Kenny William Ie
@kennywilliamie.bsky.social
Political Scientist. U Ottawa postdoc, adjunct at UNB-Saint John & teaching at UBC. I research executive politics and institutions, leadership, and racialized minority engagement and representation.
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Meta’s PR spin is deeply disingenuous.
AI glasses make it even easier to create and share non-consensual intimate images, accelerating an already fast-growing form of gender-based violence.
AI glasses make it even easier to create and share non-consensual intimate images, accelerating an already fast-growing form of gender-based violence.
We've covered how Meta Ray-Bans could have been worn by CBP during ICE raids, how it's being modded for facial recognition, and how it's being used as a spy tool.
Every time Meta argues: What is the difference between Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses and an iPhone?
SO yeah—here's a guide for Meta's PR team:
Every time Meta argues: What is the difference between Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses and an iPhone?
SO yeah—here's a guide for Meta's PR team:
What’s the Difference Between AI Glasses and an iPhone? A Helpful Guide for Meta PR
Meta thinks its camera glasses, which are often used for harassment, are no different than any other camera.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Meta’s PR spin is deeply disingenuous.
AI glasses make it even easier to create and share non-consensual intimate images, accelerating an already fast-growing form of gender-based violence.
AI glasses make it even easier to create and share non-consensual intimate images, accelerating an already fast-growing form of gender-based violence.
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🆕 What kind of personalities are drawn to politics? 🗳️
This cross-national study across 🇨🇦🇩🇰🇮🇱🇳🇱🇨🇭 explores #Representation and how honesty-humility and other HEXACO personality traits shape people’s ambition to run for office 🧵1/2
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This cross-national study across 🇨🇦🇩🇰🇮🇱🇳🇱🇨🇭 explores #Representation and how honesty-humility and other HEXACO personality traits shape people’s ambition to run for office 🧵1/2
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Too honest and humble to run for office? Citizens’ personality traits, nascent ambition, and recruitment | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Too honest and humble to run for office? Citizens’ personality traits, nascent ambition, and recruitment
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November 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🆕 What kind of personalities are drawn to politics? 🗳️
This cross-national study across 🇨🇦🇩🇰🇮🇱🇳🇱🇨🇭 explores #Representation and how honesty-humility and other HEXACO personality traits shape people’s ambition to run for office 🧵1/2
buff.ly/xk4qMa3
This cross-national study across 🇨🇦🇩🇰🇮🇱🇳🇱🇨🇭 explores #Representation and how honesty-humility and other HEXACO personality traits shape people’s ambition to run for office 🧵1/2
buff.ly/xk4qMa3
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I think there's this tendency in the Canadian discourse to assume that in any situation where another country is mad at Canada, it must be because Canadians did something wrong.
Probably we need to most past that as the default assumption.
Probably we need to most past that as the default assumption.
October 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I think there's this tendency in the Canadian discourse to assume that in any situation where another country is mad at Canada, it must be because Canadians did something wrong.
Probably we need to most past that as the default assumption.
Probably we need to most past that as the default assumption.
Thanks @uoftpress.bsky.social for the copy of "Statecraft: Canadian Prime Ministers and their Cabinets"!
A very welcome book which will be the authoritative account of prime ministers' cabinet leadership. I look forward to diving in, and getting students to explore these fascinating case studies.
A very welcome book which will be the authoritative account of prime ministers' cabinet leadership. I look forward to diving in, and getting students to explore these fascinating case studies.
Statecraft - University of Toronto Press
Canadian Prime Ministers and Their Cabinets
utppublishing.com
September 12, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Thanks @uoftpress.bsky.social for the copy of "Statecraft: Canadian Prime Ministers and their Cabinets"!
A very welcome book which will be the authoritative account of prime ministers' cabinet leadership. I look forward to diving in, and getting students to explore these fascinating case studies.
A very welcome book which will be the authoritative account of prime ministers' cabinet leadership. I look forward to diving in, and getting students to explore these fascinating case studies.
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The Prestige Cartel is real. We also need to talk abt the hiring biases in Canadian Poli Sci depts. There is a tendency to assume Ivy League/US & Oxbridge grad job candidates are inherently “better” applicants, while those from amazing Canadian *programs* are cast onto the NO pile way too quickly.
In poli sci, "the top 20% of departments produced 75% of all faculty and the bottom 50% accounted for less than 5% of all tenure track faculty members at a research university. 49 programs did not have a single graduate placed in a TT position at a PhD-granting department in the past 10 years."
Where You Earn Your PhD Matters | PS: Political Science & Politics | Cambridge Core
Where You Earn Your PhD Matters
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August 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The Prestige Cartel is real. We also need to talk abt the hiring biases in Canadian Poli Sci depts. There is a tendency to assume Ivy League/US & Oxbridge grad job candidates are inherently “better” applicants, while those from amazing Canadian *programs* are cast onto the NO pile way too quickly.
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After years of hard work, I am happy to announce that my book The Candidacy Calculation has been published by UTP. The book takes a nuanced view of traditional barriers to candidacy such as money & family as well as emerging ones such as online harassment & social media scandals. lnkd.in/gKDkMHqs
July 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
After years of hard work, I am happy to announce that my book The Candidacy Calculation has been published by UTP. The book takes a nuanced view of traditional barriers to candidacy such as money & family as well as emerging ones such as online harassment & social media scandals. lnkd.in/gKDkMHqs
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Welcome to our incoming Editor, Robert Shepherd! Here is his Editor's Introduction to our June issue:
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July 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Welcome to our incoming Editor, Robert Shepherd! Here is his Editor's Introduction to our June issue:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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New article! In @canadianpublicadmn.bsky.social examines ministerial policy roles during the Trudeau govt, extending prior work. Using mandate letter data, manual and automated classification, and Bayesian models, I examine factors associated with ministers' policy activity. doi.org/10.1111/capa...
Unequal by Design: Ministerial Policy Roles in the Canadian Executive, 2015‐2021
Cabinet ministers are formally equal but unequal in practice: for example, ministers may differ significantly in how they undertake policy activity. I use federal mandate letter data from 2015 to 202....
doi.org
June 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
New article! In @canadianpublicadmn.bsky.social examines ministerial policy roles during the Trudeau govt, extending prior work. Using mandate letter data, manual and automated classification, and Bayesian models, I examine factors associated with ministers' policy activity. doi.org/10.1111/capa...
Happy to have contributed to this new, important study on 2SLGBTQI+ voter-candidate affinities and turnout: doi.org/10.1177/1065...
Examining the Effects of 2SLGBTQI+ Candidates on 2SLGBTQI+ Voter Turnout in Canada - Joanna Everitt, Kenny William Ie, Karen Bird, Angelia Wagner, Mireille Lalancette, 2025
Affinity theory suggests that 2SLGBTQI+ candidates might empower and motivate 2SLGBTQI+ voters to become more politically engaged because they demonstrate that ...
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June 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Happy to have contributed to this new, important study on 2SLGBTQI+ voter-candidate affinities and turnout: doi.org/10.1177/1065...
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Thrilled to have a new article in PRQ in time for the end of Pride month. doi.org/10.1177/1065... It demonstrates that having 2SLGBTQI+ candidates running in an electoral district is correlated to higher turnout among 2SLGBTQI+ voters - even in a relatively accepting place like 🇨🇦. #affinityeffects.
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June 26, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Thrilled to have a new article in PRQ in time for the end of Pride month. doi.org/10.1177/1065... It demonstrates that having 2SLGBTQI+ candidates running in an electoral district is correlated to higher turnout among 2SLGBTQI+ voters - even in a relatively accepting place like 🇨🇦. #affinityeffects.
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Who, exactly, are these immigrants that have made Danielle so angry? Filipino nurses who provide our healthcare? American computer scientists who make Edmonton an AI centre of excellence? Ukrainian refugees who've opened new restaurants? West Africans who have revitalized our francophone community?
June 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Who, exactly, are these immigrants that have made Danielle so angry? Filipino nurses who provide our healthcare? American computer scientists who make Edmonton an AI centre of excellence? Ukrainian refugees who've opened new restaurants? West Africans who have revitalized our francophone community?
New article! In @canadianpublicadmn.bsky.social examines ministerial policy roles during the Trudeau govt, extending prior work. Using mandate letter data, manual and automated classification, and Bayesian models, I examine factors associated with ministers' policy activity. doi.org/10.1111/capa...
Unequal by Design: Ministerial Policy Roles in the Canadian Executive, 2015‐2021
Cabinet ministers are formally equal but unequal in practice: for example, ministers may differ significantly in how they undertake policy activity. I use federal mandate letter data from 2015 to 202....
doi.org
June 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
New article! In @canadianpublicadmn.bsky.social examines ministerial policy roles during the Trudeau govt, extending prior work. Using mandate letter data, manual and automated classification, and Bayesian models, I examine factors associated with ministers' policy activity. doi.org/10.1111/capa...
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Alberta - "Would you vote for Alberta to leave Canada and become its own country, or to stay a province within Canada?"
Early May:
🔵 Stay: 61%
🟠 Leave: 34%
Early June:
🔵 Stay: 65%
🟠 Leave: 26%
> open.substack.com/pub/canadian...
Early May:
🔵 Stay: 61%
🟠 Leave: 34%
Early June:
🔵 Stay: 65%
🟠 Leave: 26%
> open.substack.com/pub/canadian...
Western Canada Cools on Separation as Support for Unity Grows
New polling shows declining separatist sentiment in Alberta, while it plateaus in the central prairies
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June 14, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Alberta - "Would you vote for Alberta to leave Canada and become its own country, or to stay a province within Canada?"
Early May:
🔵 Stay: 61%
🟠 Leave: 34%
Early June:
🔵 Stay: 65%
🟠 Leave: 26%
> open.substack.com/pub/canadian...
Early May:
🔵 Stay: 61%
🟠 Leave: 34%
Early June:
🔵 Stay: 65%
🟠 Leave: 26%
> open.substack.com/pub/canadian...
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In recent research with @qalbaugh.bsky.social, we use a survey experiment to explore how gender stereotypes shape voters' perceptions of transgender and nonbinary candidates' traits. The results are not the most encouraging, but you can read more here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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June 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
In recent research with @qalbaugh.bsky.social, we use a survey experiment to explore how gender stereotypes shape voters' perceptions of transgender and nonbinary candidates' traits. The results are not the most encouraging, but you can read more here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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In recent work with @qalbaugh.bsky.social, we find that in 2019 and 2021 parties nominated LGBTQ2S+ candidates in districts they were over 16 percentage points less likely to win than straight cis candidates. About 2/3 of the gap is due to which parties and 1/3 is due to which districts.
Day 10: Are LGBTQ candidates sacrificial lambs? @kebaisley.bsky.social & @qalbaugh.bsky.social find, well… yeah. “Wrong Place or Wrong Party? LGBTQ2S+ Candidates and District Competitiveness.” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
June 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
In recent work with @qalbaugh.bsky.social, we find that in 2019 and 2021 parties nominated LGBTQ2S+ candidates in districts they were over 16 percentage points less likely to win than straight cis candidates. About 2/3 of the gap is due to which parties and 1/3 is due to which districts.
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Getting closer to seeing my book published. utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....
June 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Getting closer to seeing my book published. utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....
Summer project: prime ministers in historical fiction. First up is Asquith. Sadly not a lot of Canadian choices. Recs welcome!
June 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Summer project: prime ministers in historical fiction. First up is Asquith. Sadly not a lot of Canadian choices. Recs welcome!
Had a great time at @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social conference. Post-conference visit to pay respects.
June 7, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Had a great time at @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social conference. Post-conference visit to pay respects.
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We are delighted to announce that Nok Hin Au, Chan Ka Ming and Ka Lun NG have won the PSR Best Original Research Article Award!
For:
Cooperate But Divided at Heart: Analysis of an Opposition Elite Survey During Autocratization
Read (OA) here:
lnkd.in/enZA3yEY
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
For:
Cooperate But Divided at Heart: Analysis of an Opposition Elite Survey During Autocratization
Read (OA) here:
lnkd.in/enZA3yEY
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 10:13 AM
We are delighted to announce that Nok Hin Au, Chan Ka Ming and Ka Lun NG have won the PSR Best Original Research Article Award!
For:
Cooperate But Divided at Heart: Analysis of an Opposition Elite Survey During Autocratization
Read (OA) here:
lnkd.in/enZA3yEY
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
For:
Cooperate But Divided at Heart: Analysis of an Opposition Elite Survey During Autocratization
Read (OA) here:
lnkd.in/enZA3yEY
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
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📢 How do children view political leadership where men dominate politics? Okedele et al. find that 90% of Nigerian children imagine political leaders as men, revealing early gendered norms. Evidence on ambition gaps by gender is mixed.
🔗 Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🔗 Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Gendered perceptions of leadership and children’s political ambition: evidence from Nigeria
Scholarship on political representation shows persistent inequality between women and men. Recent work theorizes that children internalize norms of gendered inequality to affect their images of the...
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May 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
📢 How do children view political leadership where men dominate politics? Okedele et al. find that 90% of Nigerian children imagine political leaders as men, revealing early gendered norms. Evidence on ambition gaps by gender is mixed.
🔗 Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🔗 Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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If the Moon landing happened today, the headline wouldn’t be “MAN LANDS ON MOON!” it would be “NASA Claims Successful Moon Landing, Others Not So Sure”
you want to know one reason people are losing trust in the media? it’s the total inability to call things what they are
some guy on YouTube: “wow this is the most corrupt shit I’ve ever seen”
the Times: “critics say it raises appearance of impropriety”
who are people going to take seriously?
some guy on YouTube: “wow this is the most corrupt shit I’ve ever seen”
the Times: “critics say it raises appearance of impropriety”
who are people going to take seriously?
May 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
If the Moon landing happened today, the headline wouldn’t be “MAN LANDS ON MOON!” it would be “NASA Claims Successful Moon Landing, Others Not So Sure”
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Danielle Smith describes Albertans as being divided into three camps: federalists, autonomists, and separatists.
How big are these groups, and how do they differ?
@jlisayoung.bsky.social and I examined this a few years ago.
🔗 www.commongroundpolitics.ca/albertan-ori...
How big are these groups, and how do they differ?
@jlisayoung.bsky.social and I examined this a few years ago.
🔗 www.commongroundpolitics.ca/albertan-ori...
May 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Danielle Smith describes Albertans as being divided into three camps: federalists, autonomists, and separatists.
How big are these groups, and how do they differ?
@jlisayoung.bsky.social and I examined this a few years ago.
🔗 www.commongroundpolitics.ca/albertan-ori...
How big are these groups, and how do they differ?
@jlisayoung.bsky.social and I examined this a few years ago.
🔗 www.commongroundpolitics.ca/albertan-ori...
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“Today we stand united. We’re not going anywhere. And if you feel that you have problems with First Nations, YOU could leave.”
May 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
“Today we stand united. We’re not going anywhere. And if you feel that you have problems with First Nations, YOU could leave.”
Ugh. Love the CBC but continually disappointed. What's the point here? Framing is terrible. All borders are artificially drawn lines: countries and nations are socially constructed. It's harmful to reinforce the presumption that artificial means anything. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
May 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Ugh. Love the CBC but continually disappointed. What's the point here? Framing is terrible. All borders are artificially drawn lines: countries and nations are socially constructed. It's harmful to reinforce the presumption that artificial means anything. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...