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Joanna Pepin

@joannapepin.bsky.social

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My sociology is powered by lattes & baseball. Assistant Professor at University of Toronto. Studying families, gender, and health.

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Joanna Pepin @joannapepin.bsky.social · Nov 19

Hello, world! I post about family sociology, being a newcomer to Toronto, baseball, and K-dramas.

a cartoon of a sloth holding a cup of coffee with the words " how i tolerate life " below it

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Joanna Pepin @joannapepin.bsky.social · 2d

At least it's starting now, so there is less time overlap. 😅

Joanna Pepin @joannapepin.bsky.social · 2d

Sportsnet broadcasters said they expect the #Mariners game to start around 7:30 EDT. How am I going to root for the Ms and the Jays at the same time? 🫤

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Seth Abrutyn @sethabrutyn.bsky.social · 6d

Another #sociology job

uwo.ca/facultyrelat...

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Joanna Pepin @joannapepin.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks!! I'm definitely loving them in lots of situations already. Importantly, I can knit and watch baseball at the same time again!🥳

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Joanna Pepin @joannapepin.bsky.social · 7d

Or I am? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Joanna Pepin @joannapepin.bsky.social · 7d

It's taking me more than a few hours, mostly trouble at the computer. Funny - the glasses people told me to choose smaller glasses for progressives. 👀

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Joanna Pepin @joannapepin.bsky.social · 7d

Wow! That's amazing.

Joanna Pepin @joannapepin.bsky.social · 7d

Ugh! Chris had a hard time too. I think I am going to get the hang of it. 🤞

Joanna Pepin @joannapepin.bsky.social · 7d

Is this just how I live now? Or does it get better? 👀

Joanna Pepin @joannapepin.bsky.social · 7d

Day 1 with progressive lenses: I’ve officially become a bobble-head.

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Joanna Pepin @joannapepin.bsky.social · 15d

Staying up late to watch this Mariners game was the best decision I have made in a long time.

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Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social · 15d

Big demographic data release date at StatCan, some thoughts as I make my way through it.
First up, Total Fertility Rates. TFR in Canada declined further, with some slight variation across provinces. BC is still the province with the lowest TFR.

Total fertility rates in Canadian provinces over time.

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 24d

There’s still time to apply

Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · Sep 1

WE ARE HIRING! 2 Lecturers in Quantitative Social Science. Want a friendly interdisciplinary department in one of the world's most vibrant cities? This just might be for you.

Apply by: 10 Oct

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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Stefanie Mollborn @mollborn.bsky.social · Sep 5

Please apply! PhD position @sofi.su.se. Stockholm University ERC-funded project, Making Time: Organized Labour and the Politics of Care Leave. MA degree (or near completion) and quant training required. 1 Oct deadline, start Jan 2026. See: su.varbi.com/what:job/job....

Doktorand i sociologi

Sociologiska institutionen är en av Stockholms universitets största samhällsvetenskapliga institutioner och rankas kontinuerligt bland de 50 bästa sociologiska institutionerna i världen. Mer info

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Joanna Pepin @joannapepin.bsky.social · Aug 13

In searching the origin of the phrase "deadbeat dad," I discovered Ontario 🇨🇦 has a 'most wanted' page for parents who don't pay child support. www.ontario.ca/page/missing...

Missing child and spousal support payors

Help us find people who have stopped making child and spousal support payments and learn how to submit information about them.

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Joanna Pepin @joannapepin.bsky.social · Aug 6

I just need to add this file download link to my slide...

Many failed attempts and 7 hours later...

Almost have this totally new-to-me cloud storage app set-up and then I can add this link...

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University of Toronto @utoronto.ca · Jul 28

Money can’t buy love - but it might make us more open to it, according to a new study #UofT 💗 uoft.me/bJy

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Prentiss Dantzler @docdantzler.bsky.social · Jul 16

Feel free to share widely…

jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

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Leafia Ye @leafiaye.bsky.social · Jul 16

🚨 Job alert: The Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto is hiring an Assistant Professor in the Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

I'll be at ASA and would be happy to chat with interested candidates. Please share widely! #Socsky

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · Jul 11

In February, Trump imposed a 25% across the board tariff on Canadian goods.

Chaos ensued.

He backed down.

Today he imposed a 35% across the board tariff, instead.

And somewhere in Ontario, a moose sighed...

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Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social · Jul 9

When you cut (international) students you lose teaching jobs.
That was always the tradeoff when deciding to solve housing problems by reducing demand (via shrinking the export of educational services) instead of increasing supply.

staring blankly into the abyss @ianmosby.bsky.social · Jul 8

The collapse of higher education in Ontario is here. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

New numbers reveal 10,000-plus Ontario college layoffs, 600 programs cancelled or suspended over past year

Post-secondary layoffs and program cuts — spread across 24 public colleges — have hit both urban and rural communities and nearly every discipline.

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Inés Martínez Echagüe @imartinezechague.bsky.social · Jun 17

Happy to share my new publication in @sfjournal.bsky.social!📣
Why is household equality so hard? Unequal scripts mean that equality takes work—often falling to women, even when men say they want it.
Paradoxically, for women, doing less still means more work.
doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...

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Richard Nennstiel @nennstielr.bsky.social · Jun 16

🚨 Are young women becoming more left-wing & young men more right-wing?
We analyzed 32 European countries (1990–2023).
📊 Some show growing gaps—others don’t.
📊 Gaps tend to be bigger where gender equality is higher.
w/ @hudde.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1093/esr/...

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · Jun 16

The trick to academic success is never letting on that your "research agenda" is actually just sunk costs.

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · Jun 11

Love across the ballot box? It's complicated!💔A 30-yr UK study shows that couples with opposing political views are 38% more likely to break up - & Brexit disagreements proved particularly divisive! @readdemography.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social @aledinal.bsky.social @brunoarpino.bsky.social

MPIDR - Couples with Opposing Political Views Face Higher Risk of Separation

A recent study by researchers at the University of Padua and the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) has revealed that political differences between partners can significantly increa...

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