Michael Classens

“The world’s top 1% of emitters produce over 1000 times more CO2 than the bottom 1%” The haves, the have nots, and the have yachts… as they say… iea.org/commentaries/t…

My upcoming course for activists. I’d really appreciate all efforts to get the word out. I really want those who participate to reflect the workers and communities fighting back in this city.

A notice of motion submitted today by ⁦⁦@UofT⁩ wants a court to authorize the ⁦@TPSOperations⁩, the Ontario Provincial Police and “any other police” to “arrest and remove persons, objects and structures” in the pro-Palestinian protest camp. thestar.com/news/gta/u-of-…

A powerful statement. “The  Association of Part-time Undergraduate Students (APUS), University of Toronto Graduate Students’ Union (UTGSU), University of Toronto Mississauga Students’ Union (UTMSU) and Scarborough Campus Students’ Union (SCSU), who represent over 100,000 students across the University of Toronto stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people and their right to self-determination. We reaffirm our solidarity with the student encampment who have mobilized in support of Palestinians experiencing an ongoing genocide, occupation and settler-colonialism with direct demands. As students’ unions within the global student movement, we unequivocally stand in solidarity with Indigenous peoples from Turtle Island to Palestine.” Read it here👇🏽 docs.google.com/document/d/e/2…

Amnesty International Canada warns against criminalizing University of Toronto protest encampment amnesty.ca/human-rights-n…

Open letter from OFL President @waltonmom to @UofT President Meric Gertler: "If you move against the students, you’ll have to go through workers first." @occupyuoft @uoftsu @TheVarsity @utfaculty @cupe3902 @usw1998 @torontolabour @OCUFA @CAUT_ACPPU ofl.ca/ofl-open-lette…

Open letter to boycott and call for the censure of UCalgary. "Academic institutions must be places that encourage dialogue in the pursuit of understanding and knowledge. There is no justification for police crackdowns on peaceful assemblies on campus.” docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

The ENRICH Project is holding workshops on Climate Change Preparedness in Black Communities, including 2 in Hamilton. If you are a Black resident of Hamilton n, you are invited to attend the first workshop in Hamilton on Saturday, Nov. 25 from 10 am-1 pm. $100 honorarium.

The ENRICH Project is holding workshops on Climate Change Preparedness in Black Communities in the Greater Toronto & Hamilton Area, including one in Brampton. If you are a Black resident of Brampton, you are invited to attend. $100 honorarium. Funded by the McConnell Foundation.

We are pleased to welcome Amanda Montfortin to deliver a presentation on the new National Environmental Justice Strategy she is leading through the federal Department of Environment and Climate Change. She will be speaking at our upcoming meeting. Please join us.

My dear friends and I developed a workshop to (1) analyse the capitalist barriers to transformation in our food system and then (2) strategise how to dismantle them, using a degrowth perspective. The toolkit is freely available; more info here @UndiEnvi undisciplinedenvironments.org/2023/09/28/a-w…

WE'RE HIRING for an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) position! If you have experience in interdisciplinary research using Indigenous, decolonizing, and/or community-based methods in Northern contexts, then don't miss out on this incredible opportunity: mun.ca/labradorcampus…

I've planned a Worldbuilding Pedagogy Hybrid Workshop feat. @thergenrade for the afternoon of Oct 10 at @TrentUniversity @TrentUDurham. Come through: eventbrite.ca/e/worldbuildin…

Now out: The paperback version of "Urban Revolutions: Urbanisation and (Neo-)Colonialism in Transatlantic Context" is available at Haymarket haymarketbooks.org/books/2120-urb…

NAN @gcfiddler has issued an open letter to @fordnation on the eve of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Read the full letter here: nan.ca/news/open-lett…

Anti-Black racism and all forms of exclusion are on the rise in a time of “anti-woke” rhetoric. The @CBSEOISE is hosting an important conversation, “Historicizing Anti-Black Racism and Educational Resistance in Canada,” on Oct. 11. Register here: oise-utoronto.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Happy to share this short piece from OISE's Indigenous Literatures Lab - authored alongside my amazing doctoral students!!! @OISEUofT theconversation.com/indigenous-aut…

Academic friends/friends of academics! Check out this incredible opportunity to do some truly innovative research in Northern contexts, and contribute to expanding/strengthening Indigenous-led education in Labrador and across the North 👇👇👇

This is what an anti-#hunger policy looks like! 🥣Cash transfers 🍏Healthy school food from smallholder farmers 👨‍🌾Agroecological transition payments 🧺Support for Black and rural women 🌳Amazon protection 💬Including marginalised people in decision-making aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/…