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Associate Prof. Geography UBC, Frmr NDP candidate, Filmmaker, climate activist (He/him). KEEP IN TOUCH HERE: https://t.co/5U9TIvDYSW
Feb 9 5 tweets 2 min read
It's disgraceful that @UBC has said nothing, done nothing about #Stickergate.

That was when someone from Hillel BC plastered
"I❤️Hamas" stickers all over campus - with the logo of a student group standing up for Palestine.

Great to see @nccm seeking justice in court.

🧵... When I called this out months ago, Selina Robinson responded, "It was investigated, action was taken".

Since UBC had done nothing, she could only have been referring to the fact that Hillel had fired the person responsible.

What's the significance of this at this point?

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Oct 11, 2023 8 tweets 1 min read
The fog of war lies thick all around. It’s so hard to sort out pebbles of fact from mountains of propaganda.

But here’s one thing I know: I’m just appalled.

Appalled by what Hamas unleashed: the slaughter of civilians, homes drenched in terror and raw vengeance. 1/8 Appalled by Israel’s government on a rampage of revenge: publicly announcing war crimes, then delivering them with unprecedented ferocity (though this is far from the first time). 2/8
Dec 11, 2021 12 tweets 2 min read
Here's a 🧵 with the 2 minute speech I made at the #BCNDP convention just now.

@Ashleyzarbatany & others tried emergency resolutions and amendments to get tough resolutions against fossil fuels and supporting Wet'suwet'en land defenders to the floor.

They were all shut down. Friends and delegates, as so many of you know, there is a pipeline-sized elephant in the room at this convention, and in this province.
Dec 9, 2021 11 tweets 3 min read
Getting a lot of media requests to comment on the NDP grassroots Wet'suwet'en solidarity statement.

The story is getting framed in predictable/sensationalist ways, so I'll say what I have to say in this thread. The story is not about a conflict in the NDP, or attacks on leaders (much as those headlines get clicks.)

This is a story about the conflict created by unneeded fossil fuel projects that are dividing communities and COOKING THE PLANET.
Sep 9, 2021 10 tweets 5 min read
Yesterday: I pointed out the Big Oil connections of some supporting @JustinTrudeau's climate plan.

Today: @SethDKlein - my bro-in-law & renowned progressive climate policy expert - wrote a detailed and devastating critique of the modelling behind that fatally flawed plan.🧵 Tonight at the leaders debate, @JustinTrudeau will pretend that a couple recent op-eds from economists means that their party has the blessing and support of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (@IPCC_CH).

But that’s simply not true.
Sep 8, 2021 5 tweets 2 min read
We all agree that our climate matters but it's not enough to just agree. As Prime Minister, @JustinTrudeau has failed to act.

@JonathanWNV and Justin Trudeau promised us "ambition" six years ago.

Let's see what they did instead. 🧵 1/5 Trudeau promised to reduce emissions.

They're up. And they keep going up.

Justin Trudeau is growing Canada's emissions faster than any other G7 nation. 2/5

nationalobserver.com/2021/06/01/new…
Aug 14, 2021 8 tweets 3 min read
The #NDP platform #ReadyForBetter dropped this week, and there are some powerful climate policies that I'm excited to run on.

The party has been listening to big ideas coming out of the climate movement and it shows.

A 🧵... The Civilian Climate Corp could fix youth unemployment with jobs jobs jobs:

🌊 restoring wetlands, coasts & other habitats
🌲 planting millions of trees
🏞️ healing the land and storing carbon

Indigenous leadership & knowledge is key to the success of any land-based program.