Vanessa Lamb
@drvanessalamb.bsky.social
Geographer. Associate Professor @ York University, Toronto. previously University of Melbourne. Political Ecology. Rivers, Borders, Sand, Dams, Climate, Justice, Southeast Asia. https://www.yorku.ca/professor/vanessa-lamb/
New Year's READ: Volunteering While Researching Conflict and Violence by @shonaloong.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Excited that this is part of our special issue on #Decolonising Research #Ethics in Asia Pacific Viewpoint (w/Anne Décobert, Sophia Htwe + @zalifung.bsky.social)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:33 PM
New Year's READ: Volunteering While Researching Conflict and Violence by @shonaloong.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Excited that this is part of our special issue on #Decolonising Research #Ethics in Asia Pacific Viewpoint (w/Anne Décobert, Sophia Htwe + @zalifung.bsky.social)
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With which professors, at which (oversaturated, underfunded, understaffed) universities, for which jobs?
Lots of Canadian press pointing at this without looking at the actual case in the country.
Lots of Canadian press pointing at this without looking at the actual case in the country.
Could scholarships be the key to Canada’s brain gain? https://macleans.ca/society/canada-can-be-a-refuge-for-americas-grad-students/
Canada Can Be a Refuge for America’s Grad Students - Macleans.ca
A new scholarship model is scooping up skilled researchers, newly untethered after disastrous funding cuts down south
macleans.ca
January 1, 2026 at 1:03 PM
With which professors, at which (oversaturated, underfunded, understaffed) universities, for which jobs?
Lots of Canadian press pointing at this without looking at the actual case in the country.
Lots of Canadian press pointing at this without looking at the actual case in the country.
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“Canada’s assertion that the United States remains a safe country for refugees under the Trump administration is a cruel irony to those fleeing persecution today.”
December 30, 2025 at 2:15 AM
“Canada’s assertion that the United States remains a safe country for refugees under the Trump administration is a cruel irony to those fleeing persecution today.”
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Be our colleague… Hiring an Assistant Prof of Urban Geography & Climate Crisis.
www.sfu.ca/geography/ab...
www.sfu.ca/geography/ab...
Assistant Professor of Urban Geography/Climate Crisis
www.sfu.ca
December 24, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Be our colleague… Hiring an Assistant Prof of Urban Geography & Climate Crisis.
www.sfu.ca/geography/ab...
www.sfu.ca/geography/ab...
A great read for end of year reflections "The Politics of Acknowledgements" in Myanmar/Burma studies @rosemetro.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... part of our special issue on Decolonising Research Ethics in Asia Pacific Viewpoint @zalifung.bsky.social Anne Decobert & Sophia Htwe.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A great read for end of year reflections "The Politics of Acknowledgements" in Myanmar/Burma studies @rosemetro.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... part of our special issue on Decolonising Research Ethics in Asia Pacific Viewpoint @zalifung.bsky.social Anne Decobert & Sophia Htwe.
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Article 22 is a jewelry company that repurposes Vietnam War shrapnel and battlefield debris. A portion of their profits goes to the Mine Advisory Group, which works to remove landmines still left in Laos (they've removed more than 300k mines!). I like the company's "Shard" necklace collection.
December 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Article 22 is a jewelry company that repurposes Vietnam War shrapnel and battlefield debris. A portion of their profits goes to the Mine Advisory Group, which works to remove landmines still left in Laos (they've removed more than 300k mines!). I like the company's "Shard" necklace collection.
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Essential listening each week for me
Pretty pleased that the people still love Sandy and Nora Talk Politics. We are among the most talked about and shared shows in 2025.
December 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Essential listening each week for me
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Tuvalu's first climate migrants have arrived in Australia - More than a third ofTuvalu's 11,000 citizens applied for the new climate visa — a deal forged between the two countries to preserve Tuvaluan culture as the atolls disappear. www.abc.net.au/pacific/firs...
Tuvalu's first climate migrants arrive in Australia - ABC Pacific
Tuvalu's first climate migrants have arrived in Australia, beginning a historic relocation as rising seas threaten their island home.
www.abc.net.au
December 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Tuvalu's first climate migrants have arrived in Australia - More than a third ofTuvalu's 11,000 citizens applied for the new climate visa — a deal forged between the two countries to preserve Tuvaluan culture as the atolls disappear. www.abc.net.au/pacific/firs...
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Apply now -- deadline December 20th
Announcing Antipode’s 10th Institute for the Geographies of Justice (IGJ), "Organizing and Solidarity in a Polycrisis", Toronto, 1-5 June 2026 antipodeonline.org/institute-fo... -- submit your application by 20 December 2025
December 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Apply now -- deadline December 20th
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I wrote about food and the work to create "solidarity infrastructures" in the #Salween, particularly the work by women who provide food for the movement, with @zalifung.bsky.social www.roadsides.net/articles/8234
December 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I wrote about food and the work to create "solidarity infrastructures" in the #Salween, particularly the work by women who provide food for the movement, with @zalifung.bsky.social www.roadsides.net/articles/8234
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Another cool art project "South East Asia for Peace & Solidarity" is launching.
16 artworks from 16 artists from Thailand, Cambodia, Laos & Myanmar on the theme of:
"Our art refuses war
ศิลปะของเราต่อต้านสงคราม
ສິນລະປະຂອງເຮົາ ຕໍ່ຕ້ານສົງຄາມ
សិល្បៈយើងបដិសេធសង្គ្រាម
ငါတို့သည် စစ်ကိုအနုပညာနှင့် ဆန့်ကျင်ကြသည်"
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16 artworks from 16 artists from Thailand, Cambodia, Laos & Myanmar on the theme of:
"Our art refuses war
ศิลปะของเราต่อต้านสงคราม
ສິນລະປະຂອງເຮົາ ຕໍ່ຕ້ານສົງຄາມ
សិល្បៈយើងបដិសេធសង្គ្រាម
ငါတို့သည် စစ်ကိုအနုပညာနှင့် ဆန့်ကျင်ကြသည်"
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December 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Another cool art project "South East Asia for Peace & Solidarity" is launching.
16 artworks from 16 artists from Thailand, Cambodia, Laos & Myanmar on the theme of:
"Our art refuses war
ศิลปะของเราต่อต้านสงคราม
ສິນລະປະຂອງເຮົາ ຕໍ່ຕ້ານສົງຄາມ
សិល្បៈយើងបដិសេធសង្គ្រាម
ငါတို့သည် စစ်ကိုအနုပညာနှင့် ဆန့်ကျင်ကြသည်"
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16 artworks from 16 artists from Thailand, Cambodia, Laos & Myanmar on the theme of:
"Our art refuses war
ศิลปะของเราต่อต้านสงคราม
ສິນລະປະຂອງເຮົາ ຕໍ່ຕ້ານສົງຄາມ
សិល្បៈយើងបដិសេធសង្គ្រាម
ငါတို့သည် စစ်ကိုအနုပညာနှင့် ဆန့်ကျင်ကြသည်"
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I wrote about food and the work to create "solidarity infrastructures" in the #Salween, particularly the work by women who provide food for the movement, with @zalifung.bsky.social www.roadsides.net/articles/8234
December 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I wrote about food and the work to create "solidarity infrastructures" in the #Salween, particularly the work by women who provide food for the movement, with @zalifung.bsky.social www.roadsides.net/articles/8234
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New paper with @drvanessalamb.bsky.social in @roadsides.bsky.social
We show how food preparation, primarily undertaken by older Karen women, is key to contesting long-proposed hydropower dams & water diversions in the Salween River Basin
Thanks editors @mattrest.bsky.social & Dolly Kikon
We show how food preparation, primarily undertaken by older Karen women, is key to contesting long-proposed hydropower dams & water diversions in the Salween River Basin
Thanks editors @mattrest.bsky.social & Dolly Kikon
November 27, 2025 at 7:44 AM
New paper with @drvanessalamb.bsky.social in @roadsides.bsky.social
We show how food preparation, primarily undertaken by older Karen women, is key to contesting long-proposed hydropower dams & water diversions in the Salween River Basin
Thanks editors @mattrest.bsky.social & Dolly Kikon
We show how food preparation, primarily undertaken by older Karen women, is key to contesting long-proposed hydropower dams & water diversions in the Salween River Basin
Thanks editors @mattrest.bsky.social & Dolly Kikon
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Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
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you do have to do it in a couple of places but this tutorial makes it easy to go uncheck the boxes that otherwise lets Google's AI read all your shit. or move everything over to protonmail but moving everything over is a giant thing I know.
Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
you do have to do it in a couple of places but this tutorial makes it easy to go uncheck the boxes that otherwise lets Google's AI read all your shit. or move everything over to protonmail but moving everything over is a giant thing I know.
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No poll or research based solely on an online survey can ever be trusted again (and they never should have been in the first place), pass it on
A Researcher Made an AI That Completely Breaks the Online Surveys Scientists Rely On
We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people.”
www.404media.co
November 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
No poll or research based solely on an online survey can ever be trusted again (and they never should have been in the first place), pass it on
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I worry a lot about the drying 'pipeline' of young people getting to study in China. So excited to see this incredible opportunity for Canada-based scholars *and* professionals.
Please consider applying!
www.educanada.ca/scholarships...
Please consider applying!
www.educanada.ca/scholarships...
Apply today: Canada-China Scholars’ Exchange Program
The 2026 Canada-China Scholars’ Exchange Program (CCSEP) is now accepting applications! Canadian students, faculty, researchers, and mid-career professionals are eligible to apply.
www.educanada.ca
November 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I worry a lot about the drying 'pipeline' of young people getting to study in China. So excited to see this incredible opportunity for Canada-based scholars *and* professionals.
Please consider applying!
www.educanada.ca/scholarships...
Please consider applying!
www.educanada.ca/scholarships...
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Heavy metals impact river livelihoods on the #Salween www.straitstimes.com/asia/murder-...
Murder of the Salween: Pollution, dams and destructive fishing practices affect Karen communities
Biodiversity has been affected and thousands of villagers displaced. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
www.straitstimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Heavy metals impact river livelihoods on the #Salween www.straitstimes.com/asia/murder-...
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Apply now — Antipode’s 10th Institute for the Geographies of Justice, “Organizing and Solidarity in a Polycrisis”, deadline 20 December 2025 antipodeonline.org/2025/11/13/a...
Apply now—Antipode’s 10th Institute for the Geographies of Justice, “Organizing and Solidarity in a Polycrisis” - Antipode Online
Toronto, Ontario, Canadathe traditional territory of the Huron Wendat, the Seneca and the Mississaugas of the Credit June 1st – 5th, 2026 The contemporary global landscape is increasingly defined by w...
antipodeonline.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Apply now — Antipode’s 10th Institute for the Geographies of Justice, “Organizing and Solidarity in a Polycrisis”, deadline 20 December 2025 antipodeonline.org/2025/11/13/a...
Heavy metals impact river livelihoods on the #Salween www.straitstimes.com/asia/murder-...
Murder of the Salween: Pollution, dams and destructive fishing practices affect Karen communities
Biodiversity has been affected and thousands of villagers displaced. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
www.straitstimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Heavy metals impact river livelihoods on the #Salween www.straitstimes.com/asia/murder-...
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There it is.
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM
There it is.
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I just donated to World Central Kitchen's on-the-ground efforts in Jamaica.
Please consider doing the same.
Please consider doing the same.
World Central Kitchen | WCK in Jamaica After Historic Hurricane
World Central Kitchen’s Relief Team is in Jamaica after Category 5 Hurricane Melissa made landfall. The storm brought destructive winds, torrential rain, and widespread flooding. We’re working with lo...
wck.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I just donated to World Central Kitchen's on-the-ground efforts in Jamaica.
Please consider doing the same.
Please consider doing the same.
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The lecture is free. In person and live streaming.
The Alchemy Lecture 2025
Sound—at the Interregnum
Glen Coulthard
Canisia Lubrin
Madeleine Thien
Immanuel Wilkins
Date: October 30, 2025
Time: 5 - 8 p.m. (Reception: 5 - 6 p.m.)
Venue: Tribute Communities Recital Hall, CIBC Lobby (Location) YorkU
Event type: Hybrid – in person and online
Sound—at the Interregnum
Glen Coulthard
Canisia Lubrin
Madeleine Thien
Immanuel Wilkins
Date: October 30, 2025
Time: 5 - 8 p.m. (Reception: 5 - 6 p.m.)
Venue: Tribute Communities Recital Hall, CIBC Lobby (Location) YorkU
Event type: Hybrid – in person and online
October 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
The lecture is free. In person and live streaming.
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What a beautiful piece, definitely planning to assign this to students.
October 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
What a beautiful piece, definitely planning to assign this to students.
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Good take on what no kings was good for.
October 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Good take on what no kings was good for.