Daniel Rück

Open Letter to Protect Tri-Council EDI Data Why do we need urgent action to protect our data? The mandate of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research is to review and report on topics relating to science and research in ...

Yes! Contact them and sign this petition here —it’s not just about EDI data! So much personally identifying information for applicants and reviewers will not be protected!
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Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
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The United Nations reports the 1,001st Palestinian death in the West Bank since October 2023. That’s hundreds more civilians Israel has killed in the *West Bank* than Israeli civilians Hamas killed on Oct 7, 2024.

"Climate change is supercharging poison ivy, and the plant likes to cohabitate with humans."

Fantasy opportunity! Open to scholars studying any region or period.

Montreal parks department horticultural team using e-bike/big-trailer combo.

The Encampments | Free Screening - Les campements | Projection gratuite An urgent look at America’s student movement, sparked at Columbia University, as students protested ties to the genocide in Gaza.

Free screening of the documentary "The Encampments" at uOttawa on Nov 5, 7pm! www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-encamp...

Reports on the homosexual behaviour of penguins in Antarctica were hidden for over 100 years | CBC Documentaries It’s just one example of how research on queer animal behaviour has been buried, ignored and dismissed

"We are the only species to exhibit homophobia."

This isn't new, but it deserves loud and proud public airing: the rigid binary approach to gender and sexuality is unnatural.

www.cbc.ca/documentarie...

YouTube video by KECTV KSS Archaeology Class

This was a 2025 highlight: Spending three days on St. Nicholas Island with high school students from the Kahnawà:ke Survival School along with historical, archaeological, and environmental experts from Kahnawà:ke. What a cool learning experience! www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgbS...

When they say "Marxists" they are talking about progressives, but they are also talking about Jews. And by "Islamists" they of course mean all Muslims.

And the tell for both of these is that they are telling both of our religions that Jesus is king.

This is Christian nationalism in action.

Exciting things are happening in Kahnawà:ke!

Congratulations!!! That's huge!

YouTube video by the fifth estate Investigating charities getting tax breaks for funding Palestinian displacement | Full episode

Funding the Occupation - CBC The Fifth Estate investigating Canadian charities getting tax breaks for funding ethnic cleaning of Palestinians www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4eO...

Congratulations to Crystal Gail Fraser, awarded the @csnrec.bsky.social Best Book in Canadian Studies Prize for BY STRENGTH, WE ARE STILL HERE!

Most athletes have chosen to ‘shut up and dribble’ over Gaza | Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva Why have so few athletes spoken about Gaza? Fear of backlash, lost sponsors and being branded antisemitic all help explain the silence

Ever wonder why so few athletes in North America have spoken about Israel's genocide in Gaza?

We did too... so we asked some to find out.

Answers include "fear of losing sponsorships," "the McCarthyist response from government,” and “Zionists gaslighting and doxxing people."

"He is not humble. “I can say with confidence that he believes that he is always the smartest person in the room,” said a staffer, “and that he feels that there’s little value to derive from any voices around him.” *Sigh*

Other ways to say conquest, domination, and exploitation since 1492.

Bringing Christianity and salvation to people

Bringing civilization to people

Bringing development to people

Bringing progress to people

Bringing freedom to people

Bringing democracy to people

NEW: Indigenous Research Grant, 2025-2026 | The Archive of the Jesuits in Canada The latest news from the Archive of the Jesuits in Canada. Get updates on the latest exhibitions, blogs, press releases, and videos today.

The Jesuit Archives are offering a new $2500 grant focused on Indigenous researchers investigating Indigenous topics. This is a very rich archive with much Indigenous language material. archivesjesuites.ca/en/indigenou...

History faculty at Columbia & Barnard decrying the harassment of @mark-bray.bsky.social: "This is the first case in recent memory of a historian who has fled the country after receiving death threats on account of the history that they teach."

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!

The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/

Visited site of Battle of Beaver Dams in Niagara region. This plaque is the only explanation of event and I find it outrageous that they have the American flag flying at this site where American invaders were repelled by Mohawks from Grand River and Kahnawake. Replace it with Haudenausaunee flag!

🇵🇸Voilà le genre de politique qu'on aimerait voir plus.
L’ancien maire de Genève raconte en larmes, son expédition et sa détention en Israël pendant 6 jours.

This is a professor at Rutgers who teaches a class on the history of anti-fascism. He also teaches about human rights. He has received multiple death threats and been doxed. He is relocating to Europe for his safety. This is where we are in the US now. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Anti-Palestinian racism at the right-wing think tank Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

As the president of a national charity that works very, very hard to remain compliant with CRA rules, this kind of thing is enraging. It corrodes faith that Canadians have in the charitable system, that charitable numbers are given to organizations that are abiding by their charitable objects.

“Two years ago today, Hamas carried out a horrific war crime, killing more than 1,100 Israelis and kidnapping 250 more. I mourn these lives and pray for the safe return of every hostage still held and for every family whose lives were torn apart by these atrocities. In the aftermath of that day, Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Israeli government launched a genocidal war: adeath toll that now far exceeds 67,000; with the Israeli military bombing homes, hospitals, and schools into rubble. Every day in Gaza has become a place where grief itself has run out of language. I mourn these lives and pray for the families that have been shattered. Our government has been complicit through it all. This must end. The occupation and apartheid must end. Peace must be pursued through diplomacy, not war crimes, and our government must act to end these atrocities and hold those responsible to account. These last two years have demonstrated the very worst of humanity. We must answer it by modeling the very best: a relentless pursuit of our higher ideals and an unwavering commitment to universal human rights.”

My statement on the two year anniversary of October 7, 2023.

I was told not to teach a class on the intellectual histories of Zionism and Anti-Zionism next year - not because they doubted I could teach it fairly, but because it would attract too many politicians scrutinizing the syllabus.

A society where that is a valid fear is no longer fully democratic.

history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed

student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism

teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.

That's the definition of fascism from Robert Paxton, one of the preeminent historians of the subject, from his book ANATOMY OF FASCISM which came out more than two decades ago.