📰 Local news outlets are closing. Online toxicity and abuse are rampant on social media. What impact is this having on our democracy? The Samara Centre for Democracy's Andrea G. joined Karim Bardeesy, Executive Director of The Dais at Toronto Metropolitan University, and Anita Li, Publisher/CEO of The Green Line and Journalism Innovator-in-Residence at Toronto Metropolitan University, on a panel discussion at the 60th Annual Conference of the Canadian Region of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association hosted by Senator Andrew Cardozo on this topic. 🔎 📑 Andrea shared insights from Engagement and Abuse on Toronto’s Digital Campaign Trail:The 2023 Toronto Mayoral By-election Report. ➡️ Read it here: https://buff.ly/49tpigQ
About us
The Samara Centre for Democracy is a non-partisan registered charity dedicated to realizing a resilient democracy with an engaged public and responsive institutions. Our research and programs make us a go-to resource for active citizens, educators, public leaders and the media.
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http://www.samaracentre.ca
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- Civic and Social Organizations
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- 2-10 employees
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- Toronto, ON
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- Nonprofit
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- 2009
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- Research, Education, Political Participation, Public Outrech, Canadian Politics, Canadian Democracy, Seminars, Civic Engagement, and #cdnpoli
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📰 🎤 The Samara Centre for Democracy's CEO, Sabreena Delhon, was interviewed by The New York Times about foreign interference in Canadian nomination races. Read the full article by Norimitsu Onishi, "A Critical Gap in Democracy? 'Yawn,' Say Canadian Politicians"🔗 https://buff.ly/46eXPPL Sabreena’s comments drew on two of our reports: ➡️ 📖 Party Favours: How Federal Election Candidates Are Chosen, https://buff.ly/3Wxq0pY and: ➡️ 🤖 Online Abuse in Local Elections: The SAMbot Municipal Report (which includes analysis of Jaskaran Singh Sandhu in the 2022 Brampton election): https://buff.ly/3QzkyzW
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👀 Watch our Research Assistant here at The Samara Centre for Democracy, Sommer Pesikan, as she shares her experience attending the #Vote16 Summit and offers some thoughtful insight about increasing youth civic engagement. 🗳️ 🔎 📑 Learn more about the Samara Centre’s research on youth civic engagement by reading our Learning Loss as Civic Loss report at samaracentre.ca ➡️ Read Sommer’s full piece at https://lnkd.in/gvii4kAf
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🎉 The Samara Centre for Democracy’s podcast Humans of the House - produced by Media Girlfriends - is a national finalist in the best podcast category of the RTDNA Canada 2024 Awards! 🙌🏽 📣 Winners will be announced in November! 🎧 If you haven’t listened yet, check out Humans of the House wherever you get your podcasts! 🎤
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✨ The Samara Centre for Democracy is thrilled to be recognized as one of the 78 Political Leadership Entrepreneur Organizations to Watch by Apolitical Foundation! ✨
LAUNCH: The need to reimagine political leadership has never been more urgent. Thankfully, the response has never been more collaborative. ⭐️ Check out our third annual “Political Leadership Entrepreneur Organizations to Watch” list, featuring 78 organizations dedicated to preparing effective, democracy-driven political leaders: https://lnkd.in/emxYUm3Y 🌍 All of the organizations on this list are members of the Political Leadership Entrepreneur Network (PLEN). Reach out to us if you’re interested in joining or supporting the PLEN. TOP TEN HIGHLIGHTS: 1️⃣ Women entrepreneurs are driving the movement. 2️⃣ PLEs are being born out of a response to backsliding democracies. 3️⃣ PLEs are diversifying political leadership, but there’s still work to do. 4️⃣ The majority of PLEs are new, especially in global majority countries. 5️⃣ There are geographic gaps in Latin America and Asia. 6️⃣ Hyper-local and workplace improvement are new focuses for many PLEs. 7️⃣ Despite climate being a major issue, there are currently no PLEs focused on bridging climate action into politics. 8️⃣ There is a significant uptick in collaborations between PLEN members. 9️⃣ Few organizations work to support newly elected leaders. 🔟 Most PLEs established within the past two years operate with only one part-time staff member and rely on volunteers. 💕 We’ve tagged PLEN organizations in the comments. Be sure to follow their work as they continue to collaborate and scale their impact.
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The Samara Centre for Democracy was so thrilled to be a part of this international conference! Check out our session and all the great presentations from #TICTeC 2024!
Experience #TICTeC all over again! Videos of sessions, slides and photos from the two days of sessions on Democracy, Climate, and the intersection of the two, are now available for viewing at your leisure. https://lnkd.in/e8AUCYMq (Note: videos and slides are shared only where the speakers gave permission.) #civictech #techconference #democracy #climate
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Congrats to IRPP Research Fellow Debra Thompson on this important new role! We're so excited to see what you'll cook up with the amazing individuals at the The Samara Centre for Democracy! 🎉
🎉 The Samara Centre for Democracy is thrilled to welcome three new members to our Board of Directors! 👏🏽 👏🏽👏🏽. -The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, OC - Professor Kathleen Mahoney QC, FRSC, and - Professor Debra Thompson We would also like to take this opportunity to thank our outgoing board member, Leen Al Zaibak, for her contributions and service. 🙏🏽 Learn more about these new additions to our board by visiting: https://lnkd.in/gPKvNeyZ
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🎉 The Samara Centre for Democracy is thrilled to welcome three new members to our Board of Directors! 👏🏽 👏🏽👏🏽. -The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, OC - Professor Kathleen Mahoney QC, FRSC, and - Professor Debra Thompson We would also like to take this opportunity to thank our outgoing board member, Leen Al Zaibak, for her contributions and service. 🙏🏽 Learn more about these new additions to our board by visiting: https://lnkd.in/gPKvNeyZ
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🎬 🎤 📹 Behind the scenes taping “Can angry people be good citizens?” CEO Sabreena Delhon took part in this episode of TVO Today Live with The Agenda’s Steve Paikin recorded in Sault Ste. Marie! This lively discussion also features the Mayor of Sault Ste. Marie, Matthew Shoemaker, Michael Friscolanti (Editor-In-Chief of Village Media), Michelle McCleave-Kennedy (Sault Ste Marie District Labour Council Executive Member and Vice President at the Ontario Federation of Labour), Joel Syrette (Director of Makwa Waakaa'igan and part-time faculty at Algoma University), and Diane Kalen-Sukra, MA, CMC (author of Save Your City and Civic Resilience and founder of Kalen Academy). 📺Watch it tonight: the episode will air at 9pm on TVO’s broadcast channel and will be livestreamed on YouTube and X. 🙏🏽 And many thanks to Joel Syrette for sharing great photos from that day! 📸
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Hear more from Alex MacIsaac and Sabreena Delhon as they present "Data for democracy: a Canadian perspective on how governments can leverage civil society to hold big tech accountable" at the 2024 mySociety TICTeC conference in London, ENG! Read our Policy Options piece to learn more: https://lnkd.in/g-jbCFev 💻 🎟️ And register for TICTec by visiting: https://buff.ly/4bJ2fQo #TICTec