👋 Happy New Year! After a restful holiday break, we're excited to be back in the swing of things here at Participedia - coffee included. ☕️ So you never miss an update, click below to find us across our socials. 😀 ⬇️

Thank our wonderful community for an incredible 2025. Wishing you and your loved ones a happy holiday season, and a joyful new year! ⭐ See you in 2026! ⭐ Warmly, The Participedia Team

🎧✨ Looking for your new favourite listen? Check out #JustParticipation, our student-led podcast that explores perspectives on democratic participation and innovation from around the world. 🔍 Find more info and new episodes at the 🔗 below! participedia.org/podcast

🔥 Participedia School Summary Reports are live! Curious about Participedia School? Want to know what we got up to in Brazil, China, and Japan this past July and August? Check out the 🔗s below to find out! ⬇️

🎉 Today's the day! Have you registered yet? ⭐ Join us: www.eventbrite.ca/e/democratic...

✨ 🚨 Reminder! Launch event tmrw! Interested in democratic pedagogies but don’t know where to start? Come celebrate the publication of our Journal Special Issue! 📆 Join us Monday, December 8 @ 12pm EST online via Zoom. Click the 🔗 to register and learn more! ⬇️ www.eventbrite.ca/e/democratic...

📰 Extra! Extra! Our December Newsletter is here! Check out what the Participedia network has been up to these past few months, including #ParticipediaSchool Summary Reports, event recaps, and an upcoming event. 👀 Click the 🔗 to give it a read! ⬇️ mailchi.mp/participedia...

📣 Save the date! Our Democratic Pedagogies Special Issue of the Journal of Curriculum & Pedagogy has been published, and you’re invited to the launch event! 👏 📆 Monday, December 8 ⏰ 12pm – 1:30pm EST 📍 Virtual Register at the 🔗 below! www.eventbrite.ca/e/democratic...

🎉 Today's the day! Join us! ✍️ Register here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/teaching-c...

⏰ Only ONE day until our hybrid Teaching Café! For our final introductions, say hello to our incredible team of graduate students who will be moderating and helping facilitate tomorrow's event! Check out their bios below. ⬇️ And click the 🔗 to register. Join us! participedia.org/events/teach...

🚨 Our last speaker! Meet João Moniz, the last member of the #ULisboa & INCITE-DEM team who will be presenting at our hybrid Teaching Café this Wednesday. 👏 Check out his bio ⬇️ and click the 🔗 to register. Please join us! participedia.org/events/teach...

⏰ Time for another speaker highlight! We are very excited to welcome José Duarte Ribeiro to "Democracy's Archives, Archiving Democracy", happening this Wednesday! Check out his bio below to learn more. 🤓 And click the 🔗⬇️ to register now! participedia.org/events/teach...

⭐ Speaker #6! We’re thrilled to welcome Roberto Falanga of #ULisboa to Democracy’s Archives, Archiving Democracy, happening this Wednesday! 💪 Check out his bio ⬇️ and click the 🔗 to register. All are welcome! participedia.org/events/teach...

✨ Meet our fifth speaker! Say hello to Krista McCracken of @algomau.bsky.social, who will be presenting at next Wednesday's hybrid #TeachingCafe! 👋 Check out their bio ⬇️, and click the 🔗 to register now. All are welcome - please join us! participedia.org/events/teach...

⏰ Time for another speaker highlight! We are very excited to welcome Denali YoungWolfe of #UBC to our #TeachingCafé on November 12th! 😊 Read her bio below, and click the 🔗⬇️ to register now. All are welcome - please join us! participedia.org/events/teach...

⭐ Speaker #3! We’re honoured to welcome historian Michele Antoinette Johnson of @yorkuniversity.bsky.social to Democracy’s Archives, Archiving Democracy, happening next week! 👏 Check out her bio ⬇️ and click the 🔗 to register. All are welcome! participedia.org/events/teach...

✨ Meet our second speaker! We are thrilled to introduce @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social’s Myron Groover, who will be presenting at our hybrid #TeachingCafe on democracy and archives! Check out his bio ⬇️, and click the 🔗 to register now. All are welcome - join us! participedia.org/events/teach...

✨🚨 Speaker Feature! ☕️ We are very excited to welcome Melissa J. Nelson of Black Memory Collective to our #TeachingCafé on November 12th! 😊 Read below to learn about Melissa, and click the 🔗 ⬇️ to register now. All are welcome - please join us! participedia.org/events/teach...

📣 Save the date! ☕️ Join us for our next interactive #TeachingCafé, all about democracy, archives, and memory. 📆 November 12 ⏰ 1pm-3pm EST 📍 Hybrid | McMaster University CNH 607B + Virtual via Zoom Click the 🔗 to register! 😊 www.eventbrite.ca/e/teaching-c...

Reminder of this month's public keynote address! Click the link below to register and learn more. ☺️ ⬇️ 📚 “An Imperative of Accountability for Gross Human Rights Violations” 📆 October 24 ⏰ 3:00pm EDT 📍 Hybrid participedia.org/events/dhrwo...

On this #NDTR, we wear orange honour the survivors of residential schools, recognize the multigenerational impacts of white-settler colonialism, and confront the ongoing systemic violence faced by Indigenous communities. But an orange shirt alone is not enough. 🧵⬇️

🚨 Event alert! Join @deldemucan.bsky.social next Tuesday for another session of their monthly seminar series. 👏 📚 Democratic Innovation or Expensive Boondoggle? 📆 October 7 ⏰ 12pm-1pm AEDT 📍 Hybrid Click the 🔗 to register! ⬇️ events.humanitix.com/roi-for-demo...

📣 Invitation to Tender! Are you passionate about amplifying voices often left out of global decision-making? Join @iswe-foundation.bsky.social and the #GCA in their evaluation of the GCA at COP30! 📆 Submissions due Oct 19 For more info, click the 🔗 below! ⬇️ drive.google.com/file/d/1Dm-y...

🚨 Event alert! Join us for the public keynote session of the Participedia Human Rights Research Cluster's workshop on Democratizing Human Rights, featuring Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji. 📆 October 24 ⏰ 3pm EDT 📍 Hybrid More info and 🔗s below! ⬇️

Last week, two @participedia.bsky.social Schools were held in China and Japan, with @hansasenbaum.bsky.social representing the Centre. Hans explored how digital tools and AI can make democracy more deliberative and engaging. 👏 Congratulations to Participedia for this innovative teaching journey!

Landed in Rio some days ago for the @participedia.bsky.social School on Democratic Innovations with Traditional and Indigenous Communities. We are hosting two public roundtables next week, on decolonising knowledge production, and on intersectional leadership. Come by if you’re around!

🌎☀️ Vamos lá! Acompanhe de 27 a 31 de julho para saber tudo sobre a programação da escola! Obrigado a todos que tornaram isso possível!

📣 Reminder for TMRW’s event - join us!

✨ For the last spotlight of #NIHM, check out our upcoming Participedia School on Democratic Innovations in Latin America! All Indigenous people are united in their fight for collective resistance, climate justice, and land sovereignty. Let’s do our part to uplift these voices.

We have an exciting announcement from our partner, @participedia.bsky.social! Participedia is announcing the opening session of Participedia School on Democratic Innovations, “Re-Imagining Democracy in Latin America: Voices from Indigenous, Quilombola, and Traditional Communities”!

📣 Reminder for TMRW’s webinar! Join @undp.org and @peoplepowered.org for the first session of a global webinar series on civic tech and digital innovation. 👀 📆 June 24, 2025 ⏰ 9am EDT | 3pm CEST 📍 Virtual via Zoom Click the 🔗 to register and learn more! www.peoplepowered.org/events-conte...

✨ For our third #NIHM highlight, we are very excited to introduce Participedia’s Indigenous Rights Research Cluster! ✨ 👋 Please join us in saying a big hello to the 11 members and associates, and check out the images below to learn a bit more about them, and the work they do. ☺️

🌎 How are grassroots democratic practices reshaping political participation across Latin America? 📚 Join us in TWO WEEKS for the opening virtual keynote of #ParticipediaSchoolBrazil, as we explore this question, among many more. Click here to register! ⬇️ www.eventbrite.ca/e/virtual-pu...

Last week we were delighted to welcome our long-time collaborator and dear friend @lucyjparry.bsky.social from @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social ‪& @participedia.bsky.social project to our Centre & University of Canberra for a series of seminars and meetings! Many thanks to Lucy for the inspiring time!

🚨 Event alert! Join @unisouthampton.bsky.social's Centre for Democratic Futures for Reimagining Democratic Politics, a research symposium on democratic thought and practice. 👏 📆 July 3-4, 2025 ⏰ All day 📍 Hybrid Click the 🔗 below to register and learn more! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cdf-sympos...

Thanks for recommending When the Pine Needles Fall! 🌲

📚 Book Recommendations 📚 For #NIHM2025, check out these book recommendations on democracy, law, and history, all written by Indigenous authors. We strive to do our part in uplifting Indigenous voices, knowledge, and research not only during NIHM, but always. ⬇️⬇️

📣 Publication alert! Check out “Grappling with “Good Enough”: Selection and Recruitment of Citizens for a Global Citizens’ Assembly”, a piece by Reema Patel and Claire Mellier of @iswe-foundation.bsky.social, about our April 23 co-convened workshop. ⬇️ participediaproject.medium.com/grappling-wi...

In collaboration with @participedia.bsky.social we convened an online event that brought together over 100 participants to consider what citizen selection and recruitment could look like for the Global Citizens' Assembly for COP30 and beyond. You can now read our summary: iswe.org/blog/selecti...

In honour of #NIHM2025, we’re spotlighting a different story every Friday in June. First up: a Participedia case. 📚 iskwewuk e-wichiwitochik: Indigenous women leading family-centred advocacy ➡️ participedia.net/case/13457?l... More info below! ⬇️

📧 Our June 2025 newsletter is out in the world! 🌱 This month, we launch a public virtual roundtable discussion, recap the @iswe-foundation.bsky.social x Participedia April workshop, share an upcoming keynote address, and much more. Click the 🔗 to give it a read! ⬇️ mailchi.mp/participedia...

🚨 Event alert! Join @deldemucan.bsky.social this Thursday for the fourth event of their monthly seminar series. 👏 📚 Democratic representation in a multicultural society 📆 June 5 ⏰ 5:30pm-7pm AEST 📍 In-person | Canberra, Australia Click the 🔗 to register! ⬇️ events.humanitix.com/enhancing-de...

✨ Special announcement! ✨ Join us for the public opening keynote session of Participedia School on Democratic Innovations in Latin America! 📆 Thursday, July 3, 2025 ⏰ 1PM EDT / 2PM BRT / 5PM GMT 📍 Virtual via Zoom Click the 🔗 to register and learn more! ⬇️ www.eventbrite.ca/e/virtual-pu...

🚨 Applications due TOMORROW! Are you a senior student, recent graduate, or young professional? Interested in anti-corruption and accountability? Check out Transparency School 2025! 📆 June 30 - July 4, 2025 🗺 Lithuania Applications Due May 18 ✍️ Click here to apply: transparencyschool.org/apply/

🚨 Workshop alert! Join @deldemucan.bsky.social TOMORROW for the third event of their monthly seminar series. 👏 📚 Dear ChatGPT, what is democracy? 📆 May 6 ⏰ 6pm-7pm AEDT 📍 Virtual Click the 🔗 to register! ⬇️ events.humanitix.com/dear-chatgpt...

Details+slides of the event organized by ISWE+Participedia on organizing recruitment of the next Global CA ⬇️ The striking change is that the primacy of the ideal of using sortition to create a representative sample of "something" has finally gone. Sortition is now recommended for fairness.

📣 Reminder for today's event - please join us! 📆 April 24 ⏰ 4:30pm EST 📍 Hybrid - info on the poster ⬇️ #ZiibiingLab, @uoftirn.bsky.social, @uoft.bsky.social #DeptOfPoliSci

📣 Event reminder! 📚 Join us for TOMORROW’s Global Citizens Assembly Citizen Selection and Recruitment Workshop, co-hosted with @iswe-foundation.bsky.social! 👏 📆 April 23 ⏰ 12:00pm EST 📍 Virtual via Zoom ✍️ Click here to register: www.eventbrite.ca/e/global-cit...

@participedia.bsky.social is pleased to be an organizing partner in the "Indigenous Politics and Democracy Theory Workshop Series." The topic for this session is "The Two Row Wampum: Democracy, Reconciliation, Decolonization." Thanks to our keynote speakers, Yann Allard-Tremblay and Rick Hill Sr.

📣 Workshop time! Join us for the third event of the Indigenous Politics & Democratic Theory Workshop Series: “The Two Row Wampum: Democracy, Reconciliation, Decolonization.” 📆 April 24 ⏰ 4:30pm EST 📍 Hybrid - Location/Zoom info on the poster below! ⬇️