In hand. No better feeling for an academic.

I am on administrative leave starting January 1, 2026. I'll be doing some travelling and writing (I hope) about health politics and emerging biotechnologies. Some creative writing too (poems, short stories). Follow me on Substack to read: substack.com/@thenaijalorian

A student sent me photos she took in my class to memorialize some things I said while teaching. I can't even remember saying these things lol.

Open letter to Prime Minister Carney from 412 Canadian academics, lawyers, former ambassadors, ministers, public servants, and civil society leaders, urging immediate action to stop the genocide being carried out by Israel against the Palestinian people. www.alexneve.ca/blog/prime-m...

Edmonton welcomed me last week at the #RILS conference, and the camaraderie was palpable! Thanks to the organizers for creating space & @ubakaogbogu.bsky.social for hosting. My piece “Two Sides of a Coin: Are a Coin” offered a metaphorical exploration of migration as currency & border as method.

These are my comments presented earlier today at a conference on airborne transmission and what to do about it. 🧵

In this piece, Violet Affleck has incisively captured the bind social progressives created for themselves with COVID: failing to live up to the actions their own ideals demand. yaleglobalhealthreview.com/2025/05/18/a... 🧵

So I read Carney's platform. 🧵 Leans progressive with commitments to public health care, pharmacare, dental care, mental health funding, and universal childcare. Defends reproductive rights, boosts youth supports, & promises green and Indigenous-led infrastructure investments.

The Gen X Career Meltdown www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Fantastic news. www.ualberta.ca/en/law/about...

The real story behind why @ualberta.bsky.social got rid of EDI. thegatewayonline.ca/2025/01/u-of...

My 10th grader is locked in 😲

Thanks to the 100+ who signed the open letter to @AllardUBC Dean Pindell. Appreciate the solidarity. Still no acknowledgement from him. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Systemic racism will rebound again and again. The only permanent fix will be systemic changes - quick and reactive gains are soon lost or become unsustainable. That's what we are seeing now - a rebound to same same.

A moment of silence for the corner lot people.

LETS GO

What brings a person to a place is not as important as what keeps them there.

Over 90 legal scholars, students, professionals, and community members have signed the open letter urging Dean Pindell of UBC Allard Law to address systemic discrimination outlined in The Walrus. Still no response or acknowledgment. Silence isn't leadership. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Be wary of those who profess ignorance confidently. And challenge them at all times.

📢 Racialized legal academics across Canada stand in solidarity with those who shared their stories in The Walrus article on systemic inequities at @AllardLaw . Read our open letter to Dean Pindell and join us by adding your signature. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

This is irresponsible and utterly unethical if true.

Albertans seeing American posts about Trump's cabinet picks.

A must read. I have my story about the Allard School of Law at UBC, but it pales in comparison to the experiences of racialized colleagues and friends who work there, as this Walrus piece lays out. It is a damning indictment of institutional EDI - all smoke no substance. thewalrus.ca/an-elite-law...

What feeds are you subscribed to? I'd appreciate some suggestions for my interests: healthcare, public health, law, science, fashion, politics, Black life, culture, and COVID-cautious subculture.

Thank you new followers! I'll post here a lot more regularly. Just need to get organized and learn how this app works!

I'm starting to see why people hate the @CBC. The blatant disregard for truth on what happened in Amsterdam is grating. I'm going to get news from elsewhere for now.

I'm going to spend my social media time here tonight because that other app is a cesspool today.

Go vote. regina.ctvnews.ca/new-polls-sh...

The thing commentaries about #BCElections2024 outcome seem to miss is that those who voted cons actually admire what governments in AB, SK, ON, etc. are doing. They would gladly vote against their own interests to "own the libs". Conservatism is largely about what you hate.

First post, just to say hello.