David Jefferess
@djefferess.bsky.social
Parent. University teacher. Gardener.
Research and teach on the colonial and racial politics of humanitarianism, and heritage/public memory practices.
Live in Syilx Okanagan territory.
Research and teach on the colonial and racial politics of humanitarianism, and heritage/public memory practices.
Live in Syilx Okanagan territory.
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As Canada expands its secret military operations under US command, the government keeps the names of fallen soldiers hidden.
This Remembrance Day, what does it mean to honour the dead when the public isn’t even told who, or what, they’re dying for?
This Remembrance Day, what does it mean to honour the dead when the public isn’t even told who, or what, they’re dying for?
Remembrance Day, redacted
As Canada quietly expands secret military operations under US command, the government hides the names of soldiers killed in action. This Remembrance Day, Morgan Duchesney asks what it means to honour ...
canadiandimension.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
As Canada expands its secret military operations under US command, the government keeps the names of fallen soldiers hidden.
This Remembrance Day, what does it mean to honour the dead when the public isn’t even told who, or what, they’re dying for?
This Remembrance Day, what does it mean to honour the dead when the public isn’t even told who, or what, they’re dying for?
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"Conservative MP Branden Leslie asked Major Projects Office CEO Dawn Farrell about the tanker ban, saying he was told that government officials are 'quietly telling stakeholders' that Bill C-5 could be used to bypass it."
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Major Projects Office elusive on whether Bill C-5 could be used to bypass B.C. oil tanker ban
Officials decline to confirm if national interest projects could eventually be exempt from Bill C-48, saying they cannot comment on hypotheticals
www.ipolitics.ca
November 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
"Conservative MP Branden Leslie asked Major Projects Office CEO Dawn Farrell about the tanker ban, saying he was told that government officials are 'quietly telling stakeholders' that Bill C-5 could be used to bypass it."
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The Liberals' budget -- it mostly helps upper income people, it mostly helps men, it mostly helps war, oil and gas.
Sandy and Nora Talk Politics -- Budget 2025 - Liberal Carnage
sandyandnora.com/episode-348-...
Sandy and Nora Talk Politics -- Budget 2025 - Liberal Carnage
sandyandnora.com/episode-348-...
Episode 348 – 2025 Budget; Liberal Carnage
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the 2025 Liberal budget — Mark Carney’s first — and how he blurs the line between Liberals and Tories like never before.
sandyandnora.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The Liberals' budget -- it mostly helps upper income people, it mostly helps men, it mostly helps war, oil and gas.
Sandy and Nora Talk Politics -- Budget 2025 - Liberal Carnage
sandyandnora.com/episode-348-...
Sandy and Nora Talk Politics -- Budget 2025 - Liberal Carnage
sandyandnora.com/episode-348-...
Just picked up @scottneigh.bsky.social new book, Listen!, from my local independent booksrote. An important meditation on engaging in collective social justice activism.
November 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Just picked up @scottneigh.bsky.social new book, Listen!, from my local independent booksrote. An important meditation on engaging in collective social justice activism.
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yeah, the idea that Trump will stop Boko Haram types by ending aid to the Nigerian federal government is as confused as the idea that he is actually interested in the welfare of the same Nigerian Christians he put on a categorical travel ban 5 years ago
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Faculty Insight: What Trump’s Nigeria Travel Ban Means | HDS News Archive
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November 2, 2025 at 1:28 PM
yeah, the idea that Trump will stop Boko Haram types by ending aid to the Nigerian federal government is as confused as the idea that he is actually interested in the welfare of the same Nigerian Christians he put on a categorical travel ban 5 years ago
news-archive.hds.harvard.edu/news/2020/03...
news-archive.hds.harvard.edu/news/2020/03...
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Sudan’s paramilitary is accused of genocide. British-made weapons are being recovered from their battlefields. How many massacres does it take before “arms exports” are called what they are: direct enablers of mass killing?
UK military equipment used by militia accused of genocide found in Sudan, UN told
Exclusive: two dossiers of material seen by the security council raise questions over export of British arms to the UAE, which has been accused of supplying weapons to paramilitary RSF group
buff.ly
October 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Sudan’s paramilitary is accused of genocide. British-made weapons are being recovered from their battlefields. How many massacres does it take before “arms exports” are called what they are: direct enablers of mass killing?
Canadian hypocrisy, as usual. Decry violence in other countries, claim to be providing humanitarian aid, all the while providing the equipment to the killers.
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www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
October 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Canadian hypocrisy, as usual. Decry violence in other countries, claim to be providing humanitarian aid, all the while providing the equipment to the killers.
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
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The death toll in Gaza remains unknown, and statistics have become a contested tool to understand the scale of the genocide. But even if we had an accurate number of deaths, we still wouldn’t understand the depth of its meaning. mondoweiss.net/2025/10/the-...
The Burden of Imprecision: on the limitation of statistics
The death toll in Gaza remains unknown, and statistics have become a contested tool to understand the scale of the genocide. But even if we had an accurate number of deaths, we still wouldn’t…
mondoweiss.net
October 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The death toll in Gaza remains unknown, and statistics have become a contested tool to understand the scale of the genocide. But even if we had an accurate number of deaths, we still wouldn’t understand the depth of its meaning. mondoweiss.net/2025/10/the-...
Sign the petition to save SPOT
The Saanich Peninsula Outreach Team (SPOT) plays an essential role in ensuring that the most vulnerable individuals have access to vital healthcare services. The BC Ministry of Health is closing it down.
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The Saanich Peninsula Outreach Team (SPOT) plays an essential role in ensuring that the most vulnerable individuals have access to vital healthcare services. The BC Ministry of Health is closing it down.
www.openpetition.org/ca/petition/...
Keep SPOT Open: Protect Healthcare for Our Most Vulnerable Neighbours - Online petition
The Saanich Peninsula Outreach Team (SPOT) plays an essential role in ensuring that the most vulnerable individuals in our community have access to vital healthcare services. SPOT provides care for pe...
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October 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Sign the petition to save SPOT
The Saanich Peninsula Outreach Team (SPOT) plays an essential role in ensuring that the most vulnerable individuals have access to vital healthcare services. The BC Ministry of Health is closing it down.
www.openpetition.org/ca/petition/...
The Saanich Peninsula Outreach Team (SPOT) plays an essential role in ensuring that the most vulnerable individuals have access to vital healthcare services. The BC Ministry of Health is closing it down.
www.openpetition.org/ca/petition/...
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NEW: Trump’s “war on drugs” in Venezuela looks more like regime change than law enforcement—and, according to a new report by @ploughsharesca.bsky.social, Canadian-made technology is playing a role. Ottawa can’t claim clean hands if its weapons are used in an illegal war.
Is Canada complicit in Trump’s illegal war in Venezuela?
The Trump administration’s covert bombing campaign against alleged Venezuelan “narco-terrorists” has drawn scrutiny from legal experts and human rights observers. As evidence of cartel ties remains un...
canadiandimension.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
NEW: Trump’s “war on drugs” in Venezuela looks more like regime change than law enforcement—and, according to a new report by @ploughsharesca.bsky.social, Canadian-made technology is playing a role. Ottawa can’t claim clean hands if its weapons are used in an illegal war.
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Mark Carney’s austerity, militarism and fossil fuel expansion plan is setting the stage for a wave of resistance. From Indigenous blockades to public sector strikes, workers and communities are already pushing back against Ottawa’s new class offensive.
Carney’s attacks will unleash major struggles
As Mark Carney’s government prepares a sweeping austerity agenda—gutting public services, fuelling militarism, and expanding fossil fuel projects—John Clarke argues that a new wave of resistance is em...
canadiandimension.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Mark Carney’s austerity, militarism and fossil fuel expansion plan is setting the stage for a wave of resistance. From Indigenous blockades to public sector strikes, workers and communities are already pushing back against Ottawa’s new class offensive.
Satire is really tricky to do well, but _House of Dynamite_ is an absolute failure.
October 27, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Satire is really tricky to do well, but _House of Dynamite_ is an absolute failure.
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Part 1 of my two recent threads addressing this latest tired wave of conservative land theft denialism:
Another "journalist" (the Winnipeg Sun owner) also offers a pearl-clutching opinion about the ownership of occupied, stolen lands of sovereign Indigenous nations.
This article leans on "certainty", a legal cornerstone of the white supremacist land claims of Canada.
I'm deconstructing it below...
This article leans on "certainty", a legal cornerstone of the white supremacist land claims of Canada.
I'm deconstructing it below...
KLEIN: Homeowners demand answers after Indigenous land rights ruling
In Richmond, British Columbia, fear and confusion are setting in. Hundreds of homeowners have been told their property ownership may no longer be secure.
winnipegsun.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Part 1 of my two recent threads addressing this latest tired wave of conservative land theft denialism:
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The Canadian government passed legislation allowing CSIS to more easily share intelligence with private companies after it was pressed by pipeline builder TC Energy to set up regular “information-sharing” meetings with industry, CSIS and RCMP.
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TC Energy lobbied Canada’s spy agency to share intelligence | The Narwhal
Pipeline giant TC Energy urged CSIS to brief Canada’s biggest companies on security threats — raising concerns about surveillance
thenarwhal.ca
October 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The Canadian government passed legislation allowing CSIS to more easily share intelligence with private companies after it was pressed by pipeline builder TC Energy to set up regular “information-sharing” meetings with industry, CSIS and RCMP.
thenarwhal.ca/tc-energy-cs...
thenarwhal.ca/tc-energy-cs...
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A recent survey found 82% of Jewish Israelis support the mass expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza.
Calls to “deradicalize” Palestinians invert reality—it’s Israel that must confront its own fascism.
Calls to “deradicalize” Palestinians invert reality—it’s Israel that must confront its own fascism.
It is Israel that must be deradicalized, not Palestine
The recent recognitions of a Palestinian state and the October 10 ceasefire have been followed by a flurry of calls to “deradicalize” Palestinian society. The New York Times editorial board went so fa...
canadiandimension.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
A recent survey found 82% of Jewish Israelis support the mass expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza.
Calls to “deradicalize” Palestinians invert reality—it’s Israel that must confront its own fascism.
Calls to “deradicalize” Palestinians invert reality—it’s Israel that must confront its own fascism.
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New piece for @canadiandimension.bsky.social talking about the far-right strategy to undermine truth and reconciliation: “flooding the zone” with residential school denialism. Learn more: canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
‘Flooding the zone’ with residential school denialism
In light of BC MLA Dallas Brodie’s persistent residential school denialism, it’s important to understand these actions as part of a broader far-right strategy. To help people better recognize this str...
canadiandimension.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
New piece for @canadiandimension.bsky.social talking about the far-right strategy to undermine truth and reconciliation: “flooding the zone” with residential school denialism. Learn more: canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
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A BC Supreme Court judge has strong words for BC and Canada — and their failure to settle outstanding land claims with the Wet’suwet’en — as he suspended the sentences of three land defenders Friday.
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Supporters Cheer After Indigenous Land Defenders Avoid Jail | The Tyee
Judge rejects the prosecutors’ call for more jail time for protesters arrested at a Coastal GasLink pipeline work site.
thetyee.ca
October 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
A BC Supreme Court judge has strong words for BC and Canada — and their failure to settle outstanding land claims with the Wet’suwet’en — as he suspended the sentences of three land defenders Friday.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
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The United States is waging drone strikes in the Caribbean under the banner of fighting drugs—but history tells a different story. From Panama to Venezuela, Washington’s interventions look less like justice and more like piracy, plundering resources while ignoring international law.
US acts like pirates in the Caribbean
The United States is acting less like a global guardian and more like a Caribbean pirate—launching drone strikes, flouting international law, and pursuing oil under the guise of fighting drugs. From P...
canadiandimension.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The United States is waging drone strikes in the Caribbean under the banner of fighting drugs—but history tells a different story. From Panama to Venezuela, Washington’s interventions look less like justice and more like piracy, plundering resources while ignoring international law.
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A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.
October 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.
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NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites
The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
October 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites
The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
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Canadian governments have poured $63M in subsidies into mineral exploration on Grassy Narrows territory, helping Kinross Gold push a project that threatens the Wabigoon River. Tax breaks for investors are undermining Indigenous rights and local waters while the province collects little in return.
Millions in subsidies for mineral exploration undermine Indigenous rights
Millions in government subsidies are fuelling risky mining projects on Grassy Narrows’ ancestral lands, enriching investors while threatening the First Nation’s water and health. Despite Indigenous op...
canadiandimension.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Canadian governments have poured $63M in subsidies into mineral exploration on Grassy Narrows territory, helping Kinross Gold push a project that threatens the Wabigoon River. Tax breaks for investors are undermining Indigenous rights and local waters while the province collects little in return.
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The West may now be finally waking up to the full enormity of the horrors Israel has inflicted in Gaza. It is time we started listening to Palestinian voices, while there are still Palestinians left alive to speak truth to power.
A graveyard of liberal illusions
The West may now be finally waking up to the full enormity of the horrors Israel has inflicted in Gaza. It needs also to wake up to the evils it has nurtured not just for the last two years, but for o...
canadiandimension.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The West may now be finally waking up to the full enormity of the horrors Israel has inflicted in Gaza. It is time we started listening to Palestinian voices, while there are still Palestinians left alive to speak truth to power.
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Canada’s $3.07 trillion household debt crisis isn’t the fault of ordinary people—it’s the product of decades of speculation, inflated housing markets, and governments siding with financiers. When the crash comes, debtors will be blamed. But the blame belongs to the speculators.
Canada’s debt time bomb
Canada’s household debt has soared to $3.07 trillion, the highest in the G7 for 15 years. James Hardwick explores how speculation, housing bubbles, and government policy created a fragile economy wher...
canadiandimension.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Canada’s $3.07 trillion household debt crisis isn’t the fault of ordinary people—it’s the product of decades of speculation, inflated housing markets, and governments siding with financiers. When the crash comes, debtors will be blamed. But the blame belongs to the speculators.