🎉 Big news - our podcast Group Chat is nominated for a Canadian Online Publishing Award! 🏆 The show invites Canadians to join us in making sense of this moment of democratic uncertainty. Learn more: buff.ly/BkALHyc

Real grassroots movement or astroturfing? 🌱🤖 @beathenorth.bsky.social explains how social media can distort reality and how to spot fact from fiction. 🔍 buff.ly/yg2ifBs

CEO @sabreenadelhon.bsky.social recently shared insights from the MP Exit Interview project and Humans of the House on a panel discussion at @masseycollege.bsky.social titled, “Parliamentary Ethics: Should Canadian MPs Be More Independent?” Watch it here:

🇨🇦 From reports to classroom resources to podcasts, we help Canadians understand civic life and participate with confidence. As we close out this unprecedented year for our democracy, please donate to support our work at a time when it matters most.

This Giving Tuesday, help us celebrate our 18th anniversary by making a donation to the Samara Centre. Contributing is a powerful, non-partisan act of political participation that strengthens Canada’s democracy. buff.ly/cBRhwhg

🎟️ Tickets still available! Join our friends @sanjayruparelia.bsky.social & Toronto Public Library for tonight’s event! 📚 🗓️ Thu, Nov 13 | ⏰ 7 PM 📍 Toronto Reference Library 👉 Register now: ow.ly/Ppv950Xhcuj

🎧 Exciting news! Group Chat is featured this week alongside amazing Canadian creators in Acast & Amazon Music Canada’s Indie Podcast Amplifier! 🇨🇦🔥#CanadianIndyPods Tune in today 👉 buff.ly/COAovLM

We warmly welcome our new Board Member: Deval Pandya, VP and Head of AI Engineering @vectorinstitute.ai. Deval’s guidance will further our efforts to understand how technology is shaping Canada’s democracy. Learn more buff.ly/x18D7Zr

🧡 Today on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, hear Natan Obed of @inuittapiriit.bsky.social on why Inuit self-determination is vital to 🇨🇦 Canadian democracy. 🎧 Hosted by @jenditchburn.bsky.social ( @irpp.org @policyoptions.irpp.org ). Listen: buff.ly/PDkRckp

So proud 🎉 our Director of Research & Policy, Beatrice Wayne (@beathenorth.bsky.social), joins the Canadian Democracy Delegation 🇨🇦🌍 which will attend the Athens Democracy Forum 🇬🇷 Learn more: www.engagedemocracy.ca/democracy-de...

Listen to our CEO, @sabreenadelhon.bsky.social, discuss the online harassment of political figures in Canada and how it erodes democracy in the latest episode of the @ciaj-icaj.bsky.social podcast:

Mark International Day of Democracy by endorsing a Canadian Democracy Endowment that supports democratic infrastructure, civic capacity-building, and civil society organizations. The CDE is the top recommendation in our pre-budget submission. buff.ly/2Y6H7tH

Strengthen your non-profit’s policy influence – apply to Maytree Policy School 2026! Six-month Toronto-based program Jan-Jun. Deadline Oct 15, 2025. Learn more: maytree.com/strengthenin...

🙌 Thanks to Sounds Good, CBC’s podcast newsletter, for featuring our 🎙️Group Chat Podcast today as a great back-to-school listening + classroom conversation starter 🎧 buff.ly/iNTZ74C

The Samara Centre for Democracy has been granted leave to intervene in a landmark Supreme Court of Canada case challenging Quebec’s controversial secularism law, Bill 21. 👉 buff.ly/K4nDAMR and check out Ep.3 of Group Chat to learn more about the notwithstanding clause.

📣 Calling all postsecondary professors! Add our 🎙️ Group Chat podcast to your syllabi. It covers Canadian society, 💻 tech, 🌍 identity, ⚖️ law, 📜 history & 🏛️ policy & governance. Teaching resources 👉https://buff.ly/m2oaC9n

Last spring we partnered with CBC Radio’s IDEAS for a cross-country public library series: IDEAS for a Better Canada. 🎧 This week on CBC Radio One, hear 💡local solutions that can spark a bold new chapter for 🇨🇦 democracy!

We’re excited to warmly welcome Gregory Belton & Petros Kusmu to our Board! A huge thanks to outgoing member Chad Rogers for his two terms of service. Learn more: buff.ly/tlxDjOQ

🌎🇨🇦 With global & local politics more connected than ever, Group Chat explores how diaspora communities navigate the threat of foreign interference and the power of belonging in civic life with @jaskaransandhu.bsky.social , @neeeda.bsky.social & @sabreenadelhon.bsky.social 🎙️ 🎧 buff.ly/YVF6wOd

💻🗳️ Can tech save democracy? @audreyt.org & @glenweyl.bsky.social say we need more, not less. Plus, Bianca Wylie joins to explore the limits of tech and democracy. Host @sabreenadelhon.bsky.social just added you to the Group Chat 🎙️. Listen now! 🎧 buff.ly/BJHREVh

Is the notwithstanding clause a safeguard or a threat? 🤔 A hero like Wolverine 🦸‍♂️ or a wildcard like The Joker?🃏 @sabreenadelhon.bsky.social‬ breaks it down with Warda Shazadi Meighen, Karin Galldin and Peter Biro . 🎧 Listen today buff.ly/6cBekDz

🎓 Did you miss our webinar with @federationhss.ca‬? Catch From Peer Review to the Public — a timely convo on how the humanities + social sciences can shape civic life, power & participation. 📺 Now on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhiA...

🎓 Did you miss our webinar with @federationhss.ca‬? Catch From Peer Review to the Public — a timely convo on how the humanities + social sciences can shape civic life, power & participation. 📺 Now on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhiA...

On National Indigenous Peoples Day, we’re reflecting on last year’s In Defence of Democracy speaker—Pulitzer Prize and Peabody winner @conniewalker.bsky.social‬ —and her powerful call to truth-telling and storytelling as vital acts of reconciliation.

🎓 Did you miss our webinar with @federationhss.ca‬? Catch From Peer Review to the Public — a timely convo on how the humanities + social sciences can shape civic life, power & participation. 📺 Now on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhiA...

🎓 Did you miss our webinar with @federationhss.ca‬? Catch From Peer Review to the Public — a timely convo on how the humanities + social sciences can shape civic life, power & participation. 📺 Now on YouTube: buff.ly/LWJ80LL

🗳️ Democracy is evolving! What bold ideas are bridging the gap between people & power? Recorded LIVE at Institute for Research on Public Policy in Montreal, @sabreenadelhon.bsky.social‬ chats with Malorie Flon, Bianca Wylie & Sarah Yaffe. Join the Group Chat 🎙️: buff.ly/x7xE6xg

📱💬 A secret, all-women, cross-partisan group chat was a lifeline for former Green Party leader Annamie Paul @annamiepaul. It even inspired our NEW podcast hosted by @SabreenaDelhon. 🎙️Join our Group Chat, LISTEN NOW 🎧 buff.ly/2yDP9rm

The Samara Centre for Democracy is thrilled to welcome Zain Velji as our new Board Chair and celebrates receiving a $1 million gift from The MacMillan Family Foundation. Learn more in our announcement:

Introducing Group Chat 🎙️— our new podcast where we make sense of what’s happening in Canada’s democracy with a few friends. ✨ 🎧 Listen to our trailer and find us on your favourite podcast app! buff.ly/oUhzHra

Democracy is under strain—and so is academic freedom. How can scholars help defend civic life and support democracy in Canada? Join us and the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences at our webinar: May 28 at 1pm ET to explore the role of the humanities + social sciences. buff.ly/hrh8ghM

Democracy is under strain—and so is academic freedom. How can scholars help defend civic life and support democracy in Canada? Join us and the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences at our webinar: May 28 at 1pm EST to explore the role of the humanities + social sciences. buff.ly/hrh8ghM

Our new VERIFIED reports look at where we are seeing signs of potential foreign influence on YouTube and whether Canadian politicians are really embracing Bluesky. buff.ly/0WonIbQ

Our new VERIFIED reports look at where we are seeing signs of potential foreign influence on YouTube and whether Canadian politicians are really embracing Bluesky. Link in Bio or visit: buff.ly/BuLu8mD

Some highlights from our recent webinar with Apathy is Boring on tech and democracy designed to help you navigate online political conversations in the lead up to the election. 👉 Watch the full webinar here: buff.ly/OPF4C00

We know there are a lot of questions about tech and democracy so we teamed up on a webinar with Apathy is Boring to help you navigate online political conversations in the lead up to the election. Check it out. youtu.be/NE0ZlT68QSg?...

🚨 Watch & Listen now to our series with CBC - IDEAS for a Better Canada. Catch local solutions that can inspire a bold new chapter for Canadian democracy. buff.ly/woNmaOF

Our 3rd VERIFIED report looks at media on Canada's largest subreddit - which news sources were present, permitted and popular. 👉 Go to samaracentre.ca/verified. Find out which 🇨🇦 media sources show up, if 🇺🇸 news is having a strong impact, & how moderation shapes online news.

🗳️ Have questions about our VERIFIED election project? We're teaming up with Apathy is Boring for a pre-election webinar to help voters feel confident before hitting the polls! ✅ 💬 Got Qs about how politics is playing out online? Drop them below! 👇

🗳️ Feeling overwhelmed this election season? From candidates to key issues, there’s a lot to consider. 🤔 @thesamaracentre.bsky.social has top resources to help you vote with confidence! ✅ buff.ly/XdXe31E #CDNpoli

The most powerful way to make science a priority this election is to tell your candidates directly. Our bilingual letter-writing tool makes it quick and easy to contact your local candidates and let them know that science, research, and evidence-informed decision-making matter.

Tomorrow our CEO, @sabreenadelhon.bsky.social presents at Massey College’s: Liberal Democracy in the Rearview Mirror? Learn more about this timely discussion: buff.ly/7DmEqzh

What’s Canada’s biggest subreddit talking about? Our second report for VERIFIED shows that Canada-US relations dominated the online political conversation in the early days of the federal election campaign. 👉 Go to samaracentre.ca/verified to find out who and what else was discussed!

What is a power user? How are they shaping Canadian political conversation on Reddit? Our 1st VERIFIED report explores r/Canada (the largest Canadian subreddit), and finds a small number of users are having an outsized influence on online discussions. 👉 buff.ly/6lL5sS4

What’s true, what’s noise, and what matters? Verified cuts through the chaos —tracking misinformation, bots, and foreign interference so you can stay informed this federal election. 👉 Go to samaracentre.ca/verified to sign up for updates.

📢 Hey, Nanaimo! 🌊🍁 CBC Radio IDEAS, host Nahlah Ayed & @thesamaracentre.bsky.social are coming to Nanaimo Harbourfront Library on April 3! Join the convo on the future of Canada’s democracy & how to build a country that leaves no one behind. 🗳️🤝✨ 🎟️ Don’t miss it! More info 👉 cbc.ca/bettercanada

🇨🇦 See a problem in Canada you want to fix? 💡 Can an e-petition help? 🖊️ The Samara Centre’s Sommer Pesikan breaks it down - what they are, how they work, and why they matter. 📚 Learn more 👉 buff.ly/Yb3pf0S

📱➡️🗳️ How can we make social media work for democracy, not against it? Our Senior Research Coordinator, @aomacisaac.bsky.social, shared insights at the Rideau Hall Foundation’s Forum for Young Canadians in Ottawa on behalf of @thesamaracentre.bsky.social! 🇨🇦🙌 #ForumFYC

🚨 Our SAMbot Alberta ‘23 Election findings continue to spark interest! 🎙️ Research Director @beathenorth.bsky.social joined CFRA’s Andrew Pinsent to talk fake engagement, online abuse & astroturfing in the election. Tune in! tr.ee/PXD-Y18YDI

📢 Hey, Edmonton! 🏙️✨ Join CBC Radio IDEAS, host Nahlah Ayed & @thesamaracentre.bsky.social at Edmonton Public Library (Stanley A. Milner Branch) on April 1st for a powerful discussion on building empathy, redefining community & strengthening democracy. 🗳️❤️🤝 🎟️ More info 👉 cbc.ca/bettercanada