The fact is, I haven’t been quiet (when have you ever known me to be?), I’ve just been publishing elsewhere! So I thought I should maybe start just listing some of the pieces from this year? To at least provide some more recent content! There isn’t a tonne, because I made 2016-2017 my “year to…
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All that needs to be said about Joseph Boyden
I’ve been pretty vocal on social media about my extreme disappointment with Joseph Boyden and that whole mess, but I certainly haven’t felt like putting together a comprehensive list of how he’s screwed up and what it means. Luckily, someone else was willing to do that work, and I’d like to share that information with…
For my daughters, waking up to Trump as President of the U.S.A.
I had to go to work before you woke up this morning, so we haven’t had a chance to discuss the U.S. election results. I know you were worried. I’m sure today at school will be confusing and upsetting for you. A lot of people are feeling confused and upset. I’ll keep this brief, I…
Reconciliation in the time of pipelines
“This decision was based on science, traditional knowledge of Indigenous peoples and other relevant scientific evidence.” – Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change[1] On September 27th, the federal government announced it had approved the Pacific NorthWest liquefied natural gas (PNWLNG) project in British Columbia. Catherine McKenna pointed to the 190 conditions that govern…
Beyond territorial acknowledgments
Earlier this year, the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) released a Territorial Acknowledgment Guide.[1] The territorial acknowledgements found in this guide vary from fairly short: University of British Columbia, Okanagan (Kelowna, BC) – We [I] would like to begin by acknowledging that the land on which we gather is the unceded territory of the…