At the University of British Columbia, real estate development has shot up in recent years. Universities should instead focus on building co-operative economies to make them more equitable, write Michelle Stack and Caroline Shenaz Hossein.

How do we rebuild power, dignity, and belonging together? Dr. Caroline Hossein will be featured in The Walrus Talks: Power & Belonging! Join for an evening of important talks surrounding democracy and reclaiming power! 📍 Daniels Spectrum, Toronto, ON or Online 🗓️ April 9th, 7:00-9:00 PM EST

Only two per cent of faculty across Canada are Black, meaning “students rarely encounter Black professors—of any gender,” reports Dr. Caroline Shenaz Hossein. buff.ly/hLOOVYJ

@thewalrus.ca Talks on Power and #belonging Seven minutes, seven of us. Here is the info, thewalrus.ca/the-walrus-t...

Making the Case for Informal Economics. So thrilled to contribute to the Radical Ecologixal Democracy Journal, published by the South-South organization Global Tapestry Alternatives #gta. radicalecologicaldemocracy.org/worlding-fem...

@thewalrus.ca TALKS on Power & Belonging is happening in Toronto on April 9th. FREE TICKET 🎟 ON LINE OR IN PERSON just 4 u. Here is the link. www.eventbrite.ca/e/1983959654...

Aight now.

Business women in Toronto want to know about the solidarity economy and #ROSCAs. We are building a #ROSCA Network - a #coop movement that includes #Susu! Join us #Scadding Court Community Centre! Yes!

Tomorrow 24th March in Port of Spain 🇹🇹 I am giving this public lecture at the Central Bank of #Trinidad & Tobago #CBTT We are changing mindset about financial economies. #coops @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca #CRC @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social #iaffe

#Refusing Silence in the Corporatized Captured University. Feminists with #homegrown values gather across Ontario 🇨🇦 universities. #disrupting #collaborative #humanize academe

🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago! I will speak at #UWI St. Augustine. Here we are, bringing the decade-long work on #informal financial institutions to the land of #Susu Banker and my great-grandmother Maude Gittens from Sangre Grande. #ROSCAs #coops #SSE

Happening tomorrow! RSVP to Rachel La Touche [email protected] for more info.

📢 This Tuesday, March 3rd at 10 AM, we will host a gathering titled "Refusing Silence" inside the corporate university featuring leading tenured #feminist scholars 🇨🇦. This in-person event @UofT and it will not be recorded or offered in a hybrid format. #RSVP is required.

#Bajan PM Mia Mottley talks about #Susu with Trevor Noah So love this. Thanks to everyone who sent me this! ❤️ 🇧🇧 🇧🇧 🇧🇧

#UofT #UTSC inspire me, they formed the #SolidarityEconomy Collective to rethink economic systems. @uottawa.ca Prof Nadia Abu-Zahar was the keynote on #Palestine 🇵🇸 and the Social Economy.

Reset & Find your people. 🇯🇲

Join @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social @carolinehossein.bsky.social's public lecture tomorrow on Black Solidarity Economies @IGDS_SAU. Pictured here promoting her book on Jamaica's morning show, 'Smile Jamaica." RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#uwi is the Best university in the Americas IMHO. I will talking about #ROSCAs #coops #Susu ans #Pardna. Join me at Mona Campus. Here is a link to my book, utoronto.scholaris.ca/items/a69164...

How can we hold the #University accountable to the society we live in? Hire critical thinking #feminist scholars who are ethically grounded, and who do not conform to the demands of corporate elites and careerists. Gathering on March 3rd. #scunts #coopUniversity #DISE #mondragon #equity #feminists

How can we hold the #University accountable to the society we live in? Hire critical thinking #feminist scholars who are ethically grounded, and who do not conform to the demands of corporate elites and careerists. Gathering on March 3rd. #scunts #coopUniversity #DISE #mondragon #equity #feminists

Congrats to @carolinehossein.bsky.social who has received a @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca Connection grant for her project 'Worlding #Feminist Economics Symposium: Political Art, ROSCAs and the Law.' #Art #law #academia #economics #womeninpolitics #SSHRC #research www.politics.utoronto.ca/news/carolin...

As an academic, I dedicate a significant portion of my income to legal matters bec of my work. My case against my former employer, @YorkUniversity will finally be heard at the Human Rights Tribunal #hrto If you are able to support me, here is the link: www.gofundme.com/f/Susu-campa...

An honour to be speaking on feminist and solidarity economics at the Ministerio de Igualdad y Equidad in Colombia 🇨🇴. #blacksocialeconomy #afrocolombians @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca

Whose Solidarity? Race, Colonialism, Economy, and the Global South - nonprofitquarterly.org/whose-solida...

Happy US Thanksgiving! Lets give thanks to #cooperators and #ROSCA women everywhere. Join me on #everythingcoop with Vernon Oakes. everything.coop/episodes/car...

How York University Lost the Trust of Its Community - thelocal.to/york-univers...

Fresh book review of "Beyond Racial Capitalism" Edited and articles by @carolinehossein.bsky.social & Sharon Wright Austin More articles by DISE's Patricia Campos-Medina, @ebunjoseph.bsky.social , and Silvane Silva Five DISE Members in total! MORE HERE africanaeconomics.com/dise-news-an...

RIP Prof Keith Hart. His work on the informal economy, self learning, corporate capitalism and the human economy had a huge impact on what I do. And his mentor for all of his life's work was CLR James. open.spotify.com/episode/4M2A...

My latest essay is about Karen Attiah, Jimmy Kimmel, and the upside down white supremacist world that is the United States www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-the-...

Online course starting Oct. 21 on turning manifesto into Feminism in 3D, a day-to-day practise of defying, disobeying, and disrupting patriarchy. FEMINIST GIANT Presents: The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls www.eventbrite.com/e/feminist-g...

On November 12th at 11 AM, we will host a Worlding Feminist Political Economies Event. This conversation will focus on The Black Social Economy and Capital, exploring how we move beyond superficial understandings of financial inclusion. To join, email me before Nov 12th [email protected]

LOVE WINS! How many academics can say that their book is being shared and launched by community members? Watch this video to see how a #ROSCA lady is calling my book, her book...*not* the only one doing it. ❤️ This progress is making those invested in maintaining the status quo very upset. Lets go!

This is #DISE-stands for the Diverse Solidarity Economies #Collective.❤️ Since 2017, we have been cohesive group of #feminist political economists from around the world working on having a positive impact in business & society. @IAFFE #findyourpeople #mytribe #ungovernable

Giving a public lecture on the Power of the Informal - based on my new book- at #Carleton University in Canada's capital city Ottawa this November. see the link below. lnkd.in/gdi8r3Ts

Worlding Feminist Political Economies

Here I am with 3 out of 12 members of the Junta Artist group in Copenhagen. This Junta (a #ROSCA) has been active for 2 years, focused on creating a collective financial system. Junta is the Peruvian word for a ROSCA, and it's occurring below the surface in Denmark to address economic inclusion.

Attended an important lecture on Slow Down with Prof Keiho Saito in Copenhagen. Organized by Prof Heidi Kajita. See the link below: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This interview by two top economists Ilene Grabel and George DeMartino is worth a read on #DIVERSEECONOMIES #JKGG www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/26/09/2...

Apply! Share widely, 2 well paid post docs on Gaza and Islamic studies. See the link below: islamicstudies.artsci.utoronto.ca/call-for-two...

Just published: Aashima Sinha reviews "Community Economies in the Global South: Case Studies from Around the World", edited by @carolinehossein.bsky.social and Christabell P. J.. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Artivists are making strides in advancing the #ROSCA concept within both business & society. This piece, created by painter Santino Santillana, will be featured at an event curated by Anouska Kobus.

My new book, POLICE AGAINST THE MOVEMENT, comes out 10/7 and I'm going on a book tour in SF, LA, Baltimore, DC, NYC, and ATL! 10/07, SF: City Lights w/ Daphne Muse 10/09, LA: Skylight w/ Elizabeth Hinton 10/16, Baltimore: Red Emma's w/Judy Richardson 10/18, DC: Politics & Prose w/Judy Richardson

DISE Member @carolinehossein.bsky.social will be at Carlon U's Poli Sci Department in November for "The Banker Ladies and the Power of the Informal" MORE INFO HERE africanaeconomics.com/news-and-eve...

We are proud to publish THE DIANE ELSON READER this month “One of the most important voices in demonstrating male bias in economic thinking and policy making.” - @ahakram-lodhi.bsky.social More info & #OpenAccess ebook here👇 www.agendapub.com/page/detail/... @iaffe.bsky.social #FeministEconomics

Post now updated with a note at the top, and with a slightly changed headline, because apparently almost every media outlet also may have gotten the story wrong.

@windsorlaw.bsky.social given the spotlight feature to speak on Solidarity Economies and anti capitalistic struggles.

new award: a Bronze Medal from #IPPY! This book took everything out of me to get it through peer and legal reviews and published. #SSE #socialeconomy

Exciting news! 🎉 The Worlding #Feminist Political Economies lecture series is back this Sept! Join the Ont. #Coop Assoc.'s Jen Ross, Prof Suzanne Bergeron & Prof Ati Ashtari as they discuss the value of the #SocialEconomy #UniversityOfToronto #DISE @iaffe.bsky.social