This circle was closed for three years so
@UofT
admin could get underground parking. Shut down for three weeks to demand the end of a genocide. Rather than engaging in good faith, admin watched what happened in Rafah last night and filed an injunction. Defying gravity.
My colleagues and I are calling on scholars at Canadian universities and around the world to boycott the University of Calgary for their undemocratic, criminalizing, and harmful actions against student encampments, and for
@CAUT_ACPPU
to take action to censure. If you agree,
The righteous Suzanne Weiss. Holocaust survivor. Palestine solidarity activist. Human rights defender. Calls for
@UofT
to disclose, divest, boycott and sanction.
The university of Toronto tried to stop Suzanne Weiss from addressing the People’s Circle for Palestine at every turn. But she defied the odds and made it in front of thousands this morning to call for boycotts, divestments, and sanctions.
Professor Natalie Loveless, Associate Dean of EDI at
@UAlberta
has resigned in protest. Some principled leadership that we need more of in the coming days.
Natalie Loveless, the associate dean of equity, diversity and inclusion at the University of Alberta, has resigned from that position over the violent sweep by police of a peaceful anti-genocide protest in the U of A quad.
Calling on scholars at Canadian universities to boycott the University of Calgary for their undemocratic, criminalizing, and harmful actions against student encampments
Over 1,000 Canadian academics are boycotting
@UAlberta
and
@UCalgary
. We stand with our students against police brutality that undermines the right to peaceful protest and freedom of expression on campuses. We urge
@CAUT_ACPPU
to take action and censure.
UPDATE: Academic boycott and call for censure by
@CAUT_ACPPU
signed by hundreds of Canadian scholars continues at
@UCalgary
and following the events of last night, the
@UAlberta
has been added.
Truly wild to watch the University's lawyers argue that the Charter does not apply because it is a private property holder and apparently not a public (governmental) body. WILD.
The leadership of the Indigenous Education Network has released the following letter of solidarity with the student-led People's Circle for Palestine at the University of Toronto.
In an era marked by extraordinary uses of injunctions by corporations, universities & governments to undermine political protest and dissent, this is a win for all of us.
Judge denies injunction request to dismantle McGill encampment via
@mtlgazette
I’d say grad photos with an antiwar demonstration as a backdrop will age better than heavy machinery digging a hole for underground parking for the president. I know our students and their families care deeply about Palestinian life. Do you?
Will U of T’s convocation overlap with the encampment protest? A judge holds the answer in his hands.
The class of 2024 might have tents in the background of some of their graduation photos.
A shameful development
@UofT
which reveals itself as anti-Palestinian again. But the university belongs to the students. And these students are not going to be silenced. We ought not ignore genocide, nor our complicity. divest & boycott. An olive tree in the heart of Tkaronto.
Nearly a thousand scholars from across Canada and around the world have committed to an academic boycott and called for
@CAUT_ACPPU
to censure
@UCalgary
and
@UAlberta
. Join us as we demand action.
Surprised and deeply honoured to receive the 2024 David E. Hunt Award for Excellence in Graduate Education
@OISEUofT
. Immensely grateful to my colleagues and students for this recognition, and deeply inspired to keep growing as an educator. Thank you!
Over 1500 and counting. Sign & share. We also encourage scholars to publicly announce the impact of their boycott. Documenting and sharing declines, resignations, and withdrawals demonstrates the effectiveness of boycotts.
Over 1,000 Canadian academics are boycotting
@UAlberta
and
@UCalgary
. We stand with our students against police brutality that undermines the right to peaceful protest and freedom of expression on campuses. We urge
@CAUT_ACPPU
to take action and censure.
Crip Negativity by
@jlsmilges
is one of the most exciting books I've read in ages. Excited to use this text in my seminar on Indigenous Studies of Mental Health and Disability Justice this next term.
I am immensely proud of my incredible PhD students. This spring I have 4 students defending, 2 collecting and analyzing data, 2 who are defending their proposals and going through ethics reviews. And 3 developing their proposals. They are making their way! ❤️
Thanks to
@kngprry
for writing up this piece on our
@SSHRC_CRSH
Insight research, "Suicide, extractivism, and terrains of struggle for Indigenous life"
Join the academic boycott of
@UCalgary
. No student should be afraid to peaceably protest on public universities in Canada. The university's criminalizing, harmful, and escalating actions are unacceptable.
Registration for BIPOC students, faculty, and community members is now open for "Storying Land on Our Bodies" which will be held at OISE on April 18, 2024. Registration 🔗
Delighted to share that Doctor Nicole Santos Dunn (
@nicsantosdunn
) has successfully defended her PhD dissertation entitled "Engagements with life: Restorying suicide with young women and femmes experiencing housing injustice." Immensely proud. I'm not crying, your crying!
Another 200+ in the last hour. Professors of every rank, students, alumni, and concerned citizens from coast to coast to coast and beyond committed to an academic boycott of
@UCalgary
and
@UAlberta
.
@JfP_YYC
Thank you for sharing. For clarity,
@CAUT_ACPPU
has not called for a censure, though they did release a "Statement on Police Actions Against Peaceful Protestors on Campus." But we, faculty from coast to coast to coast are boycotting
@UCalgary
and are calling on
@CAUT_ACPPU
to
Looking forward to sharing some of my reflections and research with colleagues
@DalhousieU
@SchulichLaw
this week. If you’re in the Halifax area, come join us.
THIS FRIDAY! @ 12:10PM AST - "World Ending and Mending: An Indigenous Feminist Perspective on Suicide, Climate Change, and Health Justice" w/ Jeffrey Ansloos 12:10-1:20PM Room 104, Weldon Law Building …
@SchulichLaw
Thrilled to share that
@jordan_mcvittie
successfully defended her dissertation proposal, "Making Life Liveable for Indigenous Children in Canada." This work will carefully address child welfare dimensions of suicidality, and support classroom teachers in prevention. So proud.
The U of T Faculty Association (
@utfa
) has released a letter to President Gertler to raise the Association’s concerns with the “Message about freedom of expression and protest” that was sent by the Administration to all students on April 28, 2024.
Just a friendly reminder: when you agree to review an article and then disappear, the authors wait an extra 2-3 months after your 2-3 months for their first review. If you can't do it, just decline upfront. Ghosting with a PhD is not the vibe.
Excited to be in conversation with the brilliant
@BillyRayB
at the
@torontolibrary
Salon Series on May 21st to discuss his gorgeous new book 'Coexistence'. Make sure to RSVP for your tickets.
@VeldonCoburn
@PnPCBC
Hey I know some Indigenous scholars, with subject insight on Indigenous youth activism.
@RosieBarton
let me know if you ever need names.
New publication! Led by
@RoweShannen
, this research draws from interviews with First Nations and Métis elders, delving into Indigenous cultural concerns about suicide. We consider spirituality in death, the impact of Christianity, and the concept of indirect suicide.
Commitment to a boycott means to:
(1) not to accept appointments at the University of Calgary and University of Alberta
(2) not to engage in external evaluations of programs, departments, centres, institutes, schools or faculties at the University of Calgary and the University
Thrilled that "Wounds on this Turtle’s Back: On feeling extractivism and felt theories of change," coauthored with Dr. Rebecca Beaulne-Stuebing, will be published in Environmental Justice (
@LiebertPub
). Excited for this special issue edited by
@doctora_nature
, Nombulelo
Happy to see this article out in
@CJCMH_RCSMC
. It describes some of our learning with
@YouthCO
from our
@SSHRC_CRSH
funded partnership.
"Culture is Healing: Promising Practices and Impacts from an Urban Indigenous Youth-Led Health and Wellness Program"
📅 Registration is open 🪑 Limited Seating Available!
The Critical Health and Social Action Lab, in partnership with
@IENatOISE
and
@readBTLbooks
, is excited to host
@kareempuff
for "Decolonize Drag: A roundtable on Queer(ing) Indigenous and Black Studies" on February 29, 2024.
Tommorow at
@ConcordiaCCRH
, I'll be sharing my reflections on how to bring a deeper integration of social and environmental justice in conceptualizations of suicide in clinical health research and prevention.
Congrats to all psychology Ph.D., Ed.D., and Psy.D. graduate students who matched today through
#APPIC
. You're going to have such a meaningful impact on communities, and thrilled to see so many of you moving onto this next important stage of your careers!
UPDATE: Academic boycott and call for censure by
@CAUT_ACPPU
signed by hundreds of Canadian scholars continues at
@UCalgary
and following the events of last night, the
@UAlberta
has been added.
Today the
#RCMP
officially announces the addition of the Ribbon Skirt to the RCMP uniform. The Ribbon Skirt, along with our Eagle Feather and Métis Sash, demonstrate the RCMP’s values of reconciliation, equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Today is publication day for a special issue of Transmotion, "Storywork in Indigenous Digital Environments," coedited by
@ashleycmorford
,
@tanjagrubnic
, and myself. Dive into these thought-provoking contributions here:
Among the myriad issues coming to light, distinct visions regarding the nature of a university, its leadership, and its intended beneficiaries are being laid bare. The case for unionization has never been clearer.
I know there is a peer review crisis. I did 9 in March. But like... this practice of journal editors setting up accounts with the email address of faculty without the direct consent to do so, is brutal, administratively chaotic, and frankly might be illegal. Can we not?
Excited to share our latest publication in the
@APA
Practice Innovations journal! Dive into our team's research on suicide risk assessment and safety planning with Indigenous peoples, exploring 364 frontline providers' perspectives and experiences.
Registration is now open for all: Storying the land on our bodies: A symposium on tattoos, healing, and health justice. Thu, Apr 18, 2024 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Eastern Time at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education | University of Toronto.
Thanks to
@ONNEIHR_2020
and
@wbiih_
for sponsoring this knowledge sharing webinar last week with Māori psychologists Dr. Waikaremoana Waitoki and Dr. Luke Rowe, hosted by Dr. Suzanne Stewert, and yours truly! :)
"As curricular mobilities encourage us to move through transfigurations for the Queer Indigenous futures that await us, our down/upstream epistemologies remind us that community and family are also where one makes them."
Powerful new article by
@Pabs_94
!
Bestselling author Billy-Ray Belcourt (
@BillyRayB
) discusses Coexistence, his new collection of intersecting stories about Indigenous love & loneliness. In conversation with
@jeffreyansloos
.
May 21 | 7 pm | Toronto Reference Library
Register:
#SalonSeries
It would appear that
@KimKardashian
has made it into the motion of record for the University of Toronto injunction request. Not as a legal representative, but a meme.
Delighted to share the Critical Health and Social Action Lab's final report "Care for Caregivers: Understanding the experiences & opportunities for enhanced support for caregivers" completed in partnership with Arctic Children and Youth Foundation.
Are you passionate about Indigenous Education?
@OISEUofT
is looking to hire a Coordinator of Indigenous Education Initiatives. Come work with an amazing team of people and help us advance educational justice.
Applications close March 3, 2024.
Proud to join my colleagues calling for a national suicide prevention strategy. Suicide prevention involves many facets and we need a whole of government approach: from mental health services, to housing, to a living wage, and to addressing systemic oppression.
National suicide prevention strategies aim to establish a coordinated & multi-sectoral approach to the prevention of suicide, we call on Canada to develop a National Suicide Prevention Strategy to unify & strengthen existing efforts in reducing suicide.
Reread
@tuckeve
Suspending Damage as I prep to teach it this week. Reminded the move to desire is not to denial, as it is sometimes read. Tuck writes that desire "is not a call to paint everything as peachy, as fine, as over." Thinking with Joan Didion's memoir Tuck reminds us
Congrats to
@DrAbbyGoldstein
who has been appointed Chair
@APHDatOISE
. We are lucky to have your leadership, vision, and dedication. Excited to continue working with you!
📚 2023 Publication Roundup Thread 🧵 Here is a list of CHSA Lab publications from 2023. It's been a year rich with collaborative research and meaningful learning.
"University and college administrations fail in their duty to uphold the foundational purposes of our institutions when they limit or pre-empt peaceful protests and counter-protests. When administrators threaten or authorize the discipline or arrest of peaceful protesters on