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P. David Howe, PLY
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Medical anthropologist, Paralympian and advocate who endeavours to celebrate difference. The expressed views are my own.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 5d
This story is so twisted. A Toronto student group hosted an event to celebrate literal members of the IDF (aka war criminals) and now they are claiming to be victims because they were protested.

It isn’t + never will be antisemitic to decry Israeli genocide or to hold those responsible accountable.
A pro-Israel student group in Toronto, Canada, says its event with IDF veterans was “stormed” by anti-Israel protesters, causing injuries. Student Supporting Israel at Toronto Metropolitan University posts videos on social media showing the altercation between the pro-Israel students and masked protesters at the off-campus event at which former IDF soldiers were due to speak. An anti-Israel activist chants, “We refuse to allow war criminals in our city,” while the pro-Israel students shout, “Get out,” and “Call 911.”

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Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · Sep 26
Excellent as always from @julesboykoff.bsky.social, laying out the case for the expulsion of the Israel Football Association from FIFA and UEFA. A moral imperative, anchored in governance rules and principles www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Fifa banned Russia from international football. Now it must do the same for Israel
As Israel inflicts untold misery on Palestinians, it is time for football’s governing bodies to stand by the principles they claim to uphold
www.theguardian.com

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Fare network @farenet.bsky.social · Sep 26
In The Guardian, Jules Boykoff argues FIFA betrayed its human rights commitments by failing to suspend Israel over Gaza, citing UN genocide findings, illegal settlement clubs, racism, and the killing of Palestinian athletes like Suleiman Obeid.
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Fifa banned Russia from international football. Now it must do the same for Israel
As Israel inflicts untold misery on Palestinians, it is time for football’s governing bodies to stand by the principles they claim to uphold
buff.ly

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · Sep 7
El Jones: Halifax Regional Council has invested $50,000 into the Canada-Israel Davis cup match in order to “put heads in beds,” even as the heads of Palestinian children are being exploded in their beds in Gaza.

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The End of Sport @endofsportpod.bsky.social · Aug 27
Episode 163

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P. David Howe, PLY @pdhowe9.bsky.social · Aug 20
Shame on Tennis Canada - so embarrassing that they don’t realize that sport has always been political- it is a human invention after all!
punchingprof.bsky.social Mac Ross @punchingprof.bsky.social · Aug 18
Far too often National Sports Organizations succumb to this sort of hypocrisy. Some people's human rights are valued more than others. Some are accorded humanity, some are not. It's blatant discrimination.
karanicolas.bsky.social Michael Karanicolas @karanicolas.bsky.social · Aug 18
Tennis Canada responded to a petition to cancel a planned Davis Cup match against Israel by citing the need to keep sport separate from political conflicts.

Which is an odd position to take, seeing as Russia and Belarus are both banned from the Davis Cup over the Ukraine War.

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Mac Ross @punchingprof.bsky.social · Aug 18
Far too often National Sports Organizations succumb to this sort of hypocrisy. Some people's human rights are valued more than others. Some are accorded humanity, some are not. It's blatant discrimination.
karanicolas.bsky.social Michael Karanicolas @karanicolas.bsky.social · Aug 18
Tennis Canada responded to a petition to cancel a planned Davis Cup match against Israel by citing the need to keep sport separate from political conflicts.

Which is an odd position to take, seeing as Russia and Belarus are both banned from the Davis Cup over the Ukraine War.

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Safe Kjipuktuk @safehrm.bsky.social · Aug 16
Photo taken and shared by John van Gurp
No tennis for Genocide No to the Canada-Israel Davis Cup match in Halifax (sign mounted to pole above walk request button)

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · Aug 14
Hey Tennis Canada: this is how you do it.

Much respect.

www.palestinechronicle.com/honorable-st...
‘Honorable Stance’: Jordanian Tennis Player Refuses to Face Israeli Opponent

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Jules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social · Aug 5
My latest @commondreams.org: "The Olympics Is the Last Thing LA Needs as It Deals With Fires & ICE," and a new poll from @nolympicsla.bsky.social shows that Angelenos agree
www.commondreams.org/opinion/la-d...
The Olympics Is the Last Thing LA Needs as It Deals With Fires and ICE | Common Dreams
A new poll from the anti-Olympics coalition NOlympicsLA finds that public support for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics has soured significantly over time.
www.commondreams.org

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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · Jul 22
This fucking sucks AND is absolutely in violation of the IOC's framework for inclusion — which state that without clear evidence from each specific sport, you cannot ban athletes based on gender or sex, or presume an advantage. abcnews.go.com/US/us-olympi...
US Olympic and Paralympic officials bar transgender women from competing in women's categories
Transgender women will no longer be eligible to compete for the United States in the Olympic or Paralympic Games in women's sports, after a policy change from the USOPC.
abcnews.go.com

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Mac Ross @punchingprof.bsky.social · May 13
By making Adam van Koeverden the Minister of Sport, the Carney government has done abuse survivors a grave disservice and put meaningful, sustainable change on hold. Poor start to the sport portfolio.

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · Apr 29
Poilievre vows to stay on as party leader for reasons of being otherwise unemployable #CanadaVotes #cdnpoli

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Raffi_RC @raffic.bsky.social · Apr 16
when he sends citizens to foreign concentration camps, it’s no longer a slide to authoritarianism—it’s full blown fascism! 😔 this is not an administration, it’s a criminal regime in a hostile takeover of 🇺🇸 democracy. #FightFascism #TraitorTrump #DefendLiberty 🔔

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P. David Howe, PLY @pdhowe9.bsky.social · Apr 16
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P. David Howe, PLY @pdhowe9.bsky.social · Apr 11
In the sunshine!

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P. David Howe, PLY @pdhowe9.bsky.social · Mar 31
I can hear Springsteen ‘Glory Days’ as I look at the photo 😄

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Dr Karen Lumsden @karenlumsden.bsky.social · Mar 26
It was great to be interviewed for @profkarenoreilly.bsky.social's podcast for her new book, Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone. In Ep.6, "Being Ethnographic", we discuss our experiences of ethnographic methods & the challenges faced by researchers using this method today tinyurl.com/4ddbunfd
Being Ethnographic
Podcast Episode · Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast · EP6 · 30m
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Shireen Ahmed @shireenahmed.bsky.social · Mar 23
Yes, elbows up and all that. But let's continue to work against racism and violence against all Canadians.
Because it doesn't matter how high your elbows are when someone's trying to light your hijab on fire.
(📷 via National Council of Canadian Muslims - IG)

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Prof. Holly Thorpe @hollythorpe.bsky.social · Mar 22
Join us for the first of our new digital series ⬇️

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P. David Howe, PLY @pdhowe9.bsky.social · Mar 20
Thank goodness it was not Coe!https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/ioc-presidential-election-march-2025-1.7488425
Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry elected as 1st-ever female IOC president | CBC Sports
Behind closed doors inside a resort in western Greece, International Olympic Committee members elected the first female president of the largest global sporting organization on Thursday. Kirsty Covent...
www.cbc.ca

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Shireen Ahmed @shireenahmed.bsky.social · Mar 17
I am grateful to my friend and colleague @mouhamadrachini.bsky.social for this piece on one of the most underreported stories in the world of sports.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/s...
Soccer fans around the world call on FIFA, UEFA to 'show Israel the red card' | CBC News
As Israel prepares to play its 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, its soccer teams are facing calls to be banned from all competitions.
www.cbc.ca

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P. David Howe, PLY @pdhowe9.bsky.social · Mar 13
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Share petition · No Navitas at Western 2025: Petition Against the Proposed Partnership · Change.org
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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · Mar 9
A U.S. greencard holder of Palestinian origin, active in Columbia's student encampment, was arrested by ICE yesterday from his home, separated from his 8-month pregnant wife, told his greencard would be revoked, and taken into custody.

America today. apnews.com/article/colu...
ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests, his lawyer says
A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead last spring's protests at Columbia University has been arrested by federal immigration agents.
apnews.com

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Mac Ross @punchingprof.bsky.social · Feb 28
"story serves as a bracing example of the potentially devastating ripple effect the former police officer-turned-SafeSport investigator’s arrest for sex crimes - and the center’s response to it - can have on the people whose cases he handled."

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Investigator on SafeSport case gets arrested, and now a survivor is facing trauma once again
The U.S. Center for SafeSport's recent firing of an investigator who was arrested for sex crimes is having a negative ripple effect for some of the people whose cases he handled.
apnews.com

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Shireen Ahmed @shireenahmed.bsky.social · Feb 26
Jesse Marsch has shown more patriotism than Wayne Gretzky.

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Canadian soccer coach Marsch tells Trump to 'lay off ridiculous rhetoric' of Canada as 51st state | CBC Sports
Canada soccer coach Jesse Marsch waded into politics Wednesday, telling United States President Donald Trump to "lay off the ridiculous rhetoric about Canada being a 51st state."
www.cbc.ca

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Iain Lindsey @iainlindsey.bsky.social · Feb 26
Co-authored article w/ @stuartwhigham.bsky.social and Marc Keech has now found its home in ISPP Volume 17

It considers four disciplinary approaches to analysing the content of sport policies, with recommendations for how researchers can advance usage of them

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Analysing the content of sport policies: disciplinary approaches and new directions
Over time, there have been various important contributions that have advanced the application of different conceptual and theoretical approaches to analysing policy processes across the field of sp...
www.tandfonline.com

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Jules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social · Feb 9
2 recs ahead of today's Super Bowl:
(1) "Behind the Shield: The Power & Politics of the NFL." @edgeofsports.bsky.social provides crucial historical & political context that'll help you better understand what you see (and don't see) on screen today. Free until kickoff: vimeo.com/753528184/94...
Behind the Shield: The Power & Politics of the NFL [HOME USE ONLY]
THIS VIDEO IS FOR HOME USE ONLY: To purchase or rent this film for public screenings or for educational, organizational, or institutional use, an educational license…
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P. David Howe, PLY @pdhowe9.bsky.social · Feb 6
Coe as IOC president would not be good - he cannot be trusted to govern in an age where equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI+) are vital!
julesboykoff.bsky.social Jules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social · Feb 5
Next month the International Olympic Committee will elect a new president. One frontrunner, Lord Sebastian Coe, has openly stated that he thinks trans athletes threaten sport. Other candidates have adopted equally, if not more draconian stances. www.dw.com/en/sebastian...

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Jules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social · Feb 5
Next month the International Olympic Committee will elect a new president. One frontrunner, Lord Sebastian Coe, has openly stated that he thinks trans athletes threaten sport. Other candidates have adopted equally, if not more draconian stances. www.dw.com/en/sebastian...