Dr. Malinda S. Smith
@malindasmith.bsky.social
Associate Vice President Research, Full Prof Political Science | Inclusive Research Excellence, Epistemic Pluralism | Coauthor, The Equity Myth (2017); CoEd, Critical Concepts:An Intro to Politics (2023); Nuances of Blackness in the Canadian Academy (2022)
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Truth and reconciliation, 10 years later: Education got us into this mess. Will it get us out? We can't move on from the dark residential-school chapter of history until its lessons have been absorbed, by @tanyatalaga.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: Truth and reconciliation, 10 years later: Education got us into this mess. Will it get us out?
Some Canadians may want us to move on from the dark residential-school chapter of this country’s history. But a decade after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s final report was published, its l...
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Truth and reconciliation, 10 years later: Education got us into this mess. Will it get us out? We can't move on from the dark residential-school chapter of history until its lessons have been absorbed, by @tanyatalaga.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
Bro boost: women say their LinkedIn traffic increases if they pretend to be men:
“Collective experiment found switching profile to ‘male’ and ‘bro-coding’ text led to big increase in reach, though site denies favouring posts by men.” #highered @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
“Collective experiment found switching profile to ‘male’ and ‘bro-coding’ text led to big increase in reach, though site denies favouring posts by men.” #highered @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Bro boost: women say their LinkedIn traffic increases if they pretend to be men
Collective experiment found switching profile to ‘male’ and ‘bro-coding’ text led to big increase in reach, though site denies favouring posts by men
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Bro boost: women say their LinkedIn traffic increases if they pretend to be men:
“Collective experiment found switching profile to ‘male’ and ‘bro-coding’ text led to big increase in reach, though site denies favouring posts by men.” #highered @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
“Collective experiment found switching profile to ‘male’ and ‘bro-coding’ text led to big increase in reach, though site denies favouring posts by men.” #highered @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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“The decision was made to exclude me from the filmed production of Swan Lake because I was told my brown skin would disrupt the aesthetic.” ~ Misty Copeland
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
December 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
“The decision was made to exclude me from the filmed production of Swan Lake because I was told my brown skin would disrupt the aesthetic.” ~ Misty Copeland
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni: Why Decolonisation Matters More Than Ever - GLOBAL SOUTHS HUB
globalsouth.org/2025/12/sabe...
globalsouth.org/2025/12/sabe...
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni: Why Decolonisation Matters More Than Ever - GLOBAL SOUTHS HUB
#post_excerptSabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni on why decolonisation is an unfinished global struggle and how ecologies of knowledges can transform universities.
globalsouth.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni: Why Decolonisation Matters More Than Ever - GLOBAL SOUTHS HUB
globalsouth.org/2025/12/sabe...
globalsouth.org/2025/12/sabe...
Education … with a capital ‘E’
Understanding global Indigenous knowledge systems the cornerstone of Canada Research Chair Catherine Odora Hoppers’ work.
by Betty Rice, for the Werklund School of Education. #UCalgary @ucalgary.bsky.social ucalgary.ca/news/educati...
Understanding global Indigenous knowledge systems the cornerstone of Canada Research Chair Catherine Odora Hoppers’ work.
by Betty Rice, for the Werklund School of Education. #UCalgary @ucalgary.bsky.social ucalgary.ca/news/educati...
Education … with a capital ‘E’
Understanding global Indigenous knowledge systems the cornerstone of Canada Research Chair Catherine Odora Hoppers’ work
ucalgary.ca
December 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Education … with a capital ‘E’
Understanding global Indigenous knowledge systems the cornerstone of Canada Research Chair Catherine Odora Hoppers’ work.
by Betty Rice, for the Werklund School of Education. #UCalgary @ucalgary.bsky.social ucalgary.ca/news/educati...
Understanding global Indigenous knowledge systems the cornerstone of Canada Research Chair Catherine Odora Hoppers’ work.
by Betty Rice, for the Werklund School of Education. #UCalgary @ucalgary.bsky.social ucalgary.ca/news/educati...
Reposted by Dr. Malinda S. Smith
Une nouvelle étude sur le paysage scientifique, technologique et innovant du Canada met en garde contre le fait que l'avenir du pays est menacé, car il prend de plus en plus de retard par rapport à ses homologues internationaux dans le domaine de la recherche et du développement.
Canada falling behind in R&D, report warns - University Affairs
Universities provide one of the few bright spots, according to the Council of Canadian Academies.
universityaffairs.ca
December 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Une nouvelle étude sur le paysage scientifique, technologique et innovant du Canada met en garde contre le fait que l'avenir du pays est menacé, car il prend de plus en plus de retard par rapport à ses homologues internationaux dans le domaine de la recherche et du développement.
Call: Scholars in Residence | Research Priority Area (RPA) Decolonial Futures | University of Amsterdam | Submission Deadline: December 6, 2025
decolonialfutures.uva.nl/funding-call...
decolonialfutures.uva.nl/funding-call...
Call: Scholars in Residence - Decolonial Futures
The call for the RPA Decolonial Futures Scholars in Residence Programme 2026 is now open.
decolonialfutures.uva.nl
December 2, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Call: Scholars in Residence | Research Priority Area (RPA) Decolonial Futures | University of Amsterdam | Submission Deadline: December 6, 2025
decolonialfutures.uva.nl/funding-call...
decolonialfutures.uva.nl/funding-call...
Writing a successful narrative CV -
A guide and template to help you ace the upcoming Tri-Agency curriculum vitae | @universityaffairs.bsky.social
universityaffairs.ca/career-advic...
A guide and template to help you ace the upcoming Tri-Agency curriculum vitae | @universityaffairs.bsky.social
universityaffairs.ca/career-advic...
Writing a successful narrative CV - University Affairs
A guide and template to help you ace the upcoming Tri-Agency curriculum vitae.
universityaffairs.ca
December 2, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Writing a successful narrative CV -
A guide and template to help you ace the upcoming Tri-Agency curriculum vitae | @universityaffairs.bsky.social
universityaffairs.ca/career-advic...
A guide and template to help you ace the upcoming Tri-Agency curriculum vitae | @universityaffairs.bsky.social
universityaffairs.ca/career-advic...
Study highlights health system’s treatment of Black women | Toronto Star www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
This cancer survivor waited 18 hours in the ER. How a new study highlights unequal care for Black women in Canada
The Voices UnHeard report is Canada’s first national health survey focused on Black women and girls.
www.thestar.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Study highlights health system’s treatment of Black women | Toronto Star www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
Some thoughts on pluralism in times of democratic backsliding.
Cultivating the pluralism dividend in Canada’s democracy
“In an era of polarization, Canada must move beyond managing diversity and cultivate it for renewal” Policy Options (19 Sept 2025), #cdnpse policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/09/plur...
Cultivating the pluralism dividend in Canada’s democracy
“In an era of polarization, Canada must move beyond managing diversity and cultivate it for renewal” Policy Options (19 Sept 2025), #cdnpse policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/09/plur...
Cultivating the pluralism dividend in Canada’s democracy
Canada can create a pluralism dividend by cultivating diversity to strengthen democracy, trust and civic belonging.
policyoptions.irpp.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Some thoughts on pluralism in times of democratic backsliding.
Cultivating the pluralism dividend in Canada’s democracy
“In an era of polarization, Canada must move beyond managing diversity and cultivate it for renewal” Policy Options (19 Sept 2025), #cdnpse policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/09/plur...
Cultivating the pluralism dividend in Canada’s democracy
“In an era of polarization, Canada must move beyond managing diversity and cultivate it for renewal” Policy Options (19 Sept 2025), #cdnpse policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/09/plur...
Great to collaborate with colleague, Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni on this piece on epistemic pluralism in higher education
Epistemic pluralism is productive, not peripheral for HE,” University World News (Oct. 31, 2025), www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
Epistemic pluralism is productive, not peripheral for HE,” University World News (Oct. 31, 2025), www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
Epistemic pluralism is productive, not peripheral for HE
By institutionalising epistemic pluralism in teaching, scholarship and engagement, universities can draw a pluralism benefit – social, epistemic and...
www.universityworldnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Great to collaborate with colleague, Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni on this piece on epistemic pluralism in higher education
Epistemic pluralism is productive, not peripheral for HE,” University World News (Oct. 31, 2025), www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
Epistemic pluralism is productive, not peripheral for HE,” University World News (Oct. 31, 2025), www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
Merit isn’t exclusive to a group. A challenge is exclusion, preference for homogeneity, what Philomena Essed calls “preference for sameness“
“The Excellence Dividend: How Diversity and Inclusion Strengthen Research Ecosystems,” University Affairs (9 Sept 2025), universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...
“The Excellence Dividend: How Diversity and Inclusion Strengthen Research Ecosystems,” University Affairs (9 Sept 2025), universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...
The Excellence Dividend - University Affairs
How Diversity and Inclusion Strengthen Research Ecosystems
universityaffairs.ca
November 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Merit isn’t exclusive to a group. A challenge is exclusion, preference for homogeneity, what Philomena Essed calls “preference for sameness“
“The Excellence Dividend: How Diversity and Inclusion Strengthen Research Ecosystems,” University Affairs (9 Sept 2025), universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...
“The Excellence Dividend: How Diversity and Inclusion Strengthen Research Ecosystems,” University Affairs (9 Sept 2025), universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...
La question de la diversité des points de vue dans les universités canadiennes:
“Afin de favoriser réellement le libre examen, on doit rejeter les allégations non vérifiées de crise,” Affaires universitaires (20 octobre 2025), #cdnpse #highered www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/opinion-fr/l...
“Afin de favoriser réellement le libre examen, on doit rejeter les allégations non vérifiées de crise,” Affaires universitaires (20 octobre 2025), #cdnpse #highered www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/opinion-fr/l...
La question de la diversité des points de vue dans les universités canadiennes - Affaires universitaires
Afin de favoriser réellement le libre examen, on doit rejeter les allégations non vérifiées de crise.
www.affairesuniversitaires.ca
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
La question de la diversité des points de vue dans les universités canadiennes:
“Afin de favoriser réellement le libre examen, on doit rejeter les allégations non vérifiées de crise,” Affaires universitaires (20 octobre 2025), #cdnpse #highered www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/opinion-fr/l...
“Afin de favoriser réellement le libre examen, on doit rejeter les allégations non vérifiées de crise,” Affaires universitaires (20 octobre 2025), #cdnpse #highered www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/opinion-fr/l...
The viewpoint diversity debate in Canadian universities:
“Taking free inquiry seriously means rejecting unverified crisis narratives,” University Affairs (October 10, 2025). #cdnpse #highered universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...
“Taking free inquiry seriously means rejecting unverified crisis narratives,” University Affairs (October 10, 2025). #cdnpse #highered universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...
The viewpoint diversity debate in Canadian universities - University Affairs
Taking free inquiry seriously means rejecting unverified crisis narratives.
universityaffairs.ca
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The viewpoint diversity debate in Canadian universities:
“Taking free inquiry seriously means rejecting unverified crisis narratives,” University Affairs (October 10, 2025). #cdnpse #highered universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...
“Taking free inquiry seriously means rejecting unverified crisis narratives,” University Affairs (October 10, 2025). #cdnpse #highered universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...
When social justice becomes abnormal: the rise of ‘anti-woke’ politics in Canada:
“As evidence-based reforms are consistently framed as politically contentious, institutions are constrained, democratic deliberation narrows, and public trust is eroded.” Hill Times, #cdnpse archive.ph/2025.10.07-1...
“As evidence-based reforms are consistently framed as politically contentious, institutions are constrained, democratic deliberation narrows, and public trust is eroded.” Hill Times, #cdnpse archive.ph/2025.10.07-1...
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
When social justice becomes abnormal: the rise of ‘anti-woke’ politics in Canada:
“As evidence-based reforms are consistently framed as politically contentious, institutions are constrained, democratic deliberation narrows, and public trust is eroded.” Hill Times, #cdnpse archive.ph/2025.10.07-1...
“As evidence-based reforms are consistently framed as politically contentious, institutions are constrained, democratic deliberation narrows, and public trust is eroded.” Hill Times, #cdnpse archive.ph/2025.10.07-1...
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Obama: They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and D.E.I. For every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? D.E.I.. Wife mad at you? D.E.I..
November 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Obama: They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and D.E.I. For every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? D.E.I.. Wife mad at you? D.E.I..
“La question de la diversité des points de vue dans les universités canadiennes:
Afin de favoriser réellement le libre examen, on doit rejeter les allégations non vérifiées de crise” Affaires universitaires, www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/opinion-fr/l...
Afin de favoriser réellement le libre examen, on doit rejeter les allégations non vérifiées de crise” Affaires universitaires, www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/opinion-fr/l...
La question de la diversité des points de vue dans les universités canadiennes - Affaires universitaires
Afin de favoriser réellement le libre examen, on doit rejeter les allégations non vérifiées de crise.
www.affairesuniversitaires.ca
October 31, 2025 at 12:40 AM
“La question de la diversité des points de vue dans les universités canadiennes:
Afin de favoriser réellement le libre examen, on doit rejeter les allégations non vérifiées de crise” Affaires universitaires, www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/opinion-fr/l...
Afin de favoriser réellement le libre examen, on doit rejeter les allégations non vérifiées de crise” Affaires universitaires, www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/opinion-fr/l...
#DEI / #EDI
1)Excellence Dividend: How Diversity and Inclusion Strengthen Research Ecosystems,
universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...
2)Viewpoint diversity debate in Canadian universities: Taking free inquiry seriously means rejecting unverified crisis narratives, universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...
1)Excellence Dividend: How Diversity and Inclusion Strengthen Research Ecosystems,
universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...
2)Viewpoint diversity debate in Canadian universities: Taking free inquiry seriously means rejecting unverified crisis narratives, universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...
October 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
#DEI / #EDI
1)Excellence Dividend: How Diversity and Inclusion Strengthen Research Ecosystems,
universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...
2)Viewpoint diversity debate in Canadian universities: Taking free inquiry seriously means rejecting unverified crisis narratives, universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...
1)Excellence Dividend: How Diversity and Inclusion Strengthen Research Ecosystems,
universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...
2)Viewpoint diversity debate in Canadian universities: Taking free inquiry seriously means rejecting unverified crisis narratives, universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...
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I had the privilege of spending some time with Seamus Heaney over the last week... www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
Seamus Heaney kept up a staggeringly high strike rate of good poems
The Poems of Seamus Heaney, collected together in one volume for the first time, is a record of nearly 60 years of excellence
www.thetimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I had the privilege of spending some time with Seamus Heaney over the last week... www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
How Democracies Fall Apart: interview w/Adam Przeworski @dissentmag.bsky.social
“political scientist Adam Przeworski, born in Poland and now professor emeritus at New York University,is one of the most influential thinkers about democracy of the last century” www.dissentmagazine.org/article/how-...
“political scientist Adam Przeworski, born in Poland and now professor emeritus at New York University,is one of the most influential thinkers about democracy of the last century” www.dissentmagazine.org/article/how-...
How Democracies Fall Apart - Dissent Magazine
An interview with Adam Przeworski.
www.dissentmagazine.org
October 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
How Democracies Fall Apart: interview w/Adam Przeworski @dissentmag.bsky.social
“political scientist Adam Przeworski, born in Poland and now professor emeritus at New York University,is one of the most influential thinkers about democracy of the last century” www.dissentmagazine.org/article/how-...
“political scientist Adam Przeworski, born in Poland and now professor emeritus at New York University,is one of the most influential thinkers about democracy of the last century” www.dissentmagazine.org/article/how-...
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wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Reposted by Dr. Malinda S. Smith
Canadians’ views on immigration see growing split along political lines: Survey
Environics Institute finds overall views on immigration levels remain negative.
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
Thanks to the Environics Institute, @diversityinstitute.bsky.social & Century Initiative
Environics Institute finds overall views on immigration levels remain negative.
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
Thanks to the Environics Institute, @diversityinstitute.bsky.social & Century Initiative
Canadians’ views on immigration see growing split along political lines: Survey
Environics Institute finds overall views on immigration levels remain negative.
www.thestar.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Canadians’ views on immigration see growing split along political lines: Survey
Environics Institute finds overall views on immigration levels remain negative.
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
Thanks to the Environics Institute, @diversityinstitute.bsky.social & Century Initiative
Environics Institute finds overall views on immigration levels remain negative.
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
Thanks to the Environics Institute, @diversityinstitute.bsky.social & Century Initiative
Institutional autonomy and academic freedom are vital to universities in democratic societies.
“The viewpoint diversity debate in Canadian universities: Taking free inquiry seriously means rejecting unverified crisis narratives,” University Affairs (Oct 10, 25), universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...
“The viewpoint diversity debate in Canadian universities: Taking free inquiry seriously means rejecting unverified crisis narratives,” University Affairs (Oct 10, 25), universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...
The viewpoint diversity debate in Canadian universities - University Affairs
Taking free inquiry seriously means rejecting unverified crisis narratives.
universityaffairs.ca
October 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Institutional autonomy and academic freedom are vital to universities in democratic societies.
“The viewpoint diversity debate in Canadian universities: Taking free inquiry seriously means rejecting unverified crisis narratives,” University Affairs (Oct 10, 25), universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...
“The viewpoint diversity debate in Canadian universities: Taking free inquiry seriously means rejecting unverified crisis narratives,” University Affairs (Oct 10, 25), universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...
Reposted by Dr. Malinda S. Smith
How can inclusive innovation close the global women’s health gap?
The BMJ and @gatesfoundation.bsky.social are examining this question in a new Collection.
Join us online Tuesday 21 October at 14.00 BST for the official Launch Event
bit.ly/3WFaM1k
The BMJ and @gatesfoundation.bsky.social are examining this question in a new Collection.
Join us online Tuesday 21 October at 14.00 BST for the official Launch Event
bit.ly/3WFaM1k
Launch of the BMJ Collection on Women's Health Innovation
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October 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
How can inclusive innovation close the global women’s health gap?
The BMJ and @gatesfoundation.bsky.social are examining this question in a new Collection.
Join us online Tuesday 21 October at 14.00 BST for the official Launch Event
bit.ly/3WFaM1k
The BMJ and @gatesfoundation.bsky.social are examining this question in a new Collection.
Join us online Tuesday 21 October at 14.00 BST for the official Launch Event
bit.ly/3WFaM1k
When social justice becomes abnormal: the rise of ‘anti-woke’ politics in Canada
As evidence-based reforms are consistently framed as politically contentious, institutions are constrained, democratic deliberation narrows, and public trust is eroded.” @hilltimes.com www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
As evidence-based reforms are consistently framed as politically contentious, institutions are constrained, democratic deliberation narrows, and public trust is eroded.” @hilltimes.com www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
When social justice becomes abnormal: the rise of ‘anti-woke’ politics in Canada
As evidence-based reforms are consistently framed as politically contentious, institutions are constrained, democratic deliberation narrows, and public trust is eroded.
www.hilltimes.com
October 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
When social justice becomes abnormal: the rise of ‘anti-woke’ politics in Canada
As evidence-based reforms are consistently framed as politically contentious, institutions are constrained, democratic deliberation narrows, and public trust is eroded.” @hilltimes.com www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
As evidence-based reforms are consistently framed as politically contentious, institutions are constrained, democratic deliberation narrows, and public trust is eroded.” @hilltimes.com www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...