Tom McIntosh
@proftomuofr.bsky.social
Political Scientist, pop health researcher, federalism geek, movie nut
In order to determine where Scotland sits in the world of whisky (to be fair, I have a working hypothesis), the social scientist in me says you need to do some initial comparative research in order to establish some baseline metrics. So begins Phase 1 of a new research initiative ...
December 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
In order to determine where Scotland sits in the world of whisky (to be fair, I have a working hypothesis), the social scientist in me says you need to do some initial comparative research in order to establish some baseline metrics. So begins Phase 1 of a new research initiative ...
Oh, Beaverton ... don't ever change ... way too funny
November 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Oh, Beaverton ... don't ever change ... way too funny
A full house at the Ed Auditorium at UofRegina has got a ton of questions for Andrew Coyne after a provocative Minifie Lecture on the future of the legacy media
November 28, 2025 at 2:50 AM
A full house at the Ed Auditorium at UofRegina has got a ton of questions for Andrew Coyne after a provocative Minifie Lecture on the future of the legacy media
Andrew Coyne delivers the 2025 Minifie Lecture at URegina entitled “We’ll Miss the Legacy Media When It’s Gone (though it’s not going anywhere)”
November 28, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Andrew Coyne delivers the 2025 Minifie Lecture at URegina entitled “We’ll Miss the Legacy Media When It’s Gone (though it’s not going anywhere)”
Free tickets still available for the 2025 Stapleford Lecture on Thursday, November 6th at 7:00.
November 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Free tickets still available for the 2025 Stapleford Lecture on Thursday, November 6th at 7:00.
Join us next week for the 2025 Stapleford Lecture with Dr. Carmen Robertson. You can reserve your free ticket at www.uregina.ca/events
October 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Join us next week for the 2025 Stapleford Lecture with Dr. Carmen Robertson. You can reserve your free ticket at www.uregina.ca/events
Spent Friday afternoon at USask w @profsmithsask.bsky.social, Priscilla Settee, Denis Pillon [on Zoom], Dave McGrane & Rachel Loewen Walker talking about our book, The New Politics of Western Canada. Thank to USask Political Studies for organizing the event and to Priscilla for the pics.
October 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Spent Friday afternoon at USask w @profsmithsask.bsky.social, Priscilla Settee, Denis Pillon [on Zoom], Dave McGrane & Rachel Loewen Walker talking about our book, The New Politics of Western Canada. Thank to USask Political Studies for organizing the event and to Priscilla for the pics.
When people ask me how the semester is going …
October 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
When people ask me how the semester is going …
Thanks to Bushwakker’s Brew Pub for hosting another successful Science Pub and big thanks to my co-panelists Jim Farney & Murray Mandryk. Gratifying to see the room packed despite the Dewdney Dig going on around it.
October 17, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Thanks to Bushwakker’s Brew Pub for hosting another successful Science Pub and big thanks to my co-panelists Jim Farney & Murray Mandryk. Gratifying to see the room packed despite the Dewdney Dig going on around it.
Latest addition: David Garneau. 2025. Preserve (Métis Identity). Acrylic on panel, 24 x 18.
October 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Latest addition: David Garneau. 2025. Preserve (Métis Identity). Acrylic on panel, 24 x 18.
It’s real! It’s real!
July 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
It’s real! It’s real!
For reasons unknown I get a lot of bunny pics in my feed. Well, a new bunny has arrived at the UofR and it’s a doozy…
July 3, 2025 at 2:36 AM
For reasons unknown I get a lot of bunny pics in my feed. Well, a new bunny has arrived at the UofR and it’s a doozy…
It's getting closer every day ... the full cover to the new book from @profsmithsask.bsky.social and me -- The New Politics of Western Canada: Contested Histories, Uncertain Futures (UBC Press, Fall 2025).
June 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
It's getting closer every day ... the full cover to the new book from @profsmithsask.bsky.social and me -- The New Politics of Western Canada: Contested Histories, Uncertain Futures (UBC Press, Fall 2025).
Today my co-editor @profsmithsask.bsky.social sent the revised page proofs to UBCPress. The index is done. "The New Politics of Western Canada: Contested Histories, Uncertain Futures" is officially "in press". It should be out in late August & we'll host a session w authors at PPSA in Banff in Sept.
May 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Today my co-editor @profsmithsask.bsky.social sent the revised page proofs to UBCPress. The index is done. "The New Politics of Western Canada: Contested Histories, Uncertain Futures" is officially "in press". It should be out in late August & we'll host a session w authors at PPSA in Banff in Sept.
My favorite Lawrence pic: “Pool Parlor” (1942)
May 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
My favorite Lawrence pic: “Pool Parlor” (1942)
I hope this is true ... but I'm having trouble believing he watched something on PBS
May 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I hope this is true ... but I'm having trouble believing he watched something on PBS
What the actual fuck Saskatchewan …
April 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
What the actual fuck Saskatchewan …
I’ve got a feeling this particular bourbon cream was made on a Friday afternoon …
April 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I’ve got a feeling this particular bourbon cream was made on a Friday afternoon …
Today’s 338Canada simulations show an 91% chance of an LPC gov’t. The CPC line that “Carney = Trudeau” hasn’t worked. The elxn is abt our future, not our past. The C-Tax is the least of our problems going forward & Cdns know it. [Oh, and thoughts & prayers go out to the NDP … ]
March 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Today’s 338Canada simulations show an 91% chance of an LPC gov’t. The CPC line that “Carney = Trudeau” hasn’t worked. The elxn is abt our future, not our past. The C-Tax is the least of our problems going forward & Cdns know it. [Oh, and thoughts & prayers go out to the NDP … ]
Getting to Zero: Checking in on Local Carbon Reduction Plans … a community panel looking at the role of large local institutions in promoting climate justice. Presented by the UofR Faculty of Arts in conjunction with the 2025 Woodrow Lecture (which happens tomorrow evening).
March 19, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Getting to Zero: Checking in on Local Carbon Reduction Plans … a community panel looking at the role of large local institutions in promoting climate justice. Presented by the UofR Faculty of Arts in conjunction with the 2025 Woodrow Lecture (which happens tomorrow evening).
Curious & couriouser. LPC move into majority territory, CPC slips and NDP face loss of party status. Carney’s strategy shld be to go now w shortest campaign possible, deny the CPC a chance to regroup. The day after elxn, Wab Kinew’s phone rings off the hook
March 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Curious & couriouser. LPC move into majority territory, CPC slips and NDP face loss of party status. Carney’s strategy shld be to go now w shortest campaign possible, deny the CPC a chance to regroup. The day after elxn, Wab Kinew’s phone rings off the hook
Interesting thing about this seat projection - only a deal with the BQ would give either the LPC or CPC a working majority. Neither can do that (officially), so that leaves us with a governing conundrum.
March 17, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Interesting thing about this seat projection - only a deal with the BQ would give either the LPC or CPC a working majority. Neither can do that (officially), so that leaves us with a governing conundrum.
In a matter of weeks the LPC have erased a 27 pt lead in the national polls. Seat projections have them tied. Do the Libs have a built-in “national unity/national crisis” advantage in the public’s mind?
March 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
In a matter of weeks the LPC have erased a 27 pt lead in the national polls. Seat projections have them tied. Do the Libs have a built-in “national unity/national crisis” advantage in the public’s mind?
David Garneau. 2020. Erotic Volume (acrylic on panel), 20x16.
March 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
David Garneau. 2020. Erotic Volume (acrylic on panel), 20x16.