Mildred Schwartz

A leading scholar of North American politics and society, Mildred Schwartz’s work has effectively established the study of Canadian politics as a central concern to Canadian and American social research. At the beginning of her career, she served as a lead investigator in the first  election survey of Canadian voters. In the 1960s, Schwartz began to probe questions that remain important to researchers and citizens today, such as: Are Canadians divided in significant ways along the lines of region and language?

In 2003, Schwartz won the Citation for Distinguished Scholarship in Canadian Studies from the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States. In 2010, the American Political Science Association created the Mildred A. Schwartz Lifetime Achievement Award that recognizes scholars who have made significant contributions to the study of Canadian politics throughout their career. Schwartz is currently a Professor Emerita at University of Illinois at Chicago and Visiting Scholar at New York University.