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🗓️ Thu, Nov 13 | ⏰ 7 PM
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Join our friends @sanjayruparelia.bsky.social & Toronto Public Library for tonight’s event! 📚
🗓️ Thu, Nov 13 | ⏰ 7 PM
📍 Toronto Reference Library
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Ketty Nivyabandi: Advancing Human Rights in a Shifting World Order
Secretary General for Amnesty International Canada, Ketty Nivyabandi discusses human rights today, in conversation with Sanjay Ruparelia
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November 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
🎟️ Tickets still available!
Join our friends @sanjayruparelia.bsky.social & Toronto Public Library for tonight’s event! 📚
🗓️ Thu, Nov 13 | ⏰ 7 PM
📍 Toronto Reference Library
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Join our friends @sanjayruparelia.bsky.social & Toronto Public Library for tonight’s event! 📚
🗓️ Thu, Nov 13 | ⏰ 7 PM
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🎧 Exciting news! Group Chat is featured this week alongside amazing Canadian creators in Acast & Amazon Music Canada’s Indie Podcast Amplifier! 🇨🇦🔥#CanadianIndyPods
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Tune in today 👉 buff.ly/COAovLM
October 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🎧 Exciting news! Group Chat is featured this week alongside amazing Canadian creators in Acast & Amazon Music Canada’s Indie Podcast Amplifier! 🇨🇦🔥#CanadianIndyPods
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Tune in today 👉 buff.ly/COAovLM
We warmly welcome our new Board Member: Deval Pandya, VP and Head of AI Engineering @vectorinstitute.ai. Deval’s guidance will further our efforts to understand how technology is shaping Canada’s democracy. Learn more buff.ly/x18D7Zr
October 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
We warmly welcome our new Board Member: Deval Pandya, VP and Head of AI Engineering @vectorinstitute.ai. Deval’s guidance will further our efforts to understand how technology is shaping Canada’s democracy. Learn more buff.ly/x18D7Zr
🧡 Today on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, hear Natan Obed of @inuittapiriit.bsky.social
on why Inuit self-determination is vital to 🇨🇦 Canadian democracy. 🎧 Hosted by @jenditchburn.bsky.social ( @irpp.org @policyoptions.irpp.org ). Listen: buff.ly/PDkRckp
on why Inuit self-determination is vital to 🇨🇦 Canadian democracy. 🎧 Hosted by @jenditchburn.bsky.social ( @irpp.org @policyoptions.irpp.org ). Listen: buff.ly/PDkRckp
September 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
🧡 Today on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, hear Natan Obed of @inuittapiriit.bsky.social
on why Inuit self-determination is vital to 🇨🇦 Canadian democracy. 🎧 Hosted by @jenditchburn.bsky.social ( @irpp.org @policyoptions.irpp.org ). Listen: buff.ly/PDkRckp
on why Inuit self-determination is vital to 🇨🇦 Canadian democracy. 🎧 Hosted by @jenditchburn.bsky.social ( @irpp.org @policyoptions.irpp.org ). Listen: buff.ly/PDkRckp
So proud 🎉 our Director of Research & Policy, Beatrice Wayne (@beathenorth.bsky.social), joins the Canadian Democracy Delegation 🇨🇦🌍 which will attend the Athens Democracy Forum 🇬🇷 Learn more: www.engagedemocracy.ca/democracy-de...
Canadian Democracy Delegation — The Democratic Engagement Exchange
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September 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
So proud 🎉 our Director of Research & Policy, Beatrice Wayne (@beathenorth.bsky.social), joins the Canadian Democracy Delegation 🇨🇦🌍 which will attend the Athens Democracy Forum 🇬🇷 Learn more: www.engagedemocracy.ca/democracy-de...
Listen to our CEO, @sabreenadelhon.bsky.social, discuss the online harassment of political figures in Canada and how it erodes democracy in the latest episode of the @ciaj-icaj.bsky.social podcast:
🌍 🎧 Hear Sabreena Delhon & Dr. Heidi Tworek on online hate & democracy in this podcast. Then meet them live at the Democracy, Rule of Law & Independence Conference (Nov 18–20, Ottawa/Online).
🔗 Listen: ciaj-icaj.ca/en/podcasts/... @sabreenadelhon.bsky.social
@heiditworek.bsky.social
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@heiditworek.bsky.social
#108 | Democracy Under Attack: The Rise of Online Hate | Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice
In this episode, Host Anthony Giroux (Law Student at the University of Montreal) speaks with Sabreena Delhon (CEO of the Samara Centre for Democracy) and Dr. Heidi Tworek (Canada Research Chair and Pr...
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September 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Listen to our CEO, @sabreenadelhon.bsky.social, discuss the online harassment of political figures in Canada and how it erodes democracy in the latest episode of the @ciaj-icaj.bsky.social podcast:
Our thanks to @apathyisboring for mobilizing a national coalition around this proposal. #Budget2025 #FINA #DemocracyDay
September 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Our thanks to @apathyisboring for mobilizing a national coalition around this proposal. #Budget2025 #FINA #DemocracyDay
Mark International Day of Democracy by endorsing a Canadian Democracy Endowment that supports democratic infrastructure, civic capacity-building, and civil society organizations. The CDE is the top recommendation in our pre-budget submission.
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Samara Centre Calls For Canadian Democracy Endowment in Federal Budget Submission | Samara Centre for Democracy
Our top recommendation is the creation of a Canadian Democracy Endowment to serve as a permanent, non-partisan, arm’s-length funding mechanism.
www.samaracentre.ca
September 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Mark International Day of Democracy by endorsing a Canadian Democracy Endowment that supports democratic infrastructure, civic capacity-building, and civil society organizations. The CDE is the top recommendation in our pre-budget submission.
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Strengthen your non-profit’s policy influence – apply to Maytree Policy School 2026! Six-month Toronto-based program Jan-Jun. Deadline Oct 15, 2025. Learn more: maytree.com/strengthenin...
September 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Strengthen your non-profit’s policy influence – apply to Maytree Policy School 2026! Six-month Toronto-based program Jan-Jun. Deadline Oct 15, 2025. Learn more: maytree.com/strengthenin...
🙌 Thanks to Sounds Good, CBC’s podcast newsletter, for featuring our 🎙️Group Chat Podcast today as a great back-to-school listening + classroom conversation starter 🎧 buff.ly/iNTZ74C
September 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
🙌 Thanks to Sounds Good, CBC’s podcast newsletter, for featuring our 🎙️Group Chat Podcast today as a great back-to-school listening + classroom conversation starter 🎧 buff.ly/iNTZ74C
The Samara Centre for Democracy has been granted leave to intervene in a landmark Supreme Court of Canada case challenging Quebec’s controversial secularism law, Bill 21. 👉 buff.ly/K4nDAMR and check out Ep.3 of Group Chat to learn more about the notwithstanding clause.
Samara Centre to Intervene Before the Supreme Court of Canada in Landmark Challenge to Quebec’s Secularism Law | Samara Centre for Democracy
The Samara Centre for Democracy has been granted leave to intervene in a landmark Supreme Court of Canada case challenging Quebec’s controversial secularism law, Bill 21.
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September 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The Samara Centre for Democracy has been granted leave to intervene in a landmark Supreme Court of Canada case challenging Quebec’s controversial secularism law, Bill 21. 👉 buff.ly/K4nDAMR and check out Ep.3 of Group Chat to learn more about the notwithstanding clause.
📣 Calling all postsecondary professors! Add our 🎙️ Group Chat podcast to your syllabi. It covers Canadian society, 💻 tech, 🌍 identity, ⚖️ law, 📜 history & 🏛️ policy & governance.
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Teaching resources 👉https://buff.ly/m2oaC9n
Group Chat Teaching Resources | Samara Centre for Democracy
The five-episode series covers a wide range of themes, including society and technology, diasporic identity and politics, democratic innovation, law and history, and policy, power and governance.
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August 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
📣 Calling all postsecondary professors! Add our 🎙️ Group Chat podcast to your syllabi. It covers Canadian society, 💻 tech, 🌍 identity, ⚖️ law, 📜 history & 🏛️ policy & governance.
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Teaching resources 👉https://buff.ly/m2oaC9n
Last spring we partnered with CBC Radio’s IDEAS for a cross-country public library series: IDEAS for a Better Canada.
🎧 This week on CBC Radio One, hear 💡local solutions that can spark a bold new chapter for 🇨🇦 democracy!
🎧 This week on CBC Radio One, hear 💡local solutions that can spark a bold new chapter for 🇨🇦 democracy!
IDEAS for a Better Canada | Samara Centre for Democracy
Public library event series
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August 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Last spring we partnered with CBC Radio’s IDEAS for a cross-country public library series: IDEAS for a Better Canada.
🎧 This week on CBC Radio One, hear 💡local solutions that can spark a bold new chapter for 🇨🇦 democracy!
🎧 This week on CBC Radio One, hear 💡local solutions that can spark a bold new chapter for 🇨🇦 democracy!
We’re excited to warmly welcome Gregory Belton & Petros Kusmu to our Board!
A huge thanks to outgoing member Chad Rogers for his two terms of service.
Learn more: buff.ly/tlxDjOQ
A huge thanks to outgoing member Chad Rogers for his two terms of service.
Learn more: buff.ly/tlxDjOQ
August 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
We’re excited to warmly welcome Gregory Belton & Petros Kusmu to our Board!
A huge thanks to outgoing member Chad Rogers for his two terms of service.
Learn more: buff.ly/tlxDjOQ
A huge thanks to outgoing member Chad Rogers for his two terms of service.
Learn more: buff.ly/tlxDjOQ
🌎🇨🇦 With global & local politics more connected than ever, Group Chat explores how diaspora communities navigate the threat of foreign interference and the power of belonging in civic life with @jaskaransandhu.bsky.social , @neeeda.bsky.social & @sabreenadelhon.bsky.social 🎙️ 🎧 buff.ly/YVF6wOd
July 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
🌎🇨🇦 With global & local politics more connected than ever, Group Chat explores how diaspora communities navigate the threat of foreign interference and the power of belonging in civic life with @jaskaransandhu.bsky.social , @neeeda.bsky.social & @sabreenadelhon.bsky.social 🎙️ 🎧 buff.ly/YVF6wOd
💻🗳️ Can tech save democracy? @audreyt.org & @glenweyl.bsky.social say we need more, not less. Plus, Bianca Wylie joins to explore the limits of tech and democracy.
Host @sabreenadelhon.bsky.social just added you to the Group Chat 🎙️. Listen now! 🎧 buff.ly/BJHREVh
Host @sabreenadelhon.bsky.social just added you to the Group Chat 🎙️. Listen now! 🎧 buff.ly/BJHREVh
July 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
💻🗳️ Can tech save democracy? @audreyt.org & @glenweyl.bsky.social say we need more, not less. Plus, Bianca Wylie joins to explore the limits of tech and democracy.
Host @sabreenadelhon.bsky.social just added you to the Group Chat 🎙️. Listen now! 🎧 buff.ly/BJHREVh
Host @sabreenadelhon.bsky.social just added you to the Group Chat 🎙️. Listen now! 🎧 buff.ly/BJHREVh
Is the notwithstanding clause a safeguard or a threat? 🤔 A hero like Wolverine 🦸♂️ or a wildcard like The Joker?🃏
@sabreenadelhon.bsky.social breaks it down with Warda Shazadi Meighen, Karin Galldin and Peter Biro . 🎧 Listen today buff.ly/6cBekDz
@sabreenadelhon.bsky.social breaks it down with Warda Shazadi Meighen, Karin Galldin and Peter Biro . 🎧 Listen today buff.ly/6cBekDz
June 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Is the notwithstanding clause a safeguard or a threat? 🤔 A hero like Wolverine 🦸♂️ or a wildcard like The Joker?🃏
@sabreenadelhon.bsky.social breaks it down with Warda Shazadi Meighen, Karin Galldin and Peter Biro . 🎧 Listen today buff.ly/6cBekDz
@sabreenadelhon.bsky.social breaks it down with Warda Shazadi Meighen, Karin Galldin and Peter Biro . 🎧 Listen today buff.ly/6cBekDz
🎓 Did you miss our webinar with @federationhss.ca?
Catch From Peer Review to the Public — a timely convo on how the humanities + social sciences can shape civic life, power & participation.
📺 Now on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhiA...
Catch From Peer Review to the Public — a timely convo on how the humanities + social sciences can shape civic life, power & participation.
📺 Now on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhiA...
June 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🎓 Did you miss our webinar with @federationhss.ca?
Catch From Peer Review to the Public — a timely convo on how the humanities + social sciences can shape civic life, power & participation.
📺 Now on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhiA...
Catch From Peer Review to the Public — a timely convo on how the humanities + social sciences can shape civic life, power & participation.
📺 Now on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhiA...
🎓 Did you miss our webinar with @federationhss.ca?
Catch From Peer Review to the Public — a timely convo on how the humanities + social sciences can shape civic life, power & participation.
📺 Now on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhiA...
Catch From Peer Review to the Public — a timely convo on how the humanities + social sciences can shape civic life, power & participation.
📺 Now on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhiA...
June 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🎓 Did you miss our webinar with @federationhss.ca?
Catch From Peer Review to the Public — a timely convo on how the humanities + social sciences can shape civic life, power & participation.
📺 Now on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhiA...
Catch From Peer Review to the Public — a timely convo on how the humanities + social sciences can shape civic life, power & participation.
📺 Now on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhiA...
On National Indigenous Peoples Day, we’re reflecting on last year’s In Defence of Democracy speaker—Pulitzer Prize and Peabody winner @conniewalker.bsky.social —and her powerful call to truth-telling and storytelling as vital acts of reconciliation.
June 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
On National Indigenous Peoples Day, we’re reflecting on last year’s In Defence of Democracy speaker—Pulitzer Prize and Peabody winner @conniewalker.bsky.social —and her powerful call to truth-telling and storytelling as vital acts of reconciliation.
🎓 Did you miss our webinar with @federationhss.ca?
Catch From Peer Review to the Public — a timely convo on how the humanities + social sciences can shape civic life, power & participation.
📺 Now on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhiA...
Catch From Peer Review to the Public — a timely convo on how the humanities + social sciences can shape civic life, power & participation.
📺 Now on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhiA...
June 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🎓 Did you miss our webinar with @federationhss.ca?
Catch From Peer Review to the Public — a timely convo on how the humanities + social sciences can shape civic life, power & participation.
📺 Now on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhiA...
Catch From Peer Review to the Public — a timely convo on how the humanities + social sciences can shape civic life, power & participation.
📺 Now on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhiA...
🎓 Did you miss our webinar with @federationhss.ca?
Catch From Peer Review to the Public — a timely convo on how the humanities + social sciences can shape civic life, power & participation.
📺 Now on YouTube: buff.ly/LWJ80LL
Catch From Peer Review to the Public — a timely convo on how the humanities + social sciences can shape civic life, power & participation.
📺 Now on YouTube: buff.ly/LWJ80LL
June 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
🎓 Did you miss our webinar with @federationhss.ca?
Catch From Peer Review to the Public — a timely convo on how the humanities + social sciences can shape civic life, power & participation.
📺 Now on YouTube: buff.ly/LWJ80LL
Catch From Peer Review to the Public — a timely convo on how the humanities + social sciences can shape civic life, power & participation.
📺 Now on YouTube: buff.ly/LWJ80LL
🗳️ Democracy is evolving! What bold ideas are bridging the gap between people & power?
Recorded LIVE at Institute for Research on Public Policy in Montreal, @sabreenadelhon.bsky.social chats with Malorie Flon, Bianca Wylie & Sarah Yaffe.
Join the Group Chat 🎙️:
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Recorded LIVE at Institute for Research on Public Policy in Montreal, @sabreenadelhon.bsky.social chats with Malorie Flon, Bianca Wylie & Sarah Yaffe.
Join the Group Chat 🎙️:
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June 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
🗳️ Democracy is evolving! What bold ideas are bridging the gap between people & power?
Recorded LIVE at Institute for Research on Public Policy in Montreal, @sabreenadelhon.bsky.social chats with Malorie Flon, Bianca Wylie & Sarah Yaffe.
Join the Group Chat 🎙️:
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Recorded LIVE at Institute for Research on Public Policy in Montreal, @sabreenadelhon.bsky.social chats with Malorie Flon, Bianca Wylie & Sarah Yaffe.
Join the Group Chat 🎙️:
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📱💬 A secret, all-women, cross-partisan group chat was a lifeline for former Green Party leader Annamie Paul @annamiepaul.
It even inspired our NEW podcast hosted by @SabreenaDelhon. 🎙️Join our Group Chat, LISTEN NOW 🎧 buff.ly/2yDP9rm
It even inspired our NEW podcast hosted by @SabreenaDelhon. 🎙️Join our Group Chat, LISTEN NOW 🎧 buff.ly/2yDP9rm
June 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
📱💬 A secret, all-women, cross-partisan group chat was a lifeline for former Green Party leader Annamie Paul @annamiepaul.
It even inspired our NEW podcast hosted by @SabreenaDelhon. 🎙️Join our Group Chat, LISTEN NOW 🎧 buff.ly/2yDP9rm
It even inspired our NEW podcast hosted by @SabreenaDelhon. 🎙️Join our Group Chat, LISTEN NOW 🎧 buff.ly/2yDP9rm
The Samara Centre for Democracy is thrilled to welcome Zain Velji as our new Board Chair and celebrates receiving a $1 million gift from The MacMillan Family Foundation. Learn more in our announcement:
Celebrating Renewal on Our Board of Directors and a $1M gift from The MacMillan Family Foundation | Samara Centre for Democracy
The Samara Centre for Democracy Celebrates Renewal on its Board of Directors and Receives a $1 Million Gift from the MacMillan Family Foundation
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June 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The Samara Centre for Democracy is thrilled to welcome Zain Velji as our new Board Chair and celebrates receiving a $1 million gift from The MacMillan Family Foundation. Learn more in our announcement: