Mira Sucharov is Pro­fes­sor of Polit­i­cal Sci­ence and Uni­ver­si­ty Chair of Teach­ing Inno­va­tion at Car­leton Uni­ver­si­ty in Ottawa, Cana­da. She is the author or edi­tor of five books, and is a fre­quent media com­men­ta­tor. She is a five-time teach­ing award win­ner and is the 2019 win­ner of her Fac­ul­ty’s Excel­lence in Pub­lic Com­men­tary Award.