Angus Reid data shows 68% of Canadians want heavy regulation of AI, even if it slows development, and would oppose a large data centre planned near their home. The government is way offside with Canadians on this. Telling them to become “literate” isn’t going to work. angusreid.org/ai-regulatio...

The Department of National Defence quietly inked a $3.7-million contract last year with American data giant Palantir, newly released documents show. It’s the latest in what some experts see as the government’s deepening links to the controversial U.S. tech firm.

This gathering on tech justice and data centre organizing was the most exciting political event I attended this year - so happy the content is now live. I loved being in conversation with the brilliant Jacinta González. Sneak peak reading from mine and @astra.bsky.social's new book!

Missed our book launch webinar on April 30th? The recording is now available. Tune in to learn how activists are mobilizing data in the age of Trump: youtu.be/b1OJXFpXDyI

A great interview with Börries Nehe, who also recently joined us for our podcast - Mobilizing Data for Justice. Börries recently put together a book documenting how people are using arts-based practices to challenge growing authoritarianism around the world.

Very excited to see that our book has now been translated into Japanese.

As predicted, so much for the federal gas tax cut. 😡 The oil companies just hoovered that up, thank you very much. The gas tax cut ended up being a straight transfer from the public to bursting oil and gas company profits: vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/04/27/f...

A Canadian making $70k a year will save $11 a month. This will reduce contributions to the plan by $3 billion. A year. I can't even fathom the thinking that went into this. Carney keeps doing these tax breaks that don't do shit for individuals but cost the government billions. It's pathological.

6/ Prime Minister Carney’s approach is to seed the fund with public money to subsidize big private projects. In other words, Norway uses industry profits to support the public good. Prime Minister Carney’s fund uses public money to support private profits.

The sovereign wealth fund is one big privatization scheme www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Norway Sovereign Wealth Fund captures resource rents to build a diverse and stable economy that increases wealth for present and future generations. The "Canada Strong Fund" works the other way around. Capture citizen wealth to increase dependence on resource projects. rabble.ca/economy/stap...

How are activists creatively engaging with data in challenging authoritarianism? Our book launch webinar, happening tomorrow, 1:30pm (EDT), will feature activists doing some great work on this. Check it out!

Perfect case of what we termed academic content assetization in a recent paper, where HE institutions use their learning platforms to gather teaching materials from staff to then repurpose as future revenue-generating derivative products

Jacinta González from @mediajustice.bsky.social has been sharing important findings about Palantir's role in US deportations and will be one of the presenters at our April 28th webinar, Data Activism in the Age of Trump. Register here: www.concordia.ca/cuevents/art...

Petra Molnar from @refugeelab.ca will be presenting at our April 28th Webinar. Petra is the author of The Walls Have Eyes: Surviving Migration in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, 2024 Finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award and a CBC Book of the Year. datajusticehub.ca/event/data-a...

Next Tuesday: We'll be featuring four activists interviewed for our new book. Join this webinar to learn how they are exposing landlord power, revealing connections between Trump and Big Tech, and promoting algorithmic justice. Register here: www.concordia.ca/cuevents/art...

Next week: hear how activists are creatively engaging with data to challenge authoritarianism.

Remembering the protests against the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA) in Quebec City exactly 25 years ago.

Munira Lokhandwala from @mapthepower.bsky.social will be speaking about power mapping as part of our book launch webinar "Data Activism in the Age of Trump". Register below.

@erinmcel.bsky.social , co-founder of the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project and author of Silicon Valley Imperialism, will be speaking as a part of our Data Activism in the Age of Trump webinar on April 28. Register at the link below.

@petramolnar.com , author of "The Walls Have Eyes: Surviving Migration in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" (2024), a Governor General's Literary Award finalist, will be speaking as a part of our data activism webinar next week. Register at the link below.

How are activists engaging with data to challenge authoritarianism? Check out our webinar coming up next week!

The backlash has arrived

Jacinta Gonzalez, who will be speaking at our webinar, has been doing powerful work exposing the connections between the Trump regime and big tech. You can register for it here: www.concordia.ca/cuevents/art...

Our latest podcast interview explores how people around the world are using arts-based methods to challenge authoritarianism. Check it out.

LittleSis is one group that we are featuring as a part of our data activism webinar on April 28. See here for details: www.concordia.ca/cuevents/art...

REGISTRATIONS are NOW OPEN for our upcoming webinar, Data Activism in the Age of Trump. REGISTER HERE: tinyurl.com/bdz7pxpc

We're hosting a webinar -- "Data Activism in the Age of Trump" -- on April 28. Registration info to come.

SAVE THE DATE for our April 28th webinar, which will cover how activists are adapting their strategies in a context of rapid change. Registration link to follow.

The Progressive Publics event #4 was a great thing thanks to @andremarrgoulet.bsky.social representing Harbinger @harbingermedia.bsky.social and Unrigged @unrigged.bsky.social … And also thanks to some incredible, remarkable speakers like El Jones and Jeremy Appel @readtheorchard.org …

The Progressive Publics Symposium is happening today. If you're in Winnipeg, check it out.

As competition for water peaks during hot summers, @policyalternatives.ca researcher @hadrianmk.bsky.social called for developers to disclose their water use “not on an annual basis, which is misleading, but on a peak basis.” www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/23/i...

In our new book, Mobilizing Data for Justice, we feature MuckRock -- a nonprofit, collaborative organization and newsroom that brings together journalists, researchers and the public to request, analyze and share government information.

The Data Justice Hub is co-sponsoring the Progressive Publics Symposium in Winnipeg this weekend. Check it out.

As usual, amazing things are happening at the big-4.

Bellingcat is one of the groups that we feature in our book, Mobilizing Data for Justice.

Long read on DOGE and Musk from @bentarnoff.com and @quinnslobodian.com this morning. "Muskism proved not a governing philosophy but a toolkit available to those who govern," they write.

Happy book birthday to Mobilizing Data for Justice: A Guide to Activism in the Digital Age! Drawing on interviews with more than 50 data activists around the world, this book provides the inspiration that activists need for social justice struggles today. btlbooks.com/book/mobiliz...

Kevin Walby and Chris Hurl discuss their new book, Mobilizing Data for Justice, on the Social Sleuth podcast.

Our new book, Mobilizing Data for Justice, is out today with @btlbooks.com.

Our book investigating data activist strategies is coming out tomorrow!

The first review for our book is out.

Our new book Mobilizing Data for Justice is on sale (only $24!) on the BTL website (amongst many others) until March 12.

Very excited to announce that our book "Mobilizing Data for Justice" is now available for pre-order with @btlbooks.com. We interviewed a bunch of folks about how they engage with data in social justice struggles and we share some of their strategies here.

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Very excited to announce that our book "Mobilizing Data for Justice" is now available for pre-order with @btlbooks.com. We interviewed a bunch of folks about how they engage with data in social justice struggles and we share some of their strategies here.

Hundreds of workers responsible for pollution prevention, weather forecasting, conservation and environmental disaster response are set to be cut from ECCC as Prime Minister Mark Carney's government takes a chainsaw to the public service. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/23/n...

The Canadien Government has made an ad about the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG terminal & PRGT Pipeline, and it's surprsingly honest and informative.

Today, it’s the defenders of privatisation who are clinging to an out-of-date ideology. They’re out of touch & out of time. Let’s end the rip-off & take back our future. Explore our new project — Who Owns Britain? — at the link below. www.common-wealth.org/interactive/...

AI as consultants.