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Associate Professor, Geography, York University. Research interests - work, workers, and workplaces. Posts are my own - unless I've been hacked.

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In solidarity with Ubisoft workers laid off after organizing a union with CWA Canada.

03.03.2026 22:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Convention centres are a 1980s urban development tool. Much like hash was a 1980s recreational drug.

03.03.2026 18:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Inventive Leaps, Unruly Voyages: A Roundtable on β€œHere: Pride and Belonging in African Art” Friday, March 27, 2026. 12:00 noon-3:00 pm Eastern USAWebinar Meeting ID: 968 6520 1403 Conveners: Mark Auslander (American University)and Abdi Osman (University at Buffalo, SUNY) β€œThere is no prob…

Tune in for @blackfagnorth.bsky.social on markauslander.com/2026/02/26/i...

28.02.2026 18:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@emmaarkell.bsky.social on CLAC

25.02.2026 22:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ford has a terrible week (that’s not over yet) and the best he comes up with is let the school kids watch hockey. #onpoli

19.02.2026 17:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Opinion | Rinaldo Walcott: Reverend Jesse Jackson spoke into an embattled moment. We need another like him now

19.02.2026 13:59 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

This should be the biggest action against ICE actions against ICE in the city so far, but is really a chance to pull the labor movement more deeply into deportation defense with greater resources and millions of members in key industries. Come out and make some new friends!

29.01.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Fascism is here now’: the US athletes pushing back on Trump’s America World Series winner Sean Doolittle, Super Bowl champion Doug Baldwin and college star McKenzie Forbes have strong opinions on a troubled era

β€œI’m really mad so thank you for letting me vent.

Abolish ICE.

We keep us safe.”

@seandoolittle.bsky.social and other athletes opened up to us about the DHS murders and the campaign of state terror being waged in Minneapolis and beyond.

www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...

28.01.2026 12:25 πŸ‘ 1605 πŸ” 450 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 84
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Alex Pretti’s Killer May Be Part of His Union Border Patrol agents belong to the same federal workers union as VA nurses, a situation some of Pretti’s colleagues are determined to change.

jewishcurrents.org/alex-prettis...

27.01.2026 22:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
An infographic titled January 2026 update: A review of over 160 Injunction cases involving First Nations across Canada. The success rates for injunctions filed by governments, corporations, and FNs are compared

An infographic titled January 2026 update: A review of over 160 Injunction cases involving First Nations across Canada. The success rates for injunctions filed by governments, corporations, and FNs are compared

🚨 New injunction resources for organizers and land defenders from 8th Fire Rising! 🚨
First up, updated research by me and @shirip.bsky.social on injunction success rates for corporations, governments, and First Nations. See the stats and more at: 8thfirerising.ca/injunctions/

26.01.2026 21:32 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Political assassinations are now televised.

25.01.2026 16:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Police are using β€˜zombie’ court orders to shut down social movements ⋆ The Breach Police are reanimating years-old injunctions to threaten activists, casting a chill over protests and free speech

@irinaceric.bsky.social on β€˜Zombie’ court orders breachmedia.ca/police-using...

19.01.2026 19:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trump's proposed 10% cap on credit card rates is great politics, but it is even better grift. The Speaker has already signalled it won't happen and the banks will have to spend a ton of money lobbying Congress so the debt spiral can continue.

14.01.2026 19:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Upcoming Exhibitions

See @blackfagnorth.bsky.social and others at africa.si.edu/exhibitions/...

13.01.2026 22:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Upcoming Exhibitions

africa.si.edu/exhibitions/...

13.01.2026 21:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trump doesn’t see people or communities. He only sees rent gaps. That is the centre of his world view.

10.01.2026 16:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I just wrote an angry email that ended with β€œDo better”. They never do.

09.01.2026 01:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Here Project: Pride and Belonging in African Art 200 stunning images in this companion book to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art exhibition celebrates more than 60 LGBTQ+ African artistsWe are here. This powerful volume platforms artists whose work reflects their identities and experiences as African LGBTQ+ individuals. Its very existence challenges homophobia by centering queer voices and visions amidst historical legacies of erasure and repression. At the same time, the LGBTQ+ experience in Africa is not monolithic. Political, social, and cultural freedoms and limits vary widely across both the continent and the wider diaspora, and the artists represented here have also been selected to help readers recognize that diversity.More than 200 stunning images represent a range of media, including painting, photography, digital art, fashion, installation, and performance. The empowering and evocative imagery makes visible marginalized bodies and lives: Athi-Patra Ruga’s tapestry Versatile Queen presents himself in drag to confront normative ideas of Blackness and masculinity; Zanele Muholi’s self-portrait Muholi Muholi, Parktown uses makeup and saturation to highlight the blackness of their skin tone in contrast to prevailing representations of Black women; Mehdi-Georges Lahlou’s sculpture of a man with rainbow blown glass bananas atop his head recalls exoticized colonial imagery.The text approaches artworks at an intimate level and places them in larger historical and artistic contexts. Grouping the works in thematic sections draws parallels across art and fosters ongoing conversations: Family: explores how birth and chosen families shape understanding of awareness of self and the world Intimacy: considers self-realization made possible through bodily connection Joy: focuses on stories of happiness, connection, and pleasure, contradicting stereotypes of queer trauma Spirit: represents African faith traditions and shows space for queer people Fluidity: disrupts expectations of gendered categories Belong: asserts how queer people’s experiences are rooted in the larger history and cultures that shaped them Action: expresses political activism at its heart Futures: presents utopian visions of a world to come In its continental and diasporic survey of queer African art and artists, The Here Project is rare in its scope and scale and pays beautiful tribute to contemporary artists making essential work.

@blackfagnorth.bsky.social and others in this Smithsonian exhibit and book newtonvillebooks.com/book/9781588...

08.01.2026 00:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œIn the face of this, the refusals and the solidarities ignited on May 25, 2020, continue” -Dr. Christina Sharpe

27.12.2025 14:57 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For those who went there and have lived in Montreal - McGill is a town.

27.12.2025 18:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Canada Needs Better Labour Relations Data - Canadian Association for Work & Labour Studies CAWLS is calling on the federal government to immediately restore public access to data tracking work stoppages and labour relations

cawls.ca/en/canada-ne...

11.12.2025 18:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion: Air Transat chaos reflects deep, structural problems for the industry Long-term labour contracts, wage gaps and expectations of government intervention fuel the turbulence in sector

My two cents on Air Transat www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

09.12.2025 23:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This was so-called by OPSEU www.thestar.com/politics/ont...

27.11.2025 16:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Canadian Auto Isn’t in β€˜Crisis’, It’s in Danger of Extinction Canadian autoworkers have faced many crises over the years, but the present threat is distinct. Lana Payne, President of Unifor, has warned that β€œIf we don’t push back hard against him [US President D...

Gindin on point.

socialistproject.ca/2025/11/cana...

12.11.2025 19:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You had a great run. And lasted longer than many of us.

07.11.2025 21:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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06.11.2025 13:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Register for event at: tally.so/r/w78y09

04.11.2025 22:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I played hockey late tonight. I watched the game before I left. I watched the game on the bench. I watched the game when I got home. Correction. I watched the games.

28.10.2025 06:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s okay, Jays. You’ll get β€˜em in game four, which starts ten minutes from now.

28.10.2025 06:53 πŸ‘ 2284 πŸ” 261 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 6