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🧡 Today on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, hear Natan Obed of @inuittapiriit.bsky.social
on why Inuit self-determination is vital to 🇨🇦 Canadian democracy. 🎧 Hosted by @jenditchburn.bsky.social ( @irpp.org @policyoptions.irpp.org ). Listen: buff.ly/PDkRckp
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So proud 🎉 our Director of Research & Policy, Beatrice Wayne (@beathenorth.bsky.social), joins the Canadian Democracy Delegation 🇨🇦🌍 which will attend the Athens Democracy Forum 🇬🇷 Learn more: www.engagedemocracy.ca/democracy-de...
Canadian Democracy Delegation — The Democratic Engagement Exchange
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Listen to our CEO, @sabreenadelhon.bsky.social, discuss the online harassment of political figures in Canada and how it erodes democracy in the latest episode of the @ciaj-icaj.bsky.social podcast:
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Our thanks to @apathyisboring for mobilizing a national coalition around this proposal. #Budget2025 #FINA #DemocracyDay
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Mark International Day of Democracy by endorsing a Canadian Democracy Endowment that supports democratic infrastructure, civic capacity-building, and civil society organizations. The CDE is the top recommendation in our pre-budget submission.
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Samara Centre Calls For Canadian Democracy Endowment in Federal Budget Submission | Samara Centre for Democracy
Our top recommendation is the creation of a Canadian Democracy Endowment to serve as a permanent, non-partisan, arm’s-length funding mechanism.
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Strengthen your non-profit’s policy influence – apply to Maytree Policy School 2026! Six-month Toronto-based program Jan-Jun. Deadline Oct 15, 2025. Learn more: maytree.com/strengthenin...
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🙌 Thanks to Sounds Good, CBC’s podcast newsletter, for featuring our 🎙️Group Chat Podcast today as a great back-to-school listening + classroom conversation starter 🎧 buff.ly/iNTZ74C
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📣 Calling all postsecondary professors! Add our 🎙️ Group Chat podcast to your syllabi. It covers Canadian society, 💻 tech, 🌍 identity, ⚖️ law, 📜 history & 🏛️ policy & governance.
Teaching resources 👉https://buff.ly/m2oaC9n
Group Chat Teaching Resources | Samara Centre for Democracy
The five-episode series covers a wide range of themes, including society and technology, diasporic identity and politics, democratic innovation, law and history, and policy, power and governance.
www.samaracentre.ca
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Last spring we partnered with CBC Radio’s IDEAS for a cross-country public library series: IDEAS for a Better Canada.
🎧 This week on CBC Radio One, hear 💡local solutions that can spark a bold new chapter for 🇨🇦 democracy!
IDEAS for a Better Canada | Samara Centre for Democracy
Public library event series
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We’re excited to warmly welcome Gregory Belton & Petros Kusmu to our Board!
A huge thanks to outgoing member Chad Rogers for his two terms of service.
Learn more: buff.ly/tlxDjOQ
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🌎🇨🇦 With global & local politics more connected than ever, Group Chat explores how diaspora communities navigate the threat of foreign interference and the power of belonging in civic life with @jaskaransandhu.bsky.social , @neeeda.bsky.social & @sabreenadelhon.bsky.social 🎙️ 🎧 buff.ly/YVF6wOd
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💻🗳️ Can tech save democracy? @audreyt.org & @glenweyl.bsky.social say we need more, not less. Plus, Bianca Wylie joins to explore the limits of tech and democracy.
Host @sabreenadelhon.bsky.social just added you to the Group Chat 🎙️. Listen now! 🎧 buff.ly/BJHREVh
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Is the notwithstanding clause a safeguard or a threat? 🤔 A hero like Wolverine 🦸‍♂️ or a wildcard like The Joker?🃏
@sabreenadelhon.bsky.social‬ breaks it down with Warda Shazadi Meighen, Karin Galldin and Peter Biro . 🎧 Listen today buff.ly/6cBekDz
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🎓 Did you miss our webinar with @federationhss.ca‬?
Catch From Peer Review to the Public — a timely convo on how the humanities + social sciences can shape civic life, power & participation.
📺 Now on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhiA...
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🎓 Did you miss our webinar with @federationhss.ca‬?
Catch From Peer Review to the Public — a timely convo on how the humanities + social sciences can shape civic life, power & participation.
📺 Now on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhiA...
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On National Indigenous Peoples Day, we’re reflecting on last year’s In Defence of Democracy speaker—Pulitzer Prize and Peabody winner @conniewalker.bsky.social‬ —and her powerful call to truth-telling and storytelling as vital acts of reconciliation.
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🎓 Did you miss our webinar with @federationhss.ca‬?
Catch From Peer Review to the Public — a timely convo on how the humanities + social sciences can shape civic life, power & participation.
📺 Now on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhiA...
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🎓 Did you miss our webinar with @federationhss.ca‬?
Catch From Peer Review to the Public — a timely convo on how the humanities + social sciences can shape civic life, power & participation.
📺 Now on YouTube: buff.ly/LWJ80LL
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🗳️ Democracy is evolving! What bold ideas are bridging the gap between people & power?
Recorded LIVE at Institute for Research on Public Policy in Montreal, @sabreenadelhon.bsky.social‬ chats with Malorie Flon, Bianca Wylie & Sarah Yaffe.
Join the Group Chat 🎙️:
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📱💬 A secret, all-women, cross-partisan group chat was a lifeline for former Green Party leader Annamie Paul @annamiepaul.
It even inspired our NEW podcast hosted by @SabreenaDelhon. 🎙️Join our Group Chat, LISTEN NOW 🎧 buff.ly/2yDP9rm
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Introducing Group Chat 🎙️— our new podcast where we make sense of what’s happening in Canada’s democracy with a few friends. ✨
🎧 Listen to our trailer and find us on your favourite podcast app! buff.ly/oUhzHra
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Democracy is under strain—and so is academic freedom. How can scholars help defend civic life and support democracy in Canada? Join us and the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences at our webinar: May 28 at 1pm ET to explore the role of the humanities + social sciences. buff.ly/hrh8ghM
thesamaracentre.bsky.social
Democracy is under strain—and so is academic freedom. How can scholars help defend civic life and support democracy in Canada? Join us and the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences at our webinar: May 28 at 1pm EST to explore the role of the humanities + social sciences. buff.ly/hrh8ghM