I guess now that CPSA is flying solo this year (and the next?), the committee has to rethink what to do re: practitioners. It's a great point to raise to the association.

Last year, when I was co-program chair of CPSA, there were 12 or so 'free' Congress tickets that the CPSA program chairs could allocate as they see fit -and which we used to get practitioners to attend CPSA events.

International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi 7 April

Today April 7th marks the 32nd anniversary of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda: www.unesco.org/en/days/tuts...

Is it too much to hope that we remember -and learn- from our past?

US directs American embassies to wage campaign against foreign ‘hostility’ – with Musk’s help Cable signed by Marco Rubio and seen by Guardian suggests staff work with Pentagon psychological operations unit

"Embassies are told to recruit local influencers, academics and community leaders abroad to carry counter-propaganda messaging, an approach designed to make American-funded narratives feel locally organic rather than centrally directed."

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Issues & Answers: MUN professor Angela Carter and student Grace Fitzpatrick discuss the need for an equitable green energy transition, while MUNFA president Lisa Moore discusses underfunding of the university ntv.ca/features/iss...

Great thread as to why sustained, visible protests and opposition matter

Love love love the feature that you can pick which local library to support! Hello L'Hibou Coup in my hometown of Mont Joli!!!

Given how often I presented recently on demographic changes, internal migration and security in China, I figured I may as well write about it!

populationandsecurity.com/the-great-de...

3 job postings, Canada Impact+ Research Chairs
University of Manitoba

*Climate-related Disasters and Community Resilience
*Environment, Climate Resilience, and the Arctic and the Law
*Political Theory

csn-rec.ca/job-postings...

@cpsa-acsp.bsky.social

Chalkboard politics logo, a chalkboard with the podcast name and affiliations

📣📣📣Announcing...Chalkboard Politics @chalkboardpolitics.bsky.social, a podcast by students, for students (and their teachers). Written, edited, and mixed by the students at @siwpscolumbia.bsky.social and distributed by @goodauth.bsky.social. 1/ www.podbean.com/media/share/...

Paris Marx Poster with a picture of a smiling person looking off camera with a microphone and wearing a black shirt. DATE: November 21st 2:30 to 4pm, Room AA 1043. TITLE: Becoming an AI critic ABSTRACT: Since 2022, generative AI has taken the world by storm. Tech leaders promised it would change everything, mostly for the better, but as the technology matures the drawbacks are becoming ever more apparent. In this talk, Paris Marx will discuss how he developed the critical perspective he uses to assess new technologies and the companies that deploy them. In the process, he’ll break down how he understands the impacts of generative AI and offer some ideas for where Newfoundland and Labrador, and Canada more broadly, might go from here on tech and economic policy. BIO: Paris Marx is a tech critic based in St. John's and host of the critically acclaimed Tech Won’t Save Us podcast. He speaks around the world about the politics of technology and recently co-authored a white paper called Reclaiming Digital Sovereignty. Paris also writes the Disconnect newsletter and is the author of Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation. Paris is a graduate of Memorial University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, then went on to complete a Master of Arts in Geography at McGill University. He’s now working on his second book, which focuses on the growth and costs of hyperscale data centres.

In St. John's? Interested in AI?
The Department of Political Science is honoured to host alumni @parismarx.com!

Becoming an AI Critic
Friday November 21st, 2025
2:30-4pm
MUNL, Arts and Administration Bdg, Room AA 1043,
Co-sponsored with @munlgeog.bsky.social

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The PoliSci dept at MUN in St. John's NL, Canada is inviting appl. for Canada Excellence Research Chair/Comparative Democratic Resilience in the Global South. Senior folks (incl. int'l appl!) w expertise on Africa & LA encouraged to apply.

Deadline: December 14

shorturl.at/I74RL

Must be when I was putting kiddo to bed, thanks Kelly!

Are you seeing anywhere a list of the seats to close to call? They were showing it on tv at the beginning of the night but now I can't see it

New UCDP data release! In the 2024 update from the @ucdp.bsky.social, organised violence remained alarmingly high, with 61 state-based conflicts and nearly 160,000 recorded fatalities.

Cool! Est-ce que c'etait dans l'ancien riding de Jack Layton?

Eheh! Bonne soirée pour les politicologues. Will Greaves a aussi été élu à Victoria

Imagine: you just spent 36 days knocking on doors relentlessly, only to be told to step aside. Ouch.

I should know this, but what are Poilievre's options to remain as Con leader? Take the seat of someone who was just elected? Not have a seat (and be guilty of what he accused Carney of?)

Cochrane mentioned it yesterday: I think Milton ON Terrebonne QCand Nunavut (and Terra Nova in NL needs to remain in Libs hands after that last poll is counted)

Who knew all that was needed was threat of foreign invasion...

I'm staying up in NL just to see this unfold...

Thanks for this! How many of these have a difference of less than 100? Trying to figure out how many ridings will have a recount. likely one in Terra Nova/NL.

How many ridings have yet to be called now?? It's getting late here in NL!

That's David Cochrane!

There was an article in the globe I think about his campaign. Pretty cool!

Open letter to the next prime minister: We need a royal commission on Canada’s future Canada thrived within a U.S.-led liberal international order after the Second World War, but that era is over. Our economic and security policies must evolve to meet modern threats.

More than 100 experts have signed our open letter calling for a royal commission on securing Canada’s future to devise a comprehensive and coherent action plan for the next 10-20 years. Thank you! The list can be found here: uniweb.uottawa.ca/sites/Open-L....

policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/ma...

I bookmarked this one, from a few years ago: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Economic Crises and the Breakdown of Authoritarian Regimes Cambridge Core - Asian Studies - Economic Crises and the Breakdown of Authoritarian Regimes

So. I wrote a dissertation on how economic crises can lead to the breakdown of authoritarian regimes.

Here are three key point to keep in mind as you watch the news this week 🧵

The cover page for a discussion paper called "Questions, Answers, and Some Cautionary Updates Regarding the 3.5% Rule" by Erica Chenoweth. In the image, peaceful protesters can be seen in front of the US Capitol building.

Lately I've seen many references to the 3.5% rule. A few years ago I pulled together this Q&A on potential uses and misuses of this statistic. www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/defaul...