
Stephen Slemon
@stephen_slemon
Professor Emeritus, English & Film Studies. Indifferent musician. Low-altitude mountain climber
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I knew that by typing up Mrs Dalloway I would refamiliarise myself with it. I didn’t anticipate that I would learn something about the minutiae of Woolf’s style. Jo-Ann Wallace on Virginia Woolf’s commas and semicolons: lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v44/…





One of the reasons it’s worth reading political commentators like Althia Raj,or Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪🇲🇩, or chantal hébert is that they can surprise you. They are capable of nuance. You don’t always know their position in advance. And then there’s Rex Murphy….


Built by Swiss guides high on the Continental Divide, a storied refuge will be dismantled just months ahead of its 100th birthday. Learn more in our latest piece by David Hik 🇺🇦, @zacrobinson_ and Stephen Slemon. canadiangeographic.ca/articles/the-a…

Nero fiddled while his city was burning. Donald Trump watched tv. January 6th Committee #HowTheyllBeRemembered

Thrilled to see the new edition of our mental health textbook available just in time for the fall term! Thank you Canadian Scholars Emily Jenkins


The print version of Jo-Ann Wallace's forward-looking essay on living with cancer during the COVID period, out today in the Globe & Mail. Digital version has a paywall with a workaround for COVID articles. Jo-Ann Wallace #CANCER #COVID19


Today is my first official day as an Assistant Professor at University of Victoria - School of Nursing. A true dream job, and I could not be more excited to work with a wonderful group of people. If we haven’t met yet, please reach out! @UVicHsd

My Letter to the Editor is out today in Times Colonist inviting us to “Blame the system, not the patient” when looking for solutions to our overburdened emergency health care systems. timescolonist.com/opinion/letter…



Truncheons and guns are not the way to engage in dialogue with protesting students. The #ualberta stated mission is to "inspire the human spirit through outstanding achievements." And to build "creative community." Instead, Bill Flanagan, you send in the cops. Mission betrayed.

"A Life in Pieces brings her to life, but I wish I had known her in the flesh." Ruth Panofsky writes a touchingly personal review reflecting on Jo-Ann Wallace's memoir-in-essays A LIFE IN PIECES. In the December issue of Literary Review of Canada, or online here: reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2024/…
