Evan H. Potter
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication
Member of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and thereby authorized to supervise theses.
Office: 202, 554 King Edward Avenue
Telephone: 613-562-5800, ext. 3831
E-mail: evan.potter@uOttawa.ca
Personal website: www.evanpotter.ca
University degrees
1987: BA in Political Studies, Queen’s University at Kingston
1990: MA in International Affairs, The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University
1995: PhD in International Relations, London School of Economics, U.K.
Fields of interest
- Communications Planning
- Political Communication
- Public opinion towards foreign policy
- International Communications
Ongoing research
My research program focuses on the projection of Canada's image in the international arena and the use of communications technologies in diplomacy.
Selected publications
Books authored
POTTER, E. H., Branding Canada: Projecting Canada's Soft Power Through Public Diplomacy. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press.(forthcoming).
POTTER, E. (1999). Transatlantic Partners: Canadian Approaches to the European Union. Published for Carleton University Press by McGill University Press.
Books edited
POTTER, E. (2002). Cyberdiplomacy: Foreign Policy in the 21st Century. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press.
POTTER, E. and L. BERNIER (2001). Business Planning in Canadian Public Administration. Toronto: Institute of Public Administration of Canada.
POTTER, E. (1998). Economic Intelligence and National Security. Ottawa: Carleton University Press and the Centre for Trade Policy and Law.
EDEN, L. and E. POTTER (1993). Multinationals in the Global Political Economy. New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press.
Chapters in books
POTTER, E. (forthcoming). “Canada and the New Diplomacy”, in The Administration of Canadian Foreign Policy, edited by Nelson Michaud and Luc Bernier. UBC Press.
POTTER, E. (2002). “The Coming Anarchy? Connected Citizens and Economic Diplomacy”. In Civic Discourse and Cultural Politics in Canada: A Cacophony of Voices, edited by Sherry Ferguson and Leslie Shade, Norwood, NJ: Greenwood/Elsevier.
POTTER, E. (2001). “Transatlantic Free Trade: Myth or Reality?”. In Between Actor and Presence: The EU and the Future for Transatlantic Relations, edited by George McLean. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press.
POTTER E. (2000). “Treasury Board as Management Board: The Re-invention of a Central Agency”. In How Ottawa Spends 2000-2001, edited by Leslie A. Pal. Toronto: Oxford University Press, pp. 95-130.
Journal articles
POTTER, E (2007). “Canada in the Commonwealth”. The Round Table, Vol. 96, Issue. 391: 447-463.
POTTER, E. (2003). “Branding Canada: Renaissance of Canada's Commercial Diplomacy”. International Studies Perspectives, 5 (1): 55-60.
POTTER, E. (2002-2003). “Canada and the New Public Diplomacy”. International Journal, LVIII, No. 1: 43-64.
POTTER, E. (2002). “ Canada and the world: Continuity and Change in Public Opinion on Aid, Trade, and International Security”. Études internationales, 33 (4): 698-722.