Carleton Sociology prof, 12 years @ Criminalization and Punishment Education Project, message me about Sunday softball games at Brewer Park - everyone welcome!
May 1st is International Workers' Day!
We dive into the history of actions in Ottawa, anticipating an entire month of May Day events that includes protests, pickets and discussions, organized/promoted by local anarchists Punch Up Collective.
leveller.ca/2025/04/a-month-…#ottpoli
Congratulations to Nahla Abdo, who has been named the winner of the inaugural National Medal for Excellence for Feminist Scholarship in Canada!
carleton.ca/socanth/2025/02/…
Coalition Pens Open Letter: Non-Profit Human Rights and Community Justice Organizations Call for an End to “Solitary Confinement by Another Name” Across Canada: cp-ep.org/coalition-pens-ope…
Incredible support for Ottawa Pride! It's a party, a celebration and total support for liberation! Nothing performative about it.
Human rights for everyone NOW!
I stood outside the Shaw Centre in Ottawa to speak out against Ontario's decision to ban supervised consumption sites near schools/child-care centres, forcing 10 sites to close by March 2025. These sites save lives—they are a lifeline, not a "drug den." We will not go away. 🖕🏻
I'm a professor at Carleton. I support the organizers of capital pride. A huge contigent of profs from U of O and Carleton will be there with bells on. We know what's going on here.
Are you a member of the @Carleton_U community? Outraged about Carleton's withdrawal from Pride? Channel your anger. Sign the letter below and join us on Sunday when we return to the roots of pride. Streets. Protest. Liberation for all.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
1/ Since @uOttawa's admin didn't widely consult or even bother notifying students, staff and profs about the decision to divest from & boycott @FierteCapPride in #OttCity, at some point @recteurUOpres & co. will need to answer some basic questions like...
I'm a professor at Carleton. I support the organizers of capital pride. A huge contigent of profs from U of O and Carleton will be there with bells on. We know what's going on here.
More groups are coming forward in addition to Ottawa’s Mayor and the Children’s Hospital. Now the General Hospital, Giant Tiger, Rogers, the University of Ottawa and the German Embassy are pulling out of #CapitalPride events. The organisation must apologize & create a safe space.
Today, as a collective, 19 physicians and healthcare workers based in Canada who have worked in Gaza during this ongoing genocide have written to @JustinTrudeau to demand that Canada must do what is within its power to protect Palestinian people in Gaza. This genocide must end.
#FreePalestine#BDS news! Palestine Liberation Zone students who have encamped @UWindsor for the past 60 days have reached an agreement to Boycott & Divest from Israel & condemn its occupation of Palestine & the Gaza scholasticide. Agreement here drive.google.com/file/d/1y9L…