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Fred Burrill @fburrill.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is the exact opposite of what literally everyone I know working at Concordia has said. But, y'know, "revenue sharing."

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Fred Burrill @fburrill.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Wow if we ever needed another reminder that U-pick fruit is a scam that just involves petit-bourgeois orchard owners trying to avoid paying labour to realize their profits. www.cbc.ca/lite/story/9...

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P.E.I. orchard owner 'fed up' after children damage apples during U-pick visit

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Fred Burrill @fburrill.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

What is the UNB GSA for, if not to stand up for graduate students?

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Atlantic Canada Studies Centre (University of New Brunswick) @acsc-unb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The new semester begins today! First up, our webinar next week with Dr. Max Liboiron. "Against Mutuality, for Infrastructure: A Theory of Change for Research Across Significant Difference."

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Against Mutuality, for Infrastructure: A Theory of Change for Research Across Significant Difference

Presented by the UNB Atlantic Canada Studies Centre and STU Sustainability and Environmental Studies program.

A webinar with Dr. Max Liboiron (Memorial University of Newfoundland)

Date: Wednesday, Sept. 16
Time: 4 - 6 p.m.
Location: Teams (go to following link: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/fc8bfbd5-a01f-4b87-af7d-be290159e410@244e6ed2-339a-47f3-b95c-e45351c198b7)

About the webinar

When two fundamentally different cultural groups decide to collaborate, how do we deal with the combination of power imbalances and separate knowledge paradigms?

This talk starts from the premise that even with the best skills, ethics, and training, most methods of collaboration assume mutuality, and thus function as a redemptive fantasy of unity rather than addressing structural power imbalances. Drawing on a nine-year collaboration monitoring plastics in Inuit homelands, the talk describes how even with Indigenous co-leadership, Western epistemologies continued to dominate.

Rather than pursuing impossible integration or relying on mutuality, we found uneven success by shifting toward infrastructure: the material supports such as contracts, funding flows, and data ownership, that orient action regardless of intention or even understanding. Rather than hearts and minds (mutuality), this talk argues for a theory of change based in infrastructure.

About Dr. Max Liboiron

Dr. Max Liboiron is a Professor in Geography at Memorial University, where they direct the Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research (CLEAR). CLEAR develops feminist and anti-colonial methodologies to study marine plastic pollution.

Liboiron is author of Pollution is Colonialism (Duke University Press, 2021) and co-author of Discard Studies: Systems, Wasting, and Power (MIT Press, 2022).

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Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time @deindustrialpol.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

How can heritage respond to the social, political and territorial transformations brought about by deindustrialisation? Join us in Venice, 17–18 June 2027, for our annual conference and a special issue of the International Journal of Heritage Studies. Read the full call & submit your proposal:

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Heritage and/in Deindustrialisation Call For Papers – Deindustrialization

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Fred Burrill @fburrill.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

All the QC "radical" left social media influencers rushing to get everyone to vote for the nationalist soc-dems.

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Fred Burrill @fburrill.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Jay Lalonde, who gave a brilliant defense of their brilliant dissertation this morning. "Icelandic Settlers in Nova Scotia and Atlantic Canada’s Immigration Policy 1867-85." Keep your eyes open for the ground-breaking book this will become!

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Fred Burrill @fburrill.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

RIP Dolly, who wrote several of the best working-class anthems in American music.

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Fred Burrill @fburrill.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

L'affaire de Vincent Marissal est trop drôle. Pour vrai, y a tu une meilleure preuve que QS n'est qu'une joke de formation de gauche. Il fallait qu'il quitte, y auraient du lui montrer la porte.

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Cole Webber @colewebber.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Looking forward to this book discussion in Ottawa. We'll be joined by Andrew Crosby, author of Resisting Eviction: Domicide and the Financialization of Rental Housing (Fernwood, 2023).

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Robyn Maynard @policingblack.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Canada is closing its door to Haitian asylum seekers- it changed the law to largely bar their crossing after Haitian and African asylum seekers sought refuge at the border ten years ago. This is a nation hostile to Black life. globalnews.ca/news/1199602...

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Advocates brace for possible influx of Haitian asylum seekers as U.S. protections end | Globalnews.ca

TPS, which had allowed Haitians to live and work legally in the U.S. on a temporary basis, officially expired Monday.

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A mum in Gaza whose son was disappeared by Israel found out her son is alive after IDF soldiers shared a video posing and having fun in front of him You can’t fix this fascist society with a different PM www.instagram.com/reel/Dbgwd47...

The mum at the top. At the bottom, two IDF soldiers mocking the blindfolded Palestinian

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Sonja B @sonjalovesbikes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I expect the freedom of expression people to be completely silent about this incident. I think EVERYONE should be disturbed by the threat of deportation to anyone who expresses views critical of the government/bureaucracy 1/n www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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12 international students at Calgary protest referred to CBSA office after status check | CBC News

A dozen people who took part in a weeks-long international student protest in northeast Calgary have been flagged as "being possibly inadmissible" and, according to an immigration lawyer, could be for...

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Fred Burrill @fburrill.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Hot take: the mass mobilizations around Parc Jarry are a product of white gentrification. (Not that the tennis stadium should expand. But the photos from the event should come with sunglasses. Blinded by the white).

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Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time @deindustrialpol.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

📑 Looking for some summer reading? Dive into Wen Xi’s new article: “Left Behind in Time: Rethinking Left-Behind Places Through a Timescape Approach in Northeast China,” published in July! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

A shameless exercise in falsification. The #Zionist organizations are able to have this kind of impact because the Canadian political establishment shares their objectives. #Antisemitism

Study finds there is widespread antisemitism on Canadian campuses but survey was only distributed through Zionist organizations that consider Palestine solidarity and exercise in antisemitism.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

This just-released Canada Heritage survey is a stunning piece of anti-Palestinian propaganda weaponized vs. critics of the genocide at universities. It is a reprisal against the encampment movement. Look at the evidence of ‘antisemitism’: a prof calling Israel a Zionist project—as it attests to be.

In a course that had nothing to do with Israel, my professor spent three weeks talking about Gaza and the creation of the State of Israel. He never mentioned the Holocaust as a precursor to its founding, repeatedly calling the state a “Zionist political project.”

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Fred Burrill @fburrill.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Haha Tristin Hopper. One of Canada's worst journalists, and that's saying something.

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Marie Plourde @marieplourde.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Jonathan Savard-Shaw avocat de la Société canadienne d’hypothèques et de logement (SCHL), un organisme qui offre des solutions en matière de logement abordable, condamné à verser plus de 21 000 $ à sa locataire, victime d’une reprise de logement illégale. www.journaldemontreal.com/2026/07/21/u...

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Un avocat d’une société d’État spécialisée en immobilier condamné à payer 21 000$ à sa locataire jetée à la rue

Un avocat de la SCHL vient d’être condamné à verser plus de 21 000$ à sa locataire, victime d’une reprise de logement illégale à Longueuil.

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

No science fiction could have prepared us for just how stupid the end of the world can be. "The environment was on the brink of collapse, and so, rather than deal with that, we burned what fuel we had left getting computers to scam each other for money."

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Atlantic Canada Studies Centre (University of New Brunswick) @acsc-unb.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

We hope you're planning to join us in Fredericton from July 1-August 3 for the upcoming Black Loyalist Academic and Community Knowledge Conference, part of the Still Here Emancipation Celebration. You can register and check out the schedule @ the link below: site.pheedloop.com/event/BLACK2...

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PheedLoop: Hybrid, In-Person & Virtual Event Software

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Fred Burrill @fburrill.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Incel terror attacks, the fascist state incarcerating comrades for their reading material, record-breaking heat waves...the question is rapidly transforming from "what would I do if" to "what am I doing when"...

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Fred Burrill @fburrill.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

This. And paying students to go to school, as they are clearly doing socially necessary reproductive labour.

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Atlantic Canada Studies Centre (University of New Brunswick) @acsc-unb.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Registration is now open for the BLACK: Beyond the Archives conference, an academic and community gathering exploring Black loyalist history in New Brunswick. We're happy to be supporting this event, and thrilled it's happening in Fredericton! Register below: site.pheedloop.com/event/BLACK2...

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Fred Burrill @fburrill.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Today is Davis Day, a reminder to us all that bosses and their cops and armies are a threat to the safety and wellbeing of workers everywhere.

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Fred Burrill @fburrill.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

From what I can tell from reports, these pogroms seem to be in mostly Loyalist areas (which would make sense -- if you've ever been to Belfast, you'll know that the fash vibe is strong on the Shankill road). Does anyone know how things are playing out on the Falls Road?

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Ottawa loves talking about forced labour when it happens overseas. But when migrant workers in Canada are tied to a single employer for their job, housing, immigration status, and survival, the urgency seems to vanish. We can't keep pretending forced labour is only a foreign supply-chain problem.

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Trump’s new tariffs expose a domestic problem Canada keeps deflecting

Donald Trump’s proposed forced labour tariffs have reignited a debate Canada has long avoided. While Ottawa focuses on imported goods and foreign supply chains, critics—including labour advocates, res...

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Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time @deindustrialpol.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

📢 Just a few days left until DePOT annual conference! “(Un)just Transitions?: Deindustrialization and the Environment” Montreal, Canada, June 18-20, 2026 We look forward to welcoming you and discovering the presentations, discussions, and new collaborations that will emerge from this year’s event.

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Conferences – Deindustrialization

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Fred Burrill @fburrill.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Woop woop les Robins strike again!

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

It is not possible. As long as there is the threat of Israel, it is not possible. If countries were serious about wanting to disarm Hezbollah they’d tackle the genocidal elephant in the room.

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Fred Burrill @fburrill.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Sex workers in Montreal have announced a strike during F1 weekend, one of the most important annual money-makers for their industry. Their demand? Basic wages and legal protections. Autonomous worker organizing in the face of incredible odds. Amazing! montrealgazette.com/news/montrea...

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Montreal strippers plan walkout for F1 weekend

Dancers at Montreal strip clubs don't earn a salary. The action aims to change that, with sex workers demanding the same protections as other workers.

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Fred Burrill @fburrill.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Not to mention the heavy work loads of students, high tuition, etc., making it necessary for them to cut corners. Wages for students = less cheating.

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Histoire Engagée @histoireengagee.ca · 14/05/2026

Floralie Pointel-Abeto signe une recension de la réédition de « Capitalisme et Confédération » (1968) de Stanley B. Ryerson qui attire à nouveau l'attention sur l'analyse matérialiste de la fondation de l'État canadien. Et sur un humanisme qui a très bien vieilli. histoireengagee.ca/?p=13906

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Compte rendu de « Capitalisme et Confédération : aux sources du conflit Canada/Québec » - Histoire Engagée

Par Floralie Pointel-Abeto, candidate à la maîtrise en histoire, Université du Québec à Montréal D’abord écrit en anglais en 1968 (Unequal Union : Confederation and the Roots of Conflict in Ca

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Acadiensis @acadiensis.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The CFP for the David Alexander Prize for Best Undergraduate Essay on the History of Atlantic Canada has been issued. For more information, visit the blog: acadiensis.wordpress...

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Feminist City @feministcity.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

"Working for Nothing: A #WagesForHousework Anthology" edited by Louise Toupin 😍 btlbooks.com/book/wages-f... @btlbooks.com

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Fred Burrill @fburrill.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Everyone's favourite sticky-finger gang is back! All power to the Robins des ruelles!

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

How does one even react to such daily savagery

Mosab Abu Toha: I am so heartbroken.
Israel has just shot my 30-year-old aunt in the chest while she was sitting with her three young children in a school shelter in Jabalia Camp. She is in critical condition; the bullet pierced her chest and exited through her back, devastating her lungs and spleen.
At the moment she was hit, she was holding her one-year-old son. He fell from her lap as she collapsed and was found bleeding from one of his ears.
I just spoke with my uncle, who told me that Israel has been using subsonic bullets lately. He said his sister is the second mother in the camp to be shot in the chest today.
Please pray for her and our family. Her husband was abducted by Israel in November 2024, and we still have no word on his condition.

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Atlantic Canada Studies Centre (University of New Brunswick) @acsc-unb.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Sophie Lavoie, @nbmediacoop.bsky.social has done some fantastic coverage of our events: See her article on Mi'kmaw historian Mercedes Peters' talk, "'She Didn't Leave Anybody Out': Rita Smith, Mi'kmaw Family, and the Coming Together of Glooscap First Nation." nbmediacoop.org/2026/04/30/m...

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Mi’kmaw leader Rita Smith ‘saw something that needed to get done and she did it’ [video]

Innovative historical research on Mi’kmaw communities, done with Indigenous protocols in mind, sheds light on women’s roles in founding Mi’kmaw

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Department of Historical Studies at University of New Brunswick @histstudiesunb.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Proud to announce that UNB alum Noah Schwarz was awarded @acadiensis.bsky.social 2025 David Alexander Prize for best undergrad essay on the history of Atlantic Canada. "Boss Narratives: Regeneration and Heritage in Marysville, NB," was written for HIST 3305, Deindustrialization in North America.

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Atlantic Canada Studies Centre (University of New Brunswick) @acsc-unb.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

We're extremely grateful to have hosted the brilliant Mi'kmaw historian Mercedes Peters last Friday. It was a full house at the NB Sports Hall of Fame, where - in a lovely coincidence - Mercedes' dad Jason Peters is honoured for his contributions to Indigenous sports!

Mercedes Peters, wearing a jean jacket and long dress, speaks to a full room in the Alden R. Clark Theatre. Her presentation can be seen on the screen at the front of the room: "'She didn't leave anybody out': Rita Smith, Mi'kmaw Family, and the Coming Together of Glooscap First Nation."

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Isis Naucratis @isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I beg to differ w this Liberal USA take: The 🇺🇸 Empire is built on genocide, Land theft & slavery; it has nuked 🇯🇵 TWICE; it has cause tens of millions of deaths worldwide since; it is assisting 🇮🇱's genocide in 🇵🇸; it has elected Trump TWICE. Trump IS America, albeit without a mask.

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