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Jane Dryden

@janedryden.bsky.social

Philosophy prof in a tiny town in New Brunswick. Intellectual magpie writing about vulnerability, autonomy, disability, feminist philosophy, German idealism, gut microbiome, neurodiversity. she/her.

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Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 2w ago

"While it can feel depressing to confront ourselves with how right-wing our politics have become, it’s also essential that Canadians acknowledge reality 'as it is — not as we wish it to be,' to quote our current prime minister." Grateful to @thetyee.ca for sharing my piece with a broader audience!

The Tyee@thetyee.ca · 2w ago

Canada arguably has a Red Tory party — it just so happens to still be called “the Liberal Party of Canada.” Rachel Gilmore writes. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

M.J. Crockett@mjcrockett.bsky.social · 4w ago

This gorgeous essay from the social-media-less Lily Hu is everything: on what it means to "do" philosophy amidst pressure to automate it (with lessons that travel much more broadly). Rhymes with brilliant insights from @biblioracle.bsky.social @janerosenzweig.bsky.social Ted Chiang & others

Lily Hu · Un-Doing Philosophy

Analytic philosophers in the United States are increasingly embracing AI, both by taking advisory positions at tech companies and by using large language models for their own research and writing. Som...

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Anna Holmes@annabookwriter.bsky.social · 4w ago

So no, your “ironic” ableism isn’t funny. The casual acceptance of the r slur and eugenicist practices isn’t “no big deal”. This is recent shit. I have colleagues who remember institutions and would rather die than return. That’s what lots of the people in power want, frankly.

Jane Dryden@janedryden.bsky.social · last mo.

quiet reminder that Canada’s women’s team has been amazing for ages. (not to take anything away from men’s team, just seeing some blanket statements about “soccer in Canada“ generally)

Katelyn Burns@katelynburns.com · last mo.

We are swiftly headed for a society in which a trans kid must undergo state mandated torture, are banned from being on line, are banned from hanging out in most public spaces, are banned from using bathrooms at school, banned from accessing the health care they need, and banned from playing sports.

Jane Dryden@janedryden.bsky.social · last mo.

getting emails recently "I know your term as X hasn't started yet, but could you meet about [various tasks related to X]" I never wanted to do X in the first place, and I definitely don't want to X early.

Leah ProudLakota (she/her)@leahgazan.bsky.social · last mo.

(3/4) Ignoring these risks and violating his duty to respect these prior decisions, Carney went ahead and welcomed foreign investment in the project at the G7 Leaders Summit last week. This is yet another deeply disturbing example of Carney’s Liberal government taking huge environmental risks

Leah ProudLakota (she/her)@leahgazan.bsky.social · last mo.

Yesterday I wrote to Prime Minister Carney, expressing my concern about his government issuing public statements endorsing a resource extraction project in Manitoba in violation of the rights of affected First Nations and the position of the provincial government. (1/4)

June 22, 2026 The Right Honourable Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada CC: The Honourable Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources The Honourable Mandy Gull-Masty, Minister of Indigenous Services of Canada The Honourable Rebecca Alty, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Chief Gordon Bluesky, Brokenhead Ojibway First Nation Dear Prime Minister Carney, I write to you today to express my serious concerns with the recent public statements issued by yourself and Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson surrounding the Sio Silica mining project in Manitoba. It is unacceptable that your government is offering its unqualified support for big resource extraction companies without first fulfilling its constitutional duty to obtain the free, prior and informed consent of affected Indigenous peoples, without the consent of the Province of Manitoba, and with total disregard for the environmentally devastating impacts of undermining safeguards for resource extraction projects. Despite opposition from Indigenous voices and the Province of Manitoba to Sio Silica’s mining project, your office last week celebrated Sio Silica’s partnership with a German company RCT Solutions brokered at the G7 Leaders’ Summit. Meanwhile, in a press release issued by Sio Silica, Minister Hodgson tacitly affirmed your government’s support for advancing their mining operations in Manitoba. These premature, hastily drawn up announcements simply amount to encroachments on the constitutional rights of a First Nation and of the Province of Manitoba. Under both the Constitution Act of 1982 and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), the Government of Canada must obtain the free, prior and informed consent of Indigenous peoples when it comes to decisions affecting their lands, territories and resources. Had your government met its legal obligation to consult and accommodate Indigenous peoples before seeking to advance this project, it would be aware that Sio Silica’s mining proposal is highly contentious among First Nations and people across Manitoba. Just last summer, the Brokenhead Ojibway First Nation rejected a partnership with Sio Silica in a referendum among its members, given concerns about its project’s risks to clean drinking water contamination. Moreover, the Province for Manitoba has previously denied a license to Sio Silica based on its risks to public safety, while the company remains party to an upcoming public inquiry investigating breaches of conflict-of-interest laws under the previous Progressive Conservative government. Evidence clearly shows that this project risks jeopardizing safe drinking water in Manitoba. According to Manitoba's Clean Environment Commission, Sio Silica did not sufficiently address risks to essential sources of drinking water in its license application. The fact that you have ignored this risk demonstrates the same disturbing trend of backtracking on clean water rights shown in your government’s Bill C-37, the First Nations Clean Water Act, tabled last week. In this bill, the Liberal government has abandoned its previous commitments to upholding all First Nations individuals’ human right to clean drinking water, while denying First Nations’ rights over traditional territory as recognized in Article 25 of UNDRIP. Water is life, and life is not negotiable. It is simply unconscionable that your government is jeopardizing this basic human right by advancing resource extraction projects that risk contaminating water sources – particularly of First Nations – while violating your duty to consult and obtain their consent. In a country as rich as Canada, there is no reason that anyone should have their right to clean water denied, and yet there are still 38 active long-term drinking water advisories throughout our country today. Your government must immediately reverse course and commit to upholding everyone’s basic human right to clean drinking water over the profit-driven interests of big corporations. I look forward to your prompt response to address this urgent issue. Sincerely, Leah Gazan, NDP Critic for Indigenous Affairs and for the Environment