Edelgard Elspeth Mahant is a Canadian academic, who teaches political science at York University's Glendon College in Toronto, Ontario and University of Botswana. ^{[1] [2]}

She formerly taught at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, where she was also the Ontario Liberal Party candidate in the electoral district of Sudbury East in the 1985 provincial election. ^[3]

She completed her studies at the Universities of British Columbia (BA) and Toronto (MA) and obtained her PhD at the London School of Economics and Political Science with a thesis titled "French and German Attitudes to the Establishment of the European Economic Community, 1955-1957". ^{[1] [2]}

Mahant is specialized in foreign policy, including the politics of the European Union, Free trade and International Relations.

She has cowritten two books on Canada-United States relations with historian Graeme S. Mount:

• An introduction to Canadian-American relations Graeme S. Mount, Edelgard E. Mahant. Methuen, London 1984 ISBN  0-458-97190-1
• Invisible and inaudible in Washington: American policies toward Canada Graeme S. Mount, Edelgard E. Mahant. UBC Press, Vancouver 1999 ISBN  0-7748-0703-2

Other books Mahant is also the author of several other books and publications: ^{[1] [4]}

• Grandma's Gone to Africa. One Woman's Journey to Botswana the Good Toronto: EP2M Enterprises, 2016. ISBN  978-1522700128.
• Darfur to Taipei. Cases in Foreign Policy Analysis Edelgard Mahant and Bodistean, eds Toronto: Glendon College, 2015 ISBN  9781508823742
• Free trade in American-Canadian relations Edelgard E. Mahant. Krieger 1993 ISBN  0-89464-522-6
• Birthmarks of Europe: the origins of the European Community reconsidered Edelgard E. Mahant. Ashgate 2004 ISBN  0-7546-1487-5