Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, the nickel mining city, today. Lots of people honking in support. A few grim hitler arm raises and white supremacist slogans shouted out of truck windows, typical for Ontario, but overall, support. #EndApartheid #CEASEFIRE_NOW

Students at campus encampments in the past and today are on the right side of history.

The students were right in 1968. They are right now. We need not wait for the cover of historical distance to say so. #Opinion trib.al/FmdOJ6I

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Amendments to the CCAA that remove public post-secondary education institutions passed through In Committee yesterday.

A big thanks to LUFAPPUL for the evidence presented to this committee, and their advocacy to protect public post-secondary education.

CAUT statement on the right to freedom of expression and peaceful protest on campus caut.ca/latest/2024/04…

Passage of harsh anti-LGBTQ+ law in Iraq draws diplomatic backlash apnews.com/article/iraq-l…

Can’t believe how quickly this generation of college students went from being characterized as lazy, unmotivated and unprepared to accomplish anything to a posing such a threat to their elders that they must be subdued by snipers and cops with cuffs and clubs.

New issue of Nationalism & Ethnic Politics now online and it’s a good one!

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Studying women’s presence in ethnically divided societies is important. But if we want to understand women’s representation in ethnically divided societies more comprehensively, we need to take the next step by studying substantive representation
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'Canada has one of the highest rates of unionization of academic staff in the world. But that wasn’t always the case. How is it that we went from laggard to leader in academic staff unionization?'

Read more in the Bulletin: caut.ca/bulletin/2024/…

Aerial footage of the rallies in Noumea #NewCaledonia gives you a sense of the size of the protest, in a Pacific territory of around 270,000 people.

We're nearing the finish line--slowly but surely!--on The Routledge History of the Devil in the Western Tradition. We just got the cover mockup (featuring 'Tartini’s Dream' by Louis-Leopold Boilly, 1824), and we're pretty excited about it. 👿w/ @vetur.bsky.social on Bluesky and Richard Raiswell

Plans by French President #Macron and Overseas Minister #Darmanin to change voting rights for the provincial assemblies and Congress in #NewCaledonia are polarising the community. Massive rallies this morning by both supporters and opponents of independence.

Fallout from the U of Winnipeg cyberattack: 'Worst 10 days of my 32-year career.' And how are students supposed to deal with this added level of stress during an already stressful exam season. The stuff of nightmares. #CyberAttack
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After having been postponed for two years, municipal elections in Lebanon are now set to be held with about a month's warning.. at a time when change forces are struggling with deep internal divisions.

The University of Winnipeg has confirmed the personal information of students and faculty was stolen during a cyberattack last week.

Read more: winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2…

Proposals due 19 April 2024!

Proposals from all areas of Poli Sci welcomed, from political thought to Indigenous politics; from IR to provincial politics!

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When conflict ends, a power-sharing agreement is common — but they only work sometimes. Why? BU prof Allison McCulloch's new book explores case studies that can help address that question news.brandonu.ca/2024/04/03/new…

One of my favourite events at Brandon University. Six of my students will be presenting their major research projects this year!

As the French Senate prepares to vote on 2 April on a bill to change #NewCaledonia ’s electoral rolls, both supporters and opponents of independence are mobilising on the streets of Noumea. Full report soon on Islands Business