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Every discussion of PSE in NS starts with the assumption: universities are public, so it's fair for the Province to exercise oversight of them.
But that's mostly false! My students' tuition pays for 70% of their education! My university is already 70% private!
But that's mostly false! My students' tuition pays for 70% of their education! My university is already 70% private!
Bill 12 misses the real cost crisis in Nova Scotia universities
By Genevieve Boulet and Nathaniel Street
By Genevieve Boulet and Nathaniel Street
Bill 12 misses the real cost crisis in Nova Scotia universities - Halifax Examiner
The bill directs its strongest tools toward academic restructuring while bypassing scrutiny of how universities are funded, governed, and managed financially. If sustainability is the objective, then ...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
January 23, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Every discussion of PSE in NS starts with the assumption: universities are public, so it's fair for the Province to exercise oversight of them.
But that's mostly false! My students' tuition pays for 70% of their education! My university is already 70% private!
But that's mostly false! My students' tuition pays for 70% of their education! My university is already 70% private!
Reposted by Diane Crocker
TY to @thecoast.ca for publishing my latest op-ed.
The vilification of survivors is why we will continue to see violence in Nova Scotia.
When will we learn?
www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion...
The vilification of survivors is why we will continue to see violence in Nova Scotia.
When will we learn?
www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion...
Nova Scotia's culture of silence is deadly - The Coast | News, events, restaurants, concerts and Burger Week for Halifax, Nova Scotia
This past week, Lisa Banfield, the former spouse of mass shooter Gabriel Wortman, gave a series of public interviews ahead of the release of her book, First Survivor: Life with Canada’s Deadliest Mass...
www.thecoast.ca
January 23, 2026 at 11:47 AM
TY to @thecoast.ca for publishing my latest op-ed.
The vilification of survivors is why we will continue to see violence in Nova Scotia.
When will we learn?
www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion...
The vilification of survivors is why we will continue to see violence in Nova Scotia.
When will we learn?
www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion...
Reposted by Diane Crocker
Published in @thewalrus.ca, this feature story on stalking includes an interview with #SMUCriminology professor Dr. Diane Crocker. @dianecrocker.bsky.social #criminology #artswithimpact
When Anastasia Boldiref reported her stalker, police dismissed her terror by asking her to consider what she was wearing. Journalist Sheima Benembarek examines what justice looks like for victims in the gap between the law and lived experience: thewalrus.ca/why-dont-we-take...
December 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Published in @thewalrus.ca, this feature story on stalking includes an interview with #SMUCriminology professor Dr. Diane Crocker. @dianecrocker.bsky.social #criminology #artswithimpact
Reposted by Diane Crocker
Tomorrow!
Saturday, December 6th is Canada's National Day of Action and Remembrance on Violence against Women. It commemorates the '89 Montreal Massacre where 14 women were targeted & killed for daring to study engineering.
Attend your local vigil & come learn community care with me
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Attend your local vigil & come learn community care with me
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Tomorrow!
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Just remember, the Liberals supported this too. If they think this will attract more researchers to Canada, they are smoking the dope they legalized. And once again, just like animal research, why is it @picardonhealth.bsky.social who needs to raise this publicly and not @u15ca.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Just remember, the Liberals supported this too. If they think this will attract more researchers to Canada, they are smoking the dope they legalized. And once again, just like animal research, why is it @picardonhealth.bsky.social who needs to raise this publicly and not @u15ca.bsky.social
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This week, I share an open letter from my friend, and fellow advocate, Kristina Fifield to the Premier of Nova Scotia. Please take a moment to read it. #nspoli
open.substack.com/pub/uprising...
open.substack.com/pub/uprising...
Let Us Be The Ones Who Tried.
For those of us who have the ability to speak, we must.
open.substack.com
September 8, 2025 at 10:53 AM
This week, I share an open letter from my friend, and fellow advocate, Kristina Fifield to the Premier of Nova Scotia. Please take a moment to read it. #nspoli
open.substack.com/pub/uprising...
open.substack.com/pub/uprising...
Reposted by Diane Crocker
Associate Dean @leighgoodmark.bsky.social featured in the @knowablemag.bsky.social article "Can a strategy shift reduce intimate partner violence?"
New research, innovative programs and emboldened advocates are challenging decades-old conventions about how to respond to domestic abuse.
✍️ Katherine Ellison
knowmag.org/4n1eJZj
✍️ Katherine Ellison
knowmag.org/4n1eJZj
Can a strategy shift reduce intimate partner violence?
New research, innovative programs and emboldened advocates are challenging decades-old conventions about how to respond to domestic abuse
knowmag.org
August 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Associate Dean @leighgoodmark.bsky.social featured in the @knowablemag.bsky.social article "Can a strategy shift reduce intimate partner violence?"
Reposted by Diane Crocker
More community-based supports needed too: Dr. Diane Crocker of our Department of Criminology shares thoughts in this CBC update on Nova Scotia's Domestic Violence Court Program. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... @dianecrocker.bsky.social #SMUCriminology #artswithimpact
N.S. court program looks to counselling to stop domestic violence | CBC News
Since 2018, the Halifax Domestic Violence Court has been one aspect of the province's effort to control a problem it has declared an epidemic. The court, which is now handling more cases involving you...
www.cbc.ca
July 31, 2025 at 7:57 PM
More community-based supports needed too: Dr. Diane Crocker of our Department of Criminology shares thoughts in this CBC update on Nova Scotia's Domestic Violence Court Program. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... @dianecrocker.bsky.social #SMUCriminology #artswithimpact
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Excellent piece by Jennifer Llewellyn @restorativelab.bsky.social about how restorative justice offers a better way to address harm, engage communities, and bring about culture change in sexual violence cases.
Opinion: Restorative justice could have offered a better path for everyone involved in the Hockey Canada trial
Despite myths that restorative justice is about leniency for the accused, Canada is well placed to invest in a rigorous process that offers a path to accountability and meaningful change
www.theglobeandmail.com
July 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Excellent piece by Jennifer Llewellyn @restorativelab.bsky.social about how restorative justice offers a better way to address harm, engage communities, and bring about culture change in sexual violence cases.
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“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.”
grist.org/biking/one-m...
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.”
grist.org/biking/one-m...
One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss
Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.
grist.org
July 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Reposted by Diane Crocker
Imagine witnessing horrific carnage and still having the resolve and inner strength to say "If you kill this man, who will take care of your family?"
Dudley Green is a hero and it hurts my heart to think he hesitated to share his story for fear of being hated.
Dudley Green is a hero and it hurts my heart to think he hesitated to share his story for fear of being hated.
May 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Imagine witnessing horrific carnage and still having the resolve and inner strength to say "If you kill this man, who will take care of your family?"
Dudley Green is a hero and it hurts my heart to think he hesitated to share his story for fear of being hated.
Dudley Green is a hero and it hurts my heart to think he hesitated to share his story for fear of being hated.
Reposted by Diane Crocker
You don't like a court decision, appeal it
You don't throw away an independent, impartial judiciary in favour of a U.S.-style elected bench over a decision on bike lanes
You don't throw away an independent, impartial judiciary in favour of a U.S.-style elected bench over a decision on bike lanes
April 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
You don't like a court decision, appeal it
You don't throw away an independent, impartial judiciary in favour of a U.S.-style elected bench over a decision on bike lanes
You don't throw away an independent, impartial judiciary in favour of a U.S.-style elected bench over a decision on bike lanes
Reposted by Diane Crocker
Thanks to @thecoast.ca for sharing my piece on the rise of white supremacy in Nova Scotia.
www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion...
www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion...
“Awful but not unlawful”: White nationalism is on the rise in Nova Scotia—and we need to talk about it.
From online harassment to fascist photo ops, white supremacy is becoming more emboldened. Here's why we can't stay silent.
www.thecoast.ca
April 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Thanks to @thecoast.ca for sharing my piece on the rise of white supremacy in Nova Scotia.
www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion...
www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion...
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"But when asked if he could cite an instance where someone who was convicted of multiple murders was set free after 25 years, Poilievre could not provide an example."
The conservatives hate a lot of people, but esp. those who are incarcerated. The rhetoric they use is always dehumanizing.
The conservatives hate a lot of people, but esp. those who are incarcerated. The rhetoric they use is always dehumanizing.
Poilievre says he'll use notwithstanding clause to ensure multiple-murderers die in prison | CBC News
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he’ll ensure multiple-murderers die in jail by becoming the first Canadian prime minister to override charter rights by invoking the notwithstanding clause.
www.cbc.ca
April 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"But when asked if he could cite an instance where someone who was convicted of multiple murders was set free after 25 years, Poilievre could not provide an example."
The conservatives hate a lot of people, but esp. those who are incarcerated. The rhetoric they use is always dehumanizing.
The conservatives hate a lot of people, but esp. those who are incarcerated. The rhetoric they use is always dehumanizing.
Reposted by Diane Crocker
Poilievre's "tough on crime" plan won't stop intimate partner violence.
Poilievre’s ‘Tough on Crime’ Plan Won’t Stop Intimate Partner Violence | The Tyee
Support for women and families and reduced inequality are the best hope.
thetyee.ca
April 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Poilievre's "tough on crime" plan won't stop intimate partner violence.
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Consent is getting too much spotlight! In this piece, I share 5 reasons we should stop focusing on #consent & start thinking about more ethical values & norms to help prevent #sexualviolence & promote ethical #sex. #16DaysOfActivism
@theconversationca.bsky.social
theconversation.com/focusing-on-...
@theconversationca.bsky.social
theconversation.com/focusing-on-...
Focusing on consent ignores better ways of preventing sexual violence
In the wake of the #MeToo movement, there has been a lot of focus on consent. However, that focus takes the spotlight away from other strategies that can better inform ethical sex.
theconversation.com
November 30, 2024 at 1:30 AM
Consent is getting too much spotlight! In this piece, I share 5 reasons we should stop focusing on #consent & start thinking about more ethical values & norms to help prevent #sexualviolence & promote ethical #sex. #16DaysOfActivism
@theconversationca.bsky.social
theconversation.com/focusing-on-...
@theconversationca.bsky.social
theconversation.com/focusing-on-...
I am tired of the silence on GBV and IPV in Nova Scotia.
All you will have done is cemented the sector’s resolve to hold you accountable.
We will demand to be heard.
Unless, of course, you don’t think women’s lives are worth saving? #nspoli
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All you will have done is cemented the sector’s resolve to hold you accountable.
We will demand to be heard.
Unless, of course, you don’t think women’s lives are worth saving? #nspoli
www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion...
Breaking the silence on a Nova Scotia epidemic
Gender-based violence isn’t getting much attention in the Nov 26 provincial election, but it’s never too late to demand action from politicians.
www.thecoast.ca
November 22, 2024 at 6:32 PM