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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I mean being the most corrupt US President in history does give him insight in ripping people off.

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The Saskatchewan sky never fails to disappoint.

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

From a good friend of mine. Tenure indeed.

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Globe and Mail cartoonist pulling no punches.

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I’ve been teaching American politics as a non-American for close to a decade now. And if you want to understand today, I highly recommend reading this book. It is, in no small way, a book that peeled beneath the facade of America and exposed its soul. What a masterpiece of American sociology.

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Looking for good, critical books on the Trump Presidency/American politics in the Trump age. Something accessible for 2 or 3rd year students. I'm curious about this forthcoming book, but do my American friends have other recommendations?

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

If you get a chance to see Montreal punk rockers NoBro, I highly recommend the show. Great music and a seriously cool energy.

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Whoops, forgot to include the federal minimum wage changes, which go up to $18.15 on April 1.

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Always a good reminder that conservative premiers in the Prairies love to champion their governments on how they deal with the economy. And yet when it comes to workers, they're happy to have the lowest minimum wage in the country.

A bar graph showing the minimum wage in each province. The red bars are Saskatchewan and Alberta, which have the lowest minimum wages in the country.

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Has there ever been a baseball team that is more fun to watch, reflecting on just the peer joy of baseball--that the current Dominican team? Wowzers, if you love baseball, this team deserves all the love. Go team DR!

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Life with teenagers in a single picture.

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Maybe instead of dumb headlines like this, you could be less enabling? How about: "Trump's imperial presidency bullies allies into illegally taking Greenland." Or "Trump's new imperialism demands Indigenous lands, taking the world back to the horrors of the 19th century." Or "America's Shame"

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Ok. I have many. But, if I was gonna pick just one, I think I’d go with:

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

May the light be a guide against hatred, bigotry, and violence. Wishing everyone peace and healing in the dark corners and a better future for all. Happy start of Hanukkah.

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

My pesto was going to be epic and then I thought, well I’ll clean that food processor blade before serving it. What could go wrong?

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

When you visually see how much of the 'energy sector' dominates SK and AB economies, understanding their politics makes a lot more sense. Kinda. Source is Stats Canada. I'll also concede there might be more to this story, depending on how we capture the sector as a whole.

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Springer batting top of the lineup in game six. Sweet.

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

If you get the chance, go see Sarah McLachlan. She sounds amazing, is super engaging and the band sound fantastic. Shes such a fantastic artist.

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Rally to support CUPW workers in #yxe. Sorry I can't make it as i will be teaching about labour relations!

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Conferences in the Rockies attract the strangest visitors.

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

I love “getting a copy of your new book” day.

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Toronto Baseball is back! Sure would love to see Vladdy get going.

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Just another smoke filled day in a province where the climate plays zero role in how the government operates.

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Had a BlueJay visitor this morning. These birds are the best.

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Check out this new book on Western Canada, hitting book shelves in September!

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Trump's approach to peaceful peaceful protest.

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

From the Red Cross this morning. The federal government and the Manitoba government are matching donations to assist the victims of the wild fires. The Saskatchewan government is thus far not matching donations.

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Quick reminder that as the Premier of Saskatchewan says the best way to fight climate change is to develop Saskatchewan products and support Saskatchewan industry, his do-nothing-climate policies mean that SK has one of the highest per-capita GHG emissions in the country.

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

There something about reading this book while breathing in wildfire smoke that brings it close to home.

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Just another summer day in smoke filled Western Canada. I wonder when the environment will take the priority of our political leaders?

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

@usask political studies post election panel starting now!

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

We are now all officially Saskatchewanians. We curl!

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Self described NDP voters are 50% likely to vote Liberal and only 35% likely to vote NDP. I've never seen that before.

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

On days when the news feels like a weight, you just run. I’ve been running a lot lately.

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

I get that Moe is a conservative and he only has the "blame Ottawa" policy in his pocket. But given his own limits on responding to the tariff war, his lack of any constructive policy response to trade, and his inability to even sit in the legislature these days, this is pretty rich.

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Don't miss this great even if you're near Regina!

A poster highlighting an upcoming event. The event celebrates 10 years of the constitutional right to strike and includes labour leaders and legal actors examining the legacy of the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in SFL v. Saskatchewan in 2015.

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

When the thermometer rises above -20, we run! Slowly.

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