Be sure to check out our latest article based on Common Ground survey research: The public, the pandemic, and the public service: The case of Alberta. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ca…

The deadline to apply for our PhD summer school on Democratic Decline and Resilience is approaching fast! Make sure to send us your application Sunday 7 April at the latest. Info on the program and how to apply 👉chairedemocratie.com/files/sites/98…

Academic freedom means entrusting the pursuit of truth to a bunch of people who disagree with themselves and each other all the time... ...instead of a group of powerful people who believe they have all the answers already.

🧵DATA UPDATE: With the introduction of Bill 18 and the Alberta premier's comments on federal funding being unfairly distributed to liberal disciplines, Ping Lam Ip and I collected data on over 35,000 research projects funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council.

"A change of government in Ottawa would have a major impact on provincial politics in Alberta. With no whipping boy or scapegoat in Ottawa, the provincial UCP would need to shift focus and even rebrand." The Tyee thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/…

My latest, with Feo Snagovsky: "Eventually, a string of half-baked policy proposals and false starts can drain public confidence in the government, particularly if those measures were not in the party’s election platform and are unpopular to begin with." edmontonjournal.com/opinion/column…

“Talk radio can be useful, but it only gets a government so far. Shooting from the hip can be exhilarating, but eventually someone’s going to get hurt.” with Jared Wesley in the Edmonton Journal #abpoli #ableg

Crown corps, more spending, more control: how Danielle Smith became a big believer in bigger government: cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…

At their core, the most fervent arguments in favour of voter ID boil down to the belief that only certain citizens are worthy of voting. Having ID is seen as evidence of being "responsible" or "smart" or "dedicated" enough to vote. Comments on my posts bear this out.+

That view of democracy is offensive to those of us whose grandparents were prevented from voting based on those grounds, or whose grandparents fought wars or staged protests against that sort of discrimination. +

Given the clear barriers to obtaining it, proponents of voter ID treat voting as a privilege, not a right. They put government in the position of judging who is most worthy of the franchise. This argument is radical, not conservative. +

The arc of history has bent in favour of extending the franchise to all citizens in Canada. Through Bill 20, the UCP is bending this arc backwards.

Sure, this is dangerous, undemocratic, threatening language. But let's calm down. It's not like he has access to camping equipment or pallets.

Over the past week, it has been important to provide those directly affected by the violence on campus the space they need to process and react to the events of May 11. Here are my thoughts, along with my colleagues @WAndyKnight1 and Feo Snagovsky.

“When it comes to believing something to be true in politics, we often look to politicians and others we trust for that kind of decision making. And as a result, the kinds of things our political leaders say matter": Feo Snagovsky / Common Ground rmoutlook.com/local-news/cli…

In today’s The Globe and Mail, Jonathan Malloy @loleen_berdahl & I make the case for rethinking graduate education in the Arts disciplines theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

In this [paywalled] article, Lisa Young @loleen_berdahl and I argue that we need more Arts graduate students; but we've been doing it all wrong. We're producing aspiring academics who can't get jobs, rather than graduates who can solve the wicked human problems of our times. /x

Exciting news! University of Toronto Press has accepted "No I in Team: Party Loyalty in Canadian Politics," co-authored with Mireille Lalancette & Jared Wesley. It examines institutional, sociological & psychological pressures faced by Canadian politicians. Pub date 2025. University of Toronto Press

#OpenAccess from Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics - Indigenous Diffuse Support and Descriptive Representation in the Canadian House of Commons - cambridge.org/core/journals/… - TBD, Feo Snagovsky & Chadwick Cowie (Political Science) #FirstView