Photograph of a hand holding a copy of a book with bright sunlight and trees in the background.
I figure it’s a good idea to read the ol’ book to prepare for a podcast interview. Happily, it’s short! And my porch is a delight.
Local man tells post-secondary students money doesn't grow on trees and then picks private jet from private jet tree.
Period reminder: writers need to eat, pay rent & see the doctor like everyone else. If you appreciate a writer but don‘t have $15 or $30 to buy their/our book, a FREE way you can put money in our pockets is to just request that the libraries you use buy our books!
Beam me to Edmonton, Scotty!
Liberal election platform, April 4, 2025: "Mark Carney’s Liberals to protect Canada’s national identity by strengthening CBC/Radio-Canada"
Hill Times, April 2, 2026: "Liberals to cut CBC by $192-million in 2026-27"
What a difference a year makes.
I think a bit later, but from a recent trip to Mexico City where font plays a central role in design excellence.
The number 16, rendered in art deco style, painted in black on a beige background.
For all you font fetishists.
Drawn from extensive primary research in Rwanda, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, and Kenya, Illegitimate Justice by Izabela Steflja shows that the stories locals tell about international courts differ radically from those told by the international community.
Out now! buff.ly/BpGFO7W
I'm beyond excited to share that I've joined McClelland & Stewart as an editor! M&S is a Canadian institution. I'm honoured to be a part of its future and I'm looking forward to sharing great books with each of you.
Far less atmospheric than yours, but here’s that same moment at Coxwell/Danforth.
The Ring of Fire mining "the Breathing Lands". Reconciliation in action.
Newly returned from Mexico City, which also made me enamoured of concrete.
"The essence of editing is ethics; it’s the act of caring for the expression of the thoughts of another as if they were your own."
My latest Legion Magazine article is an interview with Canadian historian Kelsey Lonie. We discuss WWII’s Prairie Farmerettes who served the Allied cause not in their home provinces, but British Columbia.
legionmagazine.com/historian-ke...
📸 Courtesy Museum and Archives of Vernon
An apartment building balcony draped in palm fronds and other greenery.
Bougainvillea provides a canopy over a busy intersection, street lights in the background.
A riotous meal in Mexico City: plants eat buildings for lunch. Que maravillosa!
LIVE: Natan Obed, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, and members of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami board of directors will make an announcement regarding Inuit Nunangat University from the office of ITK in Ottawa.
Shop no more, Amar! 😉
Note the elision, “young women”, not children.
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If you're at #AHA2026 please stop by the @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social booth to check out our new book. As a graphic history, it is worth flipping through and seeing in person.
www.mqup.ca/Books/I/In-t...
And hence became Queen of the Underworld.
🔴Abstracts Due Jan. 1🔴
@jeffnoakes.bsky.social and I are inviting you to submit an abstract now! This volume will explore how ethics can be re-engaged as a living, contested, and transformative force in the study of conflict. More info through the link!
drive.google.com/file/d/163rt...
On Thurs.Dec. 18th we’ll post a brand new episode of my @ricochetmedia.bsky.social podcast “In Bed with the Elephant” featuring lawyer, activist & podcast host #SandyHudson on “Defunding the Police, Black Lives & Imagining Possible Futures of Safety & Justice” podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/i...
This book "assails the hegemonic narrative — or ‘hegemonologue’ — that settlers have imposed to overwrite, and thus erase, non-Western ways of knowing and understanding the natural world." Great interview with @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social author, Liam Midzain-Gobin.
thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
"I hate it here!"
"I'm moving!"
"There's no hope!"
Lots of Albertans are feeding the very toxicity they're fed up with right now.
There are better ways to channel your frustration. 10, in fact.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
That’s just gorgeous light, Dan!
A black cat, sitting atop a sofa, stairs upward at a circle of sunlight reflected on a pale green wall.
My office cat, contemplating the strengths of a scholarly argument…
Thanks, Rick! 🙏
Reimagine the ethics of conflict studies with a committed and smart group of scholars. Please send them your abstract!
