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Professor, Fac of Ed, University of Regina. Social/ political commentator. Say no to irresponsible austerity! opinions are yours

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Happening now: Students arriving at Queen’s Park for a β€œHands Off Our Education” protest against OSAP changes and tuition fee increases. #OnPoli

04.03.2026 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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Book Celebration: Knowledge Under Siege: Charting a Future for Universities Marc Spooner and James McNinch launch of Knowledge Under Siege at Crave in downtown Regina.

Regina folks
Come to this! Invite your friends
Free just register here:

www.eventbrite.ca/e/book-celeb...

04.03.2026 01:39 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you happen to be in or near Toronto later this month, please check this out!

Knowledge Under Siege
Isabell Bader Theatre, Victoria College, UofT
March 25th, 7:30pm

festivalofauthors.ca/event/tifa-p...

03.03.2026 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Β© CBC/Radio-Canada 2026. All rights reserved.

What role are Universities supposed to play in society?

Knowledge Under Siege: Charting a Future for Universities

A real pleasure for James and I to be on CBC BlueSky hosted by Nichole Huck

Blue Sky www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

03.03.2026 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The case for a wealth tax is stronger than ever in Canada - CCPA An excerpt from β€œCancelling Billionaires Before They Cancel Us: The Urgent Case for a Wealth Tax” by Linda McQuaig & Neil Brooks

www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... 'If we consider the top 1% as the β€œtreeline” on a mountain, then the real story of the phenomenal wealth growth in the last few decades has taken place almost completely above the treeline' @policyalternatives.ca @lindamcquaig.bsky.social

03.03.2026 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Today!
Call in!
Noon-1pm Sask time (that’s 1-2pm Eastern time)

03.03.2026 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What’s currently happening with Universities that might be cause for alarm?

Gag orders, book bans, censorship of entire areas of scholarship and teachingβ€” in the USA but also in Canada & globally.

Call into CBC BlueSky Tuesday, March 3rd noon-1pm

1-800-716-2221 or e- mail bluesky bluesky@cbc.ca

03.03.2026 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

I wrote a thread.

27.02.2026 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Book Celebration: Knowledge Under Siege: Charting a Future for Universities Marc Spooner and James McNinch launch of Knowledge Under Siege at Crave in downtown Regina.

If you’re in Regina

Come to this event! You don’t need to be an academic- this is for everyone

Register here:

www.eventbrite.ca/e/book-celeb...

26.02.2026 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump's self-dealing is truly off the scales β€” eclipsing even the biggest corruption scandal of the First Gilded Age.

It's a new Golden Age for grifting. [@brennancenter.org]

25.02.2026 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2307    πŸ” 1113    πŸ’¬ 73    πŸ“Œ 33
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Β© CBC/Radio-Canada 2026. All rights reserved.

Great to be on CBC Morning Edition discussing the alarms raised in our new edited book-
Knowledge Under Siege: Charting a Future for Universities

WANT to continue this conversation about what's at stake?

JOIN US ON CBC BLUESKY Tues. March 3, noon-1pm
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

25.02.2026 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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February 25, 2026, join us for the launch of "Knowledge Under Siege: Charting a Future for Universities" at 12:00 pm at the Dr. John Archer Library (University of Regina Main Campus)!

Please RSVP here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/book-launc...

The event is free and all are welcome to attend.

24.02.2026 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

To prison if/when proven guilty

β€œThe Justice has withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that Trump sexually abused a minor, an NPR investigation finds. It also removed some documents from the public database where accusations against Epstein also mention Trump.”

24.02.2026 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Today!

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Why is Doug Ford changing OSAP?

It's simple: he is trying to balance the post-secondary books on the backs of low and middle income students and their families.

His changes to OSAP will cost students up to $3500 more per year in debt.

We deserve affordable education.

24.02.2026 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 91    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 6
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World events put academicsΒ and journalists under pressureΒ  - University Affairs At a time when news is always breaking and disinformation is on the rise, a conference explores the precarious relationship between academia and the media.

"Journalists have to tackle complex topics…often outside their area…while meeting ever-tighter deadlines.
Under these conditions, researchers become key resources [and] can facilitate fact-checking, add nuance to analysis, or prevent leaps of logic.”

universityaffairs.ca/news/world-e...

24.02.2026 03:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The "publish or perish" culture must perish. Scientists need time to think.

We just published our Slow Science Manifesto, where we argue that huge changes are needed in the way we fund, publish, and evaluate science.

Read more and sign here: www.slow-science.com

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Danielle Smith is no separatist; she's much, much worse In a televised address last night Danielle Smith launched a xenophobic assault on immigration and proposed a set of referendum questions for next Fall advocating a constitutional agenda that would red...

A must read here for all Canadians, but especially Albertans via @emmettmacfarlane.com

emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/danielle-s...

20.02.2026 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4
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Qualitative Inquiry in this Moment: The Dismantling and Assault of Higher Education - International Association of Qualitative Inquiry (IAQI) Join us on February 24th, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. EST, (12 noon CST, 11:00 a.m. MST, 10:00 a.m. PST, 8:00 p.m. UK) for the first in our series of Qualitative Inquiry in this Moment with Dr. Abby Ferber and...

THIS TUESDAY!

Qualitative Inquiry in this Moment: The Dismantling and Assault of Higher Education

February 24 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Join us on February 24th, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. EST, (12 noon CST, 11:00 a.m. MST, 10:00 a.m. PST, 8:00 p.m. UK)
qualitativeinquiry.org/event/qualit...

20.02.2026 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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If you’re in Regina

20.02.2026 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Shortcut That Costs Us Everything On the seductive logic of letting machines do the writing

My latest thinking re: AI and writing. couros.substack.com/p/the-shortc... #aiinedu #edusky #genai #literacy

19.02.2026 03:54 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We need tools like this. The university is indeed under siege. Without action, soon, we’ll have no public institutions and goods left.

17.02.2026 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

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Knowledge Under Siege At a time when universities are being defunded by governments and vilified by ultra-conservative pundits, defining their value has never been more urgentFor decades, efforts to quantify the value of u...

Knowledge Under Siege
Charting a Future for Universities
uofrpress.ca/Books/K/Know...

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Dr. Hank Reichman, former chair of AAUP's Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure, emphasizes that the struggle to protect academic freedom and the rights of faculty is part of a larger struggle to defend the rights for everybody in a democratic society.

16.02.2026 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why | Joan Wallach Scott Texas A&M University is the latest school to end women’s and gender studies programs and teaching race. We know why

β€œAbolishing gender programs & the lessons they have taught, will, Trump & his acolytes hope, undermine our ability not just to condemn, but also to critically analyze the policies & practices they want to impose.”

Must Read by Joan Scott, member of the AAUP’s Committee on Academic Freedom.

15.02.2026 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 98    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Qualitative Inquiry in this Moment: The Dismantling and Assault of Higher Education - International Association of Qualitative Inquiry (IAQI) Join us on February 24th, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. EST, (12 noon CST, 11:00 a.m. MST, 10:00 a.m. PST, 8:00 p.m. UK) for the first in our series of Qualitative Inquiry in this Moment with Dr. Abby Ferber and...

Free Public Lecture Zoom

Qualitative Inquiry in this Moment: The Dismantling and Assault of Higher Education
February 24 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

qualitativeinquiry.org/event/qualit...

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Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 5:30 PM - 8 PM @ Crave, Regina, SK

Book Celebration:
Knowledge Under Siege: Charting a Future for Universities

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If you’re in Regina

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