Gulzar R. Charania
@grcharania.bsky.social
Writer | Teacher | Associate Professor | Fighting Feelings @UBCPress https://www.ubcpress.ca/fighting-feelings | dog lover
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I’m excited to share upcoming book events for Unsafe: The carceral roots of the anti-trans backlash. For full details, see: Lamble.net/events
July 7, 2026 at 6:07 PM
I’m excited to share upcoming book events for Unsafe: The carceral roots of the anti-trans backlash. For full details, see: Lamble.net/events
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Join @anneemcguire.bsky.social and I for the Ottawa book launch of Broken Worlds, Disabled Kin on Friday, Sept 25, 6-9 pm at Dominion-Chalmers Centre, 290 Lisgar St. We'll be in conversation with @remiyergeau.bsky.social, @morsini.bsky.social & @nataliekt.bsky.social
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Broken Worlds, Disabled Kin: Strategies for Collective Survival Book Launch and Discussion - Carleton Disability and Access Studies Hub (C-DASH)
Authors Kelly Fritsch and Anne McGuire argue that we live in a world broken by design: a web of systems that debilitate and destroy through racist and ableist infrastructural neglect, socioeconomic ab...
carleton.ca
September 2, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Join @anneemcguire.bsky.social and I for the Ottawa book launch of Broken Worlds, Disabled Kin on Friday, Sept 25, 6-9 pm at Dominion-Chalmers Centre, 290 Lisgar St. We'll be in conversation with @remiyergeau.bsky.social, @morsini.bsky.social & @nataliekt.bsky.social
carleton.ca/cdash/event/...
carleton.ca/cdash/event/...
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"The university is not just in crisis. The university is the crisis."
Rinaldo Walcott (@blacklikewho.bsky.social) argues that Jason Arday's death lays bare a broken academic system built on unequal power, gatekeeping, and the grinding machinery of institutional recognition.
Rinaldo Walcott (@blacklikewho.bsky.social) argues that Jason Arday's death lays bare a broken academic system built on unequal power, gatekeeping, and the grinding machinery of institutional recognition.
The university is the crisis
The crisis of the university is its inability to be honest about the nature of its self-induced crisis. Its leaders or senior managers often share the perspectives of those who wish the university to ...
canadiandimension.com
September 2, 2026 at 2:01 PM
"The university is not just in crisis. The university is the crisis."
Rinaldo Walcott (@blacklikewho.bsky.social) argues that Jason Arday's death lays bare a broken academic system built on unequal power, gatekeeping, and the grinding machinery of institutional recognition.
Rinaldo Walcott (@blacklikewho.bsky.social) argues that Jason Arday's death lays bare a broken academic system built on unequal power, gatekeeping, and the grinding machinery of institutional recognition.
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PLEASE SIGN to support Prof Tiffany Willoughby-Herard! 2 yrs ago Prof W-H stood up to protect students, rightly declaring “we cannot have a genocidal foreign policy in a democracy” while being violently arrested. Tell UCI to DROP all disciplinary charges against her! sites.google.com/view/withdra...
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On May 15, 2024, several hundred heavily armed police were called in to break up a peaceful encampment at UC Irvine in solidarity with the people of Gaza. Among those arrested that day was UC Irvine G...
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July 7, 2026 at 1:10 PM
PLEASE SIGN to support Prof Tiffany Willoughby-Herard! 2 yrs ago Prof W-H stood up to protect students, rightly declaring “we cannot have a genocidal foreign policy in a democracy” while being violently arrested. Tell UCI to DROP all disciplinary charges against her! sites.google.com/view/withdra...
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Yesterday's pipeline announcement is yet another reminder that Prime Minister Carney cares more about lining the pockets of his corporate friends than upholding the Constitutional rights of Indigenous peoples and protecting the public from the escalating climate emergency. (1/6)
July 3, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Yesterday's pipeline announcement is yet another reminder that Prime Minister Carney cares more about lining the pockets of his corporate friends than upholding the Constitutional rights of Indigenous peoples and protecting the public from the escalating climate emergency. (1/6)
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Neutrality policies actually weaken academic freedom, rather than strengthening it @policyalternatives.ca
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"Institutional neutrality" at Canadian universities is a sham | CCPA
Neutrality policies actually weaken academic freedom, rather than strengthening it.
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June 25, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Neutrality policies actually weaken academic freedom, rather than strengthening it @policyalternatives.ca
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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The exhibit titled, “Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and Present” at the Canadian human rights museum in Winnipeg opens tonight. The online exhibit is now live for viewing: humanrights.ca/exhibition/p...
Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and Present | CMHR
A moving exhibit exploring the ongoing forced displacement of Palestinians through interactive experiences, tactile elements, video, objects and art.
humanrights.ca
June 26, 2026 at 6:23 PM
The exhibit titled, “Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and Present” at the Canadian human rights museum in Winnipeg opens tonight. The online exhibit is now live for viewing: humanrights.ca/exhibition/p...
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so excited for Nada Elia’s Falastiniyyat: A Century of Palestinian Feminisms, out from @versobooks.bsky.social on October 6. writers and reviewers let me know if you’d like an early copy!
June 8, 2026 at 2:12 PM
so excited for Nada Elia’s Falastiniyyat: A Century of Palestinian Feminisms, out from @versobooks.bsky.social on October 6. writers and reviewers let me know if you’d like an early copy!
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“I write with dismay, grief and sorrow for the permanent closure of MIT Libraries Barker, Dewey and Rotch, and termination of library staff in those libraries.
For MIT to be closing three of its four major libraries..."
fnl.mit.edu/may-june-202...
For MIT to be closing three of its four major libraries..."
fnl.mit.edu/may-june-202...
Lament for the MIT Libraries - MIT Faculty Newsletter
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May 27, 2026 at 8:21 PM
“I write with dismay, grief and sorrow for the permanent closure of MIT Libraries Barker, Dewey and Rotch, and termination of library staff in those libraries.
For MIT to be closing three of its four major libraries..."
fnl.mit.edu/may-june-202...
For MIT to be closing three of its four major libraries..."
fnl.mit.edu/may-june-202...
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International tribunal begins investigation into missing Indigenous children and unmarked burials from Canada's residential schools.
"We'll often hear people use terms like assimilation.. The correct language is genocide and crimes against humanity." - Christa Big Canoe
"We'll often hear people use terms like assimilation.. The correct language is genocide and crimes against humanity." - Christa Big Canoe
International tribunal begins investigation into missing Indigenous children and unmarked burials | CBC News
The Permanent People's Tribunal will examine evidence regarding Canada's responsibility for the residential schools system and the human rights violations associated with it.
www.cbc.ca
May 26, 2026 at 4:52 PM
International tribunal begins investigation into missing Indigenous children and unmarked burials from Canada's residential schools.
"We'll often hear people use terms like assimilation.. The correct language is genocide and crimes against humanity." - Christa Big Canoe
"We'll often hear people use terms like assimilation.. The correct language is genocide and crimes against humanity." - Christa Big Canoe
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US is taking unprecedented measures to secure ownership over Canadian mines on Indigenous lands.
Over just two years, Pentagon invested over $78 million USD in companies operating mining projects in Canada in order to suit U.S. military needs.
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Over just two years, Pentagon invested over $78 million USD in companies operating mining projects in Canada in order to suit U.S. military needs.
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Elbows up? Canada is letting Pentagon take ‘unprecedented’ stakes in Canadian mines ⋆ The Breach
By fast-tracking critical minerals, Canada is not simply building a green economy. It is being further integrated into the U.S. war industry
breachmedia.ca
May 23, 2026 at 1:43 AM
US is taking unprecedented measures to secure ownership over Canadian mines on Indigenous lands.
Over just two years, Pentagon invested over $78 million USD in companies operating mining projects in Canada in order to suit U.S. military needs.
breachmedia.ca/elbows-up-ca...
Over just two years, Pentagon invested over $78 million USD in companies operating mining projects in Canada in order to suit U.S. military needs.
breachmedia.ca/elbows-up-ca...
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Sauvons la Garderie Bernadette / Save Bernadette Child Care Centre. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...
Sauvons la Garderie Bernadette / Save Bernadette Child Care Centre
(scroll down for English) L'utilisation du genre masculin a été adoptée dans le seul but de ne pas alourdir le texte. La Garderie Bernadette (GBCCC) a commencé ses activités à l'Université d'Ottawa...
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April 16, 2026 at 1:53 AM
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Sauvons la Garderie Bernadette / Save Bernadette Child Care Centre. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...
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Ashley Kyne & Justin Piché challenge the “Indigenization” of prisons, arguing these efforts reproduce colonial space through carceral policies – ultimately misrepresenting Indigenous life & normalizing confinement.
Art: ‘Genocide’ - Nshannacappo
Full Brief: yellowheadinstitute.org/2026/the-pri...
Art: ‘Genocide’ - Nshannacappo
Full Brief: yellowheadinstitute.org/2026/the-pri...
March 10, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Ashley Kyne & Justin Piché challenge the “Indigenization” of prisons, arguing these efforts reproduce colonial space through carceral policies – ultimately misrepresenting Indigenous life & normalizing confinement.
Art: ‘Genocide’ - Nshannacappo
Full Brief: yellowheadinstitute.org/2026/the-pri...
Art: ‘Genocide’ - Nshannacappo
Full Brief: yellowheadinstitute.org/2026/the-pri...
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My latest! I'm keeping a list of the cuts that Mark Carney's government has made, and what impact they'll have on our public services.
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Counting the cuts
Mark Carney's attacks on Canada's public service should concern all Canadians.
noraloreto.substack.com
March 19, 2026 at 2:45 PM
My latest! I'm keeping a list of the cuts that Mark Carney's government has made, and what impact they'll have on our public services.
noraloreto.substack.com/p/counting-t...
noraloreto.substack.com/p/counting-t...
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Let me just say that having been there, the idea of being a Black woman in labor in America and having to go before a judge is terrorism.
NEW: They Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth.
Two Florida women had to attend virtual court hearings while in labor to argue for their right to choose their own medical care.
By @amyyurkanin.bsky.social
Two Florida women had to attend virtual court hearings while in labor to argue for their right to choose their own medical care.
By @amyyurkanin.bsky.social
They Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth.
Two Florida women had to attend virtual court hearings while in labor to argue for their right to choose their own medical care. As their state pushes to expand some types of medical freedom, it has a...
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March 14, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Let me just say that having been there, the idea of being a Black woman in labor in America and having to go before a judge is terrorism.
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Precariously employed contract faculty teach almost 50% of university courses in Ontario with little job security or institutional support. OCUFA is holding a Social Media Day of Action to call for fair, stable working conditions for contract faculty.
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March 10, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Precariously employed contract faculty teach almost 50% of university courses in Ontario with little job security or institutional support. OCUFA is holding a Social Media Day of Action to call for fair, stable working conditions for contract faculty.
tinyurl.com/ybanf5yp
tinyurl.com/ybanf5yp
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Weaving our Worlds has compiled resources and diverse left perspectives from and on Iran. Rather than reduce Iran to various intra-left ideological debates, these provide analysis based in the context, specificity and history.
www.weavingourworlds.ca/iran-resourc...
www.weavingourworlds.ca/iran-resourc...
Iran Resources
This resource list was produced in March 2026, less than one week after the US and Zionist entity launched attacks against Iran — manufactured through lies, orientalist propaganda, sanctions, regime-c...
www.weavingourworlds.ca
March 7, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Weaving our Worlds has compiled resources and diverse left perspectives from and on Iran. Rather than reduce Iran to various intra-left ideological debates, these provide analysis based in the context, specificity and history.
www.weavingourworlds.ca/iran-resourc...
www.weavingourworlds.ca/iran-resourc...
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For anyone unsettled by the threads of violence unspooling around the world, looking for steps forward, esp in the Canadian context, please join this:
Panel Discussion untangling Canada’s tech-involvement w/ ICE and Beyond. Free, via Zoom, register here:
uwindsor-law.libcal.com/event/4000495
Panel Discussion untangling Canada’s tech-involvement w/ ICE and Beyond. Free, via Zoom, register here:
uwindsor-law.libcal.com/event/4000495
Technical Collaborators: Canada's Tech-Facilitated Complicity with ICE and Beyond
Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Location: Zoom (Virtual) - Link to be shared prior to event
Registration is required....
uwindsor-law.libcal.com
March 2, 2026 at 2:50 PM
For anyone unsettled by the threads of violence unspooling around the world, looking for steps forward, esp in the Canadian context, please join this:
Panel Discussion untangling Canada’s tech-involvement w/ ICE and Beyond. Free, via Zoom, register here:
uwindsor-law.libcal.com/event/4000495
Panel Discussion untangling Canada’s tech-involvement w/ ICE and Beyond. Free, via Zoom, register here:
uwindsor-law.libcal.com/event/4000495
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The same police unit that arrested Wet'suwet'en land defenders and surveilled Fairy Creek demonstrators was monitoring the Palestine solidarity movement on BC campuses
A big investigation for @breachmedia.ca
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A big investigation for @breachmedia.ca
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A notorious RCMP unit shaped B.C. universities’ reaction to Palestine encampments ⋆ The Breach
From Fairy Creek to university campuses, CRU-BC is positioning itself as the go-to police force for repressing dissent
breachmedia.ca
March 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The same police unit that arrested Wet'suwet'en land defenders and surveilled Fairy Creek demonstrators was monitoring the Palestine solidarity movement on BC campuses
A big investigation for @breachmedia.ca
breachmedia.ca/a-notorious-...
A big investigation for @breachmedia.ca
breachmedia.ca/a-notorious-...
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The graves dug for 153 Iranian female school children who were killed by an Israeli-American strike.
Photo: IRNA
Photo: IRNA
March 2, 2026 at 6:44 PM
The graves dug for 153 Iranian female school children who were killed by an Israeli-American strike.
Photo: IRNA
Photo: IRNA
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Why These Iranian-Canadians Strongly Oppose U.S.-Israeli Aggression
“This war is a war of power, a war of resource and land grab, and it is nothing about democracy.”
www.readthemaple.com/why-these-ir...
“This war is a war of power, a war of resource and land grab, and it is nothing about democracy.”
www.readthemaple.com/why-these-ir...
Why These Iranian-Canadians Strongly Oppose U.S.-Israeli Aggression
“This war is a war of power, a war of resource and land grab, and it is nothing about democracy.”
www.readthemaple.com
March 2, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Why These Iranian-Canadians Strongly Oppose U.S.-Israeli Aggression
“This war is a war of power, a war of resource and land grab, and it is nothing about democracy.”
www.readthemaple.com/why-these-ir...
“This war is a war of power, a war of resource and land grab, and it is nothing about democracy.”
www.readthemaple.com/why-these-ir...
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Who bombed the school?
March 1, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Who bombed the school?
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Canadians, bookmark this link and support independant!
It's been a long time coming. Canadian independent bookstores have banded together to create an online book buying source so you can avoid the behemoth in the room. (Here are the titles published by CMU Press, which I run.)
Spread the word #booksky!
www.booksellers.ca/publisher/cmu-press-18021
Spread the word #booksky!
www.booksellers.ca/publisher/cmu-press-18021
All books from CMU Press | booksellers.ca | Purchase print books and eBooks online
A network of over 100 bookstores, more than 500,000 print books or eBooks, unparalleled expertise. It is possible to buy local on the Web!
www.booksellers.ca
March 1, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Canadians, bookmark this link and support independant!
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Ontario is lowering OSAP so students only receive 25% of funding through grants.
48% of Canadian students report struggling with the cost of tuition. In Ontario, that number jumps to 59%.
Federal grants are also on the chopping block.
Student support should be increasing, not decreasing.
48% of Canadian students report struggling with the cost of tuition. In Ontario, that number jumps to 59%.
Federal grants are also on the chopping block.
Student support should be increasing, not decreasing.
February 20, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Ontario is lowering OSAP so students only receive 25% of funding through grants.
48% of Canadian students report struggling with the cost of tuition. In Ontario, that number jumps to 59%.
Federal grants are also on the chopping block.
Student support should be increasing, not decreasing.
48% of Canadian students report struggling with the cost of tuition. In Ontario, that number jumps to 59%.
Federal grants are also on the chopping block.
Student support should be increasing, not decreasing.