Technological and Social Change in Canadian Politics and Governance

Session Submission Type: Featured Paper Panel: 30-minute Paper Presentations

Session Description

Technological and social change are rapidly and dramatically reshaping how citizens, politicians and public servants are communicating and acting. While this can enhance democracy and the ability of public servants to serve the public, there are no guarantees that there will always be a fairy tale ending.

Sub Unit

• DIVISION 49: CANADIAN POLITICS

Individual Presentations

• The Gender Gap in Discursive Participation - Edana Beauvais, University of British Columbia

• The Digital Divide and Canadian Smart Cities Implementation - Zachary Spicer, University of Toronto; Nicole J Goodman, Centre for e-Democracy; David A Wolfe, University of Toronto

• The Power of Political Image: Justin Trudeau, Instagram, and Celebrity Politics - Mireille Lalancette, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières; Vincent Raynauld, Emerson College

Chair

• Daniel Cohn York University