The @thetyee.ca is covering the unbelievably cruel decision by the University of Alberta to slash 100% of funding to its non-profit affiliated child care centres despite having evidence of clear need. They are still, inconceivably, giving money to a private, for-profit company NOBODY USES.

Parents Upset as U of A Cuts Off Non-Profit Child-Care Centres | The Tyee

But there’s money for a corporate provider to faculty and staff.

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🧵In this new article in @universityaffairs.bsky.social , @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I argue that generative AI based on large language models has no place in higher education. People in universities use AI only for doing more things more quickly, easily, and cheaply.

AI in universities: the case against - University Affairs

Ping Lam Ip and Andrea DeKeseredy argue generative artificial intelligence has no place in higher education.

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An article Prof. Jana Grekul, Jenna Robinson, and I wrote is now published in Feminist Criminology. It documents the precarity that formerly incarcerated women in Alberta experienced as they were adapting to post-release life. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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In the latest edition of the ASC Critical Criminology newsletter @dekeseredy.bsky.social , @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I discuss the similarities between the Hockey Canada and Ghomeshi trials, as well as the betrayal victims of sexual violence experience within the Canadian criminal justice system

This is a good article addressing the ugly reality that the moral panic about porn, which a portion of (mostly white) radical feminists is partly responsible for, has paradoxically fueled violence against women.

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Montreal's tragic shooting follows established patterns of violence: angry young men who would deny womens' rights & bodily autonomy It's time to acknowledge the role of anti-porn rhetoric shaping hateful incel beliefs my latest for the @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Congratulations to @jfamstudies.bsky.social, where I published my paper about low-income migrant mothers in Hong Kong last year. The journal's 2025 impact factor has jumped from 1.6 to 2.1! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Intensification of traditional mothering ideals in migration contexts: low-income Mainland Chinese cross-border mothers in Hong Kong

Research on migration and mothering has primarily focused on how migration reframes motherhood. Mothers are expected to be the primary caregivers and prioritise their children’s wellbeing over thei...

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Excited to share my first solo-authored article, now published in the Journal of Gender Studies. 👉 doi.org/10.1080/0958... I examine how state-condoned sexual violence serve as a gendered state repression during protests, and how women mobilise fear as a form of resistance in the case of Hong Kong.

‘The fear was real’: how women mobilize fear to resist gendered state repression in Hong Kong’s anti-extradition movement

Many news have been reported on sexual violence against female protestors in the world, such as Tunisia, Yemen and Mexico. The Hong Kong anti-extradition movement is also no exception. However, sch...

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🧵Jack Mintz has a new piece in the Financial Post arguing that men in Canada are being discriminated against through federal research funding allocation and Canada Research Chair hiring quotas. @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I found this is simply misinformation.

Jack Mintz: End DEI targets in federal research funding

The provinces, which regulate and fund universities, should step up to make sure grants and positions are allocated solely on merit. Read on

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Check out this new book by @dekeseredy.bsky.social et al., which addresses an under-researched area of sport and violence against women.

Walter DeKeseredy@dekeseredy.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Check out our new book coming out with University of Toronto Press this spring. www.amazon.com/Sport-Violen...

🧵On March 27, the University of Alberta Board of Governors approved tuition increases for the 7th year. @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I made tables summarizing the hikes since 2020 In 2026/27, all domestic students admitted since 2020/21 will need to pay 37% more than they did in 2020/21.

Here I’m criticizing the Alberta government’s ‘study’ on its own supervised consumption site closures by the merits of its *corruption alone* Someone more qualified should examine its methodology. Knowing this government, I expect it’s very bad. drugdatadecoded.ca/centre-of-re...

Centre of Recovery Excellence using health information of people who use drugs to undermine their safety

The Alberta government's Crown corporation has published its first study using personal health numbers of people accessing supervised consumption sites. While its findings fail to hold up, it offers ...

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🧵The conversation around the University of Alberta "ending" EDI in hiring is purposely confusing in a way that strategically benefits the university and misleads everyone The question is, should a university grounded in academic freedom censor itself due to government pressure?

🧵In this new op-ed in the Edmonton Journal, @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I debunk the myth that EDI hiring and “reverse discrimination” happened at University of Alberta. In actuality, the U of A has not made any advancement in EDI hiring.

Opinion: Little evidence of EDI hiring policy in practice at the U of A

The U of A’s recruitment data does not show any signs of progress in EDI, let alone patterns of reverse discrimination.

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🧵The University of Alberta is celebrating the inaugural TIME Magazine rankings, which places it 75th globally and 3rd in Canada. But @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I found that established QS World University Rankings tells a more concerning story about the university’s recent developments.

I have won the election of Councillor-at-Large at the University of Alberta Graduate Student Association I represent ALL graduate students at council now, not just my own department. I will do everything in my power to get the university child care funding back

"The natural way of things diminishes the excessive and supplements the insufficient. The human way is different. It diminishes the insufficient to serve the excessive. Only those who follow the natural way of things use excess to serve the world." Tao Te Ching, 4th century BCE

🧵The House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research passed a motion requiring the Tri-Council to release confidential data. Some members claim research funding is being unfairly allocated to "DEI" or "woke" research But last year @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I debunked this.

🧵The Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research has put forward a motion to release ALL data in relation to federal research funding applications. This motion was put forward by conservative MPs who are skeptical of funding being allocated "fairly."

University of Alberta Graduate Students: If you have experienced a loss in coverage due to the GSA changing our benefits provider, @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I have created a guide explaining how to potentially continue your coverage.

I am glad to share that I have received the Dr EW Gauk-Westfield Award!

Thank you @taprootedmonton.ca for featuring @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social , Dr. Wendy Aujla and I for our piece on the Alberta government’s response to gender-based violence. Great to be next to @knight54.bsky.social in the Pulse!

The United Conservative Party claims it has adopted Canada's most comprehensive strategy to reduce gender-based violence. In the Edmonton Journal, Dr. Wendy Aujla, @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I outline the absolute hypocrisy of their plan to address violence in Alberta.

Opinion: Alberta's gender-based violence strategy undermined by government policies

If the government is serious about ending violence, they will have to start with reversing many of their own economic and social policies

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@pinglamjoeip.bsky.social ‬ and I wrote a piece in @thegateway.bsky.social to call out the University of Alberta Graduate Students’ Association for targeting and bullying an Indigenous Associate Vice-President Labour.

The GSA has been collectively bullying an Indigenous associate vice-president (labour) - The Gateway

Recent actions by the GSA have been a clear attempt to target and exclude our only Indigenous DEO and labour representative.

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I'm excited to share with you all that my husband, Dr. Daniel O'Brien, has taken an ENT position at the University of Manitoba where he will also serve as associate professor. Daniel specializes in complex head and neck surgery. Manitoba, another doctor is on the way.

🧵Last year @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I extracted public data on 35,828 research projects funded by eight SSHRC programs to debunk the Alberta govt's claim that federal funding agencies favor “left-wing” or “progressive” disciplines. We now take one step further to analyze the data.

I am excited to share with you all that I have been awarded the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship. The scholarship was created with the purpose of attracting and retaining world-class doctoral students who display exceptional scholarly achievements and also leadership qualities.

The Edmonton region has hit an all-time high in opioid related deaths. Danielle Smith claimed less than a year ago that The Alberta Recovery Model was a success We wrote about why her statements are misleading in October 2024 People will continue to die

Drop in drug poisoning deaths does not necessarily indicate Alberta Recovery Model is working

Alberta’s controversial approach to the opioid crisis rejects harm reduction, including supervised consumption sites. Despite recent UCP claims that the program is working, more evidence is needed.

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I am excited to share that I have received the Andrew Stewart Memorial Graduate Prize! This award recognizes students' research accomplishments while registered in a doctoral program at the University of Alberta.

We live in a time where migrants' mobility can no longer be taken for granted, and my new article in Social Forces examines how mobility restrictions create "linked immobility" that affects entire transnational family networks. Here is the link (open access): academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...

Confronting linked immobility: how Chinese migrants managed family crisis during a global catastrophe

Abstract. Drawing on qualitative interviews with 51 Chinese migrants who live in the US but strive to support frail parents back home, this article analyze

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I am incredibly honored to receive the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholarship, one of the most prestigious doctoral awards in Canada sponsored by @killamtrusts.bsky.social.