Eugene McCann
@ejmccann.bsky.social
Geographer at Simon Fraser University. Policy mobilities; urban politics; harm reduction; social movements. Managing editor, EPC: Politics & Space (journals.sagepub.com/home/epc). Host, 'Minor Revisions' podcast (http://bit.ly/3suN9ur). Views my own.
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Eugene McCann
@ejmccann.bsky.social
· Dec 31
Didn't introduce myself here. Maybe should since the Nov 24 follower influx. I'm a critical urban political geographer, studying how #socialmovement activists use space & place, locally & globally. I also study the politics of urban development & public space. Some things published in 23 & 24 🧵👇
I hope I never get on the wrong side of Joyce Carol Oates.
November 11, 2025 at 7:28 AM
I hope I never get on the wrong side of Joyce Carol Oates.
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according to the proposed budget, Vancouver’s climate plan is police
November 11, 2025 at 5:51 AM
according to the proposed budget, Vancouver’s climate plan is police
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The Canadien Government has made an ad about the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG terminal & PRGT Pipeline, and it's surprsingly honest and informative.
Honest Government Ad | Ksi Lisims & PRGT Pipeline
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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November 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The Canadien Government has made an ad about the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG terminal & PRGT Pipeline, and it's surprsingly honest and informative.
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'Devastating': Chinatown’s last post office set to close vancouversun.com/news/chinato...
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
'Devastating': Chinatown’s last post office set to close vancouversun.com/news/chinato...
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"Tax exemptions allow Fifa to suck vast amounts of money out of its hosts. The majority of the cost of preparing the tournament falls on hosts, while Fifa pockets all the revenue [from] broadcasting & marketing rights"said @ncgeehan.bsky.social @fairsq.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Zohran Mamdani has upended US politics. Now he should take on Fifa | Jules Boykoff
New York’s mayor-elect has taken on powerful institutions. With the World Cup taking place in his city, he should challenge Fifa next
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"Tax exemptions allow Fifa to suck vast amounts of money out of its hosts. The majority of the cost of preparing the tournament falls on hosts, while Fifa pockets all the revenue [from] broadcasting & marketing rights"said @ncgeehan.bsky.social @fairsq.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Just saw a cybertruck with a “baby on board” sticker. Yeah …
November 8, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Just saw a cybertruck with a “baby on board” sticker. Yeah …
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DULF co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum were each found guilty of three counts of trafficking meth, heroin and cocaine this morning.
The pair are launching a constitutional challenge later this month of the CDSA and their convictions won't be entered until then. Story up shortly on @thetyee.ca
The pair are launching a constitutional challenge later this month of the CDSA and their convictions won't be entered until then. Story up shortly on @thetyee.ca
November 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
DULF co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum were each found guilty of three counts of trafficking meth, heroin and cocaine this morning.
The pair are launching a constitutional challenge later this month of the CDSA and their convictions won't be entered until then. Story up shortly on @thetyee.ca
The pair are launching a constitutional challenge later this month of the CDSA and their convictions won't be entered until then. Story up shortly on @thetyee.ca
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Court finds DULF guilty for compassion club "heralded as success"
Convictions are on hold as the compassion club founders prepare for a Charter challenge to begin on November 24.
drugdatadecoded.ca/court-finds-...
Convictions are on hold as the compassion club founders prepare for a Charter challenge to begin on November 24.
drugdatadecoded.ca/court-finds-...
Court finds DULF guilty for compassion club "heralded as success"
Convictions are on hold as the compassion club founders prepare for a Charter challenge to begin on November 24.
drugdatadecoded.ca
November 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Court finds DULF guilty for compassion club "heralded as success"
Convictions are on hold as the compassion club founders prepare for a Charter challenge to begin on November 24.
drugdatadecoded.ca/court-finds-...
Convictions are on hold as the compassion club founders prepare for a Charter challenge to begin on November 24.
drugdatadecoded.ca/court-finds-...
As @drugdatadecoded.ca reported, the judge noted DULF "are being hung out to dry. As soon as politicians started complaining, all of a sudden VPD [local police]—which before was fine—suddenly was not fine.” She nonetheless ruled on procurement and distribution? Legal hair-spitting over justice?
BREAKING: DULF organizers found guilty of trafficking. More to come w/ @tsk.bsky.social in the courtroom today.
Legal fund linked below ⬇️ please give what you can. This is just getting started.
Legal fund linked below ⬇️ please give what you can. This is just getting started.
Huge decision this Friday from the BC Supreme Court on whether the DULF compassion club organizers, Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx, walk free. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/everyone-kne...
drugdatadecoded.ca/everyone-kne...
November 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
As @drugdatadecoded.ca reported, the judge noted DULF "are being hung out to dry. As soon as politicians started complaining, all of a sudden VPD [local police]—which before was fine—suddenly was not fine.” She nonetheless ruled on procurement and distribution? Legal hair-spitting over justice?
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This story is so consequential because of the political hit job their arrests & charges represent.
They were working in the open, validating their non-profit model with academic rigour.
But a right-wing moral panic built enough steam for VPD to drop the hammer. 2/
Legal fund: dulf.ca/dulf-aid-2/
They were working in the open, validating their non-profit model with academic rigour.
But a right-wing moral panic built enough steam for VPD to drop the hammer. 2/
Legal fund: dulf.ca/dulf-aid-2/
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November 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This story is so consequential because of the political hit job their arrests & charges represent.
They were working in the open, validating their non-profit model with academic rigour.
But a right-wing moral panic built enough steam for VPD to drop the hammer. 2/
Legal fund: dulf.ca/dulf-aid-2/
They were working in the open, validating their non-profit model with academic rigour.
But a right-wing moral panic built enough steam for VPD to drop the hammer. 2/
Legal fund: dulf.ca/dulf-aid-2/
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Breaking: the founders of DULF have been found guilty of three counts of drug trafficking. @michellegamage.bsky.social will have the full story later today thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
Safe Drugs on Trial: DULF’s Trafficking Case Begins | The Tyee
The founders are charged with trafficking. Their lawyers argue they had a legal exemption from drug laws.
thetyee.ca
November 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Breaking: the founders of DULF have been found guilty of three counts of drug trafficking. @michellegamage.bsky.social will have the full story later today thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
This is ridiculous. But I assume not the end of it.
BREAKING: DULF organizers found guilty of trafficking. More to come w/ @tsk.bsky.social in the courtroom today.
Legal fund linked below ⬇️ please give what you can. This is just getting started.
Legal fund linked below ⬇️ please give what you can. This is just getting started.
Huge decision this Friday from the BC Supreme Court on whether the DULF compassion club organizers, Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx, walk free. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/everyone-kne...
drugdatadecoded.ca/everyone-kne...
November 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This is ridiculous. But I assume not the end of it.
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This paper is a reminder that we all need to set boundaries as academics, however more importantly, we need to normalise a system that does not penalise people for not working until they burn out.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This paper is a reminder that we all need to set boundaries as academics, however more importantly, we need to normalise a system that does not penalise people for not working until they burn out.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Vancouver Municipal Election: Saturday October 17, 2026.
Breaking: ABC Vancouver just voted unanimously against a staff recommendation to finance a DTES Community Land Trust and aquire an SRO building under community control, against the requests of community members and advocates.
This is going to make homelessness worse.
#vanpoli
This is going to make homelessness worse.
#vanpoli
November 5, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Vancouver Municipal Election: Saturday October 17, 2026.
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Breaking: ABC Vancouver just voted unanimously against a staff recommendation to finance a DTES Community Land Trust and aquire an SRO building under community control, against the requests of community members and advocates.
This is going to make homelessness worse.
#vanpoli
This is going to make homelessness worse.
#vanpoli
November 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Breaking: ABC Vancouver just voted unanimously against a staff recommendation to finance a DTES Community Land Trust and aquire an SRO building under community control, against the requests of community members and advocates.
This is going to make homelessness worse.
#vanpoli
This is going to make homelessness worse.
#vanpoli
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The Department of Geography invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Indigenous Geographies, preferably with a focus on Human–Environment Relationships.
Read more 👉 www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...
Read more 👉 www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...
November 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The Department of Geography invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Indigenous Geographies, preferably with a focus on Human–Environment Relationships.
Read more 👉 www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...
Read more 👉 www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...
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What establishment Dems tried to do to Mamdani, the BC NDP successfully did to Anjali Appadurai.
She was poised to win the leadership race by actually getting people to join the party. The old guard didn't like that, so they crushed the next generation to maintain their grip on power.
She was poised to win the leadership race by actually getting people to join the party. The old guard didn't like that, so they crushed the next generation to maintain their grip on power.
David Eby to become next B.C. premier after NDP ousts leadership rival Anjali Appadurai | CBC News
The B.C. NDP executive has voted to disqualify Anjali Appadurai from its leadership race, effectively crowning David Eby as the next premier of British Columbia.
www.cbc.ca
November 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
What establishment Dems tried to do to Mamdani, the BC NDP successfully did to Anjali Appadurai.
She was poised to win the leadership race by actually getting people to join the party. The old guard didn't like that, so they crushed the next generation to maintain their grip on power.
She was poised to win the leadership race by actually getting people to join the party. The old guard didn't like that, so they crushed the next generation to maintain their grip on power.
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At the end of the day I'm not sure how much difference it makes. But it is striking to put out a budget that axes a luxury tax on yachts and adds a co-pay for refugee claimants accessing drugs and dental care.
November 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
At the end of the day I'm not sure how much difference it makes. But it is striking to put out a budget that axes a luxury tax on yachts and adds a co-pay for refugee claimants accessing drugs and dental care.
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The Onion’s Exclusive Interview With Katy Perry And Justin Trudeau https://theonion.com/the-onions-exclusive-interview-with-katy-perry-and-justin-trudeau/
November 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The Onion’s Exclusive Interview With Katy Perry And Justin Trudeau https://theonion.com/the-onions-exclusive-interview-with-katy-perry-and-justin-trudeau/
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Some breaking news: in a special Vancouver Police Board meeting only announced over the weekend, the police board has requested a $50 million increase to their budget for 2026.
This comes as other departments across the city are trying to cut staff to ensure a property tax freeze for next year.
This comes as other departments across the city are trying to cut staff to ensure a property tax freeze for next year.
November 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Some breaking news: in a special Vancouver Police Board meeting only announced over the weekend, the police board has requested a $50 million increase to their budget for 2026.
This comes as other departments across the city are trying to cut staff to ensure a property tax freeze for next year.
This comes as other departments across the city are trying to cut staff to ensure a property tax freeze for next year.
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See the wooden boxes? 100 of them just installed on the Little Mountain land in Vancouver. Site of a viable social housing nhd demolished ~2 decades ago by developer who bought it from Provincial govt. Site's sat empty since, despite promises they'd build housing. So what's up w the boxes now? 🧵👇
November 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
See the wooden boxes? 100 of them just installed on the Little Mountain land in Vancouver. Site of a viable social housing nhd demolished ~2 decades ago by developer who bought it from Provincial govt. Site's sat empty since, despite promises they'd build housing. So what's up w the boxes now? 🧵👇
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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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Geography in the service of the imperial state:
Putin speaking at the Russian Geographical Society emphasising the political utility of mapping and geographical knowledge
Putin speaking at the Russian Geographical Society emphasising the political utility of mapping and geographical knowledge
November 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Geography in the service of the imperial state:
Putin speaking at the Russian Geographical Society emphasising the political utility of mapping and geographical knowledge
Putin speaking at the Russian Geographical Society emphasising the political utility of mapping and geographical knowledge