Dr Donal Sean Gill

Dónal Gill Biography

Dónal Gill is Assistant Professor (LTA) of Canadian Politics at Concordia University.

Dónal has a PhD in Political Science from Concordia University (2020) and a BA in History and Politics (2008) and MA in Politics from University College Cork (20210). He was awarded the Diarmuid Whelan memorial award for best dissertation for his Master's thesis on Quebec Politics.

He previously taught political science at Dawson College from 2016 to 2023, where he also served as coordinator of the Law, Society, and Justice profile and as Social Science Representative on Academic Senate. He also sat on the Executive Council of the Dawson teacher's Union. In 2022 he won the Director General's prize for teaching excellence.

He is a regular contributor in the media on matters related to Canadian/Quebec politics, writing OpEds in the Montreal Gazette and appearing on CBC, CJAD800, Global News and other outlets.

https://montrealgazette.com/author/donal-gill-special-to-montreal-gazette/

Dónal is on the board of the Siamsa Montreal School of Irish Music and is a member of the Saint Patrick's Society of Montreal.

Teaching/research interests: party politics in Canada and Ireland, political ideology, the political thought of Jonathan Swift.

Poli204 - Introduction to Canadian Politics
Poli356 - Political Parties in Canada
Poli314 - The Political Thought of Pierre Elliot Trudeau
Poli488 - Nationalism & Elections in Quebec, Ireland, and Canada
Poli392 - Research Design