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Stephen Azzi
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Professor of Political Management, History, and Political Science, Carleton University. Left Twitter in October 2022.
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#NewBio! A Nova Scotia native, Norman McLeod Rogers (1894–1940) overcame serious injuries suffered during #WWI to become an influential scholar, civil servant, and politician. Mackenzie King mused that Rogers might succeed him as prime minister. www.biographi.ca/en/bio/roger...
November 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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“This volume is the most comprehensive by far of the various works on prime ministerial leadership in Canada.” Herman Bakvis, University of Victoria

Pick up your copy of Statecraft: bit.ly/3IMKeYY

#PrimeMinister #CDNPolitics #Statecraft
October 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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@stephenazzi.bsky.social's latest article explores how #Canada’s 1968 was shaped less by domestic #revolt and more by its complex, ambivalent relationship with the U.S. Read: doi.org/10.1080/27708888.2025.2482146

#globalsixties #twitterstorians
September 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Many dedicated people work hard at Library and Archives Canada, but the institution lacks the resources to fulfill its mandate. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Canada’s national archives need more than just a facelift
Library and Archives Canada will soon have a shiny new home, but historians say what it really needs is better – and faster – access to the documents that make up this country’s history
www.theglobeandmail.com
June 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
By my calculation, the Liberals missed their majority by 623 votes (233 in Windsor-Tecumseh-Lakeshore, 77 in Nunavut, and 310 in Vancouver-Kingsway).
May 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
"U.S. Couldn’t Care Less If Moves Lead to Canada’s Destruction" - Headline in the Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 12 October 1971.
March 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Here are more of my thoughts on succession planning in politics from Shaye Ganam's show on QR 770 Calgary and CHED 880 Edmonton. megaphone.link/CORU2540329810
Federal parties must resurrect their succession planning for prime ministers by Shaye Ganam
Stephen Azzi is a professor of political management, history and political science at Carleton University and is co-authoring a book titled Statecraft: Canada Prime Ministers and their Cabinet
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January 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
My thoughts on the lack of succession planning by Canadian political parties, in the Globe and Mail: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Federal parties must resurrect their succession planning for prime ministers
William Lyon Mackenzie King and Lester Pearson both promoted talent within the Liberal Party, many of whom became ministers and party leaders
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Would the last person to leave Twitter please turn out the lights?
November 15, 2024 at 1:51 PM