Christina Holmes
@anthrocph.bsky.social
Medical Anthropologist and Anthropologist of Science and Technology.
Associate Professor in Health at StFX University.
Co-editor The Social Life of Standards https://www.ubcpress.ca/the-social-life-of-standards
Associate Professor in Health at StFX University.
Co-editor The Social Life of Standards https://www.ubcpress.ca/the-social-life-of-standards
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Make your jokes about Faculty Senate meetings (we do!) but governance structures prevent costly fad-chasing! Small-d democratic procedures esp union workplace democracy *should* deflate overinvestment in the latest "innovation"
The centrist democratic position between 2006-2016ish was all “lean orgs!” And I kept saying, “oh yes sure make it easier for stable institutions to break.” We need to own how much our bleating about bureaucratic efficiencies created an easier-to-capture university.
Everyone wants to streamline bureaucracy, but maybe we'd get better results by making it *harder* for university admins to chase fads. Imagine the money we'd save with a mandatory cooling-off period before launching a "Center for Blockchain Studies" or dumping millions into the latest edtech toy.
October 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Make your jokes about Faculty Senate meetings (we do!) but governance structures prevent costly fad-chasing! Small-d democratic procedures esp union workplace democracy *should* deflate overinvestment in the latest "innovation"
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Fair Employment Week (FEW) is from October 20 to 24, 2025.
FEW is a @caut.bsky.social annual campaign to raise awareness about precarious employment on campus and to improve the working conditions of CAS by amplifying their voices.
Visit www.stfxaut.ca/part-time-ac...
#Fairness4CAS #MakeitFair
FEW is a @caut.bsky.social annual campaign to raise awareness about precarious employment on campus and to improve the working conditions of CAS by amplifying their voices.
Visit www.stfxaut.ca/part-time-ac...
#Fairness4CAS #MakeitFair
#MakeItFair
From the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT): Fair Employment Week (FEW) is taking place from October 20 to 24, 2025. FEW is the Canadian Association of University Teacher’s (CAUT)…
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October 20, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Fair Employment Week (FEW) is from October 20 to 24, 2025.
FEW is a @caut.bsky.social annual campaign to raise awareness about precarious employment on campus and to improve the working conditions of CAS by amplifying their voices.
Visit www.stfxaut.ca/part-time-ac...
#Fairness4CAS #MakeitFair
FEW is a @caut.bsky.social annual campaign to raise awareness about precarious employment on campus and to improve the working conditions of CAS by amplifying their voices.
Visit www.stfxaut.ca/part-time-ac...
#Fairness4CAS #MakeitFair
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Join us next Wednesday, Oct. 22 for the #FairEmploymentWeek keynote! Register for the webinar now to hear Dr. Kendra Strauss discuss academic freedom and precarity.
More information: www.caut.ca/event/a-disc...
More information: www.caut.ca/event/a-disc...
October 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Join us next Wednesday, Oct. 22 for the #FairEmploymentWeek keynote! Register for the webinar now to hear Dr. Kendra Strauss discuss academic freedom and precarity.
More information: www.caut.ca/event/a-disc...
More information: www.caut.ca/event/a-disc...
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New book! So pleased to get my author copies of our edition, translation, and study of Gregorio Dati's "La Sfera", a fifteenth-century Florentine poem on cosmology and geography.
This was the brainchild of the unstoppable Carrie Beneš.
It's profusely illustrated and will be great for students.
This was the brainchild of the unstoppable Carrie Beneš.
It's profusely illustrated and will be great for students.
October 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
New book! So pleased to get my author copies of our edition, translation, and study of Gregorio Dati's "La Sfera", a fifteenth-century Florentine poem on cosmology and geography.
This was the brainchild of the unstoppable Carrie Beneš.
It's profusely illustrated and will be great for students.
This was the brainchild of the unstoppable Carrie Beneš.
It's profusely illustrated and will be great for students.
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Call for panels now open until 31 Oct 2025. We invite you to join us for EASST’s Biennial Conference, to be held in Krakow, Poland
easst.net/conference/e...
easst.net/conference/e...
EASST2026 Home
The conference will take place on the main campus of AGH University of Krakow, walking distance from the Krakow’s vibrant city centre.
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October 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Call for panels now open until 31 Oct 2025. We invite you to join us for EASST’s Biennial Conference, to be held in Krakow, Poland
easst.net/conference/e...
easst.net/conference/e...
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"This is obviously the greatest assault on higher education in the history of this country.... What the Trump administration is doing is attacking the sector and institutions writ large to undermine their autonomy. That never happened under McCarthyism."
www.caut.ca/bulletin/tod...
www.caut.ca/bulletin/tod...
September 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"This is obviously the greatest assault on higher education in the history of this country.... What the Trump administration is doing is attacking the sector and institutions writ large to undermine their autonomy. That never happened under McCarthyism."
www.caut.ca/bulletin/tod...
www.caut.ca/bulletin/tod...
"If you or any Canadians are not happy living on Treaty Lands, they are free to apply for citizenship elsewhere"
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
May 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"If you or any Canadians are not happy living on Treaty Lands, they are free to apply for citizenship elsewhere"
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
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Student Success | Data: Students Less Involved on Campus Post-Pandemic
New data shows that student participation in high-impact practices at research institutions has yet to fully rebound after COVID-19–related shutdowns. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3EiJjgo
New data shows that student participation in high-impact practices at research institutions has yet to fully rebound after COVID-19–related shutdowns. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3EiJjgo
Fewer Students Engage in College Activities After COVID
New data shows that student participation in high-impact practices at research institutions has yet to fully rebound after COVID-19–related shutdowns.
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April 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Student Success | Data: Students Less Involved on Campus Post-Pandemic
New data shows that student participation in high-impact practices at research institutions has yet to fully rebound after COVID-19–related shutdowns. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3EiJjgo
New data shows that student participation in high-impact practices at research institutions has yet to fully rebound after COVID-19–related shutdowns. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3EiJjgo
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Are you a Canadian researcher who depends on NOAA or NASA climate data? Please get in touch with Marc Fawcett-Atkinson: marc[at]nationalobserver.com.
April 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Are you a Canadian researcher who depends on NOAA or NASA climate data? Please get in touch with Marc Fawcett-Atkinson: marc[at]nationalobserver.com.
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➡️Health care
➡️Infrastructure
➡️Art & design
➡️Engineering
Without post-secondary education, our lives would look a lot different. It's a system we all rely on every day.
Let's Unlock Education: Education2025.ca
➡️Infrastructure
➡️Art & design
➡️Engineering
Without post-secondary education, our lives would look a lot different. It's a system we all rely on every day.
Let's Unlock Education: Education2025.ca
April 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
➡️Health care
➡️Infrastructure
➡️Art & design
➡️Engineering
Without post-secondary education, our lives would look a lot different. It's a system we all rely on every day.
Let's Unlock Education: Education2025.ca
➡️Infrastructure
➡️Art & design
➡️Engineering
Without post-secondary education, our lives would look a lot different. It's a system we all rely on every day.
Let's Unlock Education: Education2025.ca
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4 questions, no follow-ups at PP's presser this morning in Sault Ste Marie.
They told me they choose a mix of local, national & French outlets.
CTV reporter Judy Trinh (who wasn't chosen) shouted a question about PP's refusal to get security clearance.
"Excuse me there's an activist here," PP said.
They told me they choose a mix of local, national & French outlets.
CTV reporter Judy Trinh (who wasn't chosen) shouted a question about PP's refusal to get security clearance.
"Excuse me there's an activist here," PP said.
April 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
4 questions, no follow-ups at PP's presser this morning in Sault Ste Marie.
They told me they choose a mix of local, national & French outlets.
CTV reporter Judy Trinh (who wasn't chosen) shouted a question about PP's refusal to get security clearance.
"Excuse me there's an activist here," PP said.
They told me they choose a mix of local, national & French outlets.
CTV reporter Judy Trinh (who wasn't chosen) shouted a question about PP's refusal to get security clearance.
"Excuse me there's an activist here," PP said.
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I am really happy to finally hold this book in my hands! It is the product of the collective efforts of editors, authors, reviewers, and publishing staff. We hope it sparks new interesting discussions on organismal agency! 📚👇 www.routledge.com/The-Riddle-o... #philsci #histsci #philsky #HPbio
September 10, 2024 at 1:45 PM
I am really happy to finally hold this book in my hands! It is the product of the collective efforts of editors, authors, reviewers, and publishing staff. We hope it sparks new interesting discussions on organismal agency! 📚👇 www.routledge.com/The-Riddle-o... #philsci #histsci #philsky #HPbio
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NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
‘Climate of fear’: Montreal doctor says NYU cancelled her presentation
A Montreal doctor says her presentation at NYU was abruptly cancelled and believes the university did so out of fear of being pressured by the Donald Trump administration.
www.ctvnews.ca
March 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
Ella Hunter did a great job presenting her poster at student research day @stfx-university.bsky.social last night and won the Service Learning award bit.ly/3FL5oVg
March 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Ella Hunter did a great job presenting her poster at student research day @stfx-university.bsky.social last night and won the Service Learning award bit.ly/3FL5oVg
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Sandra Harding, feminist philosopher of science, passed away. www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...
Her work on feminist standpoint theory was so important to me. #philsky #feministsky #philsci #STS
Her work on feminist standpoint theory was so important to me. #philsky #feministsky #philsci #STS
SANDRA HARDING Obituary (1935 - 2025-03-05) - Amherst, MA - Boston Globe
View DR. SANDRA G. HARDING's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.
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March 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Sandra Harding, feminist philosopher of science, passed away. www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...
Her work on feminist standpoint theory was so important to me. #philsky #feministsky #philsci #STS
Her work on feminist standpoint theory was so important to me. #philsky #feministsky #philsci #STS
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we fixed acid rain! we fixed the ozone layer! we beat polio! we’ve rescued scores of species from the brink of extinction! the despair many of us feel about climate change isn’t that it’s too big to fix. it’s that we know it is fixable but we’re being thwarted by greedy ghouls at every turn.
The other day I was like “you know something we heard a lot about as kids was acid rain, why don’t we hear about it anymore”
TURNS OUT we fixed it???
TURNS OUT we fixed it???
We! fixed! acid! rain! And we can fix climate change 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
October 25, 2023 at 3:08 PM
we fixed acid rain! we fixed the ozone layer! we beat polio! we’ve rescued scores of species from the brink of extinction! the despair many of us feel about climate change isn’t that it’s too big to fix. it’s that we know it is fixable but we’re being thwarted by greedy ghouls at every turn.