Fascinated by politics, I work in the Department of Political Science, University of Calgary.
Joined April 2013
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18 Mar 2024
You should try it!
15 Mar 2024
Happy Friday! Past @PrairieSci participant, Dr Chris Achen @PUPolitics, says:
"The PPSA is a small, friendly, intellectually stimulating conference!"
Our 15th Prairie Political Science Meeting
20–22 Sept 2024 Banff AB!
Proposals due 19 Apr. 2024
Info prairiepsa.com/call-for-pape…
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13 Oct 2023
This is great work and an insightful way of thinking about federal dynamics.
11 Oct 2023
🚨 New paper out with Chris Alcantara (@westernuPoliSci) and @cynthiachuo in Publius: The Journal of Federalism: academic.oup.com/publius/adv… We use different machine-learning techniques to measure policy diffusion regarding cannabis legislations in Canada. Check it out!
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14 Jun 2023
Now in @apsrjournal: in a study of >800 politicians in four countries led by @jbpilet, we find that politicians massively overestimate how conservative citizens are, on a long list of policy issues. /1
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20 Jun 2023
An ingenious and thoughtful way of exploring franchise effects.
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13 May 2023
Nice work. Local context matters!
12 May 2023
Great to see this article in print @Pol_Geog_Jl (with @lucasjacklucas), on how place resentment varies across urban, suburban, and rural places in Canada
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12 Mar 2023
Of course, Nova Scotians may demur lt.gov.ns.ca/news-events/202…
11 Mar 2023
Or, in this great piece by John Ralston Saul, when Canada acquired responsible government in 1848? 3/3
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3 Mar 2023
Amazing news! Congrats to our wonderful @UCalgaryPoliSci & International Relations BA Hon. student, Ganiyat Sadiq!
She's the recipient of the Alberta Regional Award, providing $5K for use at any Canadian public university! Well done, Ganiyat!
Read more: ucalgary.ca/news/three-ucalg…
2 Mar 2023
Congratulations to honours @UCalgaryPoliSci and International Relations student Ganiyat Sadiq as she received an Alberta Regional Award valued at $5,000 for use at any public university in Canada. Learn more about her: ow.ly/S7hB50N7EqE
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27 Feb 2023
Can the Sovereignty Act help @ABDanielleSmith win the next Alberta election? @nmcmahon963 @roycekoop and I explore “The Electoral Politics of Alberta’s Sovereignty Act” in our new @CJPS_RCSP open access article cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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Anthony Sayers retweeted
4 Jan 2023
2/ David Smith was a remarkable man of letters gifted with a synthetic intellect able to draw diverse threads together to fashion cohesive accounts of major political phenomena.
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4 Jan 2023
3/ He was also one of the most congenial colleagues one could hope to encounter in the academy and spend time with socially. A rare thing, I saw him successfully incorporate the insights of a major novelist—Henry Miller—into a professional political science presentation.
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4 Jan 2023
4/ Whether directed at political parties, parliaments, constitutions or provincial political culture, his thoughtful gaze deeply enriched our understanding of Canadian politics. Political science is the poorer for his passing.
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Anthony Sayers retweeted
4 Jan 2023
1/ From everyone @UCalgaryPolisci, our sincere condolences to Dr. David Smith.
Our colleague, Dr @AnthonyMSayers, kindly provided the following reflections on what Dr. Smith's contributions to the study of Canadian Politics for us here.
3 Jan 2023
David E. Smith–In Memoriam
With profound sadness we share news of the passing of Prof Emeritus David E. Smith bit.ly/3WVuVOI
We extend our deepest condolences to his family friends colleagues Dept PolsPublicAd @arts_tmu @usaskPolitics @JSGSPP
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19 Dec 2022
The police and the implementation of public law onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Another useful piece about the federal provincial divide in the administration of justice in Canada.
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16 Dec 2022
Prosecution power under the Canadian Constitution is more complex than many commentators realise. Check out this fantastic paper by Dennis Baker for insights into the debates we're seeing now in Alberta: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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4 Jul 2022
Help the CJPS maintain its new ranking. Submit your best papers, including to the new Currents series, to the journal.
And don't forget to cite CJPS articles in your new papers!
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Anthony Sayers retweeted
4 Jul 2022
The Western team is committed to continuing the journal's upward trajectory to be among the top poli sci journals in the world.
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Anthony Sayers retweeted
4 Jul 2022
The latest journal rankings are out!🚨 The CJPS's impact factor for 2021 is 4.0, a new record for the journal!
The journal is now ranked 32 out of 187 ranked poli sci journals, another new record, which places the journal among the world's best! 🧵
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28 Jun 2022
Latest journal rankings #JCR #JIF are a phenomenal result for Canadian political science @CJPS_RCSP /cup.org/3fFTgmx. Ranked 37 out of 306 journals and impact score of 4. To successive editorial teams, thank you from you colleagues in political science!
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