Hilding Neilson
@astrojipjawej.bsky.social
St. John’s #yyt, Mi’kmaw, astronomer at #munl, trying to understand stars and their stories. Indigenizing astronomy and STEM. views are my own. He/him. hildingneilson.com
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Canada Excellence Research Chair in Comparative Democratic Resilience in the Global South.
Research focus - grassroots movements, Indigenous sovereignties, and racial justice campaigns contesting and transforming public institutions
www.mun.ca/vpacademic/m...
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Comparative Democratic Resilience in the Global South.
Research focus - grassroots movements, Indigenous sovereignties, and racial justice campaigns contesting and transforming public institutions
www.mun.ca/vpacademic/m...
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Job - please share widely!
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Comparative Democratic Resilience in the Global South.
Research focus - grassroots movements, Indigenous sovereignties, and racial justice campaigns contesting and transforming public institutions
www.mun.ca/vpacademic/m...
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Comparative Democratic Resilience in the Global South.
Research focus - grassroots movements, Indigenous sovereignties, and racial justice campaigns contesting and transforming public institutions
www.mun.ca/vpacademic/m...
The discussion is ongoing about creating these course with the undergrad head wanting more and more details, explanations and justifications under the guise of having to convince a small group of senior faculty. Just more bad faith academia.
I submitted new course proposals to the Physics Dept at MUN @memorialu.bsky.social @memorialuscience.bsky.social. They are: “Indigenous Astronomy & worldviews” and “Space & Society”. #Academia #Astronomy
November 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The discussion is ongoing about creating these course with the undergrad head wanting more and more details, explanations and justifications under the guise of having to convince a small group of senior faculty. Just more bad faith academia.
I submitted new course proposals to the Physics Dept at MUN @memorialu.bsky.social @memorialuscience.bsky.social. They are: “Indigenous Astronomy & worldviews” and “Space & Society”. #Academia #Astronomy
November 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I submitted new course proposals to the Physics Dept at MUN @memorialu.bsky.social @memorialuscience.bsky.social. They are: “Indigenous Astronomy & worldviews” and “Space & Society”. #Academia #Astronomy
Disappointing but not surprising. People here aren’t interested and the best they can do is to make Land Acknowledgments sound like a marginally interesting grocery list.
Very disappointing to hear the university president respond to a question about Indigenization by talking about EDI. This is not the same thing. Indigenization will advance EDI, but EDI does not advance Indigenization. Indigenization is about sovereignty, not EDI. @munfaculty.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Disappointing but not surprising. People here aren’t interested and the best they can do is to make Land Acknowledgments sound like a marginally interesting grocery list.
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
Cybertrucks are pretty rare in my part of the world, but every time I see one I can only think ‘technomullet’.
October 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Cybertrucks are pretty rare in my part of the world, but every time I see one I can only think ‘technomullet’.
Story time; This is a long thread about my experiences with Indigenization in Physics at my university. The tl;dr is that Indigenization only matters if faculty and depts get something for doing nothing. I wrote something over at LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/pulse/can-ph...
Can Physics include Indigenization?
tl;dr Doesn't seem like it. I work at Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) and MUN has a goal of Indigenization.
www.linkedin.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Story time; This is a long thread about my experiences with Indigenization in Physics at my university. The tl;dr is that Indigenization only matters if faculty and depts get something for doing nothing. I wrote something over at LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/pulse/can-ph...
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Congestion and pollution in Earth orbit is quickly getting worse. We need to be able to quantify how our behaviour will impact the orbital environment in the future...
Sounding the alarm: ESA introduces space environment ‘health index’
The congestion and pollution of Earth orbit is quickly getting worse. We need to be able to quantify how our behaviour impacts the orbital environment in the future. To this end, the European Space Ag...
www.esa.int
October 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Congestion and pollution in Earth orbit is quickly getting worse. We need to be able to quantify how our behaviour will impact the orbital environment in the future...
Foggy day in St. John’s #yyt #nlwx. It makes me wonder that if we know of water worlds and ice giant #exoplanets, does that imply the existence of fog worlds?
October 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Foggy day in St. John’s #yyt #nlwx. It makes me wonder that if we know of water worlds and ice giant #exoplanets, does that imply the existence of fog worlds?
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Do we really want 250,000 mirrored satellites in Low Earth Orbit? Hasn't the Starlink megaconstellation already done enough damage?
🧪 @mjibrown.bsky.social
🧪 @mjibrown.bsky.social
A US startup plans to deliver ‘sunlight on demand’ after dark. Can it work – and would we want it to?
Satellites beaming sunlight down to Earth sound like science fiction – and they have astronomers very worried.
theconversation.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Do we really want 250,000 mirrored satellites in Low Earth Orbit? Hasn't the Starlink megaconstellation already done enough damage?
🧪 @mjibrown.bsky.social
🧪 @mjibrown.bsky.social
Time for a new research project: monitoring light pollution/sky quality in St. John’s, Newfoundland, as part of a new project to support Dark Sky Preservation across the province. #DarkSkies
October 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Time for a new research project: monitoring light pollution/sky quality in St. John’s, Newfoundland, as part of a new project to support Dark Sky Preservation across the province. #DarkSkies
Observing the Sun in front of the @memorialu.bsky.social clock tower today in St. John’s #yyt. The Sun is sneaky quiet today. #Solar #Physics #Astronomy @memorialuscience.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Observing the Sun in front of the @memorialu.bsky.social clock tower today in St. John’s #yyt. The Sun is sneaky quiet today. #Solar #Physics #Astronomy @memorialuscience.bsky.social
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CSPC, in partnership with Canada's Chief Science Advisor, Dr. Mona Nemer, is pleased to announce the delegates for the 2025 Science Meets Parliament Federal program!
Meet the #SciParl2025 cohort: sciencepolicy.ca/programs/sci...
#CdnSci #CdnInnovation
Meet the #SciParl2025 cohort: sciencepolicy.ca/programs/sci...
#CdnSci #CdnInnovation
September 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
CSPC, in partnership with Canada's Chief Science Advisor, Dr. Mona Nemer, is pleased to announce the delegates for the 2025 Science Meets Parliament Federal program!
Meet the #SciParl2025 cohort: sciencepolicy.ca/programs/sci...
#CdnSci #CdnInnovation
Meet the #SciParl2025 cohort: sciencepolicy.ca/programs/sci...
#CdnSci #CdnInnovation
Fun with sunspots today at @memorialu.bsky.social @memorialuscience.bsky.social
#sunspots #astronomy
#sunspots #astronomy
September 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Fun with sunspots today at @memorialu.bsky.social @memorialuscience.bsky.social
#sunspots #astronomy
#sunspots #astronomy
It was a good day in St. John’s to look at sunspots with my Physics 3150 class in St. John’s. #nlwx @memorialuscience.bsky.social @memorialu.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
It was a good day in St. John’s to look at sunspots with my Physics 3150 class in St. John’s. #nlwx @memorialuscience.bsky.social @memorialu.bsky.social
I’m excited and honored to be selected to participate in this year’s Science meets parliament organized by the CSPC @sciencepolicy.ca. #SciParl2025 #ScienceMeetsParliament
September 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I’m excited and honored to be selected to participate in this year’s Science meets parliament organized by the CSPC @sciencepolicy.ca. #SciParl2025 #ScienceMeetsParliament
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Trump is turning international students against the US, but Canada is completely missing the opportunity because we’ve decided to blame immigrants, and specifically international students, for social problems to distract from capitalist profiteering.
We need to lift this cap.
We need to lift this cap.
International student visas for Canada plummet | CBC News
Permits for students from abroad to study in Canada plummeted in the first half of this year, with nearly 90,000 fewer issued than a year earlier, when the federal government introduced a cap on inter...
www.cbc.ca
September 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Trump is turning international students against the US, but Canada is completely missing the opportunity because we’ve decided to blame immigrants, and specifically international students, for social problems to distract from capitalist profiteering.
We need to lift this cap.
We need to lift this cap.
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Canada will drop retaliatory tariffs on many US products that comply with the existing North American trade deal
Canada to Drop Many Retaliatory Tariffs in Olive Branch to Trump
Canada will remove its retaliatory tariffs on a long list of US products that comply with the existing North American trade deal, seeking to lower tensions with the White House.
bloom.bg
August 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
elbows down
It’s weird receiving multiple emails from a random person with Astronomy notes copied from various websites with the final email telling me that I “should mellow out”. Dear sir, I’d be happy to mellow out if you’d just add some context of why you’re wasting my time.
August 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
It’s weird receiving multiple emails from a random person with Astronomy notes copied from various websites with the final email telling me that I “should mellow out”. Dear sir, I’d be happy to mellow out if you’d just add some context of why you’re wasting my time.
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“universities must stop treating Indigenous Knowledge as supplementary to ‘real knowledge’—this perpetuates white supremacy in science.”
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
“universities must stop treating Indigenous Knowledge as supplementary to ‘real knowledge’—this perpetuates white supremacy in science.”
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Canada urges Palestine to reject terrorism, instead focus on selling weapons to other countries, or allow mining companies to wreak havoc on other nations
July 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Canada urges Palestine to reject terrorism, instead focus on selling weapons to other countries, or allow mining companies to wreak havoc on other nations
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Here are my thoughts about the impact of closure of Office of Public Engagement in Memorial's St. John's campus
We lose so much without this office's programs and staff
1/ #NewfoundlandAndLabrador #PublicEngagement #BudgetCuts
www.saltwire.com/newfoundland...
We lose so much without this office's programs and staff
1/ #NewfoundlandAndLabrador #PublicEngagement #BudgetCuts
www.saltwire.com/newfoundland...
LETTER: Budget cuts at Memorial University hurt all of us
The Office of Public Engagement and contributed to this province in unique ways
www.saltwire.com
July 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Here are my thoughts about the impact of closure of Office of Public Engagement in Memorial's St. John's campus
We lose so much without this office's programs and staff
1/ #NewfoundlandAndLabrador #PublicEngagement #BudgetCuts
www.saltwire.com/newfoundland...
We lose so much without this office's programs and staff
1/ #NewfoundlandAndLabrador #PublicEngagement #BudgetCuts
www.saltwire.com/newfoundland...
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"They want to do billion dollar projects sidestepping all types of regulations and they can't even get a two day event done properly" - Grand Chief Cody Diabo
Canada needs to step up and enact TRUE nation-to-nation relationships, ones that acknowledge FNIM sovereignty.
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
Canada needs to step up and enact TRUE nation-to-nation relationships, ones that acknowledge FNIM sovereignty.
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
First Nations leaders say Carney's C-5 summit sparks more concerns, questions | CBC News
First Nations leaders from across the country are meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney and officials in Gatineau, Que., this week on Bill C-5.
www.cbc.ca
July 18, 2025 at 12:35 AM
"They want to do billion dollar projects sidestepping all types of regulations and they can't even get a two day event done properly" - Grand Chief Cody Diabo
Canada needs to step up and enact TRUE nation-to-nation relationships, ones that acknowledge FNIM sovereignty.
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
Canada needs to step up and enact TRUE nation-to-nation relationships, ones that acknowledge FNIM sovereignty.
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
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🎤 ✍🏼 Our new oped for AJE focuses on what Albanese's new report means for 🇨🇦 universities & their admins who refuse to divest and cut ties w 🇮🇱. In a nutshell: It's not good www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
July 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Please take a moment to read and share.
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