Joanna Pepin
@joannapepin.bsky.social
My sociology is powered by lattes & baseball. Assistant Professor at University of Toronto. Studying families, gender, and health.
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Joanna Pepin
@joannapepin.bsky.social
· Nov 19
a cartoon of a sloth holding a cup of coffee with the words " how i tolerate life " below it
ALT: a cartoon of a sloth holding a cup of coffee with the words " how i tolerate life " below it
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Hello, world! I post about family sociology, being a newcomer to Toronto, baseball, and K-dramas.
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Amazing and heartwarming to see a packed crowd of people last week eager to grow the demography community at UofT and Canada more broadly 🫶
Huge thanks to all our guest speakers, the support of @uoftsociology.bsky.social and to my fellow co-leads @leafiaye.bsky.social and @joannapepin.bsky.social
Huge thanks to all our guest speakers, the support of @uoftsociology.bsky.social and to my fellow co-leads @leafiaye.bsky.social and @joannapepin.bsky.social
The Toronto Population Network had its very first mini-conference at Hart House last Thursday, and it was such an amazing event!! Thanks everyone for coming & can't wait for what's next 💙
P.S. trying to get the "confidence intervals overlapping" photo pose trending. it clearly has potential, eh?
P.S. trying to get the "confidence intervals overlapping" photo pose trending. it clearly has potential, eh?
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Amazing and heartwarming to see a packed crowd of people last week eager to grow the demography community at UofT and Canada more broadly 🫶
Huge thanks to all our guest speakers, the support of @uoftsociology.bsky.social and to my fellow co-leads @leafiaye.bsky.social and @joannapepin.bsky.social
Huge thanks to all our guest speakers, the support of @uoftsociology.bsky.social and to my fellow co-leads @leafiaye.bsky.social and @joannapepin.bsky.social
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The Toronto Population Network had its very first mini-conference at Hart House last Thursday, and it was such an amazing event!! Thanks everyone for coming & can't wait for what's next 💙
P.S. trying to get the "confidence intervals overlapping" photo pose trending. it clearly has potential, eh?
P.S. trying to get the "confidence intervals overlapping" photo pose trending. it clearly has potential, eh?
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The Toronto Population Network had its very first mini-conference at Hart House last Thursday, and it was such an amazing event!! Thanks everyone for coming & can't wait for what's next 💙
P.S. trying to get the "confidence intervals overlapping" photo pose trending. it clearly has potential, eh?
P.S. trying to get the "confidence intervals overlapping" photo pose trending. it clearly has potential, eh?
My baseball pitch: home team announcers do the national broadcast in the postseason. Away team market get their local announcers. National broadcast switches as teams travel. ⚾
October 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
My baseball pitch: home team announcers do the national broadcast in the postseason. Away team market get their local announcers. National broadcast switches as teams travel. ⚾
I can't stop watching this clip. 🤣
October 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I can't stop watching this clip. 🤣
Look what we're up to @uoftsociology.bsky.social!
We are building a new pop center at UofT and will hold our first mini-conference on Nov 6 - come join us!!
Exhibit 1: amazing speaker line-up - featuring friends around the world to discuss why demography/pop center matters! 🤓
Exhibit 2: the iconic castle where this conference will take place 🏰 ✨
Exhibit 1: amazing speaker line-up - featuring friends around the world to discuss why demography/pop center matters! 🤓
Exhibit 2: the iconic castle where this conference will take place 🏰 ✨
October 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Look what we're up to @uoftsociology.bsky.social!
Sportsnet broadcasters said they expect the #Mariners game to start around 7:30 EDT. How am I going to root for the Ms and the Jays at the same time? 🫤
October 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Sportsnet broadcasters said they expect the #Mariners game to start around 7:30 EDT. How am I going to root for the Ms and the Jays at the same time? 🫤
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Day 1 with progressive lenses: I’ve officially become a bobble-head.
a cartoon girl wearing a helmet is sitting on the floor next to a skateboard
ALT: a cartoon girl wearing a helmet is sitting on the floor next to a skateboard
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October 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Day 1 with progressive lenses: I’ve officially become a bobble-head.
Staying up late to watch this Mariners game was the best decision I have made in a long time.
September 25, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Staying up late to watch this Mariners game was the best decision I have made in a long time.
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Big demographic data release date at StatCan, some thoughts as I make my way through it.
First up, Total Fertility Rates. TFR in Canada declined further, with some slight variation across provinces. BC is still the province with the lowest TFR.
First up, Total Fertility Rates. TFR in Canada declined further, with some slight variation across provinces. BC is still the province with the lowest TFR.
September 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Big demographic data release date at StatCan, some thoughts as I make my way through it.
First up, Total Fertility Rates. TFR in Canada declined further, with some slight variation across provinces. BC is still the province with the lowest TFR.
First up, Total Fertility Rates. TFR in Canada declined further, with some slight variation across provinces. BC is still the province with the lowest TFR.
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There’s still time to apply
WE ARE HIRING! 2 Lecturers in Quantitative Social Science. Want a friendly interdisciplinary department in one of the world's most vibrant cities? This just might be for you.
Apply by: 10 Oct
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Apply by: 10 Oct
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
September 15, 2025 at 12:15 PM
There’s still time to apply
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Please apply! PhD position @sofi.su.se. Stockholm University ERC-funded project, Making Time: Organized Labour and the Politics of Care Leave. MA degree (or near completion) and quant training required. 1 Oct deadline, start Jan 2026. See: su.varbi.com/what:job/job....
Doktorand i sociologi
Sociologiska institutionen är en av Stockholms universitets största samhällsvetenskapliga institutioner och rankas kontinuerligt bland de 50 bästa sociologiska institutionerna i världen. Mer info
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September 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Please apply! PhD position @sofi.su.se. Stockholm University ERC-funded project, Making Time: Organized Labour and the Politics of Care Leave. MA degree (or near completion) and quant training required. 1 Oct deadline, start Jan 2026. See: su.varbi.com/what:job/job....
In searching the origin of the phrase "deadbeat dad," I discovered Ontario 🇨🇦 has a 'most wanted' page for parents who don't pay child support. www.ontario.ca/page/missing...
Missing child and spousal support payors
Help us find people who have stopped making child and spousal support payments and learn how to submit information about them.
www.ontario.ca
August 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
In searching the origin of the phrase "deadbeat dad," I discovered Ontario 🇨🇦 has a 'most wanted' page for parents who don't pay child support. www.ontario.ca/page/missing...
I just need to add this file download link to my slide...
Many failed attempts and 7 hours later...
Almost have this totally new-to-me cloud storage app set-up and then I can add this link...
Many failed attempts and 7 hours later...
Almost have this totally new-to-me cloud storage app set-up and then I can add this link...
August 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I just need to add this file download link to my slide...
Many failed attempts and 7 hours later...
Almost have this totally new-to-me cloud storage app set-up and then I can add this link...
Many failed attempts and 7 hours later...
Almost have this totally new-to-me cloud storage app set-up and then I can add this link...
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Money can’t buy love - but it might make us more open to it, according to a new study #UofT 💗 uoft.me/bJy
July 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Money can’t buy love - but it might make us more open to it, according to a new study #UofT 💗 uoft.me/bJy
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July 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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🚨 Job alert: The Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto is hiring an Assistant Professor in the Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
I'll be at ASA and would be happy to chat with interested candidates. Please share widely! #Socsky
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
I'll be at ASA and would be happy to chat with interested candidates. Please share widely! #Socsky
July 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
🚨 Job alert: The Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto is hiring an Assistant Professor in the Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
I'll be at ASA and would be happy to chat with interested candidates. Please share widely! #Socsky
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
I'll be at ASA and would be happy to chat with interested candidates. Please share widely! #Socsky
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In February, Trump imposed a 25% across the board tariff on Canadian goods.
Chaos ensued.
He backed down.
Today he imposed a 35% across the board tariff, instead.
And somewhere in Ontario, a moose sighed...
Chaos ensued.
He backed down.
Today he imposed a 35% across the board tariff, instead.
And somewhere in Ontario, a moose sighed...
July 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
In February, Trump imposed a 25% across the board tariff on Canadian goods.
Chaos ensued.
He backed down.
Today he imposed a 35% across the board tariff, instead.
And somewhere in Ontario, a moose sighed...
Chaos ensued.
He backed down.
Today he imposed a 35% across the board tariff, instead.
And somewhere in Ontario, a moose sighed...
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When you cut (international) students you lose teaching jobs.
That was always the tradeoff when deciding to solve housing problems by reducing demand (via shrinking the export of educational services) instead of increasing supply.
That was always the tradeoff when deciding to solve housing problems by reducing demand (via shrinking the export of educational services) instead of increasing supply.
The collapse of higher education in Ontario is here. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
New numbers reveal 10,000-plus Ontario college layoffs, 600 programs cancelled or suspended over past year
Post-secondary layoffs and program cuts — spread across 24 public colleges — have hit both urban and rural communities and nearly every discipline.
www.thestar.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:20 AM
When you cut (international) students you lose teaching jobs.
That was always the tradeoff when deciding to solve housing problems by reducing demand (via shrinking the export of educational services) instead of increasing supply.
That was always the tradeoff when deciding to solve housing problems by reducing demand (via shrinking the export of educational services) instead of increasing supply.
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Happy to share my new publication in @sfjournal.bsky.social!📣
Why is household equality so hard? Unequal scripts mean that equality takes work—often falling to women, even when men say they want it.
Paradoxically, for women, doing less still means more work.
doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
Why is household equality so hard? Unequal scripts mean that equality takes work—often falling to women, even when men say they want it.
Paradoxically, for women, doing less still means more work.
doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
June 17, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Happy to share my new publication in @sfjournal.bsky.social!📣
Why is household equality so hard? Unequal scripts mean that equality takes work—often falling to women, even when men say they want it.
Paradoxically, for women, doing less still means more work.
doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
Why is household equality so hard? Unequal scripts mean that equality takes work—often falling to women, even when men say they want it.
Paradoxically, for women, doing less still means more work.
doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
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🚨 Are young women becoming more left-wing & young men more right-wing?
We analyzed 32 European countries (1990–2023).
📊 Some show growing gaps—others don’t.
📊 Gaps tend to be bigger where gender equality is higher.
w/ @hudde.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
We analyzed 32 European countries (1990–2023).
📊 Some show growing gaps—others don’t.
📊 Gaps tend to be bigger where gender equality is higher.
w/ @hudde.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
June 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🚨 Are young women becoming more left-wing & young men more right-wing?
We analyzed 32 European countries (1990–2023).
📊 Some show growing gaps—others don’t.
📊 Gaps tend to be bigger where gender equality is higher.
w/ @hudde.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
We analyzed 32 European countries (1990–2023).
📊 Some show growing gaps—others don’t.
📊 Gaps tend to be bigger where gender equality is higher.
w/ @hudde.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
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The trick to academic success is never letting on that your "research agenda" is actually just sunk costs.
June 16, 2025 at 9:16 AM
The trick to academic success is never letting on that your "research agenda" is actually just sunk costs.
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Love across the ballot box? It's complicated!💔A 30-yr UK study shows that couples with opposing political views are 38% more likely to break up - & Brexit disagreements proved particularly divisive! @readdemography.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social @aledinal.bsky.social @brunoarpino.bsky.social
MPIDR - Couples with Opposing Political Views Face Higher Risk of Separation
A recent study by researchers at the University of Padua and the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) has revealed that political differences between partners can significantly increa...
www.demogr.mpg.de
June 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Love across the ballot box? It's complicated!💔A 30-yr UK study shows that couples with opposing political views are 38% more likely to break up - & Brexit disagreements proved particularly divisive! @readdemography.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social @aledinal.bsky.social @brunoarpino.bsky.social
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Are you an early career scholar in #work-family? Applications are open for @wfrn.bsky.social Early Career Fellowship. Join an amazing cohort of junior scholars in Montreal (June 2026) and beyond. Organized by @yanghu.co.uk & Nicole Denier. App is easy! Happy to answer Qs
wfrn.org/early-career...
wfrn.org/early-career...
Early Career Work and Family Fellowship Program - Work and Family Researchers Network
Early Career Work and Family Fellowship Program
The Work and Family Researchers Network is committed to mentoring the next generation of work and family scholars. Our Early Career Fellowship Program p...
wfrn.org
June 4, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Are you an early career scholar in #work-family? Applications are open for @wfrn.bsky.social Early Career Fellowship. Join an amazing cohort of junior scholars in Montreal (June 2026) and beyond. Organized by @yanghu.co.uk & Nicole Denier. App is easy! Happy to answer Qs
wfrn.org/early-career...
wfrn.org/early-career...