Excited to receive this in the mail today! Yet another rewarding collaboration with - inside you’ll find contributions from 1/2
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Job alert: anti-racism student advocate/mentor position.
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Finally working my way through this incredible collection of work. Just fantastic stuff - should be required reading for anyone interested in critical understandings of sport and harm
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Proofs are in. 
“Power Played: A Critical Criminology of Sport.”
October 2022.
@UBCPress @KennedyLiamc.
“Power Played: A Critical Criminology of Sport.”
October 2022.
@UBCPress @KennedyLiamc.
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I just received my copy of Power Played by & ! I am so excited to read this. Very cool that I have been lucky enough to take courses with both of these fantastic scholars!
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Excited to receive, all the way from Canada, my copy of & 's new book which I am delighted to have a chapter in (on measuring and demonstrating the impact of sports-based interventions in our prisons). #SportInPrison #PowerOfSport #CriticalCriminology
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Received my review copy today! An amazing read and happy to provide my endorsement for this work. Congrats to and the many great contributors! 🏈🏀⚾️⚖️
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Yes! I’m finally getting to hold it in my hands! Thrilled to be part of this edited collection and I can’t wait to read all the other chapters. @UBCPress @Derekcrim @CarBombBoom13 @KennedyLiamc @criminology4u
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Look what came in the mail! Excited to get my hands on this book, and looking forward to reading all the wonderful chapters. Thanks to and for inviting me to be a part of the volume!
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Still calling for that sustained conversation about the ways this rape culture -and its link to sport - is cultivated and celebrated on campus.
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“Basically, the message the police came back with repeatedly was this was a lot of work to go through... I was told, ‘You’re going to take a peace bond and move on. This has shattered me. I've developed PTSD. I have nightmares. I don't trust anyone.” twitter.com/TSNHockey/stat…
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Thrilled to see my latest publication released this week in & edited book ‘Power Played: A Critical Criminology of Sport’.
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We independently confirmed fresh allegations of racist slurs being used at a BYU athletic event, a month after similar claims involving the Duke volleyball team.
Latest from and I for
theguardian.com/sport/2022/sep
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"Stand up, N-words."
That's what members of a visiting women's soccer team told us BYU fans shouted at them while they knelt to protest racial injustice during the national anthem in 2021.
theguardian.com/sport/2022/sep
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Nothing says progress on anti-racism and decolonization like a mass email mourning the death of the Queen of England
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and others not on Twitter 2/2
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[ARTICLE] “Security, Suspicion, and Surveillance? There’s an App for That.” @KennedyLiamc & @madelainecoelho explore how safety apps (#bSafe, Citizen, and #Nextdoor) enable structural violence. #surveillance #openaccess | Read it here: bit.ly/3S8uijt
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King's will be pausing mandatory masking requirements effective immediately. We respect anyone’s decision to continue to wear a mask. If you have further questions please visit the COVID-19 FAQ section on our website. Full message from @kingspres at: kings.uwo.ca/about-kings/me
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In the latest with in we consider what the rise of safety apps might mean for our understandings of crime, risk, and victimization, particularly subjecting racialized populations to increased monitoring and regulation.
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Come for the penned comprehensive history of critical criminology in the intro, stay for literally every other chapter!
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Proofs are in.
“Power Played: A Critical Criminology of Sport.”
October 2022.
@UBCPress @KennedyLiamc.
“Power Played: A Critical Criminology of Sport.”
October 2022.
@UBCPress @KennedyLiamc.6
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Hello #Sociology and #Criminology Twitter. Do you have any recommendations for children’s books, tv, movies relating to crime, policing, punishment? (Other than Paw Patrol of course)
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This is a nightmare for the kids of this province. #OntarioElection
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BREAKING: Ontario loses the 2022 provincial election
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Still looking to enrol in a course this summer? Take SOC3379 Crime, Punishment, and Pop Culture. You’ll get to analyze any film, show, podcast, etc. for your project and spend a few weeks talking about copaganda, the criminalization of hip hop, and true crime.
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This is out today! and I explore how leisure became a flashpoint during Ontario’s 3rd wave and how leisure opportunities for marginalized populations were ignored in the bulk of these conversations
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Two studies released this week demonstrate that masking significantly reduces COVID transmission in school
I haven’t seen the evidence which supports simultaneously dropping nearly all COVID mitigation strategies in elementary schools filled with un/under vaccinated students.
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Very interesting to see Ontario universities with vaccination rates > 90% keeping their mask mandates, while schools with vaccination rates < 30% may be forced to drop theirs.
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Hey , I’d like to choose a school board that acknowledges science and values the health of those thousands of kindergarteners who aren’t eligible to be vaccinated. But it seems like that’s impossible. Hope you and are all ashamed of yourselves.
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So...A new massive research study shows that schools with mandatory masking during Delta had 72% fewer cases of in-school COVID transmission.
When masks have been shown to be effective in protecting our children, tell me again: WHY are mask mandates in schools being dropped? 🙄
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What the Ontario government is basically saying to people with weak immune systems, the elderly, people with Disabilities, young children & the vulnerable: We don't care if you get COVID anymore. You're on your own.
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This is NOT the time to remove masks. Removing masks before the school year ends is a slap in the face to every exhausted healthcare colleague, every educator, ppl who are immunocompromised, people with disabilities, and ALL infants, kids, parents. #CovidIsNotOver #onpoli #onted
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Such timely and thoughtful contributions
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What does critical criminology have to say about sports?
Keep an eye on this space for "Power Played: A Critical Criminology of Sport" dropping in the Fall with @UBCPress!
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More clarification: 40ish students attended via zoom, asked questions, etc. This is in NO way a comment on student engagement. Instead, it’s anecdotal evidence that suggests not all students prefer in-person learning at this moment (as admin often suggest)
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FYI so there’s no misinterpretation. The point here is to 1) convey the absurdity of lecturing in an empty classroom when this group of students preferred to learn via zoom at this moment in time and 2) to critique admin for not basing major decisions on data. twitter.com/KennedyLiamc/s…
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FYI so there’s no misinterpretation. The point here is to 1) convey the absurdity of lecturing in an empty classroom when this group of students preferred to learn via zoom at this moment in time and 2) to critique admin for not basing major decisions on data.
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Students are clamouring to return to in-person learning, they said. Amazing that all 58 were wearing invisibility cloaks today.
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Students are clamouring to return to in-person learning, they said. Amazing that all 58 were wearing invisibility cloaks today.
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“The choice was made following a survey administered to staff and students; the results indicated 80 per cent of students and 70 per cent of staff preferred staying online for the rest of the semester.”
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The internationalization of 🇨🇦 higher ed is estimated to bring in $21b to our economy each year. But many, incl int'l students themselves, are speaking out against a system they believe to be fraudulent & unethical. We're hosting an all-star panel at CSA: csa-scs.ca/conference/con
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How many students, staff, and faculty are experiencing anxiety, depression, and a decline in overall health and wellness BECAUSE of the decision to return to in-person learning at the height of community transmission?
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We’re here to talk, here to listen and here for you, on #BellLetsTalk Day and every day. Supports and resources are available whether you are a student, faculty or staff member. Find them at kings.uwo.ca/about-kings/me #CarryOnKings #KeepTalking #KeepListening
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COVID-19: SFU students plan walkout over concerns about return to in-class learning | Globalnews.ca
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Update: when asked how they felt, not one student in my 3 classes articulated a desire to return to on-campus learning at the end of this month. twitter.com/KennedyLiamc/s…
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Update: when asked how they felt, not one student in my 3 classes articulated a desire to return to on-campus learning at the end of this month.
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Hello university administrators. How many students and faculty (you know, the people you’ll actually stuff back into classrooms with no regard for physical distancing) did you consult when you decided to return to in-person classes in 2 weeks?
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