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First days of school. Kindergarten, UCC and now McGill. The passage of time does not slow no matter how much you wish it could.

Racist acts, big or small, vulgar or insidiously banal, is still racism. #racism thestar.com/news/gta/poste…

"If 1.4 billion people were suddenly left with an economy in tatters and a regime completely unstable, we would feel it in... our consumer prices." University of Toronto's Joseph Wong on why the West should hope for China's reform rather than its collapse. shorturl.at/5aAeD

"You're cute, for an Asian," both a slight and a compliment in a scene in Didi by Sean S. Wang, a resonant coming-of-age film, universal in its themes yet captures the complex nuances of growing up Asian in America. William Lou alex Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival nytimes.com/2024/07/25/mov…

Honored to see the symposium on our (Dan Slater) book, From Development to Democracy (Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.s), in Hopkins Press Asian Perspectives journal. Insightful, constructive takes from leading thinkers Kevin O'Brien, Ian Chong 莊嘉穎 & Myungji Yang muse.jhu.edu/article/935488

Meritocratic inequality, where the 'elites' devour themselves through cutthroat competition and the rest are left behind, leaving everyone soulless. Fascinating book by Daniel Markovits, which I've assigned to my honors undergrad seminar. Munk One

So, Bill Clinton made a claim tonight that America has added about 50 million jobs since 1989 and that almost all of them were added during Democratic Presidencies. You guys just know I had to fact check it. And, yeah, it's basically true. Amazingly.

Now in paperback, From Development to Democracy by Dan Slater & Joseph Wong shows why some of Asia’s authoritarian regimes have democratized as they have grown richer—and why others haven’t. Learn more about this important book today: hubs.ly/Q02LKJt80

One of the greatest joys of being a professor is seeing your former students making it, loving it and staying real. University of Toronto Reach Alliance #NYC

Get the word out. The Hair Place Hart House. Living in Boston in the 90s, my haircut (involuntarily) resembled a Kid 'n Play fade. University of Toronto in 2001, I ask: "Can you cut Chinese hair?" Patsy: "What kind of stupid question is that?" The rest is history. Tell Patsy Joe sent you.

Canada and the world cannot afford to ignore the African continent. The as-yet unrealized demographic dividend will benefit the world; meanwhile, turmoil and instability hurt us all. Either way, the fate of Africa will be ours as well. #Sudan #Africa theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

I agree with Phil Triadafilopoulos. An economist needs to explain to me how foreign low-wage earners, doing jobs others won't do, are the reason average house prices are $1m+ in Canada. cbc.ca/news/politics/…

That VP #Harris is not taking his bait is causing #Trump to lose what's left of his mind (and his electoral bid). thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Higher education is the greatest gift to all Canadians. Where else can every citizen have access to a world-class education for a fraction of what others pay elsewhere. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Welcome back University of Toronto #Back2School

Democracies are governed through rules, not by rulers.

Tidying my Munk School office and came across this - our first case study, before Reach became the Reach Alliance. And now, 82 more case studies later... #SDGs #impact #research