Howard Ramos
Political sociologist
- New paper examines commission vs. direct access human rights systems in British Columbia and finds that the commission system was more efficient and provided a greater chance to have complaints adjudicated in formal hearings. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- Looking for a distraction? Here are the Atlantic's 55 facts of 2025 www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
- So much for the potential of vibe coding... futurism.com/artificial-i...
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- Good op-ed on the turning point Canadian universities are navigating. The rub: will government, the private sector, and broader public put their money where their mouths are and fund an innovation economy or continue to pursue outdated austerity? vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
- Who produces news and what sources people turn to differs dramatically by age. We are living in generational solitudes. www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2...
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- Now here is the real word of the year: affordability Year in a word: Affordability - www.ft.com/content/d5f0... via @FT
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- Just what the world needs, stoned AI...? www.wired.com/story/people...
- Reposted by Howard Ramos🧵 Postdoc opportunity at McGill I am recruiting a top postdoctoral researcher to join my lab at McGill through the Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards Initiative. This is a rare, well-funded opportunity to build an ambitious, multimodal EdTech research program in Canada.
- Is sociology ready to understand sociability and social relationships with bots and AI? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/o...
- JOB/ EMPLOI -Sociologie - Professeure ou professeur (sociologie économique) Université du Québec à Montréal universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...
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- Non-permanent residents are not directly driving up home prices in Canada. They are almost all renters and not home owners. www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/46-28...
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- New @csa-scs.bsky.social shows that Canadian undergraduate enrollment has declined over the last decade but has stabilized. This was especially notable in Ontario. MA and PhD are enrollments are stable. csa-scs.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?...
- New Sage White Paper shows that social science researchers claim that career advancement doesn't matter to them as much to them as research impact but don't feel their peers feel the same and feel there is a lack of reward for applied research outside of academia. www.sagepub.com/docs/default...
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- Those who perceive climate change for the worse may be more sceptical of symbolic flagship behaviours than those who are less aware of environmental changes. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- In a context where the credibility and authority are already being questioned, this can't be good. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Not sure how many academics are paying attention to Ontario’s Bill 33, but it could reshape PSE. universityaffairs.ca/news/critics...
- JOB: Branson University -Sociology - Tenure-Track Position (Crime and Community) universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...
- JOB: Université de Montréal - Department of Sociology -Assistant Professor in Feminisms, Genders, and Sexualities in Black, African, and Caribbean Worlds (Description and details in French) ciqss.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?...
- EMPLOI: Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) -Villes et immigration - Professeure ou professeur universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...
- Oh boy -a dangerous mix: poetry and AI. www.wired.com/story/poems-...
- JOB: Sociology - Assistant Professor, St. Francis Xavier University universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...
- Lorsqu'on parle de souveraineté des données, il est important de se rappeler qu'elle ne se limite pas à l'infrastructure. Elle concerne également la juridiction et les cadres juridiques. www.ledevoir.com/opinion/chro...
- On the success of the Trump regime's diplomacy in Canada. narrativeresearch.ca/a-strong-maj...
- Is there really a battle for the soul of universities? Or, is this a generational shift in "normal" science? macleans.ca/longforms/th...
- Is it time for universities to focus on the Humboldt principles of “free people,” “free research,” “free education,” and “free knowledge”? Will Heterodox be the vehicle to do that? universityaffairs.ca/features/tim...
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- New polling by @angusreidinstitute.bsky.social shows that Canadians has widespread anxiety over AI. There is a true role for public policy to slow this down and help people transition to this game changing technology. angusreid.org/artificial-i...
- Great piece on the intersection of environmental and AI polycrises at COP by @dbtindall.bsky.social theconversation.com/artificial-i...
- Big tech hyperbole, or the future?
- Sam Altman says the one-person billion-dollar company is coming. Maybe I could be that person—if only I could get my colleagues to shut up and stop lying. www.wired.com/story/all-my...
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- JOB: Sociology - Professor (Quantitative Data Analysis Methods and Social Statistics) -Université Lavalhttps://universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?job_id=69813
- The most pressing problems of the current historical moment are being framed as existential threats. The question is whether sociology, and more broadly social science, is up for the task of tackling them. This paper is a provocative thought experiment on all this. rdcu.be/eNKnL
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- Turns out social media even give AI brain rot. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- As the world wrestles with "existential threat" it is an opportunity for sociology to reflexively re-imagine itself. The most pressing problems the world faces are all social problems. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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- Not sure this is much of a surprise, but a reminder that AI hallucinates and it isn't ready to replace journalists. The world doesn't need AI generated misinformation! www.reuters.com/business/med...
- Might be time for Canadians to plug into the world a bit more. There is more to it than our southern neighbour. angusreid.org/carney-asia-...
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- Indigenous fertility rates in Canada have begun to decline over the past decade. Only the Inuit have replacement level fertility among Indigenous peoples in the country. policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/indi...
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- Yes, Canadians are on a Blue Jays bandwagon! angusreid.org/blue-jays-ba...
- People do not see the world a environment or economy, they see it as AND. abacusdata.ca/canadas-natu...
- New Statistics Canada report on the economic outcomes of non-binary and transgender Canadians shows distinct demographic and employment characteristics that are generally associated with poorer economic outcomes. www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/91f00...
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- Sadly, a likely thing to happen this Halloween.
- EDI being questioned in the adjudication of Canadian grants. Often missing in such discussions is Employment Equity law and the court settlement over the CRC program. universityaffairs.ca/news/parliam...
- To all the nativists: xenophobia is bad for science. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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- Young people seem to be more likely to come across AI summaries in the searches. This is changing the "truth" across generations. pewresearch.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?...
- We are on the verge of seeing another generational rift in communication that will likely be as disruptive as social media. A lot of young people are getting their news from AI chatbots. pewresearch.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?...
- JOB @westernu.ca -Sociology - Assistant Professor (Health and the Life Course or Work and the Economy). Please send widely to anyone that might be interested. Happy to answer any Qs about it if you DM or email. csn-rec.ca/job-postings...
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