Head and shoulders image of Dr. David E. Smith, professor of Political Science and assistant dean, College of Graduate Studies and Research.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. David E. Smith had a long career at the University of Saskatchewan (1964-2004), where he is professor emeritus, and at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Regina (2005-2012), where he was a senior policy fellow. Dr. Smith earned his PhD and MA degrees in Political Science at Duke University, and a BA (Honours) in Economics and Political Science from the University of Western Ontario. The U of S honoured Dr. Smith with an earned Doctor of Letters in 1995, and a Distinguished Researcher Award in 2003. Ryerson University conferred on Dr. Smith a Doctor of Letters Honoris Causa in 2010. Dr. Smith received the Saskatchewan Order of Merit in 2015. During his forty years at the U of S Dr. Smith supervised numerous graduate theses, served on many thesis committees, and taught a full range of undergraduate courses. He has also lectured in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, and Korea, and held a visiting professorship of Canadian studies in Japan. He has published widely on Canadian politics and its institutions. Dr. Smith is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Politics and Public Administration and a member of the Yeates School of Graduate Studies at Ryerson University. He was appointed as a Distinguished Visiting Scholar in 2013. His most recent book (2017) is The Constitution in a Hall of Mirrors: Canada at 150.