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Dr. Angelia Wagner
@angeliawagner.bsky.social
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Assistant lecturer at the University of Alberta. Ex-newspaper journalist. Nordic noir nut. Aspiring awesome auntie.
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Dr. Angelia Wagner @angeliawagner.bsky.social · Jul 29
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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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 2d
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
New KM Compass App From the Social Media Lab Helps Researchers Translate Knowledge Into Real-World Impact - Social Media Lab
TORONTO, ON – [October 02, 2025] — At a time when public trust in institutions is fragmented and misinformation spreads faster than evidence, researchers and experts face a critical challenge: how to ...
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The Sprawl @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social · 4d
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
Print The Sprawl’s Calgary election zines at home! | The Sprawl
And share them with your neighbours.
www.sprawlcalgary.com
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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 7d
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.

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Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 7d
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
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 7d
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.
Jane Goodall holding a sign that says “Vote for Nature!” in a group shot
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 7d
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.
Trump posts racist, AI-generated video of Schumer and Jeffries ahead of looming government shutdown | CNN Politics
As the US government barrels toward a shutdown, President Donald Trump shared a racist video on social media, which appears to be AI-generated, depicting House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wearing ...
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 9d
The Scoop
Kent Monkman ~ Cree
2018
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 8d
Every Child is a Universe
Christi Belcourt ~ Métis
2025
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 8d
We are the Wildflowers
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
2024
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Encyclopaedia Britannica @britannica.com · 8d
A government shutdown is the forced cessation of most nonessential operations and services due to lack of funding.

These are operations that are not deemed necessary to protect national security, public health, public safety, or property.
Illustration explaining a government shutdown occurs when Congress and the president fail to approve a budget, causing nonessential services to stop.
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Dr. Angelia Wagner @angeliawagner.bsky.social · 8d
I got my copy of her new book. You should too. #NotTheCost #VAWiP #CdnPoli

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They Called Her “Climate Barbie.” She Fired Back | The Walrus
Catherine McKenna on misogyny, rage farming, and the toll of online violence in Canadian politics
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 9d
Fall II
Alex Janvier ~ Densuline
c. 1980
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Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · 12d
"It’s not a question of being “tough.” That’s a male construct. There are fewer paths for women into politics, as journalism shrinks and city council and school trustee posts vanish as a launchpad."

🔗 www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

Article by @hmallick.bsky.social at the @thestar.com
Heather Mallick: Why we keep losing stellar women politicians like Catherine McKenna
McKenna, a mother of three young children, survived a frightening and ugly era when American-style woman-hating vitriol, street swarming and violent attacks floated north to make Canadian politics nea...
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Alex Marland @alexmarland.bsky.social · 13d
Great energy at the Political Leadership & Trust in Canada workshop at Acadia University! 🎉 Smart discussions, solid research, and amazing vibes all around. #cdnpoli
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Raul Pacheco-Vega @raulpachecovega.bsky.social · 21d
Folks in Calgary: I will be presenting new work on climate mobility October 3rd. Feel free to circulate among your networks.

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Absence, Presence, and Temporality in Ethnographic Fieldwork: Lessons from Research on Climate Mobility
Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega is Full Professor at the Methods Lab, FLACSO México. He specializes in comparative public policy, with a focus on North Amer...
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Nick Carnes @carnes.bsky.social · 22d
Just out at JOP (www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....) : Why do so few working-class people hold office? It's not lack of interest. Noam Lupu and I ran 10 surveys in 8 countries and found no evidence of a social class gap in how often qualified people consider running.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 26d
I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions.

Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
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Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · 25d
Sat down with The Canadian Press for an exclusive interview on my new book Run Like A Girl. We discuss finding your own path, activism, and my journey or reinvention.

Full interview: www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/environment/...
Former environment minister details abuse she endured in politics in new memoir
OTTAWA - Former environment minister Catherine McKenna says federal security agencies initially refused to offer her protection — and wouldn't even show her the risk assessment they'd completed — as
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Charlie Feldman @parlcharlie.bsky.social · Sep 8
The new issue of Canadian Parliamentary Review is online and is all about languages in Parliament. Find it on CanLII or wherever you get your finer parliamentary publications :-)

www.canlii.org/en/commentar...
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 29d
Our Common Ground team is finding new ways to bring Albertans together to discuss difficult issues.

If you're in Edmonton October 4 and 5, consider joining us for a focus group. For info and to register, visit: www.commongroundpolitics.ca

Please help spread the word by sharing.
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Alex Marland @alexmarland.bsky.social · Sep 8
Look what arrived today — looking forward to reading it! Especially keen about chapter 5 “Reticence Towards Party Discipline & Ideological Misalignment.” 🙂📕
Bravo @angeliawagner.bsky.social
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PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · Sep 5
The latest threat to democracy in Alberta:

Danielle Smith's government has opened the door to a potential “gerrymandering” of the province that would disempower urban voters.

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How Gerrymandering Could Threaten Democracy in Alberta
The UCP government has opened the door to a new kind of riding boundary. Will they walk through it?
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Alex Kohut @alexjkohut.bsky.social · Sep 5
Why don't more people run for office and how can we change the political environment to encourage the best and brightest in Canada to pursue public service?

I talked to @angeliawagner.bsky.social about her book, "The Candidacy Calculation" for my newsletter:

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Why Qualified People are Declining to Run for Office and How We Can Change That (with Angelia Wagner)
Angelia Wagner's new book, "The Candidacy Calculation" provides a crucial look into the barriers preventing people from running for office and the solutions political parties could pursue.
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The Conversation Canada @ca.theconversation.com · Sep 3
Attacks on school boards threaten local democracy
Attacks on school boards threaten local democracy
A brief look at the history of elected school boards in Canada shows how the powers and responsibilities of elected school board trustees have been eroded considerably.
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