About Nelson Wiseman Nelson Wiseman is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. A columnist for The Hill Times, he is also the author of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title In Search of Canadian Political Culture. Books by Nelson Wiseman 1950s Canada Politics and Public Affairs by (author) Nelson Wiseman Partisan Odysseys Canada's Political Parties by (author) Nelson Wiseman The Public intellectual in Canada by (author) Nelson Wiseman In Search of Canadian Political Culture by (author) Nelson Wiseman Social Democracy in Manitoba A History of the CCF/NDP by (author) Nelson Wiseman