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JHSB @jofhsb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is #HealthyAgingMonth -> Learn how acculturative discordance affects immigrants health in later life, as mismatches across dimensions of acculturation predict poorer health and greater disability: bit.ly/46HpzxH #NewPublication by @leafiaye.bsky.social @utoronto.ca @asamedsoc.bsky.social

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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 25/09/2026

Municipal election season is upon us. If you're looking for meticulously researched, fact-checked information on every candidate running for local office in Toronto, look no further—Candidate Tracker is back. We'll be publishing and updating between now and election day! thelocal.to/candidate-tr...

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Candidate Tracker: Toronto Election 2026 | The Local

The only place to find reported, fact-checked biographies and platform summaries for every candidate running in the 2026 Toronto municipal election.

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Normally I’m not one to repost AI slop but this is hilarious

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Leafia Ye @leafiaye.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

For my first migration class of the semester I often ask students "If you time travel 10 years forward and discover you live in a different country, where would you be? And why would you have moved?" Today, for the first time ever, a few students answered "maybe I moved because the US invaded us" 😭

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Leafia Ye @leafiaye.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

TIL that in Toronto's municipal election, children get their own election for Tree of the Year 🌳! Kids get a ballot, drop it off at the official voting places, and the ballots get counted to decide which tree gets planted next year. Also love that election info comes in 26 languages!

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Leafia Ye @leafiaye.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I was fortunate to be able to share work at many different places this summer! In Spain, I visited CED and attended RC28 (which came with a flamenco show 🔥); in Japan, I visited Hokkaido University and ate icecream every day; back in Canada, I went to the most amazing conference on fertility/policy!

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Max Coleman @maxecoleman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

My student Aadi Mishra and I have a new paper out looking at the mental health effects of mass shootings in the United States. Using the Household Pulse Survey and a database of public mass shootings from Northwestern University, we show widespread increases in anxiety & depression.

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Frontiers | Silent echoes: understanding and predicting the widespread mental health impact of mass shootings

Half of the 20 deadliest US. mass shootings have occurred in the past decade. We propose and find that the mental health consequences of such shootings are n...

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Undergrads often find Sociology classes depressing b/c there's so much emphasis on inequality & how people's lives are influenced by factors outside of their control. But I think Sociology is the ultimate discipline of hope and optimism - we believe no group is inherently "less-than." 1/5

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 24/08/2026

Demographic facts I expect my #sociology students to know, 2026 edition. Rationale and sources: familyinequality.wordpress.com/2026/08/24/d...

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World Population
8.2 billion
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U.S. Population
343 million
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Children under 18 as share of pop.
21%
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Adults 65+ as share of pop.
19%
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Official unemployment rate (July 2026)
4.1%
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Unemployment rate range, 1970-2026
3.5% – 15%
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Labor force participation rate, age 16+ (July 2026)
61%
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Labor force participation rate range, 1970-2026
60% – 67%
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Non-Hispanic Whites as share of pop.
56%
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Blacks as share of pop.
14%
2
Hispanics as share of pop.
21%
2
Asians / Pacific Islanders as share of pop.
7%
2
American Indians as share of pop.
2%
2
Immigrants as share of pop
14%
2
Adults age 25+ with BA or higher
36%
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Median household income
$81,000
2
Total poverty rate
13%
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Child poverty rate
13%
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Poverty rate age 65+
15%
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Most populous country, India
1.5 billion
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2nd most populous country, China
1.4 billion
5
3rd most populous country, USA
342 million
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4th most populous country, Indonesia
286 million
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5th most populous country, Pakistan
255 million
5
U.S. male life expectancy at birth
77
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U.S. female life expectancy at birth
81
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Life expectancy range across countries
55 – 85
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World total fertility rate
2.2
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U.S. total fertility rate
1.6
10
Total fertility rate range across countries
0.7 – 6.0
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

“So next time someone tells you Canada’s fires can be solved by raking the forests, you can point out that the thing filling their sky with smoke is a lightning-struck, drought-primed boreal forest doing what a warming climate is making it do more and more often.”

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Canada's boreal wildfires aren't just bad forest management

Higher fire season temperatures are strongly correlated with increased area burned

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Leafia Ye @leafiaye.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

This is hardly a new policy; Canada's had an "active" parent sponsorship program but it's been closed to new applications for the last six years. This just makes it even more official. Yes, that's right: 🇨🇦's had 2,300,000 new immigrants since Nov 2020, and accepted *zero* parent sponsorship apps.

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Canada pauses applications for parent, grandparent immigration sponsorship program | CBC News

The federal government will not accept any new applications this year from people who want to sponsor their parents and grandparents to come to Canada as permanent residents. Immigration, Refugees and...

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David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Nice reminder from Richard Feynman of some of the benefits of teaching.

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Shelley Clark @shelleydclark.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Is there really a fertility "crisis"? Beyond Birth Rates: Advancing a Pro-Alignment Approach to Low Fertility in North America A conference on August 20th, 2026. This event is hybrid and can be attended in person at McGill University (Montreal) or online. www.mcgill.ca/popcentre/ev... 1/

poster:
Worried about low and declining birth rates? Is there really a fertility "crisis"?

A conference:
BEYOND BIRTH RATES: Advancing a pro-alignment approach to low fertility in North America

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Fabien Accominotti @faccominotti.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

UW-Madison Sociology is hiring! We're inviting applications for an assistant professor position in the fields of demography, soc of population, and health, to begin August 2027. Come join @uwsoc.bsky.social and the great @cdeuw.bsky.social! Apply here: jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

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Assistant Professor of Sociology - Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

The 250th 'birthday' of the US has folks wondering what the future may look like. For demographers, it's helpful to look at the accuracy of past population projections. In 1970, the Census projected the US pop in 2020 would be between 299 and 440 million. The actual pop in 2020 was 331 million. 1/

Census population projections from 1970 through 2020

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

“The election on Sunday is a product of Switzerland’s form of direct democracy, which allows groups that can gather 100,000 signatures to send major policy questions to voters with relative ease, in a way that echoes states like California. Polls suggest a tight contest that could go either way.”

nytimes.com

Should Switzerland Cap Its Population at 10 Million? Voters Will Decide.

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Leafia Ye @leafiaye.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

There's a common notion that acculturation harms immigrant health, but acculturation is multidimensional (e.g., linguistic, residential, social). My new work shows it's the *mismatch* between dimensions - not acculturation itself - that explains immigrants' health decline: doi.org/10.1177/0022...

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Is Acculturation the Culprit? Acculturative Discordance and Immigrants’ Later-Life Health - Leafia Zi Ye, 2026

Immigrants have similar or higher disability levels than the U.S.-born in later life, which is puzzling given they have a health advantage upon arrival. A popul...

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Zachary Levenson @grundrza.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Yesterday, those who teach Intro to Sociology at Florida colleges (as opposed to universities) received a ready-made curriculum from the state and were ordered to teach it. Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:

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UW-Madison Sociology @uwsoc.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

“…We demonstrate that mobile device data can detect miscarriage and replicate patterns of miscarriage risk found in high-quality Norwegian administrative data and in US clinical cohorts.” -Jenna Nobles, Lindsay Cannon, Sungsik Hwang, Shannon Malloy, Katie Noddin & Allen J. Wilcox

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Mobile device data for the study of miscarriage and its causes - npj Women's Health

npj Women's Health - Mobile device data for the study of miscarriage and its causes

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Patrick Präg @ppraeg.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Bad news for capricorns: they earn less than other zodiac signs Good news for capricorns: it's not due to their zodiac sign

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Another blockbuster from @pewresearch.org, on whether silicon samples can accurately simulate human survey respondent answers. They can’t.

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It's Jamie @sjamieit.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

The City of Ottawa posted the raw speed data from before and after Doug Ford banned speed cameras and the effect is so obvious it's not even necessary put a line marking when that happened. This chart shows the percentage of drivers going 15km/h or more over the posted limit.

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Leafia Ye @leafiaye.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

But this year's was hands down the most flip-resistant badge ever, which I loved!!

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Prentiss Dantzler @docdantzler.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

More housing won’t automatically mean fairer housing. In my latest piece, I argue that without addressing anti-Black racism, Canada’s housing agenda risks scaling inequality—not solving it. metropolitics.org/Build-Canada...

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“Build Canada Homes” Will Fail Without Confronting Anti-Black Racism – Metropolitics

Canada's new housing agency risks repeating the same injustices that produced today's uneven housing crisis unless it embeds anti-racist frameworks in its development plans. When the federal…

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Leafia Ye @leafiaye.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I usually only support blue birds 🇨🇦, but it was fun cheering for some red birds this afternoon to kick start PAA in St. Louis!! 😄

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Pierre Bourdieu once argued that the question of whether something is art isn't answered by the artist's intention or even the object itself. Instead, the quality of being "art" is conferred by a community — curators, dealers, auction houses, audiences, etc. 🧵

Someone on Threads writes: "The Met Gala feels like real dystopian shit.

People can’t afford groceries or gas. But we’re going to celebrate this event which is nothing more than wealth porn."

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Leafia Ye @leafiaye.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I had a really fun visit to the Division of Social Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology! Always good to be back in HK and will never get tired of this ocean view 🥰 Thanks @jiaxinshi.bsky.social for hosting me!!

Me with Duy Trinh & Jiaxin Shi, gracious hosts at HKUST!

Me with a slide of my talk on the US Second Generation Boom

A panoramic view of the ocean from HKUST

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Jen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

A new experiment, suggested by a student: I fed my reading response prompt for @larivera.bsky.social's Pedigree to ChatGPT & Claude. I then sent the responses to students and encouraged them to outperform it. First, the prompt

Week 11: From Education to the Labor Market
24 hours before you write, spend one day noticing how people on campus talk about internships, jobs, or recruiting, or reflect on the information you receive from the university or firms about career options.

Write down one specific interaction you observed (who said what, where, what happened – i.e. provide concrete detail). Now, apply Rivera – use at least one concept (options include, but aren’t limited to, “fit,” cultural matching, polish). What is being rewarded, and how, if at all, does this relate to Khan’s concept of ease?

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Leafia Ye @leafiaye.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Thanks Zhenchao for visiting us and for sharing your fascinating research on intermarriages!! It was eye-opening, despite what my face suggests 👀

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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 08/04/2026

In radio in Ireland, the “accent ceiling” persists. On volunteer-run community radio, there’s room for people with all kinds of accents – but it’s rare to move beyond that. read more here www.dublininquirer.com/in-radio-in-...

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In radio in Ireland, the “accent ceiling” persists

On volunteer-run community radio, there’s room for people with all kinds of accents – but it’s rare to move beyond that.

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Nicole Kreisberg @nicolekreisberg.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

As #scotus hears arguments on #birthrightcitizenship today, I put together a video explaining my research with Jenny Van Hook @readdemography.bsky.social. That work is now featured in the @nytimes.com tinyurl.com/3r4cum44

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Leafia Ye @leafiaye.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Important work documenting the scale of the impact of ending birthright citizenship: "we project 41 “unauthorized” births per 1,000 unauthorized Asians, compared with 17 “unauthorized” births per 1,000 among Latinos."

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Jonathan Horowitz @jonathanhorowi1.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I'd put Degrassi somewhere in between Toronto and the Quaint Suburbs. It's not too far from the location of Kim's Convenience though (Moss Park) Also feels like Scott Pilgrim should be in there somewhere but maybe it overlaps with nirvanna the band the show.

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Leafia Ye @leafiaye.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Excited to be on this panel in two weeks!

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Michael L. Rosino @michaelrosino.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

COME WORK WITH ME! Our job ad is now up! Molloy University is hiring an assistant professor (TT) in Sociology - preferences toward specialties in health, gender, immigration. Small private college with teaching focus and commuting distance to NYC! #academicjobs workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...

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Recruitment

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Keitaro Okura @keitarookura.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

My latest paper out in AJS! I argue that Americans' immigration attitudes are shaped not just by cultural or economic considerations, but by perceptions of political (mis)alignment. That is, there is a logic of conditional inclusiveness that informs immigration attitudes. A thread below 🧵

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Leafia Ye @leafiaye.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Canada just released its 2025 Q4 migration numbers this afternoon. This means the tally is final - Canada had negative net migration in 2025: 133,642 more people left than arrived. This is the *first time* Canada's had negative net migration since as far back as records go. 🧵

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Leafia Ye @leafiaye.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

"They logged 870 attempts at humour, which they identified through signals such as the speaker pausing for a laugh."

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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

see? here's the thing. A lot of people are like, the earth is fucked, it's beyond salvation, it's hit the tipping point, but time and time again we see that if we just fucking fixed the problem, it rebounds so incredibly fast. Imagine what could be done if people actually cared

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Leafia Ye @leafiaye.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Found it interesting that as we scroll down in poll, the sample size gets smaller (people stop voting because they lose patience; makes sense) but the % Nays also increases by a lot (starting with #18 it's all dominated by Nays)? So patience w/ survey is correlated with more negative opinions?

nytimes.com

Vote for Your Favorite (and Least Favorite) Red Carpet Looks from the Oscars (Gift Article)

You’ve seen the fashion from the Oscars red carpet. Now, the Styles desk wants you to rank your favorites.

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