Semra Sevi's students meeting with the Premier.

Students also met with MPP's @jessicabellto.bsky.social and @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social.

Bringing #politics to life: Third-year @utoronto.ca @artsci.utoronto.ca @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social undergraduate students visit Queen's Park and meet #Ontario Premier. #ONpoli www.politics.utoronto.ca/news/bringin...

Do women politicians face more interruptions? An analysis of interjections in the Australian parliamentary debates (1998-2025) Interruptions are a routine component of parliamentary debate, but also reveal underlying power dynamics and behavioural norms within political institutions. Using digitised Australian Hansard tran...

AusJPS early view: Katz et al. on "Do women politicians face more interruptions? An analysis of interjections in the Australian parliamentary debates (1998-2025)." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Currently in Volume 19, Issue 4 of Communication Methods and Measures #CMM:

"Classification bias of LLMs in detecting incivility towards female and male politicians in German social media discourse"

by Anke Stoll, @jingyuanyu.bsky.social, etc.

🔗https://doi.org/10.1080/19312458.2025.2551693

Nova Scotia politician taking precautions after man caught on video at her back door | CBC News Nova Scotia cabinet minister Kim Masland says she's taking more precautions to ensure her safety after police arrested a man who tried to enter her Liverpool home through the back door.

This is scary. The cost of participating in politics should never be violence, harassment, or threats.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Screenshot of a journal article published at the Australian Journal of Political Science titled "Do women politicians face more interruptions? An analysis of interjections in the Australian parliamentary debates (1998- 2025)." Authored by Lindsay Katz, Inessa De Angelis, and Rohan Alexander.

New article w/ Lindsay Katz & @rohanalexander.bsky.social in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social!

Analyzing Australian House of Reps debates, we find that as women’s representation increases, interruptions of women MPs & interruptions overall decline Read more: doi.org/10.1080/1036...

#polsky #gendersky

“I think it’s important that we don’t stay silent on the type of harassment that MPs are subjected to,” says former Liberal MP Pam Damoff.

www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...

Growing threats faced by women candidates undermine our democracy This scholar has found that 86 per cent of replies to tweets sent to women MPs contained some form of harassment. This is a clear threat to women’s participation in politics.

We talk about “threats to democracy,” yet harassment targeting women in politics often receives less attention, despite its consequences for democracy

For #InternationalWomensDay, I’m re-sharing an article I wrote last year that is, unfortunately, still relevant: theconversation.com/growing-thre...

"When the public turns hostile: Political violence against parliamentarians" is the latest #IPU report detailing the full scale of the intimidation + abuse directed at #MPs by the public, both online and off.
Read the full report
➡️http://ipu.org/PVAP

Why Canada’s reaction to the Grok scandal is so muted in the midst of a global outcry Governments around the world are clamping down on Grok’s production of nonconsensual sexual images. Why does Canada seem to be missing in action?

Why Canada’s reaction to the Grok scandal is so muted in the midst of a global outcry

Sexual deepfakes on X show need for online regulator, advocates say OTTAWA — Advocacy groups for women and children say a wave of sexual deepfakes on the social media platform X proves the government needs to create an online regulator. “This highlights the need for r...

Advocacy groups for women and children say a wave of sexual deepfakes on X proves the government needs to create an online regulator, similar to what the Liberals put forward in a 2024 bill

halifax.citynews.ca/2026/01/12/s...

Graph showing the number of Canadian MPs with Bluesky accounts, by political party. There are 95 Liberals, 6 Conservatives, 10 Bloc, 7 NDP, and 1 Green. Source: De Angelis, I., & Alexander, R. (2025). What are Canadian Members of Parliament doing on Bluesky? Canadian Journal of Political Science, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008423925100619

In the wake of X’s deepfake controversy, it’s surprising and disappointing to see that still only 35% of MPs are on Bluesky.

Read more on MPs’ use of Bluesky: doi.org/10.1017/S000...

#cdnpoli

What are Canadian politicians doing on BlueSky exactly? www.cambridge.org/core/service...

🚨Excited to share our new paper published in PNAS (joint with @yamilrvelez.bsky.social and Don Green)! AI can enhance political knowledge and provide balanced information about politics with proper guardrails and vetted sources (e.g., party platforms).

www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....

‘Quiet, piggy’ and other slurs: Powerful men fuel online abuse against women in politics and media Gender-based violence in politics has democratic costs, diminishing diverse voices and expertise in public office.

In honour of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, I'm sharing my new op-ed for The Conversation on the harms of online misogyny targeting women in public life, especially when amplified by political leaders.
#polisky #gendersky
theconversation.com/quiet-piggy-...

‘Attacked no matter what they do’: why female politicians face relentless cycle of abuse Assault on Mexican president highlights abuse faced by women in politics and ‘reinforces patriarchal boundaries’

I’m quoted in @theguardian.com today on the forms, impacts, and gendered differences in the violence faced by politicians and why it matters for democracy.

Read more: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

@utoronto.ca #VAWIP #gendersky #polsky

Thanks @alexmarland.bsky.social for kindly sharing the newsletter with us!

Screenshot of David Akin’s daily Substack newsletter featuring our “What are Canadian Members of Parliament Doing on Bluesky?” article.

Excited to see our Bluesky paper featured in @davidakin.bsky.social’s daily roundup newsletter.

Read more about our results here: doi.org/10.1017/S000...

A graph from 1998 to 2025 with date on the x axis and number of unique speakers on the y axis. There are a lot of dots, but it broadly shows the number of women rising over time, to around 40 in 2025.

Number of unique speakers in the Australian parliament, by gender, 1998-2025. By Lindsay Katz and @inessadeangelis.bsky.social.

Echoes and Barriers: Staff as Key Actors in the Representative Process | Article | Politics and Governance Meagan Cloutier

Thrilled to see my second diss article published as part of the special issue on Staff! Would love to hear your thoughts. It's open access: Echoes and Barriers: Staff as Key Actors in the Representative Process | Article | Politics and Governance www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...

📣 Excited to share a new dataset article with @qalbaugh.bsky.social in @cjps-rcsp.bsky.social!

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ We identify 176 out LGBTQ2S+ candidates in the 2015, 2019 & 2021 Canadian federal elections using a replicable search procedure based on individual candidate searches.

Updated Australian Hansard data (1998-2025) thanks to the incredible work of Lindsay Katz!
zenodo.org/records/1729...

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

I don't like talking about the hate & abuse I received in politics. I don't need sympathy. But we do need change. And I promised to support women & girls who want to go into politics. So here is my story. We need to stop this. Now.

🔗 thewalrus.ca/they-called-...

Congrats, looking forward to reading this!

Thank you very much, Alex!

Thanks Semra!

Logo of CJPS RCSP on a dark blue background with the hashtag #OpenAccess below.

#OpenAccess from @cjps-rcsp.bsky.social -

What are Canadian Members of Parliament Doing on Bluesky? - cup.org/3VwRA5n

- @inessadeangelis.bsky.social & @rohanalexander.bsky.social

#FirstView

What are Canadian Members of Parliament doing on Bluesky? No description provided.

Our dataset has now been updated to include members of the 45th Parliament. Check it out: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

What are Canadian Members of Parliament Doing on Bluesky? research note abstract

Which Canadian MPs are on Bluesky and what do they post?

My new paper w/ @rohanalexander.bsky.social in @cjps-rcsp.bsky.social unpacks these questions, finding MPs
use it like Twitter to discuss policy, the Ottawa bubble & constituency

Read more: doi.org/10.1017/S000...

#polsky #commsky #cdnpoli

Inside the Global Institute for Women's Leadership Office. Pictured are two gold and black GIWL banners and one pink banner with Julia Gillard.

Inside the House of Representatives chamber in Parliament House.

It was lovely visit to Canberra last week! Thank you to @giwlanu.bsky.social for the warm welcome and the opportunity to present some of my on-going work on gendered online harassment in Canadian politics.

My title slide that says "Using YouTube Data to Measure Online Harassment in Canadian Politics" alongside the DMRC's banner

View of the Brisbane skyline from Kangaroo Point Cliffs

I had a wonderful week visiting the @qutdmrc.bsky.social in Brisbane! Already looking forward to my next visit 👩🏼‍💻🇦🇺