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Ping Lam Ip

@pinglamjoeip.bsky.social
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PhD student in sociology at University of Alberta; @killamtrusts.bsky.social Laureate

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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The @thetyee.ca is covering the unbelievably cruel decision by the University of Alberta to slash 100% of funding to its non-profit affiliated child care centres despite having evidence of clear need. They are still, inconceivably, giving money to a private, for-profit company NOBODY USES.
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Parents Upset as U of A Cuts Off Non-Profit Child-Care Centres | The Tyee
But there’s money for a corporate provider to faculty and staff.
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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
🧵In this new article in @universityaffairs.bsky.social , @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I argue that generative AI based on large language models has no place in higher education. People in universities use AI only for doing more things more quickly, easily, and cheaply.
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AI in universities: the case against - University Affairs
Ping Lam Ip and Andrea DeKeseredy argue generative artificial intelligence has no place in higher education.
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Ping Lam Ip @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
An article Prof. Jana Grekul, Jenna Robinson, and I wrote is now published in Feminist Criminology. It documents the precarity that formerly incarcerated women in Alberta experienced as they were adapting to post-release life. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
In the latest edition of the ASC Critical Criminology newsletter @dekeseredy.bsky.social , @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I discuss the similarities between the Hockey Canada and Ghomeshi trials, as well as the betrayal victims of sexual violence experience within the Canadian criminal justice system
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Ping Lam Ip @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
This is a good article addressing the ugly reality that the moral panic about porn, which a portion of (mostly white) radical feminists is partly responsible for, has paradoxically fueled violence against women.
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Ping Lam Ip @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Congratulations to @jfamstudies.bsky.social, where I published my paper about low-income migrant mothers in Hong Kong last year. The journal's 2025 impact factor has jumped from 1.6 to 2.1! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Intensification of traditional mothering ideals in migration contexts: low-income Mainland Chinese cross-border mothers in Hong Kong
Research on migration and mothering has primarily focused on how migration reframes motherhood. Mothers are expected to be the primary caregivers and prioritise their children’s wellbeing over thei...
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Fiona Wong @fionahywong.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Excited to share my first solo-authored article, now published in the Journal of Gender Studies. 👉 doi.org/10.1080/0958... I examine how state-condoned sexual violence serve as a gendered state repression during protests, and how women mobilise fear as a form of resistance in the case of Hong Kong.
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‘The fear was real’: how women mobilize fear to resist gendered state repression in Hong Kong’s anti-extradition movement
Many news have been reported on sexual violence against female protestors in the world, such as Tunisia, Yemen and Mexico. The Hong Kong anti-extradition movement is also no exception. However, sch...
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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
🧵Jack Mintz has a new piece in the Financial Post arguing that men in Canada are being discriminated against through federal research funding allocation and Canada Research Chair hiring quotas. @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I found this is simply misinformation.
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Jack Mintz: End DEI targets in federal research funding
The provinces, which regulate and fund universities, should step up to make sure grants and positions are allocated solely on merit. Read on
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Ping Lam Ip @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Check out this new book by @dekeseredy.bsky.social et al., which addresses an under-researched area of sport and violence against women.
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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
🧵On March 27, the University of Alberta Board of Governors approved tuition increases for the 7th year. @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I made tables summarizing the hikes since 2020 In 2026/27, all domestic students admitted since 2020/21 will need to pay 37% more than they did in 2020/21.
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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 11/03/2026
Here I’m criticizing the Alberta government’s ‘study’ on its own supervised consumption site closures by the merits of its *corruption alone* Someone more qualified should examine its methodology. Knowing this government, I expect it’s very bad. drugdatadecoded.ca/centre-of-re...
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Centre of Recovery Excellence using health information of people who use drugs to undermine their safety
The Alberta government's Crown corporation has published its first study using personal health numbers of people accessing supervised consumption sites. While its findings fail to hold up, it offers ...
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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
🧵The conversation around the University of Alberta "ending" EDI in hiring is purposely confusing in a way that strategically benefits the university and misleads everyone The question is, should a university grounded in academic freedom censor itself due to government pressure?
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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
🧵In this new op-ed in the Edmonton Journal, @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I debunk the myth that EDI hiring and “reverse discrimination” happened at University of Alberta. In actuality, the U of A has not made any advancement in EDI hiring.
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Opinion: Little evidence of EDI hiring policy in practice at the U of A
The U of A’s recruitment data does not show any signs of progress in EDI, let alone patterns of reverse discrimination.
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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
🧵The University of Alberta is celebrating the inaugural TIME Magazine rankings, which places it 75th globally and 3rd in Canada. But @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I found that established QS World University Rankings tells a more concerning story about the university’s recent developments.
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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
I have won the election of Councillor-at-Large at the University of Alberta Graduate Student Association I represent ALL graduate students at council now, not just my own department. I will do everything in my power to get the university child care funding back
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Ping Lam Ip @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
"The natural way of things diminishes the excessive and supplements the insufficient. The human way is different. It diminishes the insufficient to serve the excessive. Only those who follow the natural way of things use excess to serve the world." Tao Te Ching, 4th century BCE
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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
🧵The House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research passed a motion requiring the Tri-Council to release confidential data. Some members claim research funding is being unfairly allocated to "DEI" or "woke" research But last year @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I debunked this.
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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
🧵The Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research has put forward a motion to release ALL data in relation to federal research funding applications. This motion was put forward by conservative MPs who are skeptical of funding being allocated "fairly."
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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
University of Alberta Graduate Students: If you have experienced a loss in coverage due to the GSA changing our benefits provider, @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I have created a guide explaining how to potentially continue your coverage.
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Ping Lam Ip @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
I am glad to share that I have received the Dr EW Gauk-Westfield Award!
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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Thank you @taprootedmonton.ca for featuring @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social , Dr. Wendy Aujla and I for our piece on the Alberta government’s response to gender-based violence. Great to be next to @knight54.bsky.social in the Pulse!
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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
The United Conservative Party claims it has adopted Canada's most comprehensive strategy to reduce gender-based violence. In the Edmonton Journal, Dr. Wendy Aujla, @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I outline the absolute hypocrisy of their plan to address violence in Alberta.
edmontonjournal.com
Opinion: Alberta's gender-based violence strategy undermined by government policies
If the government is serious about ending violence, they will have to start with reversing many of their own economic and social policies
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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
@pinglamjoeip.bsky.social ‬ and I wrote a piece in @thegateway.bsky.social to call out the University of Alberta Graduate Students’ Association for targeting and bullying an Indigenous Associate Vice-President Labour.
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The GSA has been collectively bullying an Indigenous associate vice-president (labour) - The Gateway
Recent actions by the GSA have been a clear attempt to target and exclude our only Indigenous DEO and labour representative.
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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
I'm excited to share with you all that my husband, Dr. Daniel O'Brien, has taken an ENT position at the University of Manitoba where he will also serve as associate professor. Daniel specializes in complex head and neck surgery. Manitoba, another doctor is on the way.
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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
🧵Last year @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I extracted public data on 35,828 research projects funded by eight SSHRC programs to debunk the Alberta govt's claim that federal funding agencies favor “left-wing” or “progressive” disciplines. We now take one step further to analyze the data.
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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
I am excited to share with you all that I have been awarded the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship. The scholarship was created with the purpose of attracting and retaining world-class doctoral students who display exceptional scholarly achievements and also leadership qualities.
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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
The Edmonton region has hit an all-time high in opioid related deaths. Danielle Smith claimed less than a year ago that The Alberta Recovery Model was a success We wrote about why her statements are misleading in October 2024 People will continue to die
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Drop in drug poisoning deaths does not necessarily indicate Alberta Recovery Model is working
Alberta’s controversial approach to the opioid crisis rejects harm reduction, including supervised consumption sites. Despite recent UCP claims that the program is working, more evidence is needed.
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Ping Lam Ip @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
I am excited to share that I have received the Andrew Stewart Memorial Graduate Prize! This award recognizes students' research accomplishments while registered in a doctoral program at the University of Alberta.
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Ken Chih-Yan Sun @kcsun1015.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
We live in a time where migrants' mobility can no longer be taken for granted, and my new article in Social Forces examines how mobility restrictions create "linked immobility" that affects entire transnational family networks. Here is the link (open access): academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...
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Confronting linked immobility: how Chinese migrants managed family crisis during a global catastrophe
Abstract. Drawing on qualitative interviews with 51 Chinese migrants who live in the US but strive to support frail parents back home, this article analyze
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Ping Lam Ip @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
I am incredibly honored to receive the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholarship, one of the most prestigious doctoral awards in Canada sponsored by @killamtrusts.bsky.social.
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Ping Lam Ip @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Back to YEG after presenting three research papers at the @csa-scs.bsky.social annual conference!
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Ping Lam Ip @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
The Alberta Government hates to see us coming. @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social
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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
The University of Alberta made the decision to stop funding all university affiliated child care centres. Dr. @mmaroto.bsky.social and I wrote about the consequences of this decision and how it will not only harm the university, but the Edmonton community.
edmontonjournal.com
Opinion: U of A puts up barriers to access by cutting child care
We call on the U of A to make the choice to continue to support families and the larger community.
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Walter DeKeseredy @dekeseredy.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
My new article on the critical criminlogy of sport is now out. journals.sagepub.com/eprint/CYUAQ...
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The critical criminology of sport: Past, present, future - Walter S. DeKeseredy, 2025
Critical criminology has a long history of examining a legion of interpersonal violent acts committed in public and private contexts, crimes of the powerful, an...
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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
The University of Alberta has slashed funding to their affiliated daycares despite the funding only making up .0154% of its operating budget. These facilities are vital to the community and lives will be permanently changed by this callous decision.
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U of A cuts funding to university-affiliated daycares, effective January 2026 - The Gateway
Beginning in January 2026, the U of A will withdraw funding to six university-affiliated daycares in and around North Campus.
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thegateway.bsky.social @thegateway.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Opinion: GSA is wasting money on the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations "The costs associated with joining CASA are a misplaced use of our money and do not benefit graduate students." buff.ly/yhWnfA2
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GSA is wasting money on the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations  - The Gateway
The GSA spends tens of thousands of dollars on CASA membership fees and travel expenses with little to show for it.
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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
The University of Alberta Graduate Student Association spends tens of thousands of dollars of our membership fees on travel expenses. @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I wrote about how there is a lack of spending transparency, and a waste of our money.
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GSA is wasting money on the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations  - The Gateway
The GSA spends tens of thousands of dollars on CASA membership fees and travel expenses with little to show for it.
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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
🧵The Graduate Students’ Association (GSA) at the University of Alberta has distributed a survey to ask for students’ opinions on its proposed 2025-26 budget. The budget has many controversial items, including cuts to the associate vice-president labour, who is responsible for collective bargaining.
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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
🧵Pierre Poilievre has promised harsher punishments for intimate partner violence. A new op-ed @dekeseredy.bsky.social , @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social, and I wrote for the Conversation Canada shows that these policies are not effective.
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Pierre Poilievre’s proposals on intimate partner violence will do little to stop it
There is scant evidence to suggest more punitive measures will discourage violence against women. Policy-makers should instead use a balanced approach that prevents violence before it occurs.
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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Yesterday West Virginia University held a held a celebration for authors who published in the @theconversation.com. An article @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social , @pdekeseredy.bsky.social and I wrote to debunk Danielle Smith's claims about Alberta's "treatment" model was featured. @ualberta.bsky.social
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Ping Lam Ip @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
As a highly educated person, I do not like using vulgar language on any public platform but please pardon me one: FUCK YOU TRUMP YOU FUCKING RACIST FASCIST MORON GO FUCK YOURSELF. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Nintendo Switch 2 preorders in U.S. delayed because of Trump's tariffs
The fallout from the president's far-reaching tariffs trickles all the way down to video games.
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Ping Lam Ip @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Everyone is excited about the "win" in Wisconsin, but Wisconsin was one of the swing states that got Trump elected in the first place. If anything, this "win" only shows that some Americans are fine with having a narcissistic liar to be their leader when it doesn't hurt them.
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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
🧵We have further information on the so-called “exemptions” in the Provincial Priorities Act (Bill 18) that will require provincial entities to seek approval from the Alberta government before signing any funding agreements with the federal government.
docs.assembly.ab.ca
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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
🧵Alberta's Laws make it impossible for Graduate Students' Associations (GSAs) in the province to protect our labour rights. In a new op-ed, @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I show that the University of Alberta GSA is considered part of @ualberta.bsky.social, our employer.
thegatewayonline.ca
Our GSA fails to represent us, here is why - The Gateway
The GSA is failing to represent graduate students because of its financial reliance on the U of A and a misplacement in priorities.
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thegateway.bsky.social @thegateway.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
The University of Alberta Graduate Students' Association's proposed 2025–26 budget includes a $7,000 salary cut for the associate vice-president (labour) position. buff.ly/NpHelKT
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GSA budget proposes $7,000 salary cut for AVP labour - The Gateway
The GSA has proposed a $7,000 pay cut for the VPA Labour position. The position is responsible for leading the GSA union.
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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
The UCP backed down on including post-secondary federal funding in the Provincial Priorities Act. @kathrynjohnson.bsky.social from the @thegateway.bsky.social interviewed @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I about how this is not a "win" many in Alberta post-secondary organizations are claiming.
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Exemptions made for post-secondary sector under Provincial Priorities Act - The Gateway
On March 12, the GSA released an update outlining exemptions for the post-secondary sector under the Provincial Priorities Act.
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thegateway.bsky.social @thegateway.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
On March 12, the University of Alberta Graduate Students' Alliance released an update outlining the exemptions made for the post-secondary sector under the Provincial Priorities Act. buff.ly/MOLfoCx
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Exemptions made for post-secondary sector under Provincial Priorities Act - The Gateway
On March 12, the GSA released an update outlining exemptions for the post-secondary sector under the Provincial Priorities Act.
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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
🧵 @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social I have gone through the 25-26 proposed budget for the University of Alberta Graduate Students’ Association (GSA) as they have suggested cutting the annual stipend for our labour representative by $7,000.
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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Back in last April, my research partner @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I wrote an article calling out the Alberta government for making misleading claims to justify the bill.
theconversation.com
Alberta’s Bill 18: Who gets the most federal research funding? Danielle Smith might be surprised by what the data shows
The ideological war waged by Smith will only endanger high-quality research void of political interference from the government.
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