Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni: Why Decolonisation Matters More Than Ever - GLOBAL SOUTHS HUB globalsouth.org/2025/12/sabe...

Education … with a capital ‘E’ Understanding global Indigenous knowledge systems the cornerstone of Canada Research Chair Catherine Odora Hoppers’ work. by Betty Rice, for the Werklund School of Education. #UCalgary @ucalgary.bsky.social ucalgary.ca/news/educati...

Une nouvelle étude sur le paysage scientifique, technologique et innovant du Canada met en garde contre le fait que l'avenir du pays est menacé, car il prend de plus en plus de retard par rapport à ses homologues internationaux dans le domaine de la recherche et du développement.

Call: Scholars in Residence | Research Priority Area (RPA) Decolonial Futures | University of Amsterdam | Submission Deadline: December 6, 2025 decolonialfutures.uva.nl/funding-call...

Writing a successful narrative CV - A guide and template to help you ace the upcoming Tri-Agency curriculum vitae | @universityaffairs.bsky.social universityaffairs.ca/career-advic...

Study highlights health system’s treatment of Black women | Toronto Star www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

Some thoughts on pluralism in times of democratic backsliding. Cultivating the pluralism dividend in Canada’s democracy “In an era of polarization, Canada must move beyond managing diversity and cultivate it for renewal” Policy Options (19 Sept 2025), #cdnpse policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/09/plur...

Great to collaborate with colleague, Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni on this piece on epistemic pluralism in higher education Epistemic pluralism is productive, not peripheral for HE,” University World News (Oct. 31, 2025), www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...

Merit isn’t exclusive to a group. A challenge is exclusion, preference for homogeneity, what Philomena Essed calls “preference for sameness“ “The Excellence Dividend: How Diversity and Inclusion Strengthen Research Ecosystems,” University Affairs (9 Sept 2025),  universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...

La question de la diversité des points de vue dans les universités canadiennes: “Afin de favoriser réellement le libre examen, on doit rejeter les allégations non vérifiées de crise,” Affaires universitaires (20 octobre 2025), #cdnpse #highered www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/opinion-fr/l...

The viewpoint diversity debate in Canadian universities: “Taking free inquiry seriously means rejecting unverified crisis narratives,” University Affairs (October 10, 2025). #cdnpse #highered universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...

When social justice becomes abnormal: the rise of ‘anti-woke’ politics in Canada: “As evidence-based reforms are consistently framed as politically contentious, institutions are constrained, democratic deliberation narrows, and public trust is eroded.” Hill Times, #cdnpse archive.ph/2025.10.07-1...

Obama: They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and D.E.I. For every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? D.E.I.. Wife mad at you? D.E.I..

“La question de la diversité des points de vue dans les universités canadiennes: Afin de favoriser réellement le libre examen, on doit rejeter les allégations non vérifiées de crise” Affaires universitaires, www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/opinion-fr/l...

#DEI / #EDI 1)Excellence Dividend: How Diversity and Inclusion Strengthen Research Ecosystems, universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-... 2)Viewpoint diversity debate in Canadian universities: Taking free inquiry seriously means rejecting unverified crisis narratives, universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...

I had the privilege of spending some time with Seamus Heaney over the last week... www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

How Democracies Fall Apart: interview w/Adam Przeworski @dissentmag.bsky.social “political scientist Adam Przeworski, born in Poland and now professor emeritus at New York University,is one of the most influential thinkers about democracy of the last century” www.dissentmagazine.org/article/how-...

wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...

Canadians’ views on immigration see growing split along political lines: Survey Environics Institute finds overall views on immigration levels remain negative. www.thestar.com/news/canada/... Thanks to the Environics Institute, @diversityinstitute.bsky.social & Century Initiative

Institutional autonomy and academic freedom are vital to universities in democratic societies. “The viewpoint diversity debate in Canadian universities: Taking free inquiry seriously means rejecting unverified crisis narratives,” University Affairs (Oct 10, 25), universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...

How can inclusive innovation close the global women’s health gap? The BMJ and @gatesfoundation.bsky.social are examining this question in a new Collection. Join us online Tuesday 21 October at 14.00 BST for the official Launch Event bit.ly/3WFaM1k

When social justice becomes abnormal: the rise of ‘anti-woke’ politics in Canada As evidence-based reforms are consistently framed as politically contentious, institutions are constrained, democratic deliberation narrows, and public trust is eroded.” @hilltimes.com www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

“If Canada and higher education research systems wish to remain globally competitive…EDIA is indispensable for a sustainable path to innovation, impact…inclusive research excellence” Excellence Dividend: How Diversity and Inclusion Strengthen Research Ecosystems universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...

The Harvard Crimson is very clear about what’s happening to their campus and student workers. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

In this op-ed I examine the claims about a “view diversity crisis”: “The viewpoint diversity debate in Canadian universities: Taking free inquiry seriously means rejecting unverified crisis narratives.” @universityaffairs.bsky.social (Oct 10, 2025), #cdnpse universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year: www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

When social justice becomes abnormal: the rise of ‘anti-woke’ politics in Canada: As evidence-based reforms are consistently framed as politically contentious, institutions are constrained, democratic deliberation narrows, and public trust is eroded. The Hill Times www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

In the Calgary area this week? I’ll be at @ucalgary.bsky.social giving two talks. The first one with the Latin America Cities and Societies Group on the governance of homelessness.

My second talk is with the Department of Sociology and will focus on ethnographic studies of climate migration. Thanks to Drs. @aducey.bsky.social and Laura Montes de Oca for the invitation. (And to Dr. Amie Kiddle and Dr. Montes de Oca for the LACS invitation!)

Join CBC to honour the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Watch and listen to a day of special programming on Sept. 30. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Timothy Snyder On Tyranny Playlist—selected chaps: •Do not obey in advance •Defend institutions •Take responsibility for the face of the world •Remember professional ethics •Be kind to our language •Believe in truth •Listen for dangerous words •Be as courageous as you can youtube.com/playlist?lis...

0n living in a super-diverse and pluralistic democracy. “Cultivating the pluralism dividend in Canada’s democracy In an era of polarization, Canada must move beyond managing diversity and cultivate it for renewal” Policy Options (Sept19,25) #pluralismdividend policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/09/plur...

“diversity is not cosmetic—it is a measurable predictor of impact. Inclusion is not ideological—it is a condition for excellence. Access is not a bureaucratic burden—it is a gateway to untapped potential and a diversity dividend” @malindasmith.bsky.social universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...

“In my experience, every kind of writing requires some kind of self-soothing Jedi mind trick, and, when it comes to essay composition, this rectangle is mine.” Zadie Smith shares the blueprint she uses to write impersonal essays.

Josh Shapiro: "I was on a Spanish language radio program in the Allentown area and the host said something really chilling to me -- that he now has to think about what topics he's going to discuss because he's fearful he might offend federal regulators of the president."

“Cultivating the pluralism dividend in Canada’s democracy: In an era of polarization, Canada must move beyond managing diversity and cultivate it for renewal.” Policy Options @irpp.org (Sept. 19, 2025). policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/09/plur...

The “Great Replacement” theory was once relegated to the far-Right fringe, motivating violence like the 2018 Tree of Life shooting and the 2022 supermarket shooting in Buffalo. Now, rhetoric about “replacement” & immigrant “invasions” has become mainstream in the GOP. #Velshi

My new commentary in _Policy Options_: “Cultivating the pluralism dividend in Canada’s democracy: In an era of polarization, Canada must move beyond managing diversity and cultivate it for renewal.” (Sept 19, 2025), #pluralism #diversity #cdnpoli @irpp.org policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/09/plur...

Dr. William Ghali, Vice-President (Research), shares how #UCalgary will continue its transdisciplinary journey. #cdnpse #highered @ucalgary.bsky.social bit.ly/4mTIzzj

A concise op ed by @malindasmith.bsky.social, with links to evidence, on what many of us know, but is increasingly undermined: diversity drives research innovation and impact. universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...

My Op-Ed on the faux diversity-excellence trade-off in research and innovation. The Excellence Dividend: How Diversity and Inclusion Strengthen Research Ecosystems | University Affairs @UA_magazine #highered #cdnpse universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...

#UCalgary colleagues— Know a leader in inclusive education? Here’s how you can honour them Nominations open for UCalgary’s Award for Inclusive Excellence, recognizing educators who dismantle barriers and reshape teaching & learning, Taylor Institute @ucalgary.bsky.social ucalgary.ca/news/know-le...

Do listen to the free audiobook _On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century_ by Prof. Timothy D. Snyder. I am struck by his prescient Lesson One advising, “Do Not Obey in Advance” — as we witnessed in realtime dismaying “anticipatory obedience.” @YouTube youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Female graduates in the UK fall behind men from the very start of their careers, even when they have taken the same courses, and are out-earned after studying more than four-fifths of university subjects (1/3) www.ft.com/content/cb0e...

Ranked: The Most Cited Websites by AI Models: “In this infographic, we rank the most cited websites by AI, based on a June 2025 analysis of over 150,000 LLM citations” | Visual Capitalist, @visualcap.bsky.social www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-the-m...

Inaugural Canadian Journal of Indigenous Studies, 1, 1 (2025). “‘Artwork’ , titled ‘Sacred Paint: Ethereal Passsage’ is the International and National Copyright of ‘the Artist’, Kwantlen First Nation Member, Brandon Gabriel…‘the Studio’ Octopus Spirit Enterprises” cjis.uwinnipeg.ca/index.php/CJ...

“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” Aldous Huxley, English writer, author of Brave New World, born #OTD 1894. Charles Sheeler ⁦‪Michener Art

25 July - 1st ever —International Day for Women and Girls of African Descent Rising Together: Women and Girls of African Descent Leading with Strength @UN @UN_Women www.un.org/en/observanc...

Call for Proposals: The Indigenous Intellectual Property Program Grant offers up to $15,000 for short-term, small-scale initiatives that promote or protect Indigenous intellectual property (IP), traditional knowledge or cultural expressions Apply by Aug 12, 2025 ised-isde.canada.ca/site/intelle...

In a polarized context it’s helpful for students to participate in Socratic seminars, and learn how to debate ideas civilly. Unsurprised it attracts >25% of each freshman class: Students Want the Liberal Arts. Administrators Are Ignoring Them @nytopinion.nytimes.com, www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...