Gentle reminder: 'The university is a critical institution or it is nothing'. Stuart Hall

June 8, 2008, the UN designated #WorldOceansDay. Every June, communities, governments everywhere observe & celebrate all the ocean gives us & raises awareness for the sustainable use of those resources. #OceansandYou event Maritime Museum Friday, June 7, 9:30 am- 3 pm. #FreeAdmission

Democratic Rep Jamaal Bowman Ed.D. calls Nikki Haley writing "finish them" on an Israeli artillery shell 'disgusting': “She's a disgusting human being to do that. That's genocidal language… Nikki Haley should be ashamed of herself.”

Country-wide support for the Association of McGill Professors of Law on strike - now in week 6. AMPL is asking the employer to bargain in good faith for a first collective agreement CAUT/ACPPU ANSUT @MSVUFA Dalhousie Faculty Association UOIT Faculty #AMPL #AMPD #CAUT #Solidarité

“I sometimes wonder if those who constantly complain about ‘outsiders,’ English speakers or allophones anglicizing Quebec ever notice how hard non-francophones in this city work at speaking French.” When it comes to language, Montrealers accommodate montrealgazette.com/opinion/column…

Protests across Brazil over divisive abortion law bbc.in/3XlYYCM

How Kenneth Moore became the 1st Indigenous person in Canada to win Olympic gold cbc.ca/news/indigenou…

This one hurts.

“The Spook Who Sat by the Door: Creating Black Studies in the Canadian Academy” by afua cooper is #FreeToRead until June 23 in TOPIA. Read her new blog post to learn about her recent research on Thomas Peters: bit.ly/TOPIA-AC

I’ve read nearly every memoir by a former Trump official. Fauci’s is something different. slate.trib.al/9dY7vBv

Almost every time I go to Tim Hortons I end up disappointed. The absence of all-day breakfast is a travesty.

I am working on a new course titled Constructing Equity, which looks at the formulation and implementation of DEI policy. My goal is to also take a critical look at the cooptation of DEI by institutions. I'm curious to see what's out there that I may have missed.

"We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless, if the left allows it to be." ~ Kevin Roberts, Heritage Foundation. This is a literal threat to democracy and this nation.

Just saw this fool on the highway en route to Wolfville. With all the back roads available, do you have to be doing wheelies on the highway? He was doing the same before the ramp too.

Dalhousie has issued a notice of trespass to Al Zeitoun University campus. They demand the students leave by 7pm Sunday. Students have issued a call to gather at 6:30PM on Sunday in solidarity.

August 1, 1834, Emancipation Day throughout the British Empire. Today, we remember, acknowledge, and take stock in the work still to come.

A wonderful way to celebrate Emancipation Day - the launch of a new exhibit at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.