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Christmas came in August: @MatthewSWiseman & I received our advance copies of Silent Partners this week! It's out in September. Many thanks to our contributors & @UBCPress! Check out the ToC ⤵️
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#UofG | An unexploded WWII-era bomb threw Paris transportation into chaos last week.
Dr. @AlexSouchen speaks to @GlobalNews about the history of these bombs and modern safety concerns.
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Watch: globalnews.ca/video/11081653…
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The Open Doors Program provides a Research Honorarium ($1000) for #UofGuelph Indigenous and Black students who are registered in a faculty-guided independent research project for credit at the 4000-level.
🗓️Application Deadline: Jan 12
👉🏽More info: uoguelph.ca/registrar/studen…
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“The first Trump administration altered or deleted numerous federal web pages containing public-facing climate information, according to monitoring efforts by the nonprofit @EnviroDGI, which tracks changes on federal websites.”
scientificamerican.com/artic…
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The ol' gang back together again 🙌
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ALT Daniel Alfreddson, Dany Heatley, and Jason Spezza pose for a photo on the podium at Canadian Tire Centre wearing the new Senators jersey with their own numbers from their playing days with the Senators
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The Slave Wrecks Project is rewriting history using underwater archaeology. Their research confirms that African captives tried to resist captivity in the Middle Passage.
This @guardian article explores wreckage of a slave ship where mutiny took place: theguardian.com/global-devel…
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We are devastated to learn of the loss of our beloved leader and Elder, Mizana Giizhik, His Honour, Murray Sinclair. His tireless work to advance the rights of Indigenous Peoples and ensure the legacy of residential school Survivors will never be forgotten.
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Murray Sinclair, former judge, TRC commissioner and senator, dies at 73
theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
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#UofG | What's the history behind unexploded bombs from the Second World War buried in southern Ontario?
Dr. @AlexSouchen speaks to @CBCKW891.
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Listen: cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-1…
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#UofG | “They remain dangerous as both an energetic threat and a toxic threat. They should never be touched.”
Dr. @AlexSouchen speaks to @WR_Record about unexploded munitions in sites across Canada.
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Read more: therecord.com/news/waterloo-…
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#UofG | Dr. Alex Souchen is available for interviews about unexploded bombs in a bog near Ottawa. The bombs are from the Second World War, when the area was used as a practice range.
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Read more: news.uoguelph.ca/2024/10/exp…
It was great to speak with @CBCOttawa about unexploded ordnance and lingering legacies of the Second World War.
#UofG | Dr. Alex Souchen speaks to @CBCOttawa about unexploded bombs from the Second World War that are buried in the bottom of the Mer Bleue bog.
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Listen: cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-1…
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Large numbers of high explosive bombs from WW2 are still sitting in the Mer Bleue bog. But military experts believe the 500-pound and 1,000-pound bombs pose a low risk as long as they remain undisturbed by the public.
ottawacitizen.com/news/natio… via @ottawacitizen
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Fascism has been on the rise in the United States as never before over the past eight years. Here is why we spent those eight years mostly writing articles about the dangers of wokeness at American universities.
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Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. Is nature’s carbon sink failing? theguardian.com/environment/…
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Deeds over words.
Substance over superficiality.
Selflessness over selfies.
𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐞.
Together we are the Ottawa Senators.
Narrated by Ottawa’s own @iamtalk 🗣️
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academia is so brutal to ECRs. my current job ends this month & my email is vanishing that same day, which is causing havoc with the journal portals where Ive got articles submitted / accepted / in production. mayb Im naive, but is it rlly that hard to give us a few months grace?