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  • Political Memes Perform. It’s No Joke.
  • Memes: Borderless, unbridled, and enthusiastically chaotic

The Great Canadian Encyclopedia of Political Memes

  • About the Project
  • Research Team
  • Political Memes Perform. It’s No Joke.
  • Memes: Borderless, unbridled, and enthusiastically chaotic

A project of the Digital Ecosystem Research Challenge.

This project has been made possible in part by the Government of Canada.

  • Screenshot from CPC video ad with Justin Trudeau’s face on Veruca Salt’s body rolling out higher taxes

    Trudeau the Spoiled Heir Makes a Mess of the Chocolate Factory

  • Sad Bloc Cat

  • Four-panel meme: on the left side, a young male wearing a paper crown speaking into a microphone, pointing at Justin Trudeau, Jagmeet Singh, Andrew Scheer and Elizabeth May, respectively.

    Half baked

  • Image above shows an animated figure standing in front of a closed door labelled "Conservative Climate Change Policy". Image below shows the same figure looking into the room behind the now open door - the room is empty. Accompanying text reads, "Wow, look! Nothing!"

    Climate Change Memes

  • Two airplanes on a runway. The one on the left is labelled "Trudeau", and photos of Justin Trudeau and Gerald Butts are inserted above it. The second plane is labelled "baggage" and is accompanied by photos of various people, among them Jody Wilson-Raybold, Omar Khadr, Fidel Castro, Trudeau in blackface, and Trudeau on his visit to India.

    Airplane Baggage

  • Meme that shows a young person climbing stairs by skipping the first three steps

    Skipping Policy Steps

  • Meme that shows Andrew Scheer slapping Justin Trudeau in the face

    Batman slapping Robin

  • Meme that depicts Jagmeet Singh lifting weights at a gym. The barbells are labelled "Head to toe health care" and "climate action"

    Singh Deadlift

  • Image shows a person in a ghost outfit constrained by a rope, and a blond-haired person reaching out to lift the head mask off the other person. When still wearing the ghost mask, the person is labelled as "Western separatism", when the mask has been lifted off they are labelled as "Oil company propaganda". Accompanying text reads, "Let's see who this really is".

    Let’s See Who This Really Is

  • A man labelled as "Liberals" damages a water container. A lot of water starts running out, accompanied by the text "4 years of broken promises and excuses". The leak is fixed with duct tape, lablled as "vote strategically".

    Strategic Voting

  • Portraits of Andrew Scheer smiling and Justin Trudeau with an embarrassed facial expression

    Defining Liberal Logic

  • Six-panel meme depicting a young, female character from the movie "Mean girls" in a classroom setting, reading aloud from a paper.

    “We Should Totally Just Reject Justin!”

  • Meme that shows a black and white image of Justin Trudeau in blackface with a group of women. One of Trudeau's hands is placed on a young woman's chest.

    “Grope”

  • Meme that shows portraits of Stephen Harper and Andrew Scheer beside each other, below them a photo of "The Office" character Pam

    They’re the Same Picture

  • Meme comparing Justin Trudeau and Andrew Scheer on the issue of bagels

    On the Issues: Bagels

  • Three-panel meme with scenes from the movie "Thor: Ragnarök". On top, the logo of the Conservative Party is displayed, with text reading "You can't defeat me". The middle panel shows the NDP logo with accompanying text reading, "I know, but he can". The bottom image shows the logo of the Liberal Party with a fiery explosion in the background.

    You Can’t Defeat Me

  • Meme with two screens from "Family Guy", the one on top showing character Meg with an upset facial expression, the one below showing three characters sitting comfortably on arm chairs

    You guys always act like you’re better than me

  • Two-part image: part on the left shows a person with long blond hair shouting and pointing, while being held back by another person. Image on the right shows a cat looking onto a dinner table, with a plate of greens in front of it.

    Woman Yelling at a Cat