Luc Cousineau
@luccousineau.bsky.social
Co-Director of research and founder @ Canadian Institute for Far-Right Studies (www.cifrs.org). Faculty of Health and Human Performance @ Dalhousie.
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Have you told a weird bigot they are being a weird bigot today?
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Have you told a weird bigot they are being a weird bigot today?
Want to catch a recording of the debate I did at @ubcokanagan.bsky.social on whether there is a crisis in masculinity?
You're in luck!
You can listen to the audio on YouTube (www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VyS...) or SoundCloud (soundcloud.com/ubcokanagan/...).
It was a good night with interesting folks
You're in luck!
You can listen to the audio on YouTube (www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VyS...) or SoundCloud (soundcloud.com/ubcokanagan/...).
It was a good night with interesting folks
UBC Okanagan Debates: Masculinity in Crisis
Across schools, workplaces and communities, boys and young men are struggling—facing higher dropout rates, deeper isolation and rising vulnerability to radicalization.
Debates about masculinity are…
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November 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Want to catch a recording of the debate I did at @ubcokanagan.bsky.social on whether there is a crisis in masculinity?
You're in luck!
You can listen to the audio on YouTube (www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VyS...) or SoundCloud (soundcloud.com/ubcokanagan/...).
It was a good night with interesting folks
You're in luck!
You can listen to the audio on YouTube (www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VyS...) or SoundCloud (soundcloud.com/ubcokanagan/...).
It was a good night with interesting folks
Hey Folks, check out this new 2SLGBTQIA+ Support Guide: Nova Scotia & Canada (buff.ly/w52nvto) published by @SMUarts.bsky.social and @cifrs.org using work from our Countering Anti-2SLGBTQIA+ Misinformation in Rural Canada project.
This guide aims to promote awareness, reduce barriers, and support.
This guide aims to promote awareness, reduce barriers, and support.
2SLGBTQIA+ Support Guide: Nova Scotia & Canada
This 2SLGBTQIA+ Support Guide is part of a series of outputs from the project “Countering Anti-2SLGBTQIA+ Misinformation in Rural Canada: Investigating How Older Canadians Interact with the Anti-SOGI Movement in Alberta, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia.” The project is a partnership between the Canadian Institute for Far-Right Studies and the Department of Political Science and Global Development Studies at Saint Mary’s University.
The guide provides accurate and up-to-date information about initiatives, programs, and services available in Nova Scotia and across Canada. It includes resources related to gender-affirming and inclusive healthcare, mental health, and counselling supports, as well as a substantial section on community and culture that highlights community-based organizations and groups. Additionally, it lists crisis-intervention services and other forms of assistance that promote the safety, inclusion, and overall well-being of 2SLGBTQIA+ persons.
By bringing these resources together in one place, this guide aims to promote awareness, reduce barriers to access, and support the 2SLGBTQIA+ community—not only in moments of crisis, but also by nurturing connection and promoting solidarity.
buff.ly
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Hey Folks, check out this new 2SLGBTQIA+ Support Guide: Nova Scotia & Canada (buff.ly/w52nvto) published by @SMUarts.bsky.social and @cifrs.org using work from our Countering Anti-2SLGBTQIA+ Misinformation in Rural Canada project.
This guide aims to promote awareness, reduce barriers, and support.
This guide aims to promote awareness, reduce barriers, and support.
It is new publication day. YEAH!
You can check my our new chapter - Sex, Gender, Sexuality and the Outdoor Leisure Body - from the book Inclusion and Equity in Outdoor Leisure: Whose Body Belongs? (www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/book/10....)
Also starring Drs. Carr & Baker.
Reach out for a copy.
You can check my our new chapter - Sex, Gender, Sexuality and the Outdoor Leisure Body - from the book Inclusion and Equity in Outdoor Leisure: Whose Body Belongs? (www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/book/10....)
Also starring Drs. Carr & Baker.
Reach out for a copy.
Inclusion and Equity in Outdoor Leisure | CABI Books
Bookshop
www.cabidigitallibrary.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
It is new publication day. YEAH!
You can check my our new chapter - Sex, Gender, Sexuality and the Outdoor Leisure Body - from the book Inclusion and Equity in Outdoor Leisure: Whose Body Belongs? (www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/book/10....)
Also starring Drs. Carr & Baker.
Reach out for a copy.
You can check my our new chapter - Sex, Gender, Sexuality and the Outdoor Leisure Body - from the book Inclusion and Equity in Outdoor Leisure: Whose Body Belongs? (www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/book/10....)
Also starring Drs. Carr & Baker.
Reach out for a copy.
I'm editing a special issue of World Leisure Journal with my friend Dr. Paulo Ravecca.
Our friends at CANSES have posted the call for us (buff.ly/C7oHcif) and you can also find the call here (buff.ly/rDeeFkM).
Check out the cool format we are using where we are calling for interdisciplinary teams!
Our friends at CANSES have posted the call for us (buff.ly/C7oHcif) and you can also find the call here (buff.ly/rDeeFkM).
Check out the cool format we are using where we are calling for interdisciplinary teams!
Submit a Manuscript - CANSES
Submit a manuscript to the World Leisure Journal for a special issue on Leisure and the Far Right: Critical Interdisciplinary Interventions.
canses.ca
November 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I'm editing a special issue of World Leisure Journal with my friend Dr. Paulo Ravecca.
Our friends at CANSES have posted the call for us (buff.ly/C7oHcif) and you can also find the call here (buff.ly/rDeeFkM).
Check out the cool format we are using where we are calling for interdisciplinary teams!
Our friends at CANSES have posted the call for us (buff.ly/C7oHcif) and you can also find the call here (buff.ly/rDeeFkM).
Check out the cool format we are using where we are calling for interdisciplinary teams!
Reposted by Luc Cousineau
They’ve started running Dick Cheney through the Charlie Kirk sanitation machine.
The man pushed false WMD claims, justified torture, and expanded unchecked executive power after 9/11. He showed zero remorse for the hundreds of thousands who died in Iraq.
Like… stop it.
The man pushed false WMD claims, justified torture, and expanded unchecked executive power after 9/11. He showed zero remorse for the hundreds of thousands who died in Iraq.
Like… stop it.
November 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
They’ve started running Dick Cheney through the Charlie Kirk sanitation machine.
The man pushed false WMD claims, justified torture, and expanded unchecked executive power after 9/11. He showed zero remorse for the hundreds of thousands who died in Iraq.
Like… stop it.
The man pushed false WMD claims, justified torture, and expanded unchecked executive power after 9/11. He showed zero remorse for the hundreds of thousands who died in Iraq.
Like… stop it.
Why are we so committed to the #enshitification of EVERYTHING?
The Halifax airport has made the super decision to remove all the tables that you can sit at like a human being and actually do something productive because....
No reason?
It isn't even like they replaced them. Just empty space. WTF?
The Halifax airport has made the super decision to remove all the tables that you can sit at like a human being and actually do something productive because....
No reason?
It isn't even like they replaced them. Just empty space. WTF?
October 31, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Why are we so committed to the #enshitification of EVERYTHING?
The Halifax airport has made the super decision to remove all the tables that you can sit at like a human being and actually do something productive because....
No reason?
It isn't even like they replaced them. Just empty space. WTF?
The Halifax airport has made the super decision to remove all the tables that you can sit at like a human being and actually do something productive because....
No reason?
It isn't even like they replaced them. Just empty space. WTF?
I can tell you right now, opening a box of Triscuits and finding out that there is no salt on them is...truly...terrible.
I feel sad.
I feel sad.
October 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I can tell you right now, opening a box of Triscuits and finding out that there is no salt on them is...truly...terrible.
I feel sad.
I feel sad.
Reposted by Luc Cousineau
It's new article day! So excited that this piece with @luccousineau.bsky.social and @iamryanhopkins.bsky.social is out in the world. In it we work through our experiences studying the far-right & propose some ways universities can better support students.
journals.library.brocku.ca/index.php/SS...
journals.library.brocku.ca/index.php/SS...
Scholar and Student Wellness while Confronting Violence and Ignorance: Can we Trust our Institutions when we are Targeted?
| Studies in Social Justice
journals.library.brocku.ca
October 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
It's new article day! So excited that this piece with @luccousineau.bsky.social and @iamryanhopkins.bsky.social is out in the world. In it we work through our experiences studying the far-right & propose some ways universities can better support students.
journals.library.brocku.ca/index.php/SS...
journals.library.brocku.ca/index.php/SS...
If you are interested, you can catch me as the call-in guest on Maritime Noon (www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...) with CBC Radio tomorrow at noon Atlantic - www.cbc.ca/listen/live-....
We will be talking about online misogyny and the real-world impacts on kids, classrooms, teachers, and all of our lives.
We will be talking about online misogyny and the real-world impacts on kids, classrooms, teachers, and all of our lives.
October 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
If you are interested, you can catch me as the call-in guest on Maritime Noon (www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...) with CBC Radio tomorrow at noon Atlantic - www.cbc.ca/listen/live-....
We will be talking about online misogyny and the real-world impacts on kids, classrooms, teachers, and all of our lives.
We will be talking about online misogyny and the real-world impacts on kids, classrooms, teachers, and all of our lives.
Come on #McDonalds #Canada.
I don't want a paper cup. I don't care about monopoly. I just want you to give me my tea in my reusable cup so I can feel better about the world I am forced to live in...but no.
You will not.
Why don't we go back to plastic straws while we're at it because fuck turtles...
I don't want a paper cup. I don't care about monopoly. I just want you to give me my tea in my reusable cup so I can feel better about the world I am forced to live in...but no.
You will not.
Why don't we go back to plastic straws while we're at it because fuck turtles...
October 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Come on #McDonalds #Canada.
I don't want a paper cup. I don't care about monopoly. I just want you to give me my tea in my reusable cup so I can feel better about the world I am forced to live in...but no.
You will not.
Why don't we go back to plastic straws while we're at it because fuck turtles...
I don't want a paper cup. I don't care about monopoly. I just want you to give me my tea in my reusable cup so I can feel better about the world I am forced to live in...but no.
You will not.
Why don't we go back to plastic straws while we're at it because fuck turtles...
Hey folks, check out this new call for papers in World Leisure Journal that I am co-editing with my colleague Dr. Paulo Ravecca.
Should wind up being really interesting.
Leisure and the Far Right: Critical Interdisciplinary Interventions
Should wind up being really interesting.
Leisure and the Far Right: Critical Interdisciplinary Interventions
Leisure and the Far Right: Critical Interdisciplinary Interventions
Calling for critical, interdisciplinary research that explores how leisure and far-right ideologies shape, spread, and mold each other.
think.taylorandfrancis.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Hey folks, check out this new call for papers in World Leisure Journal that I am co-editing with my colleague Dr. Paulo Ravecca.
Should wind up being really interesting.
Leisure and the Far Right: Critical Interdisciplinary Interventions
Should wind up being really interesting.
Leisure and the Far Right: Critical Interdisciplinary Interventions
Oh yes, you understand that correctly. The @Dalhousie.bsky.social administration has walked itself straight into another job action through its unfair treatment of its employees.
When are we going to collectively make a statement that the problem is the leaders, not the workers?
#KeepDalStrong
When are we going to collectively make a statement that the problem is the leaders, not the workers?
#KeepDalStrong
October 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Oh yes, you understand that correctly. The @Dalhousie.bsky.social administration has walked itself straight into another job action through its unfair treatment of its employees.
When are we going to collectively make a statement that the problem is the leaders, not the workers?
#KeepDalStrong
When are we going to collectively make a statement that the problem is the leaders, not the workers?
#KeepDalStrong
Don't let the craziness of the world let you forget about the fact that failure to create spaces where pedestrians and cyclists can be safe in cities is a moral failure of government and elected officials.
People die.
They do nothing.
It is shameful.
#Guelph #VisionZero #TrafficCalming
People die.
They do nothing.
It is shameful.
#Guelph #VisionZero #TrafficCalming
October 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Don't let the craziness of the world let you forget about the fact that failure to create spaces where pedestrians and cyclists can be safe in cities is a moral failure of government and elected officials.
People die.
They do nothing.
It is shameful.
#Guelph #VisionZero #TrafficCalming
People die.
They do nothing.
It is shameful.
#Guelph #VisionZero #TrafficCalming
You know about NSPM-7 and why it matters?
No? You should. It is a National Security order in the US that criminalizes dissent. That should matter to you.
You can read about why it matters in my new post with @CIFRS.org.
Know about NSPM-7? Read the blog anyway.
www.cifrs.org/post/what-is...
No? You should. It is a National Security order in the US that criminalizes dissent. That should matter to you.
You can read about why it matters in my new post with @CIFRS.org.
Know about NSPM-7? Read the blog anyway.
www.cifrs.org/post/what-is...
What is NSPM-7 and why it matters
This post covers the basics of the new US Security Directive NSPM-7 and why knowing about this matters to us at CIFRS and should absolutely matter to you as a Canadian. This is serious stuff that you…
www.cifrs.org
October 16, 2025 at 11:58 PM
You know about NSPM-7 and why it matters?
No? You should. It is a National Security order in the US that criminalizes dissent. That should matter to you.
You can read about why it matters in my new post with @CIFRS.org.
Know about NSPM-7? Read the blog anyway.
www.cifrs.org/post/what-is...
No? You should. It is a National Security order in the US that criminalizes dissent. That should matter to you.
You can read about why it matters in my new post with @CIFRS.org.
Know about NSPM-7? Read the blog anyway.
www.cifrs.org/post/what-is...
Well, just gonna put this pre-made lasagne into the oven to cook and...HOLY SHIT! 32 MINUTES IN THE MICROWAVE?!
That is how we got the ninja turtles in an alternate timeline. I'm sure of it.
That is how we got the ninja turtles in an alternate timeline. I'm sure of it.
October 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Well, just gonna put this pre-made lasagne into the oven to cook and...HOLY SHIT! 32 MINUTES IN THE MICROWAVE?!
That is how we got the ninja turtles in an alternate timeline. I'm sure of it.
That is how we got the ninja turtles in an alternate timeline. I'm sure of it.
Just gonna leave this here for the @dalhousie.bsky.social admin as a reminder of how they might better think about their current situation and jobs.
No Dal without @dalfaculty.bsky.social and we will bring the school forward.
#KeepDalStrong
No Dal without @dalfaculty.bsky.social and we will bring the school forward.
#KeepDalStrong
October 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Just gonna leave this here for the @dalhousie.bsky.social admin as a reminder of how they might better think about their current situation and jobs.
No Dal without @dalfaculty.bsky.social and we will bring the school forward.
#KeepDalStrong
No Dal without @dalfaculty.bsky.social and we will bring the school forward.
#KeepDalStrong
Today I am attending the GEO Nova Scotia Forum (geonovascotia.ca) on #DigitalInclusion.
Just heard the #NovaScotia Minister of Cyber Security and Digital Solutions announce that this week is now "Digital Inclusion Week in Nova Scotia".
This is, and I can't stress enough, a nothingburger. No action.
Just heard the #NovaScotia Minister of Cyber Security and Digital Solutions announce that this week is now "Digital Inclusion Week in Nova Scotia".
This is, and I can't stress enough, a nothingburger. No action.
GEO Nova Scotia – GEO Nova Scotia
geonovascotia.ca
October 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Today I am attending the GEO Nova Scotia Forum (geonovascotia.ca) on #DigitalInclusion.
Just heard the #NovaScotia Minister of Cyber Security and Digital Solutions announce that this week is now "Digital Inclusion Week in Nova Scotia".
This is, and I can't stress enough, a nothingburger. No action.
Just heard the #NovaScotia Minister of Cyber Security and Digital Solutions announce that this week is now "Digital Inclusion Week in Nova Scotia".
This is, and I can't stress enough, a nothingburger. No action.
Reposted by Luc Cousineau
"Faith in the AI boom has recently been rattled by research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which showed that 95% of organisations are getting zero return from their investments in generative AI"
Maybe this is why we need journalism and analysis rather than "faith" in tech oligarchs
Maybe this is why we need journalism and analysis rather than "faith" in tech oligarchs
October 8, 2025 at 12:07 PM
"Faith in the AI boom has recently been rattled by research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which showed that 95% of organisations are getting zero return from their investments in generative AI"
Maybe this is why we need journalism and analysis rather than "faith" in tech oligarchs
Maybe this is why we need journalism and analysis rather than "faith" in tech oligarchs
Reposted by Luc Cousineau
Israel has continued to illegally intercept vessels from the Sumud Flotilla.
As Canada says it's “not able to guarantee the safety of Canadian travelers, or to provide them with security and protection abroad," the people are defending the flotilla.
Protests are sparking around the world:
As Canada says it's “not able to guarantee the safety of Canadian travelers, or to provide them with security and protection abroad," the people are defending the flotilla.
Protests are sparking around the world:
October 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Israel has continued to illegally intercept vessels from the Sumud Flotilla.
As Canada says it's “not able to guarantee the safety of Canadian travelers, or to provide them with security and protection abroad," the people are defending the flotilla.
Protests are sparking around the world:
As Canada says it's “not able to guarantee the safety of Canadian travelers, or to provide them with security and protection abroad," the people are defending the flotilla.
Protests are sparking around the world:
I've been invited to participate in the UBCO Debates series this month.
The topic: Masculinity in Crisis 💪
Should be a great night on October 21.
If you are in Kelowna, consider coming out.
Info here: ok.ubc.ca/ubc-okanagan...
#Debate #PublicDiscourse #Masculinity #PublicScholarship
The topic: Masculinity in Crisis 💪
Should be a great night on October 21.
If you are in Kelowna, consider coming out.
Info here: ok.ubc.ca/ubc-okanagan...
#Debate #PublicDiscourse #Masculinity #PublicScholarship
UBC Okanagan Debates - UBC's Okanagan Campus
Discover UBC Okanagan Debates—a community event that brings together renowned experts to discuss timely topics and model civil discourse in a polarized world.
ok.ubc.ca
October 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I've been invited to participate in the UBCO Debates series this month.
The topic: Masculinity in Crisis 💪
Should be a great night on October 21.
If you are in Kelowna, consider coming out.
Info here: ok.ubc.ca/ubc-okanagan...
#Debate #PublicDiscourse #Masculinity #PublicScholarship
The topic: Masculinity in Crisis 💪
Should be a great night on October 21.
If you are in Kelowna, consider coming out.
Info here: ok.ubc.ca/ubc-okanagan...
#Debate #PublicDiscourse #Masculinity #PublicScholarship
Appreciation post for Tim "walk up the damn stairs" Walz who is one of the people saying the shit we are all thinking. 💪🔥
October 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Appreciation post for Tim "walk up the damn stairs" Walz who is one of the people saying the shit we are all thinking. 💪🔥
FFS I hate this timeline...
October 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
FFS I hate this timeline...
Reposted by Luc Cousineau
Last week, Trump declared “Antifa” a domestic terrorist organization.
This is why the far-right in the US & Canada see it as an obstacle that has to be cleared in order to carry out their smash-and-grab of the political establishment. 👇
🧵
www.antihate.ca/trump_lying_...
This is why the far-right in the US & Canada see it as an obstacle that has to be cleared in order to carry out their smash-and-grab of the political establishment. 👇
🧵
www.antihate.ca/trump_lying_...
Trump is Lying About Antifascism
As an antifascist organization ourselves, we can help explain antifascism and why the far-right in the United States and Canada see us as an obstacle that has to be cleared in order to carry out their...
www.antihate.ca
October 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Last week, Trump declared “Antifa” a domestic terrorist organization.
This is why the far-right in the US & Canada see it as an obstacle that has to be cleared in order to carry out their smash-and-grab of the political establishment. 👇
🧵
www.antihate.ca/trump_lying_...
This is why the far-right in the US & Canada see it as an obstacle that has to be cleared in order to carry out their smash-and-grab of the political establishment. 👇
🧵
www.antihate.ca/trump_lying_...
The fight for fair wages, compensation, and working conditions at major public institutions like @dalhousie.bsky.social IS NOT OVER!
The @dalfaculty.bsky.social will be right back to this in just 2 1/2 short years, but our colleagues in CUPE 3912 are in it right now!
Support them!
#KeepDalStrong
The @dalfaculty.bsky.social will be right back to this in just 2 1/2 short years, but our colleagues in CUPE 3912 are in it right now!
Support them!
#KeepDalStrong
October 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The fight for fair wages, compensation, and working conditions at major public institutions like @dalhousie.bsky.social IS NOT OVER!
The @dalfaculty.bsky.social will be right back to this in just 2 1/2 short years, but our colleagues in CUPE 3912 are in it right now!
Support them!
#KeepDalStrong
The @dalfaculty.bsky.social will be right back to this in just 2 1/2 short years, but our colleagues in CUPE 3912 are in it right now!
Support them!
#KeepDalStrong
Based on a project that I did with my excellent colleague Dr. Mandi Baker and Camp Menesetung (www.campmenesetung.ca), we are giving a webinar with the ACA on October 21st.
Interested in #SummerCamp? #Inclusion? Welcoming #LGBTQIA+ #youth?
This is for you.
acai.wildapricot.org/event-6280906
Interested in #SummerCamp? #Inclusion? Welcoming #LGBTQIA+ #youth?
This is for you.
acai.wildapricot.org/event-6280906
Camp Menesetung
Camp Menesetung is a subsidized Summer Camp (Overnight & Day), Outdoor Education Centre, and Leadership Training Facility located on the shore of Lake Huron just north of Goderich, ON. Canada.
www.campmenesetung.ca
September 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Based on a project that I did with my excellent colleague Dr. Mandi Baker and Camp Menesetung (www.campmenesetung.ca), we are giving a webinar with the ACA on October 21st.
Interested in #SummerCamp? #Inclusion? Welcoming #LGBTQIA+ #youth?
This is for you.
acai.wildapricot.org/event-6280906
Interested in #SummerCamp? #Inclusion? Welcoming #LGBTQIA+ #youth?
This is for you.
acai.wildapricot.org/event-6280906