Howard Ramos

If you haven't seen Only Murders in the Building, it is worth a subscription to binge watch it and unplug.

New paper examines commission vs. direct access human rights systems in British Columbia and finds that the commission system was more efficient and provided a greater chance to have complaints adjudicated in formal hearings.

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55 Facts That Blew Our Minds in 2025 We’ll never look at potatoes the same way again.

Looking for a distraction? Here are the Atlantic's 55 facts of 2025

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AI Code Is a Bug-Filled Mess A new report by AI software company CodeRabbit found that code generated by an AI was far more error-prone than human-written code.

So much for the potential of vibe coding... futurism.com/artificial-i...

Some great job postings at Dalhousie University

-Tier 2 CRC in Indigenous Prosperity
-Program Specialist - Francophone, The Black Health Education Collaborative
-Postdoc: Black [Queer] Health Studies
-Canada Impact+ Research Chair // Emerging Leader
-CRC, VPRI Office

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Opinion: Canada’s post-secondary system is hitting a breaking point Natasha Mrkic-Subotic: We're witnessing the limits of running public institutions on private revenue streams.

Good op-ed on the turning point Canadian universities are navigating. The rub: will government, the private sector, and broader public put their money where their mouths are and fund an innovation economy or continue to pursue outdated austerity?

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Young Adults and the Future of News U.S. adults under 30 follow news less closely than any other age group. And they’re more likely to get (and trust) news from social media.

Who produces news and what sources people turn to differs dramatically by age. We are living in generational solitudes.

www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2...

Visit HistoryOfRights.ca and StateFunding.ca to learn more #cdhnhist #publichistory #canadianhistory #historian #humanrights

Year in a word: Affordability Americans are feeling the pinch and some Democrats are reaping the electoral dividends

Now here is the real word of the year: affordability

Year in a word: Affordability - www.ft.com/content/d5f0... via @FT

Canada Impact+ Research Chair in Democratic and Community Resilience Please refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ...

You can be an active part of Trump-induced US brain drain: come work with me at @mcgilluniversity.bsky.social ! The priority area in Democratic and Community Resilience is especially worth checking out:

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People Are Paying to Get Their Chatbots High on ‘Drugs’ An online marketplace is selling code modules that simulate the effects of cannabis, ketamine, cocaine, ayahuasca, and alcohol when they are uploaded to ChatGPT.

Just what the world needs, stoned AI...?
www.wired.com/story/people...

🧵 Postdoc opportunity at McGill

I am recruiting a top postdoctoral researcher to join my lab at McGill through the Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards Initiative. This is a rare, well-funded opportunity to build an ambitious, multimodal EdTech research program in Canada.

Opinion | The Race to Build the World’s Best Friend

Is sociology ready to understand sociability and social relationships with bots and AI? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/o...

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JOB/ EMPLOI -Sociologie - Professeure ou professeur (sociologie économique) Université du Québec à Montréal universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...

2026 CSA-SCS Annual Conference Fourwaves - 2026 CSA-SCS Annual Conference

I am co-chairing the Sociology of Development Research Cluster sessions at the 2026 CSA Conference:
- DEV1 Development & its Discontents;
- DEV2 Conflict/Development;
- DEV3 SocDev Omnibus.

Read the CFP and submit your abstract here:
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@csa-scs.bsky.social

Thanks for the plug... hope you are keeping well.

Non-permanent residents are not directly driving up home prices in Canada. They are almost all renters and not home owners.

www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/46-28...

job

Communications Officer, Ocean Frontier Institute
Dalhousie University

Close Date 12/15/2025

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New @csa-scs.bsky.social shows that Canadian undergraduate enrollment has declined over the last decade but has stabilized. This was especially notable in Ontario. MA and PhD are enrollments are stable.
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New Sage White Paper shows that social science researchers claim that career advancement doesn't matter to them as much to them as research impact but don't feel their peers feel the same and feel there is a lack of reward for applied research outside of academia.

www.sagepub.com/docs/default...

Religion Holds Steady in America Analysis of our polls and other data shows no clear evidence of a religious revival among young adults. Read more about religiousness by age and gender.

Are young adults experiencing a religious revival? Our data says no. 🧵👇

Full analysis here:

Those who perceive climate change for the worse may be more sceptical of symbolic flagship behaviours than those who are less aware of environmental changes.
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AI is saving time and money in research — but at what cost? Artificial intelligence tools are boosting researchers’ productivity, but some worry about the effect of a growing reliance on them.

In a context where the credibility and authority are already being questioned, this can't be good.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Critics mull challenge to Ontario’s Bill 33 - University Affairs Government regulation of student fees, admissions criteria, cause controversy around new provincial education law.

Not sure how many academics are paying attention to Ontario’s Bill 33, but it could reshape PSE.

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JOB: Branson University -Sociology - Tenure-Track Position (Crime and Community)

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JOB: Université de Montréal - Department of Sociology -Assistant Professor in Feminisms, Genders, and Sexualities in Black, African, and Caribbean Worlds (Description and details in French)

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EMPLOI: Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) -Villes et immigration - Professeure ou professeur

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Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme.

Oh boy -a dangerous mix: poetry and AI.

www.wired.com/story/poems-...

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JOB: Sociology - Assistant Professor, St. Francis Xavier University

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Parlons souveraineté Être maître de nos données numériques est une question de sécurité, de résilience et de démocratie.

Lorsqu'on parle de souveraineté des données, il est important de se rappeler qu'elle ne se limite pas à l'infrastructure. Elle concerne également la juridiction et les cadres juridiques.

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