UVic English prof, professional crone, living on Songhees and Esquimalt traditional territories. Literature is made of sentences, not stories.
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I visited the Sidney Museum on the weekend -- it's in a basement under a store on Beacon Street. What a Gem! it includes an amazing display called "the Laundry Room" created by four women artists riffing on old-fashioned linens and laundry practices. Charming old-fashioned /
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it's time for $5 tests, and putting people before profit. John Green, 2023. @DanaherCorp @sportswithjohn
This book will be the heart of my Introductory literature class at UVic in January. Great read!
Things Fall Apart is a powerful novel that explores the themes of colonialism, cultural identity, and the clash of cultures. It is a classic of African literature.
It’s a novel by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, first published in 1958. It is set in the late 19th century and tells the story of Okonkwo, a respected man in the Igbo community of Umuofia. Okonkwo is a successful farmer and warrior who is driven by a desire to achieve greatness. However, his pride and stubbornness eventually lead to his downfall.
The novel begins with Okonkwo's childhood. He is born into a family of farmers, but his father, Unoka, is a lazy and irresponsible man who is constantly in debt. Okonkwo is determined to be different from his father, and he sets out to achieve greatness. He becomes a successful farmer and warrior, and he is eventually made a chief.
However, Okonkwo's pride and stubbornness eventually lead to his downfall. He is involved in a fight that results in the death of a clansman, and he is forced to flee Umuofia. He goes into exile for seven years, and during that time he witnesses the arrival of the white missionaries and the beginning of the colonial era.
When Okonkwo returns to Umuofia, he finds that the Igbo way of life has been destroyed. The missionaries have converted many people to Christianity, and the colonial government has taken control of the land. Okonkwo is unable to adjust to the new world, and he eventually commits suicide.
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If you aren’t fangirling Dr M’Benga I don’t know what’s wrong with you #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds
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Useful article on what ChatGPT does well, and how it provides a specific kind of academic performance. We need to change our expectations if we want to serve our students. insidehighered.com/opinion/b…
My colleague Erin Kelly with a useful take on ChatGPT and its potential for changing the way we write.
insidehighered.com/opinion/v…
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@JNJNews Shame. I will be boycotting your products in protest against your efforts to evergreen the patent for bedaquiline.
An open letter to @JNJNews. Stop pursuing the secondary patent of bedaquiline. YOU KNOW that millions of people will be unable to access lifesaving treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis if you extend the patent. YOU KNOW it violates your credo. youtube.com/watch?v=tMhgw5SW…
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Research shows no relationship between effective pedagogy and student experience survey numbers.
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Lana popham and Marianne Alto show up for the reopening of Point Ellice House. Photo op doesn’t cost anything. Where were you six months ago?
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Jamie Dopp crushing the professor thing.
Jamie Depp on Ralph Connor’s 1902 Glengarry School Days, a Canadian muscular Christianity hockey tale with a #ScotchProfessor subtheme. #SportLit2023
This is the reason why we have to be careful when we expect academics to put their research into public spaces. #sshrc #research dissemination
The thing about “debate me” bros wanting to debate scientists is that you can’t effectively argue with a professional public arguer without becoming a public professional arguer, and most scientists are (and should be) professional scientists.
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You should read this: nimbus.ca/store/what-comes-e…. Perceptive, generous, empathetic book. Written with such care. I cried on p 201. Do it.
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UVic I’m looking at you.
#UWaterloo is proud to announce that a full tuition waiver will be offered to all qualifying students from two First Nation communities on whose traditional territory the University is situated.
More: bit.ly/431yA10 | #UWaterlooNews
ALT A photo of the Grand River on a beautiful sunny day
