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Wednesday, December 14, 2022
2022 In Review
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
IRPP Panel
Our Executive Director, Sabreena Delhon, shares her insights on IRPP's panel on Racial Inequality and Policy-Making in Canada
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Thursday, October 20, 2022
The Samara Centre Speaks at PROC
The Samara Centre for Democracy appeared before the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) to share recommendations on virtual hybrid proceedings provisions in Parliament.
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Friday, October 14, 2022
In Defense of Democracy 2022
The Samara Centre for Democracy celebrated our 15th anniversary by welcoming former Mayor of Calgary Naheed Nenshi for the In Defence of Democracy public lecture.
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Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Five Good Ideas
Our Executive Director, Sabreena Delhon, participated in Maytree's Five Good Ideas series. She shared her five good ideas for how non-profits can evolve their impact in this period of transformation.
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Monday, August 22, 2022
2021 Federal Election Snapshot
In the SAMbot 2021 Federal Election Snapshot, we present an overview of the toxic sentiment received by 298 public Twitter accounts monitored over the 36 day election period (August 15, 2021 at 12:00 a.m. ET to September 20, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. ET).
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Thursday, August 18, 2022
Detoxing Democracy
Addressing Toxicity in Online Political Conversations
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Tuesday, August 09, 2022
Pandemic school closures
This article was originally published in Policy Options, titled "Democratic life and the generational implications of pandemic school closures." Learning loss not only damages achievement, prosperity and well-being for students; it also compromises civic learning and future engagement.
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Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Digital democracy detox
This article was originally published in Policy Options, titled: "It’s time for a digital democracy detox." We need a fresh start to engage voters amid rampant online toxicity, and political parties need to hold those in their direct circles to account.
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Happening Now
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Tracking #elxn44 toxic tweets
The Samara Centre and Areto Labs have partnered to deploy the Samara Areto Monitorbot (known as SAMbot or SAM), which will use AI to track toxic tweets received by incumbent candidates and political party leaders on the digital campaign trail.
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Happening Now
Thursday, July 08, 2021
A Consequential Moment
In the times ahead, our country will be required to make decisions of enormous and lasting consequence. The Samara Centre has an opportunity to influence the important debates that will help determine Canada’s democratic future.
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