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We are on a mission to secure a resilient democracy with an engaged public and responsive institutions. Donate ➡️ https://t.co/enYWToOdTq
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Joined May 2010
🎟️ Tickets still available! Join our friends @SVRuparelia & @torontolibrary for tonight’s event! 📚 🗓️ Thu, Nov 13 | ⏰ 7 PM 📍 Toronto Reference Library 👉 Register now:
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Secretary General for Amnesty International Canada, Ketty Nivyabandi discusses human rights today, in conversation with Sanjay Ruparelia
More tickets added! Author and @AmnestyNow secretary general, @kettynivyabandi discusses advancing human rights in a shifting world order in conversation with @SVRuparelia. Thu, Nov 13, 7 pm | Toronto Reference Library Register: https://t.co/j0jpSUdpcP
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🎧 Exciting news! Group Chat is featured this week alongside amazing Canadian creators in @Acast & @amazonmusic Canada's Indie Podcast Amplifier! 🇨🇦🔥#CanadianIndyPodsTune in today 👉 https://t.co/UXWaVwJal4
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🎉 Big news! Our board member, the Hon. @LizDowdeswell, now has an award in her honour celebrating teachers who make a real difference! 🍎✨
#ICYMI: the Elizabeth Dowdeswell Award for Advancing Democracy Through Education is now accepting nominations until May 31. Link:
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We warmly welcome our new Board Member: Deval Pandya, VP and Head of AI Engineering @VectorInst. Deval’s guidance will further our efforts to understand how technology is shaping Canada’s democracy. Learn more https://t.co/YQJzgVEXBt
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🧡 Today on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, hear @natanobed of @ITK_CanadaInuit on why Inuit self-determination is vital to 🇨🇦 Canadian democracy. 🎧 Hosted by @IRPP’s @jenditchburn. Listen: https://t.co/DC8VZgNt0V
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So proud 🎉 our Director of Research & Policy, Beatrice Wayne, joins the Canadian Democracy Delegation 🇨🇦🌍 which will attend the Athens Democracy Forum Sept. 30th - Oct. 3rd. 🇬🇷 Learn more:
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Listen to our CEO, @SabreenaDelhon discuss the online harassment of political figures in Canada and how it erodes democracy in the latest episode of the @CIAJ_ICAJ podcast:
🌍 🎧 Hear Sabreena Delhon (@SabreenaDelhon) & Dr. Heidi Tworek (@HeidiTworek) on online hate & democracy in this podcast. Then meet them live at the Democracy, Rule of Law & Independence Conference (Nov. 18–20, Ottawa/Online). 🔗 Listen: https://t.co/v9zuR6dUE3
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🌍 🎧 Hear Sabreena Delhon (@SabreenaDelhon) & Dr. Heidi Tworek (@HeidiTworek) on online hate & democracy in this podcast. Then meet them live at the Democracy, Rule of Law & Independence Conference (Nov. 18–20, Ottawa/Online). 🔗 Listen: https://t.co/v9zuR6dUE3
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Our thanks to @apathyisboring for mobilizing a national coalition around this proposal. #Budget2025 #FINA #DemocracyDay
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Mark International Day of Democracy by endorsing a Canadian Democracy Endowment that supports democratic infrastructure, civic capacity-building, and civil society organizations. The CDE is the top recommendation in our pre-budget submission. https://t.co/uzMjbjDv1e
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Strengthen your non-profit’s policy influence – apply to Maytree Policy School 2026! Six-month Toronto-based program Jan-Jun. Deadline Oct 15, 2025. Learn more: https://t.co/ZlmBMj3agC
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🙌 Thanks to Sounds Good, CBC’s podcast newsletter, for featuring our 🎙️Group Chat Podcast today as a great back-to-school listening + classroom conversation starter 🎧 https://t.co/K9GseBn1gN
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The Samara Centre for Democracy has been granted leave to intervene in a landmark Supreme Court of Canada case challenging Quebec’s controversial secularism law, Bill 21. 👉 https://t.co/MASgL3r83N and check out Ep.3 of Group Chat to learn more about the notwithstanding clause.
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📣 Calling all postsecondary professors! Add our 🎙️ Group Chat podcast to your syllabi. It covers Canadian society, 💻 tech, 🌍 identity, ⚖️ law, 📜 history & 🏛️ policy & governance. Teaching resources 👉 https://t.co/hrwXuLtBfe
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Last spring we partnered with CBC Radio’s IDEAS for a cross-country public library series: IDEAS for a Better Canada. 🎧 This week on CBC Radio One, hear 💡local solutions that can spark a bold new chapter for 🇨🇦 democracy! https://t.co/IstJRq9GXT
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The Samara Centre for Democracy partnered with CBC Radio’s IDEAS to host a cross-country public library tour that featured local active citizens discussing solutions to some of Canada’s most pressing...
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We’re excited to warmly welcome Gregory Belton (@HUBInsurance) & Petros Kusmu @kusmu (@AlpineVistasCap) to our Board! A huge thanks to outgoing member Chad Rogers for his two terms of service. Learn more: https://t.co/no8PeiTcLt
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🌎🇨🇦With global & local politics more connected than ever, we explore how diaspora communities navigate the threat of foreign interference and the power of belonging in civic life. @JaskaranSandu_, @neeeda & @SabreenaDelhon break it down on Group Chat 🎙️. https://t.co/Kq9hUMbHi5
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💻🗳️ Can tech save democracy? @audreyt & @glenweyl say we need more, not less. Plus, @biancawylie joins to explore the limits of tech and democracy. Host @SabreenaDelhon just added you to the Group Chat 🎙️. Listen now! 🎧 https://t.co/2j6y7s2Mv1
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Is the notwithstanding clause a safeguard or a threat? 🤔 A hero like Wolverine 🦸♂️ or a wildcard like The Joker?🃏 @SabreenaDelhon breaks it down with @Wshazadimeighen, Karin Galldin & @PeterLBiro. 🎧 Listen today https://t.co/trqo0qk8xT
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🎓 Did you miss our webinar with @federation_hss? Catch From Peer Review to the Public — a timely convo on how the humanities + social sciences can shape civic life, power & participation. 📺 Now on YouTube: https://t.co/WaJ9IGpr0Y
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