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For our third instalment of "Profiles in Civics", Samara chatted with Stephen Kagansky-Young of the Civics Education Network, an organization working to improve the resources and programs available to teachers of Ontario's Grade 10 civics course. Read the interview here.
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On Wednesday February 22, The Churchill Society for the Advancement of Parliamentary Democracy & The Munk School of Global Affairs will host a forum called “The Parliament We Want.” Featuring MP Michael Chong, TVO’s Steve Paikin, former Ontario MPP Sean Conway and Samara’s Alison Loat, this free event is a great opportunity to talk about how Parliament, and politics, can be more relevant and engaging to Canadians.
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What can the history of the Model T Ford teach us about democracy today? Alex Marland's guest blog explores this question. In doing so, he argues that political marketing offers a powerful tool to improve political engagement in Canada.
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Part of a blog series giving greater voice to Samara's focus groups of politically disengaged Canadians following the release of the report, The Real Outsiders. Given the recent release of new Canadian census data, this blog explores the conversation among new Canadians living in Vancouver.
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The emerging movements of OpenData, OpenGov, Democracy 2.0 and Gov 2.0 are allowing a level of transparency and engagement with your government that has never been seen before. Join CitizenBridge, a non-profit and non-partisan organization specializing in Democracy 2.0, on February 16 to learn more about this subject as part of Social Media Week Toronto.
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For our second instalment of Samara's "Profiles in Civics" we talked to Larry Franschman, a Toronto-based lawyer who helps run a number of innovative websites and services that provide Canadians with information on ways to engage with and access politics and government. Among them is Civic.ca, which offers Canadians a fast and easy way to find their elected representatives.
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The results are in for Samara’s contest to discover the Best Democratic Moment of 2011. The competition was fierce but the winner, with 29% of the vote, was the Occupy movement. The race for second, third and fourth places were very close, with the mourning of Jack Layton at 20%, the election of four female premiers at 19% and the youth engagement initiatives at 18%. In fifth place was the May 2011 election with 14%.
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"Democratizing the Constitution: Reforming Responsible Government" is a new book by Peter Aucoin, Mark D. Jarvis and Lori Turnbull. It explores Canada's tradition of responsible government and makes the case that the Canadian constitution and its unwritten conventions have failed to provide effective limits on a prime minister's power, and that such powers must be restored to elected representatives in Parliament.
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The first of Samara's "Profiles in Civics" series exploring civics education in Canada. Bill Conconi is the executive director of the Canadian Association of Student Activity Advisors, and was instrumental in the creation of Student Councils 2.0, a national initiative that works with high school students to develop new and improved models for student councils.
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Samara's bookshelves have new additions! And so should yours if you enjoy reading the latest analyses on the state of Canadian politics! It doesn't hurt that we are familar with several of the contributing authors, who share their skills and knowledge with Samara as members of our academic team. Be on top of the latest trends, and check out Political Marketing in Canada (UBC Press, 2012) and The Canadian Federal Election of 2011 (Dundurn 2011) today!
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Part of a blog series giving greater voice to Samara's focus groups of politically disengaged Canadians following the release of the report, The Real Outsiders. Given the recent First Nations-Crown summit, this blog explores the conversation among urban Aboriginal peoples living in Toronto.
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Internship application season is upon us, with deadlines for both federal and provincial programs fast approaching. The following is a list of provincial legislative internship programs currently accepting applications for 2013, including a brief description from the website of each.
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Today, Friday January 20th, Samara's Alison Loat will be weighing in on a discussion about political engagement on CBC Maritime Noon's call-in show starting at 12:00 pm AT (11:00 am ET). You can tune in to CBC radio stations online at: http://www.cbc.ca/maritimenoon/.
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The Jaimie Anderson Parliamentary Internship Program is back for a second year and accepting applications now until March 1st. The program, created in memory of a young Canadian with "a passion for politics and an abiding respect for people of different points of view," provides one or more young Canadians with a four month opportunity to work in the office of a federal Member of Parliament. Learn more about this paid internship opportunity on the Samara blog.
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The Parliamentary Internship Programme is accepting applications for the 2012-13 cohort. The program gives young Canadians an incredible first-hand perspective on the workings of Parliament from two different perspectives: government and opposition. Find out more about the program and promote it among your networks!
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Frank Graves published his latest opinion poll that finds a growing number of Canadians feel our country's democratic health is worsening last week in iPolitics. Heather Bastedo, Samara's Research and Project Director, makes a case for the next questions we need to explore that can better explain why Canadians believe democratic health is falling - and it means thinking bigger than electoral reform.
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Not even a year into her term, Quebec MP Lise St-Denis announced she was leaving the NDP to join the federal Liberals. Samara looks at some of the media coverage of the issue and asks the question: Should Members of Parliament be allowed to cross the floor without the approval of their constituents, and if so, what does this mean for parliamentary democracy?
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In the spirit of our mission to strengthen the Canadian democracy, Samara is asking Canadians to participate in identifying the Best Moment in Canadian Democracy for 2011. This contest is designed to encourage Canadians to reflect annually on the positive moments in our public life that are often ignored.
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