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Local (?) Politics Online
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Can You Hear Me Now?
Message Not Delivered
Youth Are Not Apathetic
Lightweights
Political Participation Results
Methodology
Chart - Participation Plummet
Chart - Most Popular and Least Popular
APPENDIX:Political Participation Levels of Canadians
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Research
2017 Democracy 360
The Story
Introduction
The Report Card
The Next 150+ years
The Numbers
Communication
Participation
Leadership
Methodology
Appendix
2015 Democracy 360
Provinces
Methodology
Political Leadership
No One Is Listening
Cheering or Jeering?
Methodology
MP Exit Interviews
The Accidental Citizen?
Welcome to Parliament
It's My Party
Outsiders' Manifesto
By Invitation Only
Party Scorecard
What’s in a Party?
Methodology
Who's the Boss?
MPs by the Books
2014 MP Website Analysis
2014 MP Websites Infographic
Methodology
2014 Top MP websites
Checklist for Elected Leaders' websites
2013 MP Website Analysis
Members of Parliament websites infographic
Methodology
Top MP websites
Tips for Elected Leaders' websites
Riding association websites infographic
Top riding association websites
Methodology
Tips for riding associations' websites
Local (?) Politics Online
The Reform Act
How Parties Mobilize Youth
Local Youth Councils
Active Citizenship
Can You Hear Me Now?
Message Not Delivered
Youth Are Not Apathetic
Lightweights
Political Participation Results
Methodology
Chart - Participation Plummet
Chart - Most Popular and Least Popular
APPENDIX:Political Participation Levels of Canadians
The Neighbourhoods of #cdnpoli
The Real Outsiders
Introduction
Page2
Page3
Page4
Parliament/System
Lost in Translation
House of Words infographic
50 Ways to Redesign Parliament
Technological Changes
Changes to Improve MP Job Satisfaction
Procedural Changes
Changes to Amplify Citizens' Voices
Changes to Loosen Political Party Control
Physical Changes
Occupiers and Legislators
Resources
2012 Citizens' Survey
2013 Citizens' Survey
2014 Citizens' Survey
2015 Post-Election Survey
Educate
Democracy Talks
For Community Groups
Do-It-Yourself
Testimonials
Our Partners
Resources and Tools
Vote PopUp
Electoral Reform
Introduction
First Past the Post
Alternative Vote
List Proportional Representation
Mixed-Member Proportional Representation
Single Transferable Vote
Glossary
Further Reading
About Samara
Everyday Political Citizen Stories
How to be an Everyday Political Citizen Video
A Day in the Life of a Member of Parliament Video
Guide to Local Youth Councils
Consultation Fortune Teller
Poster for Elected Representatives
Proroguing Parliament
Speech from the Throne
Journalism Seminars
Paul Steiger
Tom Rosenstiel
Ellen Weiss
Birgitta Jónsdóttir
Emily Bell
Jim Brady
Sasha Issenberg
EPCitizen
What is EPCitizen?
Meet the 2017 Winners
Meet the 2017 Shortlist
Meet the 2017 Jury
EPCitizen Stories
Meet Past EPCitizens
2016 EPCitizens
Under 18 Age Category
18-29 Age Category
30 + Age Category
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Thursday, November 23, 2017
Q&A with Mackenzie Grisdale
We caught up with Mackenzie to find out more about what inspired her to develop the first ever survey on heckling in the House of Commons back in 2011.
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Leadership
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
MP Exit Interviews: Summer Update
Samara launched the second round of our seminal MP Exit Interview project this past January. As summer comes to an end, we 'd like to share an update on what we've heard so far from former Members of Parliament.
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Leadership
Thursday, June 16, 2016
How to Engage Young Canadians
To illuminate how political leaders can better engage youth, Samara asked young leaders from across Canada for their recommendations, and captured their ideas in a clear and colourful poster!
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Leadership
Monday, May 16, 2016
Bringing Gender Equity to Parliament
On May 11th, MP Kennedy Stewart introduced a bill designed to bring gender parity to the House of Commons by incentivizing political parties to nominate more women in future elections. Read his full speech to Parliament here.
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Leadership
Monday, March 21, 2016
What did councillors say?
The Rural Ontario Institute shares findings and quotes from rural municipal councillors about their experiences serving, as part of their Rural Municipal Councillor Profile.
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Tuesday, March 08, 2016
#IWD2016 with Laurin Liu
Laurin Liu was 20 years old when she was elected Member of Parliament for Rivière-des-Mille-Îles in 2011. We caught up with her to find out what it's like to serve as a young woman and find out how the male-dominated culture might be changing.
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Leadership
Monday, January 25, 2016
Andrew Scheer Weighs in on Heckling
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Leadership
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
A better Commons committee system
This is an op-ed written by Samara's Executive Director Jane Hilderman and Research Manager Laura Anthony. It was first published on iPolitics.ca on December 14, 2015.
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Wednesday, July 08, 2015
Guest Post: Yoda & Policy
Aside from this being a way to capture the reader’s attention (which, admittedly, it is), policy-makers can learn a lesson or two from the Grand Master of the Jedi Order.
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Friday, June 26, 2015
MP Reflections
This week, we dug through the House of Commons records for some of our favourite quotes marking the end of the 41st Parliament. See what MPs had to say as the session came to a close.
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