Monica Alexander
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Monica Alexander
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Associate professor in statistics and sociology at the University of Toronto. Demographer from Australia.
One of the recommendations: @rohanalexander.bsky.social ‘s book
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Great to see that maternal and child health is a key priority for Gates moving forward: www.gatesnotes.com/home/home-pa...
May 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Yeah you do
April 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
A bunch of cool work from our group is being presented at #PAA2025 next week, come say hi!
April 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Some recent demography-related publications I’ve enjoyed reading
March 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Currently preparing to take the Canadian citizenship test and wow, this hits hard (from www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...)
March 13, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Making @lesja.bsky.social a onesie with a ‘root of a Leslie matrix that includes Leslie Root’s baby’ was certainly a high point of my demography-themed clothing design career
February 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I’m an academic visitor in sociology at Nuffield College for the next little while. Get in touch if you’re around and want to talk demography! I’ve already been enjoying the idyllic running routes around Oxford 😊
January 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This is a fun read: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
December 18, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Some recent demography-related publications I’ve enjoyed reading
December 17, 2024 at 4:54 PM
This post on multinomial regression by @andrew.heiss.phd is truly epic; come for the chocolate examples, stay for the lols www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2023/08...
November 19, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Data viz Saturday
November 16, 2024 at 7:22 PM
I’ve been neglecting this account! But here’s a few recent demography papers that I’ve enjoyed reading (plus one of ours 😊):
August 27, 2024 at 11:28 AM
Gotta keep the faith
May 17, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Lexis diagrams in the wild
February 22, 2024 at 7:21 PM
A bit of confusion ensued in my stats for sociologists class this morning
February 9, 2024 at 9:51 PM
Getting reading to teach shrinkage priors 👍
February 7, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Very much here for the nerd graffiti on the fence that’s blocking off (most of) Trillium Park in Toronto
January 28, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Very busy preparing for teaching
January 5, 2024 at 3:14 PM
December 9, 2023 at 12:37 PM
Demographers: the difference between a population-level rate and a probability is often subtle, but important

Also demographers:
November 1, 2023 at 6:40 PM
In our new modeling paper (arxiv.org/abs/2310.03113) we decompose mortality into different parts: the fig below shows trends in the component that broadly represents premature adult mortality. Huge differences by geographic region, with clear stagnation in the south
October 7, 2023 at 12:51 PM
Having two small kids who are obsessed with transit really helps me complete the recaptcha things at a rapid pace
October 4, 2023 at 3:12 PM
Early blue sky in Toronto
October 2, 2023 at 11:17 AM