Today in our Chacruna Institute Power and Discrimination series we have 'Compassion as Catalyst: What Does It Mean to be an Ally?' by Sonya Faber.

chacruna.net/compassion-as-…

#allyship #power #discrimination

It bears repeating: it is unacceptable to respond to peaceful campus demonstrations with violent repression.

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“The point of treaty-making is to develop the rules needed to solve a common problem, & to work over the following years, decades to get a critical mass of countries to adhere [to them].”Magnus Løvold⁩ on #inc4 #plasticstreaty medium.com/points-of-orde…

This reads as if the authors are claiming to coin the concept of climate justice. Mind boggling and violent.

Super excited to teach “The American Male” for the first time this Fall. Would love to hear your ideas for readings or viewings

Don't miss my picks for environmental history worth reading from April!

niche-canada.org/2024/05/02/env…

#envhist

This month I feature CBC News, Helen Pike, Stephen Pyne, Scientific American, Rachel Carson Center, Gregg Mitman, Emmanuelle Roth, CANADALAND, and more!

#envhist #envhum

Bison hides were sold for industrial use, to power belts for eastern manufacturing. What floored me when I visited #ClaybankBrickPlant Nat’l Historic Site near Moose Jaw was this: bison hide used in belts — chain belts. They still make them to run the machines. #SaskHistory

Today in our Chacruna Institute Power and Discrimination series we have 'Confronting Challenges for Postdoctoral Researchers in German Academia' by Sonya Faber

chacruna.net/confronting-ch…

#academia #academicchatter #germany #research #discrimination

Anyone ever see a pale yellow crocus? No purple at all. So pale yellow it’s almost white. Thoughts? Just the one clump — all the others are purple.

I need a funky title for my survey ancient history course. Something better than World History to 1200 CE. Suggestions?

'Navigating Race and Privilege in Classroom Discussions: Empowering Voices and Fostering Equity' by Sonya Faber is the latest in our new Chacruna Institute Power and Discrimination series.

chacruna.net/teaching-race-…

#teaching #classroom #equity

Read Bia Labate's opening remarks,'Psychedelic Culture and the Future of the Psychedelic Movement,' for Chacruna Institute's Psychedelic Culture 2024 conference, held in San Francisco this past weekend.

chacruna.net/psychedelic-cu…

#psychedelics #psychedelicculture #PCU 2024 #PCU

Statement on Jill Stein’s arrest at Washington University in St. Louis:

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, campaign manager Jason Call, and deputy campaign manager Kelly Merrill-Cayer were arrested alongside approximately 100 others - mostly Washington University…

I watch 2 seconds of the wrong YouTube video and for weeks I'm getting suggestions of videos titled things like 'The Only Stormtrooper Who Didnt Fear Darth Vader' that have 9 million views

Hi #INC4 👋 from 1955 — you might recognize the Peter Stackpole image LIFE ran under the headline “Throwaway Living” — but did you know in the Aug 1955 issue the editors ran a letter from a man name Myron who challenged the magazine for promoting disposability? #PlasticsTreaty

Today on our site we have 'Made Ground: Urban Waterfronts as Anthropocene Relicts' by Claire Campbell

This is the first post in our Relict Landscapes series edited by Paul Hackett

niche-canada.org/2024/04/26/mad…

#envhist #histgeog #coastalhistory #cdnhist

Coming late 2024 with UCalgaryPress in partnership with the Fort McKay Metis Nation. #Metis #Metis History

Today on Chacruna Institute, the latest in our Power and Discrimination series by Sonya Faber, 'Unveiling Emotional Spillover: Differential Prejudice between Romani and Hungarian Minorities.'

Its About: Understanding Prejudice Against Romani

chacruna.net/understanding-…

#power

Hi #INC4 👋 from 1972 when the WaPo ran this lede: “We are all just a little bit plastic now.” Said the White House’s Council on Env Quality, “I know this is going to be a significant future issue… potentially our next bad one.” Re: phthalates. #keepgoing #PlasticsTreaty