Endorse ⬇️ submit now especially if not based in US to keep travel options open for #ISA2026 @isanet.bsky.social @isanetexdir.bsky.social And if you’re based in US, submit by June 1 to ensure our early career colleagues get the full benefits of their major professional conference! 🙏

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📣 New HF Podcast featuring Dr. Allan E.S. Lumba! 📣
#highered #academia #history #race #power

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/40rF...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/h...

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I'm pleased to serve as Program co-Chair for the 2026 ISA conference in Columbus Ohio @isanet.bsky.social. I know folks are not sure of attending but hope you'll see this as an opportunity to remain vocal and active as we encounter forces that may seek to silence us.

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Our latest Hidden Figures episode is out!! Listen and share this widely. #RepresentationMatters

Counterterrorism, Post-War Governance, and the Linkages Between Insecurity and Tax Compliance in Africa Published in African Security (Vol. 18, No. 1, 2025)

OUT NOW!! Issue 1 of #AfricanSecurity Volume 18. The volume contains three articles you will find to be innovative, covering a range of interesting issues including the nexus between public safety/security & tax behaviour/compliance.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Canadian MP Charlie Angus: I think Marco Rubio probably needs to be sent back to school.. When you arbitrarily rip up trade agreements, threaten a country, and say you’re going to break it, that’s an act of war. And Canadians have responded in kind.

Gender, land grabbing and agrarian livelihoods: contradictory gendered outcomes of land transactions in Ghana Based on a multi-method research design that employs a triangulation of fieldwork data, including focus group discussions (n = 35) and key informant interviews (n = 5), this paper examines the inte...

Key finding indicates that while few women benefit from 'economic opportunities' emerging from 'land grabs', this complicates gender relations when men feel their wives are being empowered at the expense of their traditional role as breadwinners in the family.

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Here's the latest episode of our Hidden Figures Podcast. These conversations have been very interesting and revealing so check it out! #RepresentationMatters

Trudeau emotional at ceremony as Haida celebrate title agreement | CBC News The Big Tide Haida Title Lands Agreement affirms that the Haida have Aboriginal title over all of the islands' lands, beds of freshwater bodies, and foreshores to the low-tide mark.

A historical agreement was signed yesterday between Canada and Haida, recognizing the Inherent rights of the Haida people and their Aboriginal title over their lands.

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Thanks, Ameil. Congratulations to you too!! 😊

SSHRC Connection Grants worth $50k awarded to Social Sciences researchers - Faculty of Social Sciences Two researchers in the Faculty of Social Sciences have been awarded SSHRC Connection Grants worth a total of $49,581. Nathan Andrews, associate professor in Political Science, and Ameil Joseph, associ...

Congrats @nathanandrews.bsky.social !

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Resource extraction causes harm. These experts have advice on how to minimize it | CBC News How can resource extraction be more sustainable? One political science professor says there's a balance between extracting resources and responsibilities to the environment and nearby communities.

Check out this recent chat on CBC's The Signal about the justifications and dilemmas of resource extraction (audio & YouTube embedded in story). This was part of my visit to Memorial University for the Henrietta Harvey Distinguished Lecture Series a couple of weeks ago.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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To mark #BlackHistoryMonth, I'm going to highlight some of our 2024 @hiddenfigurescan.bsky.social podcasts. Our guests are brilliant, inspirational, and deeply dedicated #BIPOC scholars from a wide range of academic disciplines in #Canada.

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Security Threats, African Agency, and the Role (and Weaponization) of the Media Published in African Security (Ahead of Print, 2024)

New open-access editorial for our final 2024 issue has been published. Check it out and share with folks interested in #AfricanSecurity #SecurityStudies #Terrorism #CounterTerrorism #Insurgency #Banditry #GenderedViolence #Disinformation

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Hello Bluesky fam, I'm new here and this is my first post. Let's connect! 😀

DID YOU KNOW? We have now published 17 interviews with BIPOC scholars in Canada on our podcast! From political science, to community health, to migration, to geoscience, and more, our guests have talked about their pathways in academia, overcoming obstacles, and staying motivated. 1/2
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