❄️publication! In IPSR, @karenlynnbird.bsky.social, @joannaeveritt.bsky.social, @angeliawagner.bsky.social, @mireillelalancette.bsky.social & I show that racialized Canadians strongly prefer contexts with (more) in-group candidates when asked to consider elected office. More here tinyurl.com/45eemt6x

I spoke to The Tyee recently about diversity and political candidacy at the municipal level: “Running for office requires you to fight a system that was not built for you.” The full story: thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...

After 3 years and 5,322 emails (and counting) our Encyclopedia of Political Communication is finally out at @elgarpublishing.bsky.social 📚 Three volumes ⭐ 431 entries 🎓 581 wonderful authors from across the world A very short 🧵

Political scientists like to talk about dialogue between legislatures and courts. This is more of a shouting match. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Labeling dissent as terrorism: "A largely overlooked directive issued by the Trump administration marks a major shift in U.S. counterterrorism policy, one that threatens bedrock free speech rights enshrined in the Bill of Rights." theconversation.com/labeling-dis... #PreparingFor2026 #Midterms

In a new Policy Options piece, I argue that the path to diverse leadership begins with diverse candidates for elected office. But my book The Candidacy Calculation reveals that Canadians face a lot of barriers to candidacy. #CdnPoli #PolCandidacy policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/12/dive...

📢 How are conservative judges reshaping LGBTQ rights after Bostock? Pierceson finds that while Bostock v. Clayton County expanded protections for transgender plaintiffs, some conservative judges now use Dobbs and past rulings to narrow those rights. 🔗 Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.

In a Policy Options piece, our team argues that more diverse candidates could have "important positive consequences for Canadians’ trust in their politics and politicians." @kennywilliamie.bsky.social @joannaeveritt.bsky.social @mireillelalancette.bsky.social policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/11/cand...

In honour of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, I'm sharing my new op-ed for The Conversation on the harms of online misogyny targeting women in public life, especially when amplified by political leaders. #polisky #gendersky theconversation.com/quiet-piggy-...

Wandering Child Alex Janvier ~ Denesuline 1981

UAlberta's Dept. of PoliSci officially launched my book, The Candidacy Calculation, with an event last night. Thanks to Lori Thorlakson (org/chair), Linda Trimble (panelist) & Melanee Thomas (panelist) for participating. I am also grateful to the many other faculty and students who came out.

Oh my. James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists. Get this man in the Senate.

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

I’m quoted in @theguardian.com today on the forms, impacts, and gendered differences in the violence faced by politicians and why it matters for democracy. Read more: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n... @utoronto.ca #VAWIP #gendersky #polsky

“Since April's election, oil and gas lobbyists notched at least 177 meetings with federal officials — a third of which were in September alone. If Tuesday's budget is any indication, they successfully persuaded Prime Minister Mark Carney's government” www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/06/n...

Yeah, we did. We ruined it for misogynists and sexual predators and office lotharios and drunks and lazy loafers who had their secretaries and assistants do their actual work.

Federal budget: Mr. Prime Minister, child care is infrastructure too

I'd like to express my gratitude to ex-Liberal MP David Graham (@daviddbgraham.bsky.social), who regaled my first-year UAlberta poli sci students with tales from his term in office as well as thoughtfully answered their questions about current events and the future of Canada, U.S., and the world.

A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM

And the Winnipeg Free Press nails yet another editorial. #canadasky #cdnpoli #abpoli #abteachers

New Cambridge Element 'Money, Partisanship and Power in Local Politics' by Robert G. Boatright, Lane G Cuthbert, @eichen.bsky.social, Raymond J. La Raja & Meredith Rolfe is now free to read for 2 weeks - https://cup.org/48ZT4wZ #cambridgeelements #politics

Where did the tradition of Canada’s finance minister wearing new shoes on budget day come from? 👞🍁 Mary Francoli & I traced it from a 1955 quip to a 2004 staple. It’s now a distinctly Canadian photo-op that blends tradition, symbolism & media strategy. cjc.utppublishing.com/doi/10.22230...

At least the Oilers got it done tonight.

"...a male correspondent was initially included on the layoff list but was removed after he appealed directly to the new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, leading to another female correspondent being added to the list at the last minute."

Worth reading this thread 👇🏽

But his assertion that diversity weakens unions ignores two things. First, labor unions have a long history of multiethnic coalitions. Second, it was the capitalists and political elites who tried to *exploit* ethnic divisions to maintain power. There is only one person here trying to stop unions:

You in fact can't talk about the history of the labor movement without talking about multi-ethnic coalitions. The International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union was initially composed of Jewish and Italian immigrants, but later grew to Black, Puerto Rican, Chinese, and Filipino workers.

Can voluntary gender quotas shift views on women in politics? Vladimir Chlouba’s study of Namibia’s SWAPO finds that a 50/50 quota increased women’s belief in equal political access—without backlash from men, reshaping perceptions of leadership. Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Blue Jay Ben Houstie ~ Heiltsuk 2024

#OpenAccess from @risjnl.bsky.social - Can the state prevent? The role of the Joint Communiqué in preventing conflict-related sexual violence - https://cup.org/4hqRDtL - Phyu Phyu Oo & @saraedavies.bsky.social#OpenAccess #FirstView

#OpenAccess from the latest issue of the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics - Determinants of Attitudes Toward Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples - cup.org/432bdG1 - Christopher Alcantara, @allisonharell.bsky.social#OpenAccess Laura Stephenson & Megan Payler #JREP10

Covid-19 vaccines, credited with saving millions of lives during the pandemic, set off a powerful alarm that rallies the human immune system against cancer and nearly doubles the median survival length of patients, according to a new retrospective study.

Diindiisi - Blue Jay Luke Swinson ~ Anishinaabe n.d.

Canada: Putting the world back into World Series. Good luck to the Blue Jays in their quest for another MLB championship.

The deadline for submissions to the Manon Tremblay doctoral fellowship is fast approaching! Make sure to apply by Friday, October 31, 2025. More details: cspg-gcep.ca/pdf/2025Doct...

I didn't realize how big of a deal the University of Alberta's annual open house is when I agreed to volunteer at the Political Science department's booth Saturday morning. My 2-hour shift went by in a blink of an eye.

Today is Persons Day. This day honours The Persons Case, which ended in a victory for The Famous Five on Oct. 18, 1929. The ruling declared women to be persons under the law and qualified to sit in the Senate. This is the story of that case. 🧵 1/12

Blue Jay Ben Houstie ~ Heiltsuk 2024

Untitled (2 Sparrows) Christi Belcourt ~ Métis 2025

Calling all researchers: If you teach or practice knowledge mobilization, check out our new KM Compass app. It helps you share what you know, where it matters most. socialmedialab.ca/2025/10/02/n... #AcademicSky #ComSky #PolCom #PhDSky

You asked for it—and we heard you! The Sprawl is making all our Calgary election zines available digitally so you can print them out at home. Share them in your neighbourhood, your workplace, wherever you can think of! #yyccc

Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later. harpers.org/archive/1941...

Night night sweet dreamies Imagine if you spoke to yourself with the same kindness you offer others. You’re not a burden. You’re not too much You’re just tired, and that’s okay. The voice we search for in others… is the one we need to become for ourselves

For over 60 years, Jane Goodall was a force for research about our precious planet—and climate change action to protect it—while breaking glass ceilings along the way. I'll so miss her courage and commitment to help expand what we know about our world and preserve it for the generations to come.

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

1/ Just a joke isn't just a joke. It's a ploy to sanitize fascism. As researchers who study discourse, we see this often when bad actors are called out. It's their default refuge. They retreat to fight another day, hoping the denial will lull the masses into believing the danger is over.

The Scoop Kent Monkman ~ Cree 2018

Every Child is a Universe Christi Belcourt ~ Métis 2025