Baxter Family Competition on Federalism (2021 edition)
/The Baxter Family Competition on Federalism will be returning for its 3rd edition in 2020-2021.
This edition’s overall theme is Federalism, Identity and Public Policy in Challenging Times. This broad theme should allow for reflections about the impact of federalism on the current COVID-19 crisis – and vice versa – but by no means should entries be limited to this context. Naturally, comparative perspectives are particularly encouraged.
For the first time, the Competition will be open both to law and political science students/PhD candidates, as well as junior scholars and practitioners from around the world.
Contributors must be registered students or have obtained their degrees, in law or political science, less than 5 years before the submission deadline of 1 February 2021.
More detailed information will be shared in an upcoming call for papers.
La 3e édition du Concours de la famille Baxter sur le fédéralisme aura lieu en 2020-2021.
Le thème général de la 3e édition du Concours est Fédéralisme, identité et politiques publiques en période de turbulence. Le thème est suffisamment large pour permettre de réfléchir à l’impact du fédéralisme sur la crise actuelle de la COVID-19 – et vice versa – mais il n’est aucunement question de limiter les textes à ce seul contexte. Nous encourageons particulièrement les travaux adoptant une perspective comparée.
Pour la première fois en 2020-2021, nous accepterons les soumissions d’étudiant.e.s ou candidat.e.s au doctorat en droit et en sciences politiques, de même que de jeunes juristes et praticien.ne.s du fédéralisme à l’échelle mondiale.
Les contributions devront provenir d’étudiant.e.s ou de jeunes professionnel.le.s ayant obtenu leur diplôme en droit ou en sciences politiques moins de 5 ans avant la date butoir, soit le 1er février 2021.
Des informations plus détaillées viendront sous peu dans un appel à communications.
About the Baxter Competition
Created in 2016, the Baxter Family Competition on Federalism has been made possible through the generous support of Rachel Baxter, BSc’84, BCL’88 and Colin Baxter, BCL’90, LLB’90, who both practice law in Ottawa, as corporate and litigation counsel respectively.
The overarching goal of this prestigious bi-annual competition, which is run by the Peter MacKell Chair in Federalism, is to advance research and foster informed debate on federalism. For the inaugural competition, participants were invited to submit an original essay related to an aspect of federal theory or practice. Given that the Baxter Family Competition on Federalism was launched to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the Canadian Confederation of 1867, submissions that examine the past, present and future of Canadian federalism from comparative angles were particularly encouraged. While essays can discuss any one of a wide range of topics related to federalism, the organizers of the 2016 Baxter Family Competition on Federalism were particularly interested in submissions centered on two particular aspects of the “federal phenomenon”.
Finalists are given an opportunity to present their papers at a Symposium organized by the McGill Faculty of Law.