Janet Ajzenstat

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Janet Ajzenstat
Born	1936 (age 87–88)
Spouse	Samuel Ajzenstat (died 2013)
Academic background
Alma mater	University College, Toronto McMaster University
Thesis	The Political Thought of Lord Durham (1979)
Doctoral advisor	Peter H. Russell
Influences	Allan Bloom
Academic work
Discipline	Political science
Institutions	McMaster University
Website	janetajzenstat.wordpress.com

Janet Ajzenstat (born 1936) is professor emeritus of political science at McMaster University. The author of numerous works on Canadian political history, she is best known for The Political Thought of Lord Durham, where she argues that Durham's call for French-Canadian assimilation was consistent with liberal principles.