Reposted by Sean TuckerHeather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Quote: "“... We strongly believe that a different approach would have been taken by Alberta Health Services and Occupational Health and Safety had Cargill’s hourly workers been predominantly white, English- speaking, Canadian citizens.”" They have blood on their racist hands. 01912
Reposted by Sean TuckerJen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My story about Second Sons showing up in Kamloops and how experts say this is a wake up call to law enforcement, and to political parties who have been making space for residential school denialists. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...thetyee.caMasked Group in Kamloops Sparks Alarm and Racism Fears | The Tyee‘I don’t want these people in my neighbourhood, in my city, in my country.’ 1411652
Reposted by Sean TuckerAndrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉 @alonghurst.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“The outbreak at Cargill was not inevitable,” Tucker said. “It was the result of systems and leaders failing — leaders who lacked the courage to do what they should have done.” #abpoli #cdnpoli calgaryherald.com/news/new-rep...calgaryherald.comNew report cites 'catastrophic failure' of government response to Cargill COVID-19 outbreak in 2020New report describes "catastrophic failure" of the province to adequately protect Cargill workers during a massive COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 1157
Reposted by Sean TuckerJen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“This tragedy occurred in a political environment that prioritized economic growth over the health and safety of a vulnerable group of workers. The result was a large-scale, tragic outbreak, the scope of which was preventable.” Reporting by @charlesrusnell.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...thetyee.caAlberta’s Deadly Betrayal of Meat Plant Workers During COVID | The TyeeA shocking report finds the UCP ignored evidence of high risk. 0219
Reposted by Sean TuckerHeather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Quote: "..., this is a story of systemic regulatory failure ... defined by a lack of preparedness, inaction, overconfidence, cultural stereotypes and racism, incompetence, and deliberate aversion to using available enforcement measures." www.parklandinstitute.ca/cargill 1/parklandinstitute.caEssential and Expendable: How Alberta’s COVID-19 Response Failed Cargill WorkersNew Parkland Institute report: Six years on, the first independent investigation on Cargill’s tragic COVID-19 outbreak shows how the provincial government’s flawed response failed workers, communities... 3138
Reposted by Sean TuckerDena McMartin 🇨🇦 @dwmcmartin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026And perhaps with a splash of racism and viewing lives as expendable. Regardless, it is tragic that humans can treat each other this way. Damn the evidence-based decision making if it’s inconvenient and/or impedes profit. 1122
Reposted by Sean TuckerCheryl Peters @cherylepeters.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Takes me back to those early days when I was still in Calgary trying to advocate for these workers. 052
Reposted by Sean TuckerThe Tyee @thetyee.ca · 28/09/2026“This tragedy occurred in a political environment that prioritized economic growth over the health and safety of a vulnerable group of workers. The result was a large-scale, tragic outbreak, the scope of which was preventable,” reads a new Parkland Institute report. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...thetyee.caAlberta’s Deadly Betrayal of Meat Plant Workers During COVID | The TyeeA shocking report finds the UCP ignored evidence of high risk. 811065
Reposted by Sean TuckerCharles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Read this in the context of the UCP's current scapegoating of immigrants. Alberta's Deadly Betrayal of Meat Plant Workers During COVID via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...thetyee.caAlberta’s Deadly Betrayal of Meat Plant Workers During COVID | The TyeeA shocking report finds the UCP ignored evidence of high risk. 511355
Reposted by Sean TuckerAndré Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Alberta’s response to COVID-19 outbreak at Cargill plant was ‘catastrophic failure,’ report says. More than 950 workers at High River plant were infected in 2020, leaving two workers dead, by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.comtheglobeandmail.comAlberta’s response to COVID-19 outbreak at Cargill plant was ‘catastrophic failure,’ report saysMore than 950 workers at High River plant were infected in 2020, leaving two workers dead and spreading to the community 03417
Reposted by Sean TuckerAndré Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026More than a dozen emergency room nurses have resigned from a hospital in the Greater Toronto Area over the past two months, owing to unmanageable patient volumes and an unsafe work environment, by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.comtheglobeandmail.comFifteen ER nurses leave Ontario hospital citing overcrowding, safety issues, union saysResignations at Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital highlight a health care system under pressure across the country 13523
Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Ed Sheeran's new statement is an exemplar of the evolving liberal bothsidesism to "the conflict." 👏 A masterclass 170
Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Ed Sheeran, acknowledging human suffering and the perpetrators of human suffering doesn’t make you an "activist musician." And what is happening in Gaza and the occupied West Bank is definitely not complicated. 030
Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"Alberta’s economy produces about $200,000 in gross domestic product for every employed worker, the highest in Canada. But the average worker gets only about $70,000 of that. So how federalism affects Alberta’s economic pie may be less important than how it affects each worker’s slice of that pie." 000
Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Faculty for Palestine (University of Regina) letter regarding B’nai Brith’s lobbying on policies for post-secondary and public schools in Saskatchewan. 193
Reposted by Sean TuckerEmathion 📯 @emathion.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The French made a short film about what could happen after all immigrants would follow the ‘white, angry old man’s’ advice to go back where they came from. 933721918
Reposted by Sean TuckerSenator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 01/09/2026My rallying cry. We must reject these nine noxious questions, which are cynically designed to incite discrimination and foment distrust in our courts, our county, and our fellow Canadians. Say no to the nine. And please read snd share. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #Canada #Alberta #nototheninealbertaviews.caAlberta's Referendum Questions - The Noxious Nine - Alberta ViewsNine disingenuous, malicious referendum questions, push-polls, designed to incite social division and undermine confidence in the country. 13516306
Reposted by Sean TuckerIsis Naucratis @isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This is insane. Shame on all the complicit archaeological organizations 0199
Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Apparently, what's old is new again: "A number of Conservative MPs sympathetic to South Africa are unhappy with Canada's economic measures against apartheid...The group.. has been the subject of intense lobbying by the SA Gov't including free trips to SA..." Globe & Mail, Oct. 3, 1985. 1154
Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026More disappointing journalism from @cbcnews.ca. Sasa Patricic reporting from *Toronto* on sanctions imposed on illegal Israeli settlements. First 45 sec centred on an interview with a settler who says “Muslims are trying to kill us”. Not a single Palestinian voice in the 3 minute segment 🤷 061
Reposted by Sean TuckerThe Tyee @thetyee.ca · 07/09/2026As we celebrate the ways in which workers have shaped Canada, occupational health and safety researcher Sean Tucker explains how Canada can better protect its workers — and how we fail them. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...thetyee.caWhy Do Workers Keep Dying on the Job? | The TyeeOn a day celebrating workers’ achievements, researcher Sean Tucker explains how we can prevent workplace fatalities. 55831
Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Islamophobia in America: 25 years after 9/11. An important & timely conversation between PBS' @amnanawaz.bsky.social and @nytimes.com journalist @rozinaali.bsky.social. Worth watching. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRY5...youtube.comIslamophobia, 25 years after 9/11YouTube video by PBS NewsHour 010
Reposted by Sean TuckerThe Grind @thegrindto.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Two weeks after a government-commissioned report on campus antisemitism was published, its authors revealed new information showing that 92 per cent of anti-Zionist Jewish respondents actually found campuses safe and inclusive. Professor Joshua Sealy-Harrington digs in.thegrindmag.caCampus Antisemitism Report Hid a Key Finding that Turns the Results Upside DownIn early August, mainstream outlets repeated the findings of a flawed report describing alarming levels of antisemitism on university campuses. Two weeks later, the authors stated that 92 per cent of… 03316
Reposted by Sean TuckerJanice Braden, Associate Member of EU @janicebraden.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Let the students into Canada to study. It is part of an eventual rebuilding of Gaza and we need to do our part. 0135
Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 02/09/2026"Neither principled nor pragmatic: Carney closes the door on Palestinian students." Aaron Shafter and I argue that Ottawa's approach to these students is blatantly discriminatory and heartless. #PSSAR @mark-carney.bsky.social 166
Reposted by Sean TuckerThe Grind @thegrindto.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Currently, 130 students from Gaza who have been accepted to study in graduate programs in Canada are still in limbo. Some have been waiting years for a study visa. Carney's government isn't living up to its word, @seantucker.bsky.social and Aaron Shafer argue.thegrindmag.caNeither Principled nor Pragmatic: Carney Closes the Door on Palestinian StudentsWhile other countries welcome students from Gaza, Canada has kept the door closed on students accepted into university programs here. This treatment is heartless and discriminatory… 02111
Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Disappointed with last night’s CBC Radio report on Liberal MP Salma Zahid’s cars being set on fire. *Only* a 22 second clip, halfway through the broadcast. Why? The vehicles “caught on fire” — no they were deliberately set on fire. 1135
Reposted by Sean TuckerKjell Anderson @kjellanderson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026In one tweet Zelensky is completely undermining global solidarity for Ukraine. Holding up Israel as any kind of example when it's a perennial violator of the same international law Ukraine is invoking against Russian aggression is not only wrong, it's self-destructive.twitter.com 021
Reposted by Sean TuckerCanadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The uproar over the Nakba exhibit at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights reveals how fiercely Palestinian history is still policed. Dyala Hamzah confronts the effort to impose “scholarly neutrality” on a history of dispossession and deny Palestinians the authority to narrate their own past.canadiandimension.comA room for the truth? The Nakba at the Canadian Museum for Human RightsA tiny, non-permanent exhibit on Palestine at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights has sparked a firestorm. Dyala Hamzah examines the historical dispossession at the heart of Israel’s founding and tak... 23317
Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 27/08/2026A blatantly dishonest campaign waged by @cijainfo.bsky.social to unseat the CEO of the CDN Mus. for HR. Speaking of "failures of governance:" board trustees 1) interfering in management's role 2) refusing to accept the results of board votes 3) leaking board minutes? 4) actively undermining the CEO. 151
Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Efforts to force out the CEO of CDN Museum for Human Rights for the Nakba exhibit continue. This @theglobeandmail.com story should have cited the museum's annual report (governance, p. 7), which clearly delineates b/t board and management responsibilities. humanrights.ca/about/govern... 161
Reposted by Sean TuckerTaylor Noakes @taylornoakes.com · 26/08/2026Let’s not lose sight of what’s happening here: The trustees of a human rights museum worried a display on egregious and genocidal human rights violations would be bad for business And rather than stick by the curators—the experts—some decided to make a big stink when they quit #cdnpoli 292
Reposted by Sean TuckerThe Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 26/08/2026A century after Canada vowed to “get rid of the Indian problem,” anti-Indigenous rhetoric is surging. Here, The Walrus contributing writer Michelle Cyca examines how leaders weaponize economic anxiety to reverse reconciliation efforts: thewalrus.ca/why-is-anti-indigenous… 33924
Reposted by Sean TuckerJordan Barab @jbarab.bsky.social · 26/08/2026If one-quarter of the employees in an occupation suffered irreversible, incurable, degenerative brain disease, #OSHA would act. But OSHA has failed to act to protect football players against degenerative brain disease known as C.T.E. Why not? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/u...nytimes.comMany N.F.L. Players Get Brain Disease. Why Hasn’t OSHA Intervened? (Gift Article)“We never see things that are this dire,” a former chief scientist of the agency said about rates of C.T.E. in former players. 267
Reposted by Sean TuckerNora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 18/08/2026As president of the @cdnfreelanceunion.bsky.social I am deeply concerned about the attacks waged on @SMohyeddin for her journalism on the Nakba exhibit at Winnipeg's Museum of Human Rights. Please read our statement here and share. canadianfreelanceunion.ca/support-free...canadianfreelanceunion.caSupport Freedom of the Press – Canadian Freelance Union 110256
Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 22/08/2026One hopes the PM's emphasis on Canadian sovereignty translates into visible and tangible support for the ICC and international law. 130
Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Carney’s popularity is about to go through the roof. 020
Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Important Democracy Now interview with lawyer Rajiv Menon, who is facing serious contempt of court charges for his closing statement in the Palestine Action case. Note: Nelson Mandel didn't face contempt charges following his courtroom speech against apartheid. www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5OJ... 020
Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Why is “Israel’s conduct” employed here @thewalrus.ca? Who did the ICC charge with directing “Israel’s conduct” in Gaza? Why neutral & vague language? 110
Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Thank you, Jewish Faculty Network. Please read & share. 042
Reposted by Sean TuckerEveryday Orientalism @eorientalism.bsky.social · 12/08/2026🎙️ From EOPodcast's Ep5: Beverly Bain on how Black and Indigenous academics "find ourselves knotted in this institutional capture" that is "meant to locate us and isolate us". Full episode on streaming platforms, Spreaker and our YT: www.youtube.com/shorts/hW29Q...youtube.comBlack and Indigenous academics "find ourselves knotted in this institutional capture" - Beverly BainYouTube video by Everyday Orientalism 055