Our core mission is to generate, support, and showcase robust empirical and theoretical research that elucidates populism’s role in Canadian society. Rather than promote a singular agenda, the Observatory is a multi-disciplinary hub through which researchers, media, and the interested public can:,
- connect with experts on populism in Canada
- discover populism’s many meanings and dimensions
- learn from the most recent studies on Canadian populism through our database of populism literature and research briefs
- access real-time data on the nature and prevalence of populist ideas, discourses, and strategies in Canadian political life through our #X(Twitter)Meter.
The Observatory is connected to, and partially funded by, the 91ÑÇÉ« Research Chair in Populism, Rights, and Legality.
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"He's Just Like Justin": What Poilievre’s Portrayal of Liberal Leadership Rivals Reveals About the Populist Propagation of Crisis by Emily Laxer and Rémi Vivès, March 5, 2025