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Rachel W Jekanowski

@stalebreadzine

Assistant Professor @grenfellcampus │ @MUNFaculty GC Job Action Committee │ Researching & teaching about film and media, energy, and climate justice │ she/her

 Corner Brook, NL
rjekanowski.ca/
Joined October 2018
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Students call for end to #fossilfuel expansion and subsidies, including #BayduNord, amid #climate breakdown. They also landed a meeting with @ECC_GovNL Minister @bernardjdavis. #FridaysForFuture #nlpoli Full story 👇 theindependent.ca/news/youth…
Youth rally for climate justice in St. John’s – The Independent

Youth rally for climate justice in St. John’s – The Independent

Hundreds march to Confederation Building, call for end to fossil fuel expansion, and land meeting with Minister of Environment and Climate Change

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Emails reveal @marineinstitute leaders opened ‘proverbial doors’ hours after meeting billionaire Stockton Rush. They also show how late #OceanGate CEO and Titan pilot hurried an MOU with the St. John’s ocean and marine polytechnic. theindependent.ca/news/insid…
Inside Marine Institute’s partnership with OceanGate – The Independent

Inside Marine Institute’s partnership with OceanGate – The Independent

Emails reveal senior admin opened ‘proverbial doors’ hours after meeting billionaire Stockton Rush, and that the late OceanGate CEO and Titan pilot hurried an MOU with the St. John’s ocean and marine...

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Coming up in only a few weeks. I'm giving a guest talk on extractive cinema and tourism films about Gros Morne @uniinnsbruck on June 5 #extraction #film #environment #envhum uibk.ac.at/zias/veranstaltun…
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The SaltWater Community Association is fundraising for a new women's shelter in Bonavista. Please donate and retweet if you can. paypal.com/donate/?hosted_bu…
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Nexus Centre@NexusCentre5 May 2023
Don't miss out on the last Nexus Exchange event of the semester next Wednesday! Join us for a thought-provoking discussion on academic journeys led by Dr. Sonja Boon & Dr. Ainsley Hawthorn. And stay tuned for more Nexus Exchange events in the Fall! 🥳 @memorialhss
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So many thoughts. Everyone at Memorial would like to move on and start building something better. This doesn't help. But the solution here was an independent outside investigation. It still is,
The Telegram (@StJohnsTelegram) profile pictureThe Telegram@StJohnsTelegram28 Apr 2023
"I had never imagined that my 32 years of university administration would end like this," ousted MUN president Vianne Timmons wrote in an exclusive to SaltWire. "I leave this province sad and disappointed." saltwire.com/newfoundland-la…
VIANNE TIMMONS: 'These have been very difficult weeks' — former Memorial University president...

VIANNE TIMMONS: 'These have been very difficult weeks' — former Memorial University president...

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MUNSU@MUNSU3524 Apr 2023
Students were proud to stop by the @psac_afpc picket line outside @SeamusORegan’s office today in a show of solidarity 📢 A win for one is a win for all, students and workers are united and call for a fair deal now ✊ 🪧
A photo of students and various PSAC workers on the picket line. The sign for MP Seamus O’Regan’s constituency office is visible.

ALT A photo of students and various PSAC workers on the picket line. The sign for MP Seamus O’Regan’s constituency office is visible.

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MUNSU@MUNSU3525 Apr 2023
📢 TOMORROW Speak truth to power in two of MUNSU’s upcoming actions At 1pm, a petition calling for fully funded education will be presented to the House of Assembly 🪧 At 7pm, the Student Town Hall will be happening @TheBreezeway ✊ Come show your support 📢
Burgundy background with white bolded text. Text reads: Wednesday April 26th students will be joining the public gallery for the reading of our petition for free education at 1pm. Students will be gathering there at 12:45pm. The Confederation Building, East Block can be accessed through the front entrance off Prince Phillip Drive. Remember to bring a photo identification. The MUNSU logo is in the bottom right corner.

ALT Burgundy background with white bolded text. Text reads: Wednesday April 26th students will be joining the public gallery for the reading of our petition for free education at 1pm. Students will be gathering there at 12:45pm. The Confederation Building, East Block can be accessed through the front entrance off Prince Phillip Drive. Remember to bring a photo identification. The MUNSU logo is in the bottom right corner.

Advertising poster for Student Town Hall happening Wednesday April 26th from 7:00 pm -9:00 pm at the MUNSU Breezeway

ALT Advertising poster for Student Town Hall happening Wednesday April 26th from 7:00 pm -9:00 pm at the MUNSU Breezeway

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Nick Estes@nickwestes25 Apr 2023
Harry Belafonte was a fierce critic of US imperialism, called for nuclear disarmament, backed the Cuban and Bolivarian revolutions, and pushed for the freedom of Indigenous political prisoner Leonard Peltier. Rest in power. theguardian.com/music/2023/a…
Harry Belafonte, singer, actor and tireless activist, dies aged 96

Harry Belafonte, singer, actor and tireless activist, dies aged 96

Chart-topping calypso singer who supported US civil rights movement and African initiatives dies of congestive heart failure

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Grenfell Faculty@GrenfellFaculty25 Apr 2023
Our @MUNFaculty members joined the @psac_afpc picket line in Corner Brook yesterday ✊ We stand in solidarity!
MUNFA members standing at the PSAC picket line with the banner “MUNFA In Solidarity”.

ALT MUNFA members standing at the PSAC picket line with the banner “MUNFA In Solidarity”.

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Concerned about climate change and a just energy transition in NL? Join a regional climate workshop. Dates & registration below: Grand Falls-Windsor - April 27, 12-5pm  Corner Brook – May 8, 12-5pm mun.ca/harriscentre/what-we-… #decarbonizeNL #ClimateEmergency #ClimateAction
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Jessica McCormick@jessmccormick20 Apr 2023
Spirits are high at the White Hills @psac_afpc picket line this morning. This crew is ready to hold the line in any weather conditions. #rdf #WorkersCantWait #CanLab @NLFL_labour
11 people standing on the picket line at DFO HQ wearing rain gear and holding picket signs and flags.

ALT 11 people standing on the picket line at DFO HQ wearing rain gear and holding picket signs and flags.

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MUNSU@MUNSU3520 Apr 2023
After declining our invitation to next week's Student Town Hall, MUNSU and @MUNFaculty received an invitation to meet with @PremierofNL today. We will urge him to reconsider taking up this opportunity to speak directly and publicly to students and @MemorialU's wider community.
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Anne Pasek@aepasek18 Apr 2023
The Solar Media Collective @Milieux_news is hosting a fabulous set of roundtables on May 11 in Montreal and online. I'm very excited to join and geek out about solar futures, aesthetics, and politics with old friends and admired strangers🌞 solar-media.net/2023/04/11/s…
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Lisa Moores@LisaMooresPsych7 Apr 2023
Very important info here 👀 @MUNFaculty @MUNSU35
Robin Whitaker @rgwhitaker.bsky.social (@rgwhitaker) profile pictureRobin Whitaker @rgwhitaker.bsky.social@rgwhitaker7 Apr 2023
Replying to @RussAlanWill
In fact, four + years ago. Both MUNFA and a group of Senators actively called for an open search in 2019. What did we get? Doubling down on secrecy. The Board adopted new search procedures locking secrecy in (apparently in 2022, though they were only posted within recent weeks).
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Dr. Canton Winer@CantonWiner10 Apr 2023
The bottom line is: if your methods training treats qualitative methods as an afterthought, that’s a major problem. It reduces our sociological and methodological literacy. It reproduces inequality. It feeds unnecessary friction among colleagues.
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👏👏👏 Treating the Public University As a Corporation Has To End, Says MUNFA | VOCM vocm.com/2023/04/10/treating…
Treating the Public University As a Corporation Has To End, Says MUNFA

Treating the Public University As a Corporation Has To End, Says MUNFA

"Secret searches have to end." MUNSU and MUNFA agree, using corporate headhunters to hire the president of MUN...

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It’s time for a new ESJ highlight! ✨ And this week we are sharing Rachel Loewen Walker and Andrew Hartman "Avoiding Risk, Protecting the “Vulnerable”: A Story of Performative Ethics and Community Research Relationships".
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Tanner Mirrlees@TMirrlees_10 Apr 2023
Webinar: "Fueling Extractive Populism in Canada: Social Media, Subsidized Publics and Petro-Nationalism" with environmental comms researchers Shane Gunster, Robert Neubauer and Darren Fleet, Tues May 9, 6:30 @CHBEOntarioTech @Petrocultures Register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/fueling-e…
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Sunrise Harvard@SunriseHarvard10 Apr 2023
Divestment works. The latest empirical evidence:
Marco Becht (@marcobecht) profile pictureMarco Becht@marcobecht10 Apr 2023
Voice Through Divestment. "Tweets about investors’ plans have an outsized impact on the value of carbon-intensive companies, research finds:" papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.… #divestment #divest #keepitintheground #fossilfree @350 @standearth @CarbonBubble @FT
Screen shot of an article from the Financial Times with the title "Fossil fuel groups hit extra hard by divestment pledges that go viral". The article is based on new research called "Voice Through Divestment". It is possible to listen to the article at FT.com. https://www.ft.com/content/a446f9a7-2fcb-4d48-bdd8-2ff1dcbe1bb3

ALT Screen shot of an article from the Financial Times with the title "Fossil fuel groups hit extra hard by divestment pledges that go viral". The article is based on new research called "Voice Through Divestment". It is possible to listen to the article at FT.com. https://www.ft.com/content/a446f9a7-2fcb-4d48-bdd8-2ff1dcbe1bb3

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