social housing units built by year in Canada, 1972-2010

- by number of units
- as % of all housing built

Grateful for the opportunity to join friends, community, & visitors for a discussion on marine science & sustainability. Big thanks to Huu-ay-aht First Nations for hosting & including me in it! If this sounds up your alley, book your festival tickets and join 🪐🌊
@bluefutureskelp.bsky.social

I’m excited to be a panelist at this year’s Three Stars Dark Sky Festival, happening May 8-10 in my old home on Huu-ay-aht territory! 🌌

📍Pathways: Between Land & Sky | House of Huu-ay-aht | 📆 Sunday, May 10
👉🎟️ Plan your visit: hgb.tickit.ca/events/34302...

#vanisle #explorebc #kelp #darksky

Thread detailing Mark Carney’s war on libraries, knowledge, and culture throughout so many parts of society.

His deep cuts to the public service are not in line with the vision he presents of a bold and more independent Canada.

DRIPA’s Deadlock. ‘We Will Not Back Down’ | The Tyee First Nations vow to fight the BC NDP in a showdown that could topple the government.

First Nations leaders are condemning Premier David Eby’s plan to suspend parts of #DRIPA as a step backward that will increase uncertainty for all British Columbians and create political problems for the NDP.

Andrew MacLeod reports. #bcpoli

This is a massive warning sign.

Plus continued delusions this government has over the economics of further oil and gas expansion in Canada.

Plus the erosion of the public sector etc. that protects democracy, & prioritization of corporate interests closely aligned with the U.S. government. #CDNpoli

Here’s the story of one of them. Awful www.thestranger.com/forced-out/f...

Trump’s Appalling Address to the Nation Exposed Yet Another Dark Side to the U.S. Oil and Gas Boom: War - Oil Change International Last Wednesday evening, the world watched as the sitting president of the United States delivered yet another rambling and cruel tirade. We witnessed another example of how low this administration…

8/This is a war brought to you by the fracking boom. Transitioning away from fossil fuels will not guarantee peace, but it may be our best chance to break free from cycles of conflict, coercion + instability fossil fuels perpetuate + build a more secure/resilient future oilchange.org/blogs/trumps...

The days of Britain’s fish and chip shops might be numbered. Rising temperatures and overfishing have seen the U.K.’s iconic cod decline for over a decade. Now, consumers are warned to “completely avoid” eating the fish.

Some beautiful new seaweed growth in the shallows here in Lekwungen territory, south Vancouver Island ☀️
#PhycologyFriday #vanisle

These updates have in turn bumped up my annual projection for 2026 temperatures to 1.53C (±0.11C), which puts it on track to be somewhere between the 1st and 4th warmest year on record, with a best estimate of second warmest:

I've updated my El Niño forecast plume with the latest April data (ECMWF, NMME, CFSv2, Canadian models). Its now looking like it might end up giving 2015/2016 a run for its money in terms of strength, with a peak of ~2.6C in the ENSO3.4 region by end of year: dashboard.theclimate...

We’ve tried nothing, and we’re all out of ideas!

If you’re in the BC lower mainland you can try our catch at the Steveston docks most weekends! Follow Seaworthy’s Facebook page for updates on sales & availability. I’m excited to participate in this fishery while continuing to work toward conserving and protecting kelp forests! 🌊 #vancity #kelp

This week’s harvest was in the traditional & unceded territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation

Restoring & conserving kelp requires a multi-pronged approach, & recent field studies I co-led showed that lowering urchin densities through harvest can be a powerful tool for protecting kelp

I’ve recently been harvesting sea urchins with the crew of Seaworthy, a small fishing boat that sells our catch directly to customers on the dock! It’s been awesome to learn the ropes of a fishery that has huge potential to help kelp forests threatened by urchin overgrazing
#urchin #kelp #vanisle

Investors press Amazon, Microsoft and Google on water, power use in US data centers Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet's Google ​have each recently abandoned construction of multibillion-dollar data centers over community opposition and now the companies are coming under shareholder pres...

26. Though this article doesn't mention specific instances, it reports that tech giants have recently abandoned construction of a number of multi-billion dollar data centres in the face of community opposition. www.reuters.com/sustainabili... #MovementWins2026

How First Nations’ Treaties can hold back the tide of Alberta separatism ⋆ The Breach Danielle Smith pledged to hold a referendum on separating Alberta from Canada. First Nations in the province are going to court this week to argue that she has no legal right to do that

Years before Alberta even became a province, First Nations signed Treaties guaranteeing their rights to the land in perpetuity.

A century later, and First Nations are in court this week, using their Treaties to mount one of the strongest challenges to Alberta separatism, writes @readtheorchard.org

For #PhycologyFriday, some (submerged) intertidal seaweeds here in Lekwungen territory (south Vancouver Island). Watching a sunlight dance on the Iridescent Seaweed (which has one of my fave Latin names, Mazzaella splendens) was a real treat!

Kémy Adé was shocked by the immigration refusal letter she received. In rejecting her permanent residence application, the Immigration Department cited her current job duties, which included wiring and assembling control circuits, building control and robot panels, programming and troubleshooting. The department said these duties didn’t match the Canadian work experience she claimed. Well, no, they didn’t. Adé is a post-doctoral research fellow and guest teacher at McMaster University — and those skills are not part of her repertoire. Nor are they what she submitted in her immigration application a year ago. “I saw this language about this job description that has nothing to do with me,” said the health scientist from France, who has a PhD from Sorbonne University in the immunology of aging. “I was disoriented how this could happen.” But a disclaimer at the bottom of the refusal letter might provide a hint. It’s believed to be the first time that the department explicitly referred to the use of generative AI to support application processing in immigration refusals. The disclaimer also noted that all generated content was verified by an officer and that generative AI was not used to make or recommend a decision.

Today in AI:

Canada rejected the PR application of a McMaster postdoc from the Sorbonne who works in the immunology of aging because the generative AI being used to process applications (😱) entirely hallucinated her credentials.

Everyone involved should be fired.

archive.is/ELrCI#select...

The author starts by saying the campaign win that made Drax commit to stop pelleting old growth in North BC “won’t make an iota of difference on the ground in Canada”, but never explains how. That win is removing a huge pressure on those old growth forests, how is that not making a difference?

Will the Iran War Derail Colombia’s World-First Energy Transition? An economy dependent on fossil fuels planned to wind down, rather than expand, extraction.

There exists a structural tension at the heart of Colombia’s energy transition strategy.

The hidden cost of fisheries subsidies In public finance, some costs are politely kept off the books. The ocean has long been one of them. Governments often speak of “blue growth” and “sustainable use,” yet many policies still treat marine...

Research suggests many #highseas #fisheries would be unprofitable without public support, raising questions about whether some “productive” #fishing activity exists largely because of #subsidies. news.mongabay.com/2026/03/the-... @drrashidsumaila.bsky.social @seaaroundus.org @ubccoru.bsky.social

'No Amount of Housing We Build Is Going to Make Prices Drop' A major new housing study is challenging the idea behind the "abundance agenda."

City officials and policy wonks have mostly sought to respond to rising rents by building new housing, arguing that increased supply is the only way to bring down rental costs.

But that idea, according to a major new housing study, is dead wrong.

hellgatenyc.com/take-that-ez...

Israeli Military Showcased Its Gaza Tactics To Canadian Troops “When people talk about Canada as part of the problem, not part of the solution, it’s precisely this kind of thing that we’re talking about.”

NEW: Canadian troops deployed in occupied Palestine as part of Operation Proteus attended a “seminar” showcasing Israel’s genocidal methods in Gaza.
www.readthemaple.com/israeli-mili...

The government’s latest energy futures report drops modelling for a 1.5C scenario and assumes Canada remains a major oil and gas supplier for decades to come. More climate denial dressed up as serious analysis to invent a rationale for Carney’s fossil fuel expansionist plans.

For #PhycologyFriday, another week of surveying herring spawn in Tlai-o-qui-aht & Ahousat territory, west Vancouver Island, with lots of eggs on seaweeds!

No snow, no ski season: Greenland's warmest January shuts Nuuk resort Climate change fears grip Nuuk as winter temperatures reach record highs.

Climate change fears grip Nuuk as winter temperatures reach record highs.

World's biggest carbon capture project could 'essentially drain Alberta', experts warn Government-commissioned modelling of water use by the planned $16.5 billion Pathways CCS project, a linchpin of the energy deal signed by Ottawa and Alberta last month, concluded its use of the region...

Another perennial reminder how we’re all constantly being duped by the viability of industrial CCS
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/18/a...

For #PhycologyFriday, some views from the annual Pacific herring spawn dive surveys I’m working this year, exemplifying the importance of seaweeds as fish habitat! Seen in Toquaht and Huu-ay-aht territories, west Vancouver Island