Ping Lam Ip
@pinglamjoeip.bsky.social
PhD student in sociology at University of Alberta; @killamtrusts.bsky.social Laureate
"The natural way of things diminishes the excessive and supplements the insufficient. The human way is different. It diminishes the insufficient to serve the excessive. Only those who follow the natural way of things use excess to serve the world."
Tao Te Ching, 4th century BCE
Tao Te Ching, 4th century BCE
November 13, 2025 at 12:52 AM
"The natural way of things diminishes the excessive and supplements the insufficient. The human way is different. It diminishes the insufficient to serve the excessive. Only those who follow the natural way of things use excess to serve the world."
Tao Te Ching, 4th century BCE
Tao Te Ching, 4th century BCE
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🧵The House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research passed a motion requiring the Tri-Council to release confidential data.
Some members claim research funding is being unfairly allocated to "DEI" or "woke" research
But last year @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I debunked this.
Some members claim research funding is being unfairly allocated to "DEI" or "woke" research
But last year @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I debunked this.
November 4, 2025 at 5:16 AM
🧵The House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research passed a motion requiring the Tri-Council to release confidential data.
Some members claim research funding is being unfairly allocated to "DEI" or "woke" research
But last year @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I debunked this.
Some members claim research funding is being unfairly allocated to "DEI" or "woke" research
But last year @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I debunked this.
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🧵The Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research has put forward a motion to release ALL data in relation to federal research funding applications.
This motion was put forward by conservative MPs who are skeptical of funding being allocated "fairly."
This motion was put forward by conservative MPs who are skeptical of funding being allocated "fairly."
November 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
🧵The Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research has put forward a motion to release ALL data in relation to federal research funding applications.
This motion was put forward by conservative MPs who are skeptical of funding being allocated "fairly."
This motion was put forward by conservative MPs who are skeptical of funding being allocated "fairly."
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University of Alberta Graduate Students:
If you have experienced a loss in coverage due to the GSA changing our benefits provider, @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social
and I have created a guide explaining how to potentially continue your coverage.
If you have experienced a loss in coverage due to the GSA changing our benefits provider, @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social
and I have created a guide explaining how to potentially continue your coverage.
October 26, 2025 at 4:38 AM
University of Alberta Graduate Students:
If you have experienced a loss in coverage due to the GSA changing our benefits provider, @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social
and I have created a guide explaining how to potentially continue your coverage.
If you have experienced a loss in coverage due to the GSA changing our benefits provider, @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social
and I have created a guide explaining how to potentially continue your coverage.
I am glad to share that I have received the Dr EW Gauk-Westfield Award!
August 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I am glad to share that I have received the Dr EW Gauk-Westfield Award!
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Thank you @taprootedmonton.ca for featuring @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social , Dr. Wendy Aujla and I for our piece on the Alberta government’s response to gender-based violence.
Great to be next to @knight54.bsky.social in the Pulse!
Great to be next to @knight54.bsky.social in the Pulse!
August 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Thank you @taprootedmonton.ca for featuring @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social , Dr. Wendy Aujla and I for our piece on the Alberta government’s response to gender-based violence.
Great to be next to @knight54.bsky.social in the Pulse!
Great to be next to @knight54.bsky.social in the Pulse!
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The United Conservative Party claims it has adopted Canada's most comprehensive strategy to reduce gender-based violence. In the Edmonton Journal, Dr. Wendy Aujla, @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I outline the absolute hypocrisy of their plan to address violence in Alberta.
Opinion: Alberta's gender-based violence strategy undermined by government policies
If the government is serious about ending violence, they will have to start with reversing many of their own economic and social policies
edmontonjournal.com
August 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The United Conservative Party claims it has adopted Canada's most comprehensive strategy to reduce gender-based violence. In the Edmonton Journal, Dr. Wendy Aujla, @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I outline the absolute hypocrisy of their plan to address violence in Alberta.
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@pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I wrote a piece in @thegateway.bsky.social to call out the University of Alberta Graduate Students’ Association for targeting and bullying an Indigenous Associate Vice-President Labour.
The GSA has been collectively bullying an Indigenous associate vice-president (labour) - The Gateway
Recent actions by the GSA have been a clear attempt to target and exclude our only Indigenous DEO and labour representative.
thegatewayonline.ca
July 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
@pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I wrote a piece in @thegateway.bsky.social to call out the University of Alberta Graduate Students’ Association for targeting and bullying an Indigenous Associate Vice-President Labour.
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I'm excited to share with you all that my husband, Dr. Daniel O'Brien, has taken an ENT position at the University of Manitoba where he will also serve as associate professor. Daniel specializes in complex head and neck surgery.
Manitoba, another doctor is on the way.
Manitoba, another doctor is on the way.
July 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I'm excited to share with you all that my husband, Dr. Daniel O'Brien, has taken an ENT position at the University of Manitoba where he will also serve as associate professor. Daniel specializes in complex head and neck surgery.
Manitoba, another doctor is on the way.
Manitoba, another doctor is on the way.
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🧵Last year @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I extracted public data on 35,828 research projects funded by eight SSHRC programs to debunk the Alberta govt's claim that federal funding agencies favor “left-wing” or “progressive” disciplines. We now take one step further to analyze the data.
July 14, 2025 at 12:39 AM
🧵Last year @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I extracted public data on 35,828 research projects funded by eight SSHRC programs to debunk the Alberta govt's claim that federal funding agencies favor “left-wing” or “progressive” disciplines. We now take one step further to analyze the data.
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I am excited to share with you all that I have been awarded the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship.
The scholarship was created with the purpose of attracting and retaining world-class doctoral students who display exceptional scholarly achievements and also leadership qualities.
The scholarship was created with the purpose of attracting and retaining world-class doctoral students who display exceptional scholarly achievements and also leadership qualities.
July 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I am excited to share with you all that I have been awarded the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship.
The scholarship was created with the purpose of attracting and retaining world-class doctoral students who display exceptional scholarly achievements and also leadership qualities.
The scholarship was created with the purpose of attracting and retaining world-class doctoral students who display exceptional scholarly achievements and also leadership qualities.
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The Edmonton region has hit an all-time high in opioid related deaths. Danielle Smith claimed less than a year ago that The Alberta Recovery Model was a success
We wrote about why her statements are misleading in October 2024
People will continue to die
We wrote about why her statements are misleading in October 2024
People will continue to die
Drop in drug poisoning deaths does not necessarily indicate Alberta Recovery Model is working
Alberta’s controversial approach to the opioid crisis rejects harm reduction, including supervised consumption sites. Despite recent UCP claims that the program is working, more evidence is needed.
theconversation.com
July 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The Edmonton region has hit an all-time high in opioid related deaths. Danielle Smith claimed less than a year ago that The Alberta Recovery Model was a success
We wrote about why her statements are misleading in October 2024
People will continue to die
We wrote about why her statements are misleading in October 2024
People will continue to die
I am excited to share that I have received the Andrew Stewart Memorial Graduate Prize! This award recognizes students' research accomplishments while registered in a doctoral program at the University of Alberta.
July 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I am excited to share that I have received the Andrew Stewart Memorial Graduate Prize! This award recognizes students' research accomplishments while registered in a doctoral program at the University of Alberta.
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We live in a time where migrants' mobility can no longer be taken for granted, and my new article in Social Forces examines how mobility restrictions create "linked immobility" that affects entire transnational family networks. Here is the link (open access): academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...
Confronting linked immobility: how Chinese migrants managed family crisis during a global catastrophe
Abstract. Drawing on qualitative interviews with 51 Chinese migrants who live in the US but strive to support frail parents back home, this article analyze
academic.oup.com
June 22, 2025 at 6:04 AM
We live in a time where migrants' mobility can no longer be taken for granted, and my new article in Social Forces examines how mobility restrictions create "linked immobility" that affects entire transnational family networks. Here is the link (open access): academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...
I am incredibly honored to receive the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholarship, one of the most prestigious doctoral awards in Canada sponsored by @killamtrusts.bsky.social.
June 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I am incredibly honored to receive the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholarship, one of the most prestigious doctoral awards in Canada sponsored by @killamtrusts.bsky.social.
Back to YEG after presenting three research papers at the @csa-scs.bsky.social annual conference!
June 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Back to YEG after presenting three research papers at the @csa-scs.bsky.social annual conference!
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The Alberta Government hates to see us coming. @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The Alberta Government hates to see us coming. @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social
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The University of Alberta made the decision to stop funding all university affiliated child care centres.
Dr. @mmaroto.bsky.social and I wrote about the consequences of this decision and how it will not only harm the university, but the Edmonton community.
Dr. @mmaroto.bsky.social and I wrote about the consequences of this decision and how it will not only harm the university, but the Edmonton community.
Opinion: U of A puts up barriers to access by cutting child care
We call on the U of A to make the choice to continue to support families and the larger community.
edmontonjournal.com
May 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The University of Alberta made the decision to stop funding all university affiliated child care centres.
Dr. @mmaroto.bsky.social and I wrote about the consequences of this decision and how it will not only harm the university, but the Edmonton community.
Dr. @mmaroto.bsky.social and I wrote about the consequences of this decision and how it will not only harm the university, but the Edmonton community.
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The University of Alberta has slashed funding to their affiliated daycares despite the funding only making up .0154% of its operating budget.
These facilities are vital to the community and lives will be permanently changed by this callous decision.
These facilities are vital to the community and lives will be permanently changed by this callous decision.
U of A cuts funding to university-affiliated daycares, effective January 2026 - The Gateway
Beginning in January 2026, the U of A will withdraw funding to six university-affiliated daycares in and around North Campus.
thegatewayonline.ca
May 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The University of Alberta has slashed funding to their affiliated daycares despite the funding only making up .0154% of its operating budget.
These facilities are vital to the community and lives will be permanently changed by this callous decision.
These facilities are vital to the community and lives will be permanently changed by this callous decision.
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Opinion: GSA is wasting money on the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations
"The costs associated with joining CASA are a misplaced use of our money and do not benefit graduate students."
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"The costs associated with joining CASA are a misplaced use of our money and do not benefit graduate students."
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GSA is wasting money on the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations - The Gateway
The GSA spends tens of thousands of dollars on CASA membership fees and travel expenses with little to show for it.
buff.ly
May 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Opinion: GSA is wasting money on the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations
"The costs associated with joining CASA are a misplaced use of our money and do not benefit graduate students."
buff.ly/yhWnfA2
"The costs associated with joining CASA are a misplaced use of our money and do not benefit graduate students."
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The University of Alberta Graduate Student Association
spends tens of thousands of dollars of our membership fees on travel expenses.
@pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I wrote about how there is a lack of spending transparency, and a waste of our money.
spends tens of thousands of dollars of our membership fees on travel expenses.
@pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I wrote about how there is a lack of spending transparency, and a waste of our money.
GSA is wasting money on the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations - The Gateway
The GSA spends tens of thousands of dollars on CASA membership fees and travel expenses with little to show for it.
thegatewayonline.ca
May 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The University of Alberta Graduate Student Association
spends tens of thousands of dollars of our membership fees on travel expenses.
@pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I wrote about how there is a lack of spending transparency, and a waste of our money.
spends tens of thousands of dollars of our membership fees on travel expenses.
@pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I wrote about how there is a lack of spending transparency, and a waste of our money.
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🧵The Graduate Students’ Association (GSA) at the University of Alberta has distributed a survey to ask for students’ opinions on its proposed 2025-26 budget. The budget has many controversial items, including cuts to the associate vice-president labour, who is responsible for collective bargaining.
April 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
🧵The Graduate Students’ Association (GSA) at the University of Alberta has distributed a survey to ask for students’ opinions on its proposed 2025-26 budget. The budget has many controversial items, including cuts to the associate vice-president labour, who is responsible for collective bargaining.
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🧵Pierre Poilievre has promised harsher punishments for intimate partner violence.
A new op-ed @dekeseredy.bsky.social , @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social, and I wrote for the Conversation Canada shows that these policies are not effective.
A new op-ed @dekeseredy.bsky.social , @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social, and I wrote for the Conversation Canada shows that these policies are not effective.
Pierre Poilievre’s proposals on intimate partner violence will do little to stop it
There is scant evidence to suggest more punitive measures will discourage violence against women. Policy-makers should instead use a balanced approach that prevents violence before it occurs.
theconversation.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
🧵Pierre Poilievre has promised harsher punishments for intimate partner violence.
A new op-ed @dekeseredy.bsky.social , @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social, and I wrote for the Conversation Canada shows that these policies are not effective.
A new op-ed @dekeseredy.bsky.social , @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social, and I wrote for the Conversation Canada shows that these policies are not effective.