Howard Ramos
@somardrawoh.bsky.social
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Political sociologist
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Those who perceive climate change for the worse may be more sceptical of symbolic flagship behaviours than those who are less aware of environmental changes.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
16 days ago
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CSN-RĂC
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Some great job postings at Dalhousie University -Tier 2 CRC in Indigenous Prosperity -Program Specialist - Francophone, The Black Health Education Collaborative -Postdoc: Black [Queer] Health Studies -Canada Impact+ Research Chair // Emerging Leader -CRC, VPRI Office
csn-rec.ca/job-postings...
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Good op-ed on the turning point Canadian universities are navigating. The rub: will government, the private sector, and broader public put their money where their mouths are and fund an innovation economy or continue to pursue outdated austerity?
vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
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Opinion: Canadaâs post-secondary system is hitting a breaking point
Natasha Mrkic-Subotic: We're witnessing the limits of running public institutions on private revenue streams.
https://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/opinion-canadas-post-secondary-system-is-hitting-a-breaking-point
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Who produces news and what sources people turn to differs dramatically by age. We are living in generational solitudes.
www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2...
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Young Adults and the Future of News
U.S. adults under 30 follow news less closely than any other age group. And theyâre more likely to get (and trust) news from social media.
https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2025/12/03/young-adults-and-the-future-of-news/?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_campaign=4cd3a03d91-QUARTERLY_2025_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4cd3a03d91-589971386
3 days ago
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History of Rights
4 days ago
Visit
HistoryOfRights.ca
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StateFunding.ca
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#cdhnhist
#publichistory
#canadianhistory
#historian
#humanrights
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Now here is the real word of the year: affordability Year in a word: Affordability -
www.ft.com/content/d5f0...
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Year in a word: Affordability
Americans are feeling the pinch and some Democrats are reaping the electoral dividends
https://www.ft.com/content/d5f033e9-f9de-420d-93a1-22f2e38c6d5e?shareType=nongift
4 days ago
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Barry Eidlin
5 days ago
You can be an active part of Trump-induced US brain drain: come work with me at
@mcgilluniversity.bsky.social
! The priority area in Democratic and Community Resilience is especially worth checking out:
mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...
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Canada Impact+ Research Chair in Democratic and Community Resilience
Please refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ...
https://mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill_Careers/job/Canada-Impact--Research-Chair-in-Democratic-and-Community-Resilience_JR0000072390
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Just what the world needs, stoned AI...?
www.wired.com/story/people...
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People Are Paying to Get Their Chatbots High on âDrugsâ
An online marketplace is selling code modules that simulate the effects of cannabis, ketamine, cocaine, ayahuasca, and alcohol when they are uploaded to ChatGPT.
https://www.wired.com/story/people-are-paying-to-get-their-chatbots-high-on-drugs/
5 days ago
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Dr. Adam K. Dubé
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đ§” Postdoc opportunity at McGill I am recruiting a top postdoctoral researcher to join my lab at McGill through the Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards Initiative. This is a rare, well-funded opportunity to build an ambitious, multimodal EdTech research program in Canada.
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Is sociology ready to understand sociability and social relationships with bots and AI?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/o...
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Opinion | The Race to Build the Worldâs Best Friend
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/opinion/ai-chat-gpt-models-personality.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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JOB/ EMPLOI -Sociologie - Professeure ou professeur (sociologie économique) Université du Québec à Montréal
universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...
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Search Jobs - University Affairs
https://universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/?job_id=70189
9 days ago
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Liam Swiss
10 days ago
I am co-chairing the Sociology of Development Research Cluster sessions at the 2026 CSA Conference: - DEV1 Development & its Discontents; - DEV2 Conflict/Development; - DEV3 SocDev Omnibus. Read the CFP and submit your abstract here:
event.fourwaves.com/2026-csa-scs...
@csa-scs.bsky.social
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2026 CSA-SCS Annual Conference
Fourwaves - 2026 CSA-SCS Annual Conference
https://event.fourwaves.com/2026-csa-scs-annual-conference/pages
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Non-permanent residents are not directly driving up home prices in Canada. They are almost all renters and not home owners.
www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/46-28...
14 days ago
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CSN-RĂC
15 days ago
job Communications Officer, Ocean Frontier Institute Dalhousie University Close Date 12/15/2025
csn-rec.ca/job-postings...
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New
@csa-scs.bsky.social
shows that Canadian undergraduate enrollment has declined over the last decade but has stabilized. This was especially notable in Ontario. MA and PhD are enrollments are stable.
csa-scs.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?...
15 days ago
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New Sage White Paper shows that social science researchers claim that career advancement doesn't matter to them as much to them as research impact but don't feel their peers feel the same and feel there is a lack of reward for applied research outside of academia.
www.sagepub.com/docs/default...
15 days ago
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Pew Research Center
16 days ago
Are young adults experiencing a religious revival? Our data says no. đ§”đ Full analysis here:
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Religion Holds Steady in America
Analysis of our polls and other data shows no clear evidence of a religious revival among young adults. Read more about religiousness by age and gender.
https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2025/12/08/religion-holds-steady-in-america/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Main
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Those who perceive climate change for the worse may be more sceptical of symbolic flagship behaviours than those who are less aware of environmental changes.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
16 days ago
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In a context where the credibility and authority are already being questioned, this can't be good.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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AI is saving time and money in research â but at what cost?
Artificial intelligence tools are boosting researchersâ productivity, but some worry about the effect of a growing reliance on them.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03936-2
17 days ago
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Not sure how many academics are paying attention to Ontarioâs Bill 33, but it could reshape PSE.
universityaffairs.ca/news/critics...
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Critics mull challenge to Ontarioâs Bill 33 - University Affairs
Government regulation of student fees, admissions criteria, cause controversy around new provincial education law.
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/critics-mull-challenge-to-ontarios-bill-33/?utm_source=University+Affairs+e-newsletter&utm_campaign=1a6519bd5a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_12_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_314bc2ee29-1a6519bd5a-425252589
21 days ago
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JOB: Branson University -Sociology - Tenure-Track Position (Crime and Community)
universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...
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https://universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/?job_id=70088
21 days ago
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JOB: Université de Montréal - Department of Sociology -Assistant Professor in Feminisms, Genders, and Sexualities in Black, African, and Caribbean Worlds (Description and details in French)
ciqss.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?...
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Poste de professeur.e au rang d'adjoint en féminismes, genres et sexualités dans les mondes noirs, africains et caribéens
1 novembre 2025
https://ciqss.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2ca34129126b4a2a6661d0b84&id=de5d44e2e0&e=9ebb85a54e
22 days ago
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EMPLOI: Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) -Villes et immigration - Professeure ou professeur
universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...
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https://universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/?job_id=70065
22 days ago
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Oh boy -a dangerous mix: poetry and AI.
www.wired.com/story/poems-...
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Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
It turns out all the guardrails in the world wonât protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme.
https://www.wired.com/story/poems-can-trick-ai-into-helping-you-make-a-nuclear-weapon/
23 days ago
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JOB: Sociology - Assistant Professor, St. Francis Xavier University
universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...
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https://universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/?job_id=70050
24 days ago
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Lorsqu'on parle de souveraineté des données, il est important de se rappeler qu'elle ne se limite pas à l'infrastructure. Elle concerne également la juridiction et les cadres juridiques.
www.ledevoir.com/opinion/chro...
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Parlons souveraineté
Ătre maĂźtre de nos donnĂ©es numĂ©riques est une question de sĂ©curitĂ©, de rĂ©silience et de dĂ©mocratie.
https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/chroniques/936699/parlons-souverainete
29 days ago
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On the success of the Trump regime's diplomacy in Canada.
narrativeresearch.ca/a-strong-maj...
29 days ago
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Is there really a battle for the soul of universities? Or, is this a generational shift in "normal" science?
macleans.ca/longforms/th...
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The Battle for the Soul of the University - Macleans.ca
A group of University of British Columbia professors say their administration is taking too many political stances and should commit to institutional neutrality. Theyâre going to court to prove it.
https://macleans.ca/longforms/the-battle-for-the-soul-of-the-university/
about 1 month ago
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Is it time for universities to focus on the Humboldt principles of âfree people,â âfree research,â âfree education,â and âfree knowledgeâ? Will Heterodox be the vehicle to do that?
universityaffairs.ca/features/tim...
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Time To Disagree? - University Affairs
The Heterodox Academy wants to encourage uncomfortable debates on campus.
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/time-to-disagree/
about 1 month ago
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Philippe J. Fournier
about 1 month ago
En ces temps incertains qui affligent le QuĂ©bec, le Canada et la planĂšte, une enquĂȘte de LĂ©ger montre que les QuĂ©bĂ©cois semblent personnellement confiants dans la tempĂȘte. Mais collectivement, ils sâinquiĂštent pour le QuĂ©bec et le monde.
lactualite.com/societe/le-q...
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New polling by
@angusreidinstitute.bsky.social
shows that Canadians has widespread anxiety over AI. There is a true role for public policy to slow this down and help people transition to this game changing technology.
angusreid.org/artificial-i...
about 1 month ago
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Great piece on the intersection of environmental and AI polycrises at COP by
@dbtindall.bsky.social
theconversation.com/artificial-i...
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Artificial intelligence is front and centre at COP30
COP30 is the first conference where AI has been formally integrated as a central theme in the conference agenda.
https://theconversation.com/artificial-intelligence-is-front-and-centre-at-cop30-269872?utm_medium=article_native_share&utm_source=theconversation.com
about 1 month ago
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Big tech hyperbole, or the future?
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 month ago
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Pew Research Center
about 1 month ago
From the very first census in 1790, the U.S. has measured race â but never in the same way and rarely without controversy. In this new data essay, we look at how the census has approached racial and ethnic measurement over time.
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Counting Race: How the Census Measures Identity and What Americans Think About It
How the U.S. government measures race has changed substantially since censuses began in 1790. Today, Americans differ on whether the government should ask about race.
https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2025/11/03/counting-race-how-the-census-measures-identity-and-what-americans-think-about-it/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Main
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CSN-RĂC
about 2 months ago
StatCan - Emplois Recensement, Commis au recrutement Date limite : le 7 mars 2026 Census Employment, Recruitment Clerk - StatsCan Closing date: 2026-03-07
csn-rec.ca/job-postings...
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JOB: Sociology - Professor (Quantitative Data Analysis Methods and Social Statistics) -Université Lavalhttps://universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?job_id=69813
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https://universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?job_id=69813
about 2 months ago
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The most pressing problems of the current historical moment are being framed as existential threats. The question is whether sociology, and more broadly social science, is up for the task of tackling them. This paper is a provocative thought experiment on all this.
rdcu.be/eNKnL
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Sociology in Existential Times
https://rdcu.be/eNKnL
about 2 months ago
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CSN-RĂC
about 2 months ago
job TENURE-TRACK ASSISTANT PROFESSOR POSITION IN HEALTH AND THE LIFE COURSE OR WORK AND THE ECONOMY Department of Sociology, Western University Review of applications will commence on November 6th, 2025, and will continue until the position is filled.
csn-rec.ca/job-postings...
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Turns out social media even give AI brain rot.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Too much social media gives AI chatbots âbrain rotâ
Large language models fed low-quality data skip steps in their reasoning process.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03542-2
about 2 months ago
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As the world wrestles with "existential threat" it is an opportunity for sociology to reflexively re-imagine itself. The most pressing problems the world faces are all social problems.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Sociology in Existential Times - Society
The most pressing problems of the current historical moment are being framed as existential threatsâincluding fears over pandemics, wars, democratic backsliding, declining birth rates, accelerating cl...
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12115-025-01146-0
about 2 months ago
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As the world wrestles with "existential threat" it is an opportunity for sociology to reflexively re-imagine itself. The most pressing problems the world faces are all social problems.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Sociology in Existential Times - Society
The most pressing problems of the current historical moment are being framed as existential threatsâincluding fears over pandemics, wars, democratic backsliding, declining birth rates, accelerating cl...
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12115-025-01146-0
about 2 months ago
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CSN-RĂC
about 2 months ago
job TENURE-TRACK ASSISTANT PROFESSOR POSITION IN HEALTH AND THE LIFE COURSE OR WORK AND THE ECONOMY Department of Sociology, Western University Review of applications will commence on November 6th, 2025, and will continue until the position is filled.
csn-rec.ca/job-postings...
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Not sure this is much of a surprise, but a reminder that AI hallucinates and it isn't ready to replace journalists. The world doesn't need AI generated misinformation!
www.reuters.com/business/med...
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https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/ai-assistants-make-widespread-errors-about-news-new-research-shows-2025-10-21/?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_campaign=d765d5ee8c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_10_23_07_54&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3e953b9b70-d765d5ee8c-589971386
2 months ago
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Might be time for Canadians to plug into the world a bit more. There is more to it than our southern neighbour.
angusreid.org/carney-asia-...
2 months ago
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CSN-RĂC
2 months ago
2 job postings, Concordia University *Assistant Professor, Migration and Politics *Assistant Professor in Human Geography and Migration Application deadline: December 1, 2025
csn-rec.ca/job-postings...
@cpsa-acsp.bsky.social
@csa-scs.bsky.social
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Policy Options / Options politiques
2 months ago
@rsmargo.bsky.social
,
@somardrawoh.bsky.social
, and Yue Teng explain how declining Indigenous fertility rates will reshape the futures of Indigenous communities and Canada, and the broader implications for the country as a whole. An important analysis:
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/indi...
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Indigenous fertility rates drop below replacement level
New data show Indigenous fertility rates have fallen below replacement level, reshaping communities and national demographics.
https://policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/indigenous-fertility/
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Indigenous fertility rates in Canada have begun to decline over the past decade. Only the Inuit have replacement level fertility among Indigenous peoples in the country.
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/indi...
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Indigenous fertility rates drop below replacement level
New data show Indigenous fertility rates have fallen below replacement level, reshaping communities and national demographics.
https://policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/indigenous-fertility/
2 months ago
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Molly Jong-Fast
2 months ago
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David Tindall
2 months ago
Along with several other sociologists, I have contributed a short essay to a special section of ASA's Contexts about the Canada-US relationship. These essays are open access until Nov 17th, 2025 at :
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Yes, Canadians are on a Blue Jays bandwagon!
angusreid.org/blue-jays-ba...
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Attention on baseball explodes as Blue Jays seek World Series berth, but are they really âCanadaâs teamâ? - Angus Reid Institute
Torontonians divided over the Jays being their cityâs team or sharing with the rest of the country October 16, 2025 â Baseball fans in Canada are riding a rollercoaster, as the Toronto Blue Jays bounc...
https://angusreid.org/blue-jays-baseball-2025/
2 months ago
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People do not see the world a environment or economy, they see it as AND.
abacusdata.ca/canadas-natu...
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Canadaâs Natural Advantage: A Path to Economic Prosperity and Climate Leadership - Abacus Data
New Abacus Data research finds Canadians see nature as one of the countryâs greatest economic assets. Over 90% believe investing in nature can drive growth, resilience, and climate leadership.
https://abacusdata.ca/canadas-natural-advantage-a-path-to-economic-prosperity-and-climate-leadership/
2 months ago
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