I had high hopes for Canada today but it doesn’t seem to be their day… which is also to acknowledge that England are playing well…

Here’s something people get wrong when they discuss whether Canada is different from the US. Often they go looking for things that make Canada unique. Bilingualism? Hockey? But so many of the differences are just the US being an outlier versus the entire rest of the developed world.

This: "...money invested in housing isn’t net new dollars. It’s trade-off dollars... There will be downstream benefits that will pay for the initial investment." torontolife.com/deep-dives/t...

University of Guelph: Inspiring artists, thinkers, and innovators studyinternational.com/news/univers...

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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

Re: print usage - I think it really depends how easy we make getting print. Universities in Ontario created a shared catalogue and a very easy method to request print from anywhere else in the province since then we've seen our print usage go up... and we are not the only ones seeing this trend.

We have a beautiful campus, especially lovely in the fall. #UniversityofGuelph

Nothing is going to improve in Canadian higher education until the political class accepts that we need to make it better rather than cheaper. How will we know they have accepted it? When they are prepared to put institutions ahead of voters and raise tuition.

The Toronto Star’s City Report Card survey suggests six in 10 Torontonians believe that the city’s best days are in the past. Given the challenges Toronto faces right now, it’s an understandable position, but it’s wrong. My column on teenage Toronto. The future is bright if we….(pls read n share).

Can’t imagine why we’re not feeling positive about our relationship with the US right now. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Check out the winners of the Urbanarium Timber Towers competition urbanarium.org/decoding-tim...

There's still time to register for CARL's 2025 Canadian Library Assessment Workshop! Reserve your spot by September 26th! www.carl-abrc.ca/mini-site-pa...

Can’t pick one… brown and purple are my top 2… if brown included Greece there would be no contest

"If European cities can ban left turns on tram routes entirely, surely Toronto can do without a few." Ideas on how to get #Toronto's molasses-slow Spadina streetcar running at respectable clip. (Co-signed by @rmtransit.bsky.social ) www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Tsunenomoro, who has jute leaves (a locally-grown vegetable) around his neck, is the mascot for the town of Osato in Miyagi Prefecture. He’s based on legendary local samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga, a catholic with a moustache.

The single piece of context that I think may be missing is the fact that governments over the last 20 years (certainly in NS) have basically stopped paying for new infrastructure or its upkeep. Institutions *must* run significant surpluses in order to cover these costs.

they were developed in a fentanyl lab located in Asbestos, Quebec, to be Woke, fireproof and deadly to the touch. their glands secrete generic prescription drugs and they all believe in climate change. these aren’t your granddad’s 30-50 feral hogs. they’re bilingual. they will win

Three weeks ago I started digging into Dalhousie's finances and ended up mostly with some hard questions. I have now spent an embarrassing amount of time trying to answer them. If you wanted 8000 words assessing claims about one university's financial constraints, do I have a treat for you.

Watching a Pierre Berton documentary from the 70s. The cadence of his speech and his pronunciation reminds me so much of talking to older relations when I was young.

Gen X explains the internet

I've always enjoyed listening to Frances Donald and this interview is no exception... She is such a smart and engaging guest youtu.be/iLrZm2_thxU?...

THIS - on preprinting. As I said from the outset, "Altruism is even better if there is something in it for you". Preprints have huge advantages for authors AND readers.

Dear wealthy benefactor, if you are considering giving $100M to a university might I suggest the University of Guelph and specifically the library at UG. We could use some more space and we’ve got lots of ideas for enhancing programming for our students which your gift could bring to life.…

This conference on the legacy of CCH v. LSUC and the future of copyright law sounds amazing... too bad the timing doesn't work for me... whenever these conferences come up I always get a twinge of regret that I chose library school instead of law school www.lteclab.com/cchcopyright...

The consequences of political meddling. Why Are So Many Execs Fleeing Athabasca University? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...

Hey folks please take a look at this and consider filing it out, because if you don't you can be sure the tax software lobby industry is! The CRAis starting to consult on automatic tax filing in Canada. Let's get this done! cra-arc-survey-sondage.ca/f/s.aspx?s=d...

Can journalists stop focusing on the feds and international students please? This story only exists because the provinces are not adequately funding domestic students. Education is a provincial issue and that’s where the policy changes are needed. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Conestoga College getting a new President really represents the end of an epoch. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

What might seem like a small announcement—it’s just one institution—actually carries substantial weight and has a strong symbolic meaning. @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social, has taken another bold step: it won't renew its Web of Science license. www.uu.nl/en/news/acce...

Library and Archives Canada cutting 70 jobs as part of workforce adjustment www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic... Library and Archives Canada told CTV News Ottawa in a statement a workforce adjustment process will result in the loss of approximately 70 indeterminate positions over the next several months.

Even though he couldn’t pull it out tonight I hope Auger-Aliassime is proud of his performance tonight. He and Sinner put on a hell of a show.

Loving the play by the net tonight. More like that please.

Yeah well whose fault is that??

Great short video by TransLink explaining “the empty bus lane myth”

Took a week off last week and taking some time today to triage my inbox... mercifully not much was going on - only had a few hundred messages and most of them are vendor announcements...

Ugh… starting point of any k-12 reforms should be merging the public and separate school boards. www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

All this is possible because in the last decade grassroot movements like Open Citations, Open Abstracts, OpenAccess, rise of open infrastructure etc have enlarged the open scholarly metadata pool but this is under threat as the rise of ai has made the value of such data salient to content owners(4)

So, it's another day and another Douglas Todd article in the @vancouversun.bsky.social where almost every single argument that is made is either misleading or badly framed. So, time for another thread... vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...

Even the driving site understands induced demand driving.ca/column/lorra...

Dear <Org based in USA>, I still love the work you do but I will not be attending <event> in <US city>. Perhaps in the future you could look at some kind of hybrid option for those of us who want to support your mission but don't want to risk detainment or worse. Sincerely, me

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Our first blog in a new series on AI Tools for Academic Libraries is live! This #LTIblog partnership with @choicereviews.bsky.social offers a practical look at AI tools so library professionals can make informed, confident decisions about AI tech. Check it out: www.choice360.org/libtech-insi...

Maybe it's just the institutional context I work in but I find this to be a very strange take. IMO S2O is about access for your local peeps. You participate because you need the content and you can't risk not having access to any years that may not meet the subscription bar to open up.

I love these kinds of stories. Also, can confirm Stratford’s production of Annie was pretty amazing even though I’m not a huge fan of the plot. www.thestar.com/entertainmen...

Schrödinger's humanities: Simultaneously moribund and dying in a world in which students increasingly only want to major in STEM and business, and also so powerful that they can inculcate dangerous, subversive ideologies like gender theory and post-colonialism in impressionable young people.

Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared

Surely there are more pressing matters for the government to deal with… www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

That ongoing experience of Outlook being totally unable to understand that a particular email is bilingual... like no I don't need this thing translated because after the line "Le français suit" is the message... in English...