Reading Time: 5 minutesIt is really hard to focus on the work in front of you when your field is burning around you.
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The Impact Assessment as Archive: Historical Approaches to Regulatory Documents from Alberta’s Oil Sands
Reading Time: 6 minutesCanada’s recent embrace of Indigenous rights looks transformative on paper, but in the Alberta oil sands, a different story unfolds.
Pre-Flight Safety Briefing: Researching the Environment in the U.S. without Being Detained at the Border
Reading Time: 6 minutesIt is a turbulent time to be an international scholar in the United States: So before you embark on your next trip to the U.S., let’s make sure you are ready for take-off.
On Sustainability and Solidarity
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs Time Magazine wrote in late 2021, labor unions are “having a moment.” Precarious conditions that have long been the norm have become both more prominent and more severe.
On Academic Work and Sustaining People
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn this post I want to think about a “sustainable” academia in two ways. First, what kind of academic work is needed for sustainable futures to be realized? And second, what needs to be done to sustain early career academics?
