"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe

Public washrooms are a gender equity issue, a healthy aging issue, and ableism issue…

And yet 55+ get discounts at pharmacies…

Ahead of the upcoming book launch for Ottawology Willemijn Bunskoek has written a glowing review of the book for Apt613. @tonyadavidson.bsky.social apt613.ca/tonya-davids...

Investing smartly in public transit checks ALL the boxes right now, @mark-carney.bsky.social. It’s a credible example of both real nation-building & climate action. It’s a proven cost SAVER with a great ROI that makes Canadian cities more successful & competitive. It supports equity & affordability.

At Perfect Books on Elgin St #Ottawa

At Ottawa bookstores near u! (This is Rideau Indigo)

We do not talk nearly enough about Lac- Mégantic.

The decision to remove speed cameras from Ontario streets is unbelievably irresponsible and flies in the face of clear evidence … even police chiefs are against this populist move. It’s disgraceful.

Liking this on Sunnyside

UTP author @tonyadavidson.bsky.social invites you to discover a new way of teaching introductory sociology, using Seasonal Sociology, Second Edition to bring sociological ideas to life. WHEN: October 1st at 12:00 PM WHERE: Teams Webinar Register here: bit.ly/4nE5ajy

As a parent, I am frequently reminded that washrooms are a crucial but frequently overlooked component of public transit infrastructure

Ottawa folks - join me and Rachelle Dickenson next Thursday at the Global Centre for Pluralism to talk about 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘵! I'm thrilled to be hosted by Carleton Centre for Public History (‪@cupublichistory.bsky.social‬) & the Embassy of Mexico in Canada. Details here: tinyurl.com/ottawabookla...

I have a new book, Ottawology, coming out soon! fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/ottawol...

Solidarity w Air Canada flight attendants, and… and strike would have been less devastating if we had anything resembling passenger rail system

More frequency and expanding off-peak service to benefit shift workers - what a concept! Imagine if New Ways to Bus did this instead of cutting service to the bone. www.thewhig.com/news/local-n...

It sounds nice to have your own pool, but have you considered how amazing it is to have a pool in walking distance where there's almost always friends and snacks around, trained lifeguards, and zero extra costs or maintenance on your end. Public amenities are amazing!

Yes... research the publisher... in contrast to this AI story, the very human copyeditor on a book I'm working on for @fernpub.bsky.social includes in her notes many funny asides! #delightful!

In London, ON the firmer Greyhound station is once again a bus station... but in Ottawa, the nation's capital busses drop poor travelers wherever i guess... @arieltroster.com

It's very encouraging for Toronto that its newly-hired Chief Planner is touring Copenhagen for ideas (and posting about it). Note that the City of Ottawa has been without a chief planner since 2022.

Wow.

Yes.

Is there like a non-misogynist comedy scene in Ottawa somewhere? I don't need feminist comedy... just not the rape jokes always on offer at Absolute.

New cafe at bank and slater. Every Person's Cafe. It's great! So helpful for the cafe desert that has existed in NoSo (bank north of somerset... just made it up ;) ) since pandemic

Where’s Pierre?! He’s missed every debate in Carleton, he doesn’t answer emails from his constituents, and he only visited this riding by accident last week. Help us win. Sign up to volunteer this weekend! event.liberal.ca/en/events/35...

Wonder how you lose your democracy? Proactively giving legitimacy to peddlers of disinformation is definitely near the top of the list.

We're mad about the focus on "fare evasion". Stop punishing people for riding the bus. The penalty is absurdly high ($260) - that's a lot more than parking in a bike lane. capitalcurrent.ca/oc-transpo-c...

What makes you confident that #togetherwecan defeat Pierre Poilievre? #FanjoyVsPoilievre #CanadaStrong #CarletonDeservesBetter #WheresPierre👀 🇨🇦 Qu'est-ce qui vous fait croire que #ensembleonpeut battre Pierre Poilievre ? #FanjoyVsPoilievre #UnCanadaFort #CarletonMeritMieux #OuEstPierre👀

“Progressive” centrists still focused on the deregulatory aspects of “abundance” in the face of **accelerating fascism**, which also has a deregulatory agenda, seems…less than helpful right now.

Sorry to be a bummer... but not sure I trust a person whose career was previously invested in financializing rental housing, w building affordable housing

The Centretown Community Association has sent a letter supporting bus lanes on Bank Street. We need better buses and less traffic on Bank Street! @arieltroster.bsky.social @shawnmenard.bsky.social @glengower.bsky.social @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social @seandevine9.bsky.social

The Environment and Climate Change Committee approved a motion from Coun. Rawlson King directing staff to conduct a “focused review of Ottawa’s road salt use,” with an emphasis on its environmental impact and its effect on local waterways.

I leave town for a few weeks and now it's a new season, there's a new PM, and... v. Sadly my local drycleaners have shut :( they've been on Elgin for over a century! 😔

Let’s not only make sure the conservative don’t win the next election, but let’s go further and make sure Poilievre doesn’t win his seat by voting for @brucefanjoy.bsky.social

I guess the best thing I can see about living in Canada is having a $170 000 heart surgery and only paying for hospital parking and chocolates for the amazing nurses... ❤️❤️❤️

I brought donuts and I'm having them vent about things they hate about writing papers. Nothing helps people bond like shared grievances and food.

Obviously!! Right @arieltroster.bsky.social ?

Embarrassing councilors can't have the teeniest of moral... not even courage, leaving X requires no courage! Gah

Good lord. “We have to post on X because that’s the platform with the greatest reach” no longer holds when a) continuing to do so amounts to complicity with a vector for anti-democratic extremism, b) its owner advocates the end of Canadian sovereignty, and c) a ready alternative exists.

When is Canada going to start investing in its own server farms so we can own our own internet?!?

Solidarity with colleagues at York U (Canadian one). Just like ours here in Cardiff, the uni management there wants to discontinue teaching in Religion and Theology. They say small programmes are a drain but are not providing the evidence. Meanwhile, the teaching is acclaimed. (Sound familiar?)

The cellblock at the Ottawa courthouse is looking for donations of winter gear for formerly incarcerated people who are often released with nothing but the shirts on their backs. You can drop donations at the courthouse at 161 Elgin, to the attention of Sheri.

Mayne, in this moment of reckoning w tech oligarchs, publicly-supported universities can start a conversation about divorcing from Amazon Web Services?!?

It's a good time to look up musical theater classes in your city probably...

Doug Ford commercial in heavy rotation tonight, jabbers about “when Ottawa descended into chaos, he stood up, stepped up for us.” I beg your pardon? The closest Ottawa came to chaos was during the chud convoy and I distinctly remember Ford was nowhere to be found. He went snowmobiling.

Lots of ways to savour nearby nature during moss appreciation week... www.npr.org/2025/02/14/n...

Hot tip: if your fave boomers are planning to drive to theater an hour away in a snowstorm, you can always offer to call and deliver dramatic monologues over the phone instead!

The thing about excelling at work-life balance is that finishing a draft of this book by Monday and finalizing the playlist for the piano recital I'm planning to show off my skills to my friends, are weighing on my mind equally.

While I understand the limits of the planning committee this is still an awful outcome. It's unconscionable that these two investors are throwing people out of their decades long homes while running it all as a shady financial scheme.

Hey... if you're the vintage of this... call your parents and tell them NOT to shovel the snow! hire a youth! Because ❤️ health! Xoxoboomers!