Appel à propositions #CPSA_ACSP27 ⏰ 10 nov 26 📍 UC-B-Vancouver-CAN/26-28 mai 27 mycpsa-cpsa-acsp.ca/cfp/cfp_inde... @jeanpierrecouture.bsky.social @pgraefe.bsky.social @lturgeon.bsky.social @alexielabelle.bsky.social @michelledion.bsky.social @isaluciecote.bsky.social @morsini.bsky.social

#OpenAccess from @cjps-rcsp.bsky.social - The Standing Committee on the Status of Women: 20 Years of Representing Women - https://cup.org/4cdePu0 - @alexielabelle.bsky.social #FirstView

The CSPG is accepting essays for its 2026 Koester competition until June 30, 2026. College, CEGEP and undergraduate students can win $1,350! More details here: cspg-gcep.ca/pdf/Koester2...

Le GCEP accepte les candidatures pour son concours d'essai Koester 2026 jusqu'au 30 juin 2026. Les étudiantes et étudiants de niveau collégial, CÉGEP et de premier cycle peuvent remporter 1 350$! Plus de détails ici: cspg-gcep.ca/pdf/Koester2...

Looking forward to CSPG's next event! This February seminar will address access to parliamentary data (especially relevant for researchers and academics!) and citizens' engagement within parliamentary institutions. With a keynote from Dr. Sarah Childs!

CSPG/GCEP@cspggcep.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Join us on February 20, 2026, for our next seminar on "Opening Parliament". We will explore how parliamentary institutions can facilitate citizen engagement and how people can study how their operate. For more details, including how to register, see here: cspg-gcep.ca/pdf/2026-02-...

The 4th edition of House of Commons Procedure and Practice was tabled in the House last week! Get your copy now or browse the digital version right here: www.ourcommons.ca/procedure/pr...

'An extraordinary level of detail': new edition of 1,339-page House Procedure and Practice book out now

Plus: Diana Fox Carney marks World AIDS Day in Ottawa, Zita Cobb launches Shorefast Institute, and Justin Trudeau brings Katy Perry to lunch with an old friend in Japan.

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A big thank you to all those who attended CSPG's first event of the 2025-26 year! Very interesting exchange on the politicization of parliamentary committees and its impact on parliamentarians and parliamentary staff. See you at our next event, ''Opening Parliament'', on February 20, 2026!

CSPG/GCEP@cspggcep.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Thank you to all participants to our recent event on parliamentary committees. Stay tuned for our next event, "Opening Parliament", on February 20, 2026!

Merci à tous ceux et celles qui ont participé à notre récent événement sur les comités parlementaires. Restez à l'affût pour notre prochain événement, "Ouvrir le Parlement", le 20 février 2026!

And now, returning to Canadian parliamentary programming and parliamentary stats... do some jurisdictions see their parliamentarians change affiliation more than others? Of course! I ran the numbers from LOP data for fun and here you go... 1/3

Always wondered what parliamentary committee proceedings were all about? This event is for you! Registration is open 👇

CSPG/GCEP@cspggcep.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Tickets are available for our upcoming event on parliamentary committees on November 14, 2025! Register today at www.eventbrite.ca/e/parliament... For more details: cspg-gcep.ca/pdf/2025-11-...

(🧵) For no particular reason, a (likely not) brief thread on why the shutdown of the US government, with the resulting furlough of public servants, does not happen in Canada. TL;dr: a combination of our Westminster system plus standing statutory authority works to prevent this from happening. 1/

📣The Manon Tremblay Fellowship offers doctoral students the chance to win $10,000 to support their work. Deadline to apply is Friday, October 31, 2025. More details at cspg-gcep.ca/pdf/2025Doct....

La Bourse doctorale Manon Tremblay offre la chance aux étudiants et étudiantes au doctorat de gagner 10 000 $ pour soutenir leur travail. La date limite est le vendredi 31 octobre 2025. Plus de détails au cspg-gcep.ca/pdf/2025Doct....

Un geste d’étudiants est devenu un emblème durable de la francophonie en Ontario. #francophonie #Ontario

Le drapeau franco-ontarien fête ses 50 ans

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🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ New in Xtra! Quinn Albaugh and I present new data on LGBTQ2S+ candidates in the 2025 federal election—and consider where to go from here.

Xtra @xtramagazine.com · last yr.

With MPs heading back to the House of Commons today, we need to talk about the decline of LGBTQ2S+ representation in Parliament.

The new issue of Canadian Parliamentary Review is online and is all about languages in Parliament. Find it on CanLII or wherever you get your finer parliamentary publications :-) www.canlii.org/en/commentar...

How should we identify LGBTQ2S+ candidates? In new research with @qalbaugh.bsky.social , we compare 3 methods for identifying LGBTQ2S+ candidates in 🇨🇦 federal elections (2019–2021).

Identifying LGBTQ2S+ candidates: comparing three approaches

In this research note, we compare three approaches to identifying LGBTQ2S+ candidates: candidate surveys, published lists of LGBTQ2S+ candidates, and systematic searches of each candidate running. ...

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Looking very much forward to CSPG's 2025-26 program! Parliamentary Committees. Research and Public Engagement. AI and Misinformation. What's not to like? 🤓

CSPG/GCEP@cspggcep.bsky.social · last yr.

Our 2025-26 program is here! Explore Parliamentary Committees (Nov 14), Opening Parliament (Feb 20), and AI/Misinformation (Apr 10). For more info and to register, click here 👇 cspg-gcep.ca/pdf/Events-2...

Very happy to see the CSPG make its way to Bluesky. 🤩🙌

CSPG/GCEP@cspggcep.bsky.social · last yr.

The CSPG is joining Bluesky! Give us a follow to stay up to date with news about our events, bursaries, and more. Happy to have you with us.

Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer, Janis Irwin, Senator Kim Pate, and Valérie Lapointe beautifully end this CSPG’s event on inclusion and Parliament with a “lesbian power panel” (the words of Janis Irwin). 📚🌈

Packed room for today’s CSPG event on an Inclusive Parliament. Relevant and necessary discussions happening on women and minority candidates, parenthood, disability representation, and gender and sexuality. #parliament #DEI

Looking forward to today’s CSPG’s seminar on inclusion in Parliament. ✨📚👇🏼

Charlie Feldman@parlcharlie.bsky.social · last yr.

Very excited for the CSPG seminar tomorrow - “An Inclusive Parliament?” Hope to see many of you nerds there! :)

Elections Canada says 7.3 million people voted over the four days of advance vote That's compared to the 5.8 million who did so last election

Join us for the next Canadian Study of Parliament Group seminar, entitled "An Inclusive Parliament?", on April 25. Once again, CSPG's seminar could not come at a better time, with opening remarks from Professor Emeritus, Manon Tremblay. For more info: cspg-gcep.ca/pdf/2025-04-...

Black on the ballot: New research sheds light on the experiences of Black Canadians in politics

Black on the ballot: New research sheds light on the experiences of Black Canadians in politics

Through archival research and in-depth interviews, a new report documents the presence, backgrounds, motivations and experiences of Black Canadians in politics.

theconversation.com

Amazing event at CSPG today, talking all things Parliament and the media.

Charlie Feldman@parlcharlie.bsky.social · 2y ago

Canadian Study of Parliament Group - “Parliament and the Media” :)

Prorogation related procedural fact: The date indicated in the proclamation issued by the Governor General for the opening of a new session can be moved to an earlier date by means of another proclamation. This means that the next LPC leader could meet with the GG and ask for such a change.

There is an intergenerational impact to women’s empowerment. Female politicians come from households where their mother is more likely to be employed, earns more in the labour market, and earns a larger share of household earnings www.cambridge.org/core/journal...