I recently returned from the annual meeting of the American Association of Geographers (AAG), held this year in New Orleans, Louisiana. I skipped last year's meeting, the first one I had missed since I first attended in 2000, that year held in Pittsburgh and myself as a newbie MA student at Syracuse University. I passed … Continue reading AAG 2018 New Orleans
Early April snippets
I am currently sitting in the Detroit airport, on my way to New Orleans for the annual meeting of the American Association of Geographers (AAG), where I will be presenting a paper on collective bargaining and institutional culture in the Canadian foreign service, co-written with a former research assistant. It has been a hectic few … Continue reading Early April snippets
Commuting
For close to eight years, I have lived in between two cities, commuting almost weekly between Toronto and Windsor. I have not intended this blog to be a confessional, so I won't get into why I have done this, except to say that the choice to take up residence in Toronto while working in Windsor, … Continue reading Commuting
Faculty strikes
There are two notable, large strikes going on in the education sector at the moment, one in West Virginia where public K-12 teachers are on a wildcat strike that is now entering its second week, and one in Britian, where university faculty represented through the University and College Union (UCU) have been on strike for … Continue reading Faculty strikes
Canada’s race problem
Last weekend, a court in Battleford, a small city of around 4000 people in north-central Saskatchewan, found Gerald Stanley not guilty of the murder of Colten Boushie. Stanley, a white farmer, stood accused of second-degree murder in shooting Boushie, a 22-year-old member of the Red Pheasant First Nation, after Boushie and some of his friends … Continue reading Canada’s race problem
Opioids in New Hampshire and beyond
Last week, the New York Times ran a piece about a family in New Hampshire and their struggle with their adult son's opioid addiction. Based on almost a year's worth of interviews and other interactions with the family, the piece details the crippling impacts of drug addition for individuals, families, and communities, and, along with … Continue reading Opioids in New Hampshire and beyond
Windsor 3: the border
It's been a while since my previous post, as grading final papers, the holidays, and an addition to the family took precedence over writing here the last few weeks. But it's now 2018, the winter semester is just underway, and I am turning my attention back to Windsor, which I have written about on this … Continue reading Windsor 3: the border
