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Marielle Papin
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Political Science Asst Prof | Canada Research Chair & Director, Research Institute for Urban Wellness @MacEwan University
Cities, networks, climate governance and urban wellness
I talk a lot about motherhood (in academia)
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This summer, I have had to write several reports on my work over the last three years. While tedious, it’s also allowed to pause and realize I have accomplished a lot. As I am currently wrapping up one of those reports, my eyes linger on the breast pump still sitting in my office,…
Breast pump sitting next to post-its, loose sheets of papers, and a mug used as pen holder
August 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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I have had issues of short-term memory loss for a few years (thanks, kiddos), but I am 99% sure I have never written this paper.
I guess thanks for thinking of me, chatGPT.
A citation of an academic paper, mentioning Papin, M. as the first author
August 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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A pool in our back yard. Officially living the North American dream 🤩
A kiddie pool in a sunny back yard, a child and an adult on reclining chairs, another child near a fire pit
July 31, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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One thing that always makes me feel good is visiting a public library.
Children playing on a large interactive screen about dinosaurs
July 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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In other news, I got married 10 years ago today.
My future husband in a suit and me in a white dress on our way to have the judge marry us in Mexico City.
June 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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How I'm thinking about gen-AI in a university context. Thoughts?
Tools like ChatGPT are known to often provide imprecise, incorrect or even blatantly false information. If you ask those tools to provide sources, they might invent them. There are a lot of ethical challenges with using generative AI tools. Those are related to, for instance, data privacy (how the data were obtained or where the data you are feeding the tools come from and whether you are authorized to share them) and environmental costs (how energy-intensive the use of gen-AI is). I do not believe generative AI will make you a better student or a better professional. Maybe in the short run it will help you conduct some tasks more quickly, which could be useful. As a non-native English speaker, I sometimes use it to rewrite my sentences because the right word doesn’t always come to my mind quickly enough. But my (AI-free) training and career have taught me enough to know whether the sentences proposed have the meaning I want to give them. Doing research is inherently about taking the time to find the right data, sitting with them to come up with an accurate analysis and then taking more time to reflect on it. Research is supposed to be slow. In the long run, using generative AI will disincentivize you to analyze what you read, to write, or to think. Those activities are what you learn in a political science programme. If you are just here to get a degree to get a job, maybe you don’t think you need to acquire those skills (after all, you have generative AI). And at the junior level, maybe you don’t. But at the senior level, you most certainly do. Again, think long-term. Also, if you stop using your brain, well, let’s just say that probably won’t lead to a favourable outcome.
June 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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My new home office has birds and everything.
Wooden deck overlooking a back yard with large pines, two chairs, and a few toys in the grass in a sunny day.
May 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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First item also true, to an ever greater extent, for the life-saving climate science.
March 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Well, #ISA2025 is over for me! First child-free academic conference in years and I gave it all I had, in an amazing city! A lot of great convos and (re)connecting with folks, I’m grateful for such a generous community even in dire times and excited to get back to my little ones.
March 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Totally non-theatrical regular-size room for this first #ISA2025 panel on planetary health. Looking forward to the presentations!
Hilton Grand ballroom
March 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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This is how my 2 yo decided to ride the bus this morning when I asked her to wear an hat because it was a bit chilly and I hope all passengers had a better day because of her.
Child (face blurred) sitting on the bus with a party hat that says happy new year
February 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Learning to be creative under -30C with 2 little ones
Sun catchers made of ice and natural elements Colourful ice cubes with natural elements in them
February 17, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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ICYMI: Elon Musk’s net worth has more than doubled in the last 10 months.
Elon Musk’s profile on Forbes.com His net worth was $195B on April 2, 2024. It is $423.6B today, Feb. 4, 2025.
February 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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The reason I stayed up too late last night.
No regrets.
Front cover of La vie devant soi, book by Romain Gary (Emile Ajar).
January 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Another thing that makes me feel great is baking with my children. They love pouring the ingredients, tasting the dough, licking the batter, making a mess, and I love teaching them we can make things.
Children with blurred faces licking cake batter in a kitchen.
January 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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I asked my husband to use gpt 4 (I don't have it) to generate an image of environmental policy and governance for my upcoming course. He sent me two. Both are a bit grotesque but I decided to use the first one and will have students create their own image during the semester.
A male world leader addressing a crowd of seemingly important people including rich guys, scientists and activists in a green and blue world that looks optimistic. A male world leader talking to seemingly important politicians and scientists (mostly white) in a world in flames and war.
January 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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There’s a reason many French impressionists lived in Normandy
Sunrise in Normandy, reflected in the river
December 14, 2024 at 8:06 AM
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Well, hello, Sun! It’s been a minute.
#Normandy #winter
Sun rising over a river in Normandy
December 14, 2024 at 7:59 AM
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A free place for children to play and parents to get the support they need, open to all. This is what urban wellness is to me.
A child (face blurred) playing with dump trucks and toy ice cream and an adult looking at the child.
December 10, 2024 at 6:47 PM
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Interested in transnational urban wellness initiatives? Join us on Dec. 5 as we present our new database!
Contact us at riuw (at) macewan . ca to register.
Join us for online webinar on Dec. 5 from 9-10 am (MT) where we will present our database which gathers over 90 transnational urban initiatives addressing issues such as the environment, transportation, health or diversity and inclusion. We will discuss the construction of our open-access database, currently available data, and work to come.
November 25, 2024 at 6:16 PM
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I have no piping skills, but the pride and satisfaction of doing something from scratch is real (even though I didn’t get to pick the colours 🙄).
Top half of a Christmas tree decorated with homemade cookies.
November 23, 2024 at 9:06 PM
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Happy snowy Saturday to those who celebrate!
Patio covered in snow
November 23, 2024 at 7:56 PM
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The snow was so beautiful this morning I started thinking it was fake.
Patio covered by really big snowflakes
November 21, 2024 at 6:30 PM
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Just your usual mid-November snowy nature trail in 🇨🇦
Back of a child on a tricycle on a snowy trail in Edmonton, Alberta
November 16, 2024 at 8:22 PM
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My winter garden in Alberta is… hidden by the snow.
Snowy backyard, where no garden can be seen
November 16, 2024 at 12:45 PM