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Kim de Laat

@kdelaat.bsky.social
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Assistant prof + sociologist of work and culture at the Stratford School, U Waterloo.

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Sue Gowans @sueinnovates.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
@jessiecatherine.bsky.social has an outstanding FOI for 200 records from the minister's office about who was meeting with whom re the greenbelt scandal. Those records will remain HIDDEN if Ford's FOI changes become law. Please call Ford's feedback line to say no to FOI changes Ford: 416 325-1941
Ford standing at a lectern that has a sign, "Working for you".  I crossed that sign out with a red X.
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TristanBridges.bsky.social @tristanbridges.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
I recently heard a scholar claim that Sweden has the highest rate of incels per capita of anywhere in the world. I wrote a post on my attempt to look into the claim. Spoiler: I think he was right. inequalitybyinteriordesign.wordpress.com/2025/06/25/m...
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Mapping Misogyny: Global Patterns in Incel Forum Activity
I just got back from a really incredible conference hosted at Stockholm University, “Men and Masculinities in Transition.” Scholars from all around the world came to present work and le…
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Kim de Laat @kdelaat.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
I had the honor of working with Ray and his brilliant student Ria Chakraborty this past year. Among his many other accomplishments, he was committed to bridging the social and physical sciences. What a tremendous loss. My heart breaks for his family and students.
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Jon Green @jongreen.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
tuxedo winnie the pooh meme

casual: caused by
formal: shaped by
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Kim de Laat @kdelaat.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
“No one wants a meritocracy more than those who are systemically disadvantaged.” Great insights on the nature of DEI policies in Canada and their importance moving forward. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: The name can change, but the work must not: why Canada still needs DEI
Workplace diversity initiatives are in rapid retreat south of the border, and backlash in Canada is looming. But in order for the country to become the meritocracy it strives to be, we need to fully e...
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Kim de Laat @kdelaat.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
My department, University of Waterloo Stratford School, is hiring for a teaching stream position in business! Here is the job ad: universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?... Please share this with your networks and reach out if you have any questions.
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Search Jobs - University Affairs
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Jenn Lena @jenniferlena.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Also worth pointing out that Bezos’s support of the incoming administration is worth your opposition; bleeding his profits is A Good Idea for all workers
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Pilar Gonalons-Pons @pgonalon.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Saying hi to this new site by sharing my last ASR pub, w amazing colab @imarinescu.bsky.social! We show that privatized childcare services play a direct role creating family income inequality in the US, bc unaffordable childcare hurts lower income families most doi.org/10.1177/0003...
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Katrin LangensiepenMEP/GreensEFA @klangensiepenmep.bsky.social · 17/03/2024
Attending the #womensconference in #NewYork #CSW68 And thinking what an honor: so many women are not allowed to speak or show off We are there for you: 💚women in #Iran 💚Women in #Syria 💚women in #Afghanistan And all women they have no right to raise their voice
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Kim de Laat @kdelaat.bsky.social · 06/03/2024
In time for #InternationalWomensDay2024 Sarah Kaplan, Lechin Lu and I write about accelerating progress toward gender equity in health and science for the The Lancet: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Accelerating progress towards gender equity in health and science
Since 2000, women's representation in health professions has increased steadily across the globe. In 2019, nearly half of all doctors in countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Dev...
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Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦 @snarkysteff.bsky.social · 06/12/2023
Today is the day that made every Canadian woman of my generation a feminist. Today, we remember. Je me souviens. (L’ecole polytechnic massacre, Dec 6, 1989.)
A CP round up showing the 14 beautiful women murdered that day. 14 women who never got to be the engineers they worked so hard to become.
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