Yolande Pottie-Sherman

New article: Valuing a new “good”: Debates over the value of the social good in Canada's Social Finance Fund.

It explores how different groups in the social finance system struggle over competing valuations of the 'social' in relation to financial returns.

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Every answer to maintain quality in university education in an age of Gen AI involves smaller classes, more human TAs, and deeper connections between professors and students. The constant budget crisis and reduced resources suggest that there is no clear plan or vision from the leaders or funders.

so cool!

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I need to get back on this train

AMANDA BITTNER: The math doesn’t add up on NL's education system Current education funding is failing NL kids from kindergarten right up to Memorial University students, says MUN political scientist

Are you worried about the future of the state of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador? I am. Education is everything and it's not being taken seriously at all.

#nlpoli

A poster that reads Memorial University at a Crossroads: 100 Years later, with a QR code that leads to a petition to protect Memorial University as a comprehensive university.

Some folks at MUN have started a petition to raise the issue of chronic de-funding of education with the government. Sign it!

Immigration Saved Hundreds of U.S. Counties From Population Loss Over 450 U.S. counties would have lost population between 2023 and 2024 without immigration, according to an analysis of new data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Lots of Red counties would have lost population but for immigration.

Faces…leopards.

75% of US scientists responding to Nature poll have considered leaving for Canada: t.co/X21dnVjWkB5

I had a great meeting this morning with Dr. Yolande Pottie-Sherman, Dr. Amanda Bittner, Dr. Maria Mayr, and Susan Forward to discuss our university, and how we must adequately #FundMUN so it can maintain a comprehensive curriculum.

I'd like to get a list of current MHAs who went to MUN or who have children who did #FundMUN

Please sign this petition started by a group of Newfoundland and Labrador parents calling on government to keep MUN comprehensive. We don’t want to have to send our kids to the mainland for University #FundMUN : win.newmode.net/memorialpare...

Province Won’t Commit to Increased Funding for MUN despite Calls to Do so The provincial government says it has a "constructive working relationship" with Memorial University, but it w...

The NL government attitude to @memorialu.bsky.social is heartbreaking, but also puzzling. Our university contributes so much to our social & economic well-being. How many of us, including Andrew Furey and his cabinet, would be where we are without Memorial? #FundMUN

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Election discussion earlier today with @rgwhitaker.bsky.social , @ypsherm.bsky.social , @ptitroch.bsky.social & me. Hosted by @adamfwalsh.bsky.social

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I think this is the best metropolis plenary I’ve seen #MetropolisCanada2025

Canadian immigration minister, Mark Miller, makes surprise address to #MetropolisCanada2025 conference this morning on what may be his last day in the position

I’m in Toronto this week for the 27th Metropolis Canada Conference: "Resetting Canada’s Immigration Plan & Program for a New Era." Looking forward to participating in 2 workshops on: how frontline organizations are responding to anti-immigrant attitudes; and the immigrant entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Federal child-care funding extension a 'big step' for N.L., says advocate | CBC News Parents in Newfoundland and Labrador can breathe a sigh of relief as the province signs a deal that will extend the federal child-care program.

I spoke with CBC this week about Newfoundland and Labrador's signing of a deal to extend the federal $10aDay child care program to 2031. #cdnchildcare #childcareforall
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Trudeau announces $37B in child care deals with 11 provinces and territories | CBC News Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government has signed agreements totalling almost $37 billion over five years with 11 provinces and territories that will extend the federal child-care space program…

Big news for child care in Canada! Today, Prime Minister Trudeau announced the federal government is extending Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) funding agreements until 2031, and will investing more to build a nationwide system of early learning and child care. buff.ly/pBjWBCq

Extending CWELCC for 5 more years (with base funding increases) means more families will benefit. I know I am lucky that my son is benefitting from this program and many of my friends who can't get a $10aDay space fear the agreement will be scrapped by Pierre P before they can access it.

Trudeau announces $37B in child care deals with 11 provinces and territories | CBC News Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government has signed agreements totalling almost $37 billion over five years with 11 provinces and territories that will extend the federal child care space program un...

Some good news! Very reassuring to see 11 provinces & territories sign-onto an agrmt with feds to extend the Canada-Wide Early Learning & Child Care Agreement. This agreement allowed Newfoundland and Labrador to bring down parent fees for regulated child care to $10/day. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

UofT Report - State of Canada's Cities Summit The State of Canada’s Cities Summit by the Canadian Urban Institute brings together the most influential Canadians each year to address global, regional, and local challenges facing our cities. This y...

Canada's Urban Infrastructure Deficit: Toward democracy & equitable prosperity

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- @canurb.bsky.social & @uoftcities.bsky.social

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Great presentation by @ypsherm.bsky.social on the barriers to finding work for international students.
@munlgeog.bsky.social

Thank you!

While many of you are likely yelling "GO USA" or "GO CANADA!" I'm yelling "GO literally any elected member of congress and the rule of law, please, anyone or a single check or a solitary balance or—

Okay so you know I like to remind everyone how the American immigration system has been cruel for a very long time. But loading people on flights to deport them to countries that they are not from, like Iranians to Panama, is not business as usual.

#nlwx my residential street is wide enough for 3 cars but its sidewalks are buried in a meter of snow.

I keep seeing people post that Canadian universities should scoop up all the American academics who are losing their research funding.
I’m guessing these people have no idea what’s going on in Canadian universities after decades of deliberate underfunding.

#TheMoment a Manitoba family deployed googly-eyed hockey sticks to poke fun at Trump Shannon Proudfoot, Aaron Maciejko, and KJ de Groot recount the moment googly-eyed hockey sticks were stuck in a snowbank to poke fun at Donald Trump and his demand for 24/7 eyes on the border.

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Eyes on the border, people!

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Trump paused 25% tariff on Mexico, after Mexico agreed to further border militarization. Mexico already has one of world's largest immigration detention systems.

I repeat myself, but pay attention to migration policy! It's almost always compass for what's happening in both domestic & foreign policy