Pierre 🐟🦑🦀🦈🐋

It's powerful to see Odanak push back against efforts by white settlers to distort+possess Abenaki heritage for white possessive (Moreton-Robinson 2015) enrichment+control.

US and Canadian academe sure loves colonial mirror world white possessive 'indigeneity'.

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Mark Carney’s pact with Danielle Smith is climate carnage ⋆ The Breach Author and analyst Seth Klein joins Desmond Cole to break down how Carney and Smith have fulfilled Big Oil’s entire wish list

PM Mark Carney and premier Danielle Smith may never get a pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific, but they're working to link Canada's energy future to fossil fuel production

I spoke with @sethdklein.bsky.social about the climate carnage

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getting the onion newspaper is worth it alone for the ads

pretty much every single corvid has this exact same tendency when they find a bunch of food, and it always looks like trying to carry too many groceries at once. they are universally struck with a gentle hubris

Victoria mayor says tax hike could drop below double digits, but not much more As it stands, the city’s portion of a tax hike would be 5.4 per cent, but the Victoria police budget represents a tax hike of 5.02 per cent, for a total of more than 10 per cent.

City Council: “This is hard. Residents should bring forward concrete ways to trim the budget.”

Us: “Ok. Dont hire 25 new cops.”

Council: “Not like that!”
#yyj #Defundvicpd

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Les origines autochtones d’un professeur de l’Université Carleton remises en question Les prétentions identitaires d'un professeur provoquent la colère d'Autochtones, qui l'accusent d'usurpation.

What is the most toxic university for Indigenous students, staff, faculty in Canada? Carleton University is pretty high up there but manages to squeak out of accountability every time it’s scrutinized. Media should analyze faculty turnover, student complaints.

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AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.

"We are exporting the very labor of teaching and learning—the slow work of wrestling with ideas, the enduring of discomfort, doubt and confusion... Critical pedagogy is out; productivity hacks are in. What’s sold as innovation is really surrender." www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...

Chaîne humaine pour protéger les enfants qui vont à vélo après que l'administration municipale d'Outremont, soutenue par la mairesse de Montréal Soraya Martinez Ferrada, l'a démentelée pour l'hiver.
#velomtl #polmtl

Man unexpectedly cured of HIV after stem cell transplant A handful of people with HIV have been cured after receiving HIV-resistant stem cells – but a man who received non-resistant stem cells is also now HIV-free

A man has become the 7th person to be left HIV-free after receiving a stem cell transplant to treat blood cancer. He’s also the second of the 7 who received stem cells that were not actually resistant to the virus, strengthening the case that HIV-resistant cells may not be necessary for an HIV cure.

the texture is a big difference, and the shelf stable ones always felt just slightly off in terms of taste 🤷

agreed, once we tried frozen, we just stayed with it

AFN chiefs pass resolution rejecting changes to oil tanker ban Assembly also calls for withdrawal of Alberta-Ottawa energy deal that could see the prohibition modified

Thou shall not pass 🙅‍♀️

"Chief Donald Edgars in Haida Gwaii told the assembly that the province’s Oil Tanker Moratorium Act is vital legislation that recognizes B.C.’s north and central coast as “some of the most dangerous waters in the world.”"

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See also: hundreds of universities throwing money at this company Nous Group that imposes one-size-fits-all "solutions" that wreck institutions while flattering and enriching top level administrators.

Once again: this is not something that "threatens" academic freedom, though it will doubtless be reported that way. This is only possible where academic freedom has already ended.

OU placed a graduate student instructor on leave after a student publicly contested a grade and filed an illegal discrimination claim after she received a failing grade on an essay that cited the Bible. According to a statement released Sunday, the university wrote it is taking these concerns seriously and has begun a full review of the situation. “The University of Oklahoma takes seriously concerns involving First Amendment rights, certainly including religious freedoms. Upon receiving notice from the student on the grading of an assignment, the University immediately began a full review of the situation and has acted swiftly to address the matter,” the statement read.

Oklahoma University has placed a grad student instructor on admin leave for failing a psychology paper on gender for citing *the Bible* as a source of empirical evidence.

In response, OU has placed on instructor on admin leave citing, get this, the FIRST AMENDMENT.

Universities are cooked.

Maybe Danielle Smith could make the oil & gas business pay its bills instead of lobbying on its behalf.

Se faire passer un pipeline et un sapin

Chronique | Ottawa et Québec multiplient les couleuvres pour nous faire avaler leurs reculs climatiques. #polcan #climat #environnement #polqc

so as bad as you think this law professor’s views are gonna be, I promise you they’re worse

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I cannot believe I'm going to watch a show about hockey (well, partly, but nonetheless, it is very much against my will ... kinda)

So we can fire the execs?

Le PQ, ce grand parti progressiste, épisode 1937462.

La politique au Québec, 50 shades of droite.

Yesterday was powerful gathering against Apple exploitation and complicity in genocides in Congo & Palestine

I was arrested & facing bogus charges

Vancouver increased its police budget by 40% (!) over past three yrs. Effects are felt daily by targeted communities plus ⬆️ criminalization of dissent

at the the of the day, you can try to litigate and legislate lying, but you can’t force good faith and no amount of regulating the truth can fix society if its participants aren’t good faith members of the same project

Ce matin,le Conseil de @caut.bsky.social a voté unaniment son appui à la grande mannifestation «Dans la rue pour le Québec» organisée après un appel des 9 principales organisations syndicales. www.lapresse.ca/actualites/2... @ocufa.bsky.social @ottawalabour.bsky.social @cclh.bsky.social @cuasa.ca

‘Say It Ain’t Divisive!’: How to Stifle the Work of Faculty Unions Nov 28, 2025 — by The Speech Axe Team in RSS Feeds By Honor Brabazon and Vincent Wong

Faculty unions should absolutely advocate for anti-racism and decolonization, including in Palestine.

To argue otherwise is to be a collaborator.

(I am agreeing with this article.)

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Danielle Smith uses notwithstanding clause to declare herself premier of B.C. Prime Minister Mark Carney disagrees with the concept of a premier of one province unilaterally taking over a different province, but his hands are tied by his unwillingness to do anything about it.

[Satire] “Danielle Smith uses notwithstanding clause to declare herself premier of B.C.”

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Statement by Steven Guilbeault This afternoon, it is with great sadness that I submitted my resignation to the Prime Minister as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec. As you know, I chose to enter politics to champion the fight against climate change and the protection of the environment. Over the past ten years, our country has made historic progress in reducing climate pollution, protecting nature and the environment, while our economy continued to grow. I believe I have contributed to these advancements, and I remain deeply proud of the achievements I have helped bring forward: • Standing up to tech giants and major polluters • Implementing Canada's first emissions reduction plan, slowing their growth and placing them on a downward trajectory • Establishing the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation • Modernizing the Canadian Environmental Protection Act • Developing the country's first national climate adaptation strategy to protect our communities • Eliminating harmful single-use plastics • Implementing the most ambitious nature conservation plan in the country's history • Continuing the modernization of the Official Languages Act • Making historic investments in arts and culture, including during the COVID-19 crisis and in the most recent budget Changes in our relationship with the United States have led to profound disruptions affecting the global order, diplomatic relations, and the economy. I understand and share the Prime Minister's efforts to ensure our country

First, there was no consultation with the Indigenous nations of the West Coast of British Columbia or with the provincial government, who would be greatly affected by this agreement. Furthermore, a pipeline to the West Coast would have major environmental impacts, particularly as it could cross the Great Bear Rainforest, contribute to a significant increase in climate pollution, and move Canada further away from its greenhouse gas reduction targets. Lifting the tanker ban on the West Coast would also significantly increase the risk of accidents in the region. This moratorium was established in 1972 following a unanimous vote in the House of Commons, notably because navigation in the Hecate Strait is highly dangerous. Its removal would also hinder the creation of a marine conservation area in the Great Bear Sea, a project our government has been actively developing with Indigenous partners and the government of British Columbia for several years, protecting more than 100,000 km of this ecologically sensitive region. We cannot hope to decarbonize our economy without decarbonizing the electricity sector. The proposal to exempt Alberta from the Clean Electricity Regulations in exchange for stricter industrial carbon pricing rules and the Pathways project is, in my view, a serious mistake. As shown in the analysis submitted to the House of Commons, without this regulation, the electricity sector-which has halved its pollution over the past 20 years-would return to an upward emissions trajectory. This regulation also saves lives by reducing air pollution, generates over $3 billion in healthcare savings, and ultimately reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 182 million tonnes.

Finally, over the past few months, several elements of the climate action plan I worked on as Minister of the Environment have been, or are about to be, dismantled: the consumer carbon pricing, the Zero Emission Vehicle standard, the oil and gas sector emissions cap, the framework to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies, and the Clean Electricity Regulations. In my view, these measures remain essential to our climate action plan. I want to express my sincere gratitude to the citizens of Laurier-Sainte-Marie for the trust they have placed in me since 2019. I will continue to represent them as their Liberal Member of Parliament with dedication. I also thank the Prime Minister for the honor of serving in his cabinet and as his lieutenant in Quebec. When I entered politics, it was because I had a deep conviction that I could make a difference in fighting climate change and protecting our environment. My commitment to leaving a better world for the future of our children and our planet remains unchanged. Steven Guilbeault Member of Parliament for Laurier-Sainte-Marie

Trudeau-era environment minister Steven Guilbeault has published a resignation letter detailing the reasons for his departure from Carney's cabinet.

He directly cites today's MOU:

Steven Guilbeault quitting cabinet following pipeline deal National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

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