association, and chair of the Research Advisory Committee for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.{{Cite web|url=https://www.law.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/c-36/russell.htm |title=Peter Russell O.C., B.A. (Toronto), B.A., M..1. (Oxford), LL.D. (Calgary), F.R.S.C. |work=University of Toronto Faculty of Law |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705064604/https://www.law.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/c-36/russell.htm |archive-date=5 July 2019 |access-date=13 January 2024}}
Death
Awards and recognition
Russell received the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002 and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012.{{cite web |title=Professor Peter Howard Russell |url=https://gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/125-40936 |website=Governor General of Canada |access-date=14 January 2024}}{{cite web |title=Peter Howard Russell |url=https://gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/126-104530 |website=Governor General of Canada |access-date=14 January 2024}}
He was the 2012 winner of the American Political Science Association's Mildred A. Schwartz Award.{{Cite web|url=http://politics.utoronto.ca/2012/04/peter-russell-wins-apsa-prize/|title=Peter Russell Wins APSA Prize |website=Department of Political Science |publisher=University of Toronto |date=24 April 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230805194331/https://politics.utoronto.ca/2012/04/peter-russell-wins-apsa-prize/ |archive-date=5 August 2023 |access-date=14 January 2024}}
Having been appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada (OC) in 1987, in the 2022 Canadian honours Russell was promoted to Companion of the Order of Canada (CC).{{cite web |title=Order of Canada: Professor Peter Howard Russell |url=https://gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/146-8039 |website=Governor General of Canada |access-date=14 January 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/order-canada-recipients-june-2022 |title=Order of Canada appointees - June 2022 |date=21 June 2022 |publisher=Office of the Governor General |url-status=live |archive-date=27 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727095235/https://www.gg.ca/en/order-canada-recipients-june-2022 |access-date=13 January 2024}}
References
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External links
- [https://discoverarchives.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/peter-russell-fonds Peter H. Russell archival papers] held at the [https://utarms.library.utoronto.ca/ University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services]
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