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If you're wondering why Canada sucks at building industries and fostering innovation, here's one example. On November 1, anyone who graduates with a PhD will have to pass a language test. You might ask yourself: why? They have a Canadian PhD, what is the point of this? Racism!

Congratulations to Karen Ancheta and Anna Chatterton (@a_chatterton) on being awarded the @ONArtsCouncil Creation in Residence Grant to continue writing their play O.A. at Theatre Aquarius this season!

A months-long investigation by @bobbyhristova for @CBCHamilton is out today, exposing the large increase in recent years of the use of segregation in Hamilton and other provincial jails. In Hamilton, it has surpassed the UN's threshold for torture. Have a read 👇🏼#HamOnt

This Filipino Heritage Month, we are co-presenting with @HamiltonLibrary a free lightly-facilitated Filipino Conversation Circle, development supported by @McMasterOCE ‘s #Catalyst grant, pooled with an earlier @HamCommFdn grant for implementation.

Supported by a @McMasterOCE Catalyst Grant, the @FilHamOnt are hosting a Filipino Conversation Circle on June 12th @HamiltonLibrary! Join them from 6-7 PM & practice speaking Filipino/Tagalog in a small group. RSVP now: events.hpl.ca/event/10387944 #HamOnt #FilipinoHeritageMonth

Filipino Heritage Month community flagraising tomorrow, June 3, 9 am! Come join! Organized by Hamilton Fiesta Extravaganza!

June is #FilipinoHeritageMonth! Practise speaking Filipino/Tagalog in a small group in the upcoming Filipino Conversation Circle on Wednesday, June 12, 6-7pm at Central Library. Register your free seats at events.hpl.ca/event/10387944 #HamOnt @FilHamOnt #libraries

📢ALL OUT!!! Join the solidarity rally with the @occupyuoft student encampment at @UofT: 🗓️Monday, May 27 ⏰8:00 AM (yes, morning) 📍People's Circle for Palestine / King's College Circle, University of Toronto RSVP here⤵️ ofl.ca/event/solidari… #ceasefirenow #cdnpse #onlab

We're approaching the moment when the memory of the Holocaust, the historic crimes committed against our people, will stop serving as our Iron Dome, protecting us from accountability for crimes we're committing in the present against the Palestinian people haaretz.com/opinion/2024-0…

Friends whose scholarly societies meet at the Congress of @federation_hss: McGill Law profs are on strike! Tell your executive committee and @mcgillu that and you do not want to cross @AMPL_AMPD's picketline. Urge the McGill senior adminis to return to the bargaining table now!

As someone who has tried to help get scholarships for loved ones in Gaza, and generally wants Palestinians from Gaza to have access to opportunities at US universities, I have some thoughts and questions for organizers to consider as they shape their political demands. A thread:

This piece by Zadie Smith illustrates a hard truth: Israel-Palestine politics is no place for uninitiated amateurs to venture in. The experts can disagree hard. The amateurs are in the way. Stay in your lane, which is not this one. Buh bye Zadie.

Salamat for sharing your story - Cubao has such a rich history that is not written about!

On Monday, multiple MPPs from different parties at Queen’s Park will be wearing the kaffiyeh in defiance of the Speaker @MPPArnottWHH’s unjustifiable and unprecedented ruling. Every party leader, including Premier Ford and Opposition Leader Marit Stiles, have stated on the record that they are opposed to the ban. Dozens of highly regarded lawyers and legal scholars have opined to us that the Speaker’s ruling is ultra vires his powers, due to, among others, improper purpose, and that the power of parliamentary privilege is constrained in relation to human rights violations. This is the People’s House, not the Speaker’s House. Everyone should feel welcome there. This is a non-partisan issue. Ontarians will be there and watching. We look forward to seeing all MPPs take action behind their words on Monday.

You may well have the unusual situation of the Columbia student radio station being eligible for a Pulitzer Prize, administered by Columbia University, for the station’s coverage of how Columbia called the cops on Columbia students. (They’re doing an extraordinary job).

FREE read! 🙏🙏🏼🙏🏿🙏🏾 “These are turning out to be the largest mass protests of the 21st century and something tells me we’re barely halfway in” -@wickdchiq Militarizing a response to protesting genocide, apartheid & human rights is a function of white supremacy. #Free 🇵🇸