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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

A terrific new article on the history of the @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social Women's Caucus has just been published. Thanks to @joannaeveritt.bsky.social and Samantha Papuha for this important documenting of CPSA history.

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Joanna Everitt @joannaeveritt.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

So excited to see this paper on the history of the Cdn Poli Sci Ass’s Women’s Caucus published by CJPS. Many thanks to all of those women in the discipline who spoke to us about it.

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

My student presented a clever 2025 version of Brian Mulroney and the GST.

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Jointly sponsored by the Bell Chair in Canadian Parliamentary Democracy at Carleton University and the Jarislowsky Chair in Trust and Political Leadership at Acadia University.

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Big news for CPSA 2026 - the Canadian Legislatures and Leadership Workshop, organized by @alexmarland.bsky.social and yours truly! uOttawa, June 2-4, 2026 as part of the Canadian Political Science Association meetings. @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social More info: mycpsa-cpsa-acsp.ca/cfp/cfp_callE

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Exciting that the call is out for the 2026 annual CPSA conference, hosted by our friends at the University of Ottawa, June 2-4. As a reminder, this is a stand-alone conference after the cancellation of Congress 2026. Congrats to everyone for making this happen. mycpsa-cpsa-acsp.ca/cfp/cfp_index

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

When I was associate dean for research, I was keenly aware that pretty much everything I did took away rather than contributed to the operating budget. New money was only for new things. But it wasn’t clear if people understood this.

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

While I don’t have strong opinions on the House of Plantagenet, it pleases me that the Richard III Society of Canada ran this ad in today’s Globe and Mail, as they have every August 22 since 1966. @richardiiisocca.bsky.social

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

For that matter why do American schools end in early June and drag kids back in hot mid-August?

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

It falls under Teaching and Learning Services, though that's a wide umbrella.

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Makes John Tibbetts look like a late-starting newcomer.

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

On a final note, I was also very pleased to welcome our new president, Dr Tamara Small of the University of Guelph. The @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social is in excellent hands under Dr Small's leadership.

A man holding a certificate beside a woman.

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

As with my predecessors' talks, the address will be published in the December issue of the Canadian Journal of Political Science. I'm happy to share the text with anyone now though; just ask.

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

At a time when democratic institutions are under pressure around the world, the study of Canadian political institutions remains more important than ever, but in new and expanded ways, beyond the traditional "legion of improvers."

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

The field has been invigorated by approaches such as feminist institutionalism that unpack the institutions themselves and their assumptions and cultures. Particularly important are the cues that may seem obvious to people like me but are less visible to racialized and other equity-seeking groups.

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

While there was much good work, we also had many blind spots, particularly the extent to which most of us were white men studying the institutions of other white men, and how power could be redistributed, often to other white men. This led us into circular discussions with diminishing returns.

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

My address, "Canadian Institutionalism: Political Science and the Study of Political Institutions in Canada," focused on the "legion of improvers," including myself, that long took a normative view of Canadian political institutions, often embedding ourselves within the state to study the state.

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

It was great to attend my 30th straight Canadian Political Science Association annual conference last week and deliver my presidential address. I was especially happy to be unconventionally introduced by @mcloutier.bsky.social with a quiz for the crowd on "how well do you know Malloy and the CPSA?"

A woman speaking in a classroom with a man on the side watching her.

A group of people in a classroom looking at their phones.

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Fun fact: I spent all week at 200 King St for the @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social annual conference, but I didn't know it was originally a cookie factory. It was also later owned by Hallmark cards. www.torontojourney416.com/christie-bro...

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Christie, Brown & Company - Once Canada's Largest Biscuit Maker

Christie, Brown & Company Factory was built in the 1870's. It's located on Adelaide St E in Toronto and the Beaux Arts style Stables were...

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

*minus the five CPSA confs held outside Congress

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Puts my 30 year streak* since 1995 to shame.

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

There will definitely be an in-person CPSA conference next year. Despite the short notice of the Congress cancellation, we are now working hard on a location.

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

This year is an experiment; the dinner remains popular but may not be sustainable in the future, since we run it on a cost-recovery basis. But if there is a push, we may even try dancing again.

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

As for dancing...in my era, we've had dancing three times at the CPSA Presidential Dinner. On the boat in Toronto Harbour (2006); at the Concordia Club in Kitchener (2011), and in 2015 at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. The general consensus from these is that the CPSA. Does. Not. Dance.

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

This year we're holding a ticketed reception instead. The costs of a traditional dinner for 150-300 people in downtown Toronto were daunting enough that we decided it was time to experiment. bsky.app/profile/jona...

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

The dinner has always been a highlight and the venue for our annual prizes. Venues include a boat in Toronto (2006); vineyard (2014, Brock); and the Calgary Zoo (2016). We've also hit the Hotel Empress (Victoria, 2013); Fort Garry Hotel (Winnipeg, 2004), and the Chateau Frontenac (Quebec, 2001).

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

In the runup to the Presidential Reception at #CPSAACSP25, a Brief History of @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social Presidential Dinners. Including our occasional episodes of dancing...

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Watch for another post later of A Short History of CPSA Presidential Dinners!

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

This event is an important @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social milestone, replacing our traditional plated dinner with a ticketed reception (including one free drink!) While a onetime decision after deciding a dinner in downtown Toronto was too $$$, feedback from members will be important for future years.

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

It's an 18 minute walk from the main CPSA activities at George Brown College's St. James campus. There is both indoor and outdoor space; fingers crossed that the weather allows us to enjoy the latter. All event spaces in the building are fully accessible. (www.tmustudentcentre.ca/conference-s...)

Google Maps walking directions from George Brown College to Toronto Metropolitan University.

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

The heart of the Student Centre is Oakham House, a 177 year old building with a rich history. It's undergone many renovations and expansions and now serves as part of a welcoming multipurpose building. Read or watch to learn more: www.torontomu.ca/news-events/... www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsWR...

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The many lives of Oakham House

The 173-year-old Oakham House building has a rich history with distinct uses and names.

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Very excited for #CPSA2025 this week. A highlight will be the Presidential Reception - Reception, not Dinner! - at the Toronto Metropolitan University Student Centre on the @torontomet.bsky.social campus. Read on...

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Presumably it varies between Arts researchers where external funding is useful but not always essential, and most STEM disciplines where there’s no point getting up in the morning without it.

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

As I prepare to pass on the @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social presidential tankard next week, I thought I’d actually try having a drink from it. Not bad, but the lid gets in the way

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

People outside actual teaching who have big visions about “teaching” often seem to forget about assessment in general or figure it will all just work out.

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

“…if you’re focusing on assessment without thinking about the economics of teaching, you’re not taking the issue seriously. This is a really hard problem, and it deserves a lot more attention than it currently receives.”

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

@alexusherhesa.bsky.social points out the most basic reason why faculty have been slow to embrace AI…the impossibility of doing assessment on the mass scale that our teaching model is based on. Guiding and assessing 10 students is maybe possible. Not 100. higheredstrategy.com/the-cost-imp...

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The Cost Implications of AI in Postsecondary Education | HESA

I have been noodling for a while on the question of how the use of Artificial Intelligence is likely to … Continued

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

At age 54, I just accept I know nothing and long ago dropped trying to make any pop culture references in my teaching.

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Fun fact: this year we moved up our election of officers meeting to coincide with the AGM rather than the conference, meaning I have had one the shortest presidential terms in CPSA history!

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Jonathan Malloy @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Today I concluded my year as @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social president. I’m delighted to be passing the presidential cup to Tamara Small, literally in two weeks at our annual conference.

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