So much of @jaypitter.bsky.social’s work on public joy resonates with my experience of and thinking about public play, including around everyday life, participation, entitlements (or rights), the collective, and repair.

It costs the City of Ottawa $465/person each year to serve new low-density homes, over & above what it receives from property taxes/fees. On the other hand, high-density infill such as apartment buildings pays for itself plus an extra $606/person each year. Sprawl costs, infill saves. #UrbanTruth

Wonderful news 👏🥰

The importance and expansion of Indigenous education, from Indigenous educators including SUNTEP students : ) www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTZN...

In the spirit of open access to knowledge, you can download this book for free! No strings. Of course we hope you buy it, but that isn't necessary. Knowledge Under Siege Charting a Future for Universities

Love them or hate them - what if squirrels are the key to understanding our planet's future? The latest @islandpress.bsky.social new book Squirrel: How a Backyard Forager Shapes Our World by Nancy Castaldo is out now! Buy @ipsuk.bsky.social!

The correct response is abundance: Creating enough high-quality cycling venues for commuting AND recreation, in and around Central Park and across the city, so no single facility is overstressed.

Our letter rejecting the use of generative AI for reflexive qualitative research has now been published OA in Qualitative Inquiry - endorsed by over 400 researchers journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Picked up my copy of Black Public Joy by colleague, @jaypitter.bsky.social . Looking forward to getting into this unique perspective on public space.

Beautiful picture! Here’s my “lawn” and the sign my granddaughter made to alert the monarchs to the presence of milkweed. 😆

There has been a lot written about third places and if their collapse has contributed to the current political environment we find ourself in (I believe it does) but not much on how those places were replaced with corp spaces who solely exist to sale products and not act as a community hub.

Alberta’s proposed $11-million reading tests won’t actually help struggling learners (my favourite part is there is a "far better use of $11 million than narrow assessments that capture only the tip of the iceberg of what matters for long-term literacy success.") theconversation.com/albertas-pro...

The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.

Honoured and delighted that some of my graduate work was recognized with the 2025 Graduate Excellence Award for Community Engagement www.uregina.ca/graduate-stu... I love this work and am grateful I get to do it. Looking forward to more in 2026!

'Snow Day London' by contemporary Welsh painter Sarah Evans #Womensart

Please let my most loved ones bid me farewell like this one day.

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

Japanese embroidery artist Hiroko Kubota, known for her work highlighting cats #WomensArt

Folks have been telling me they’ve noticed I’ve gotten “a lot more political” on social media this year. Of course I have. The circumstances have gotten nightmarishly worse, and the consequences of inaction and staying silent infinitely more obvious. Everyone needs to get “a lot more political.”

Pleased to have published some findings on the role of memory in play environments, in the Children, Youth and Environments journal. muse.jhu.edu/pub/579/arti... Please get in touch and I'm happy to send a copy along.

love this new york times clip. they recently did a story about how sesame street's set has changed over the years, along with our urban politics. IG nytimes

One of the most unheralded parts of making streets safer for children is the amount of time it frees up for parents.

Without humanities studies, I would not have been a very good scientist. My humanities classes were a master class in creativity, envisioning new futures and how to think. The skills we learned in our humanities classes brought creativity to all our endeavors. www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...

Communities all over MN are seeing more & more cargo bikes. With so many styles and models to choose from, events like these are a great way to let folks learn more minus bike shop stress. Check out this @streets.mn article by @lauragmitchell.com about a recent event! streets.mn/2025/07/02/s...

𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗿! 🤝 15 years after Cadmus Delorme walked the halls of the #UofRegina as a student, he's returning as the University’s 10th Chancellor. Read how his appointment represents both a return and a new beginning for the U of R. ⬇️ www.uregina.ca/stories/2025...

Timely report as we’re discussing the impact of motor vehicles on children’s play. “A child is killed every day on our roads, yet cars are being made so large that children are invisible from the driver’s seat. How is that acceptable?” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

This is a hell of a thing to read.

Hay Meadow, collagraph prints (waxed) on blocks in vintage type case, (detail) by Hester Cox, UK printmaker #WomensArt

On my way into work this morning I saw this, on a rare “home zone” in Bristol, where cars do not have priority. Imagine the time and energy this must have taken! Imagine the sense of belonging, of “my space, my street, my community”. Imagine if all children had this. @playingout.bsky.social

'Night Clocks' by contemporary printmaker Lisa Benson #WomensArt

Fuck this, absolutely fuck this, everyone who loves audiobooks loves their favourite narrators because they are great at their jobs and interpreting the author's words and they make the experience what it is www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

Last month, our Local joined our @uaw.org siblings at the Hunter College National Conference for Collective Bargaining in Higher Education to talk about addressing sexual harassment in academia through worker-led programs like EPIC, and fighting Trump 2.0 by coordinating mass actions.

Speculative world building alongside children at the Regina Early Learning Centre, Melanie Monique Rose, @brittanytomin.bsky.social, and Emily Ashton

Spotted at the Ottawa Art Gallery last month: Melanie Monique Rose (2023), The Flower People Robe — feat. prairie plants and flowers eco-printed on silk charmeuse. Courtesy of the Saskatchewan Craft Council. #textileart

Would be so cool if a spread like this was printed on paper bags

Taking the cats for a ride Central Park, New York City March 20, 1976 📷Barbara Alper

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor offer hope through understanding, allowing us to counter their narratives with a far better story. @naomiaklein.bsky.social @astra.bsky.social

Great to hear that Scarth Street Mall in Regina will remain a pedestrian-only public space! I couldn't be at the meeting today so submitted a communication alongside @whitneyblaisdell.bsky.social on the importance of this space. I look forward to upcoming plans for future activation! #yqrcc #yqr

This #NationalLibraryWeek, we're celebrating the power of libraries to endure—even in the face of unprecedented challenges. In our latest Vanishing Culture essay, @brewster.kahle.org shares why preserving the library system matters now more than ever: blog.archive.org/2025/04/07/v...

Ceramics by Jennifer Zee, clay artist, printmaker and scientific illustrator, aka ginkgozee on Instagram #WomensArt

Politicians don’t get to dictate what is taught and researched at Canadian colleges and universities. Research and institutional funding shouldn’t come with political strings attached. Join us: education2025.ca

Was pleased to attend and present some recent work alongside collaborators at the Provoking Curriculum conference. I had never attended Provoking before, and I loved it!