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Alex Zahara

@alexzahara.bsky.social
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Forest fire doctor, community based research, geographer. Prince Albert, SK, gay.

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Jared Dahl Aldern @jdaldern.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
(2/2) (from Ch 12, “We Are Fire: Revitalizing Indigenous-Led Fire Practices in the kisiskāciwani-sīpiy maskēko askīy,” by Solomon Carrière, Renée Carrière, Natasha Caverley, David Young, Cliff Buettner, @amycardinal.bsky.social, Michela Carrière, Chris Dallyn, Graham Strickert, and Alex Zahara)
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Landkeeping
With rising temperatures, longer summers, drought, and more wildfires occurring in the United States and Canada, there is growing interest in the impact and efficacy of Indigenous fire and cultural bu...
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Jared Dahl Aldern @jdaldern.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Muskrats to Moose: “We Are Fire (www.wearefire.ca) shares current and wise practices and related resources on various dimensions of burning and habitat restoration for Indigenous Peoples and wildlife in the kisiskāciwani-sīpiy maskēko askīy (Saskatchewan River Delta).” (1/2)
This images reproduces Fig. 12.2 in *Landkeeping: Restoring Indigenous Fire Stewardship and Ecological Partnerships.* The figure’s caption reads: “Muskrats are the gardeners of kisiskāciwani sīpiy maskēko askīy.” The black and white photograph shows a wet-furred muskrat hunched into the left half of the frame, with a bright background. Dark reflections appear underneath the animal.
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Alex Zahara @alexzahara.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
The Saskatchewan Ombudsman has released a list of immediate calls to action regarding the province’s response to wildfires. Here are the recommendations: #skpoli #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/electio...
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Sask. ombudsman calls out province's 'delays in response' to wildfire evacuees | CBC News
Saskatchewan's ombudsman says her office will conduct an investigation into the government's response to the wildfires, but that the focus right now is on evacuees' immediate needs.
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Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Where is the world? @mark-carney.bsky.social
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
They are going to make it harder for the scientists to stop, or even record, what comes next.
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Supreme Court finds Saskatchewan jail regulations violate Charter of Rights and Freedoms #humanrights #Saskatchewan #prisons leaderpost.com/news/crime/s...
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Supreme Court finds Saskatchewan jail regulations violate Charter of Rights and Freedoms
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt must be used in some inmate disciplinary hearings.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
It’s been said many times that the treaties supersede the separatists. Alberta simply can’t leave without support from treaty signatories. And today, Chief Billy-Joe Tuccaro of the Mikisew Cree Nation made it clear. It’s a hard no. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Alex Zahara @alexzahara.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
It’s not surprising that neoliberal universities side with fascism but wow it’s still disappointing
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Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
If it walks and talks like McCarthyism, then it probably is McCarthyism.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
SCOOP—Emails obtained by @zeteo.com show Mahmoud Khalil reached out for help from the Columbia administration *one day before* ICE detained him. He said he couldn't sleep from threats he was receiving. He even wrote that he feared ICE "might come to my home."
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SCOOP: Emails Show Mahmoud Khalil Asked Columbia for Protection a Day Before He Was Detained
"I haven’t been able to sleep, fearing that ICE or a dangerous individual might come to my home. I urge you to intervene and provide the necessary protections to prevent further harm."
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Carolyn Brost Strom @carolynbroststrom.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Through university my modes of transportation were walking, bicycle, Saskatoon City bus, or STC. Yep, my kids, they won’t have access to the same affordable services I did & it’s sad. #SkPoli
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Trudy Keil, PhD @trudykeil.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Just a friendly reminder to rural Saskatchewan residents that we used to have bus routes to every corner of Saskatchewan. All gone thanks to the SaskParty.
STC bus routes across SAskatchewan
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 07/03/2025
According to @ubyssey.ca, RCMP officers showed up at the office of UBC's student newspaper and requested the contact information of their sources to identify protesters (The newspaper refused, which is good because it is wildly inappropriate for police to do this) ubyssey.ca/news/ubc-sta...
"On Wednesday, February 12, RCMP officers came to The Ubyssey’s office seeking contact information for sources in a previous story, who they anticipated might stage a demonstration. The Ubyssey did not provide contact information; journalism ethics require journalists to refrain from assisting police unless our cooperation is strictly necessary in extreme situations."
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Warwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
So sad to learn of Sandra's death. She was a dear friend and constant inspiration. In the intellectual vanguard of postcolonial science studies, Sandra never ceased pushing us to think more critically, more radically. How I miss those days hanging out in Venice Beach... #STS #postcol
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Trudeau announces $37B in #childcare deals with 11 provinces and territories. (AB and SK the only holdouts.) Agreements will increase base funding by 3% per year for 4 years, starting in 2027-28. www.cbc.ca/news/politic... via @cbcnews.ca
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Trudeau announces $37B in child care deals with 11 provinces and territories | CBC News
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government has signed agreements totalling almost $37 billion over five years with 11 provinces and territories that will extend the federal child care space program un...
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Arielle Duhaime-Ross @adrs.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Dear fellow journalists: when you go on podcasts or tv shows and talk about the Trump administration, it would be *so great* if you didn’t boil down his actions surrounding the rights of trans people as actions surrounding “trans issues” (?!!)
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
'Any talk of annexing our country - we're here, First Nations have always been here, will continue to be here and Canada is on First Nations land'
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Response to tariffs need Indigenous Peoples input say leaders
Leaders in Ottawa say Indigenous Peoples need to be part of the solution to tariffs levied against Canada by the United States.
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Alana Wakula @awakula.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
The SaskParty doubled down on violating children’s rights, and our international commitments.The use of the notwithstanding clause to harm vulnerable youth is unconscionable.
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Kim TallBear @kimtallbear.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Supportive academics & community members! Please sign this Google Docs letter b4 March 10. Written by Chris Andersen, Dean Faculty of Native Studies UAlberta & Rob Innes, Chair, Indigenous Studies, McMaster U. in support of #Indigenous Studies at #York U, which administrators propose cutting.
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Indigenous Studies Response to York’s Suspension of their Program
Dear Dean McMurtry, Provost Peters, and President Lenton, As two Indigenous studies administrators (Dr. Chris Andersen is the Dean of the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta and Dr....
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Our Premier is still delaying on joining the National School Food Program and potentially losing out on millions of dollars if it chooses not to sign on to the program #Saskatchewan #Canada #education www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Sask. risking millions in funding if it doesn't sign on to National School Food Program: expert | CBC News
One expert says that if the deal is anywhere similar to Manitoba's agreement with Ottawa, Saskatchewan could potentially lose out on $17 million over three years.
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Kim TallBear @kimtallbear.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
So much ahistorical liberal implicit racism on here. Think before posting. Does your statement of supposed lost US goodness (e.g. "founding fathers" romanticism) forget about the violence & disrespect the US has long done to non Europeans/non-whites, their/our peoples, leaders, lands, governance?
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Chelsea Bleau @sleepychels.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
theircollective.ca
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Alex Zahara @alexzahara.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Oh yeah, this crew is definitely who I’d trust to evaluate the impact and consequences of “transgender issues”. Brutal.
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tannara @tyllnd.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
is crazy how evil this newspaper is
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Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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Alex Zahara @alexzahara.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
“RCMP raided 13 cannabis stores in four Mi’kmaw communities. According to police, the stores were violating treaty rights.” wtf
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Laurence Thompson @thompsonlg.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
“Saskatchewan needs more low barrier voluntary treatment, accessible housing, investment in health care & mental health care, more harm reduction services, & decriminalization & supportive policies”. thestarphoenix.com/news/local-n...
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New drug penalties could further marginalize users: PHR executive director
Prairie Harm Reduction is raising concerns about new drug-related penalties it says could potentially further marginalize people.
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Brett McKay @brettmckay.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
"'Extremely disappointed': Métis community concerns dismissed by AER" www.stalbertgazette.com/local-news/e...
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'Extremely disappointed': Métis community concerns dismissed by AER
Read the full story and comment on stalbertgazette.com
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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 24/02/2025
Made my @thenarwhal.ca debut today! In response to all of these conservatives blathering on about "biological reality," I wrote about clownfish, the TV show "Succession," and the uniquely beautiful—and uniquely human—experience of being trans. thenarwhal.ca/clownfish-se...
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Clownfish school us on the ‘biological facts’ of sex, gender and being trans | The Narwhal
From clownfish to cardinals, sex in the natural world is malleable. But being ‘transgender’ requires human intellect, autonomy and personal choice
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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 25/02/2025
I bet you can
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Marc Spooner @drmarcspooner.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Important & chilling Worth the listen
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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 24/02/2025
🧵 Alberta government announcement coming tomorrow, likely concerning involuntary treatment (or, more accurate: forced abstinence). Here's a guide for Alberta media. I'll join @ctheriault.bsky.social on his show at 2:17pm MST Monday. 1/ globalnews.ca/edmonton/pro...
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Courtney Theriault on 880 CHED | Global News
Midday on 880 CHED with Courtney Theriault | Global News
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 23/02/2025
The funny thing about Cross Country Check-Up both-sidesing annexation is that they did not do anything wrong, the problem is that they followed their journalistic standards too well When journalism is not rooted in any moral values beyond “objectivity” and “balance,” this is the natural outcome
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Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
And this. bsky.app/profile/sean...
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Frociaggine Wheat Sheaf 🌾 @polisquirrel.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
The last guy made such a good point about Treaties and Indigenous rights, and how that is a part of this. I don’t think US imperialism will care that much about treaties. However Canadian sovereignty would do well by strengthening our relationships with Indigenous nations.
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Sunil Sarwal @sunilsarwal.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
“Hi, I’m David Frum. Now you might be wondering why I’m a guest on “Should America Invade Your Country?” Well, it turns out I’m somewhat of an expert on America invading countries.”
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 23/02/2025
CBC's Cross Country Checkup promises to foster discussion between Canadians who think we should become 51st state, and Canadians who think we should surrender to different countries
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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Seriously though, a show about Canadian sovereignty that doesn't grapple with Quebec and the treaties? How is that representative of this country? If part of intent was to educate the US about our country, this was a fail.
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âpihtawikosisân @apihtawikosisan.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Holy crap.
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 22/02/2025
I suspect we're about to see a concerted effort by Bannon to normalize the Nazi salute as a way of further radicalizing his base outflanking Musk. (www.rawstory.com/steve-bannon...)
It's a Steve Bannon post from Gettr where he writes "fix bayonets" and links to a story about him doing the Nazi salute
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Desmond @dsmdwng.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
York University is effectively starving out their fledgling Indigenous Studies program before it has had a chance to develop. Please read this letter from Indigenous Studies faculty. www.facebook.com/share/p/1ZDr...
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Redirecting...
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 22/02/2025
Any countries building Starlink into their telecom systems should be thinking twice right now.
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 21/02/2025
No more students will be offered admission to grad school at Pitt due to the instability of our federal government.
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WIRED @wired.com · 21/02/2025
Tom Krause is in charge of both a sensitive government payment system and a company that has millions of dollars’ worth of active contracts with various federal agencies through distribution partners, a WIRED review finds. Conflicts posed by this are unprecedented in the modern era, experts say.
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DOGE Put Him in the Treasury Department. His Company Has Federal Contracts Worth Millions
Experts say the conflicts posed by Tom Krause’s dual roles are unprecedented in the modern era.
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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
CSIS releases a report with info that any activist already knows -- that antisemitic threats are most dangerous and serious coming from the far right, and CBC inexplicably talks to a random cop who says actually, Muslims are still more dangerous. What in the fuck, CBC? www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Violent extremists are using antisemitism to recruit in Canada: CSIS report | CBC News
Ideologically motivated violent extremist groups are using antisemitism in a bid to recruit followers and inspire violence, according to a report from Canada's spy agency.
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