About Sylvia Bashevkin Sylvia B. Bashevkin is a professor in the Department of Political Science and director of the Canadian Studies Programme at the University of Toronto. She specializes in the areas of women and politics, public policy, and comparative politics. Books by Sylvia Bashevkin Doing Politics Differently? Women Premiers in Canada’s Provinces and Territories edited by Sylvia Bashevkin Opening Doors Wider Women's Political Engagement in Canada edited by Sylvia Bashevkin