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Phoebe Friesen @phoebefriesen.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Great piece on the current destruction of higher ed under the Trump administration by @debthompsonphd.bsky.social - universities are a lot of things, both good and bad, but are still worth fighting for. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

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Opinion: What is happening to higher education in the U.S. right now is not reform. It is destruction

Universities have faced varying crises over the decades, but the recent showdown initiated by the Trump administration is an unprecedented inflection point

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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 21/10/2024

Opinion - Why has the Cult of Donald Trump proven to be so durable?: Two distinct wings of American conservatism have been brought together by the former president’s ego, audacity and strongman politics

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Why has the Cult of Donald Trump proven to be so durable?

Two distinct wings of American conservatism have been brought together by the former president’s ego, audacity and strongman politics

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Debra Thompson @debthompsonphd.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

If you’re a newcomer to this platform, I’m technically *on* blue sky and have been for a while, but mostly I’m just … very tired. Will have more opinions on the US election in the @theglobeandmail.com coming soon! Don’t read the comments. 🙌🏽

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Debra Thompson @debthompsonphd.bsky.social · 01/11/2023

A new episode of the Policy Options In/Equality podcast just dropped, from our friends at the Institute for Research on Public Policy. Yushu Zhu and I discuss housing inequality in Canada - it’s more nuanced, and perhaps more dire, than you think. policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/no...

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Inequality and Housing Access

Housing affordability has become one of the most talked-about problems of Canadian life. Housing prices have been rapidly rising ,and rent – per many renters – is too damn high. In this episode of...

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Debra Thompson @debthompsonphd.bsky.social · 18/10/2023

Thanks to the Quebec Writers’ Federation for short-listing The Long Road Home for the Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction. I’m grateful for good news in these dark times.

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