Years ago our admin did a red and black report. It took salaries & how much $ each instructor made in tuition $ for classes we taught-you were in the red or black. They released numbers once & shut it down bc humanities were producing huge $ for uni & engineers, business and scientists were losing $
extremely relatable
"Alberta’s right-wing Social Credit government fed anti-communist sentiment; the rat, like communism, had the potential to dismantle the province’s economic structure and way of life." - @fvreilly.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2016/09/01/r...
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Thrilled to be able to post this 20th/21st c job at my school! The students are great and the department is healthy. Please share widely! universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...
Delayed open access is strange because trans studies moves so quickly (by the standards of medieval studies). I see flaws in my own article now… but I think those flaws are a positive sign, an indication of my and our collective intellectual growth.
scholarworks.wmich.edu/med_ecocriti...
EXCITING UPDATE: The "Trans Natures" collection is now fully open access! Read it here: scholarworks.wmich.edu/med_ecocriti...
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The Trans Natures special issue (ed by @malentendre.bsky.social and Nat Rivkin) of Medieval Ecocriticisms that I contributed to is available open access ! Enjoy ! scholarworks.wmich.edu/med_ecocriti...
While what is happening at TAMU with academic freedom is egregious, it is worth noting this started a while ago. In 2022, they vacated the tenure of their librarians and gutted the library. The library system was one of the best in the country.
www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2...
Made up?? In MY Moby Dick? (I don't remember that part though – an excuse to read it again!)
YES. I can't imagine finding whale taxonomy boring! Or not getting excited at THE FOLIO WHALE
Texas A&M decided to publicly cancel my Ethics class, and share a false statement that I declined to provide information, which made it impossible for [them ] to request an exemption. See for yourself, if this statement is true.
They are getting creative!
I think about this chapter at least once a week. It's the best
Of course, the question of whether anyone should go to grad school in 2026 is a different matter. I’m always happy to discuss this if you're weighing the options.
I've been really impressed by how committed my colleagues are to mentorship. We try to give everyone some funding, including MAs. Sharing a dept with Theatre is ideal for those working on drama. International students are welcome.
Applications are open for MA and PhD positions in my department. Quite honestly, I think it’s a great place to do grad school in English. Tell your friends!
MA: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/sotec/g...
PhD: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/sotec/g...
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Modern researchers know about the cuckoo’s cross-species brood parasitism – but one Roman emperor observed this more than 700 years ago.
AI misrepresents news 45% of the time. Hasn't stopped every major search provider enthusiastically adopting it www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Drawing from many items in the U of G archives, Michael Dawson explores Jell-O in Canadian and American history.
Curious to learn more? Explore our Archival and Special Collections: www.lib.uoguelph.ca/archives/our....
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It's weird how nobody describes this as "the craze seducing our daughters" www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/m...
Genuinely I'm delighted; I love starting a new skill tree
Taking some jazz lessons is a great way to find out how bad you've been at guitar for 20 years
Looks like Canada's approach to "sovereign AI" will involve creating structural dependencies on large US tech companies
Living this in reverse right now with importing my American partner to Canada. After thousands of dollars and six months of work on the file, we've managed to *apply*…now a year or two to wait if all goes well. And of course we're lucky, as this is still the easiest way to immigrate
I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
I saw this story earlier and made a mental note to check what you had to say about it! That line about "AI" analysis being "objective" as opposed to scholars' "subjective opinions" is total rage bait
This is amazing on so many levels, including the implied renunciation of scientific "progress." Good thing we gave up on chemistry!
3) "Smoke and Mirrors: Medieval Drama Through the Smog" by @malentendre.bsky.social - niche-canada.org/2025/07/05/s...
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Our most read articles published in July!
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