Patti T Lenard
@pattitlenard.bsky.social
Prof of political theory and applied ethics at UO; advocate for lgbtiq+ refugees 🌈; defender of multiculturalism; sloth in profile pic is named Mani
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Thinkers old and thinkers new; thinking from and thinking to; thinkers young and thinkers great; just don't say 'Trump' and don't be late! www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/events/works... @jowolff.bsky.social @psapolthought.bsky.social @biapt.bsky.social @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social @ecpr-nptmethods.bsky.social
Workshop on policy-oriented political philosophy
Many political philosophers theorise not only for the sake of pure theory, but also because they want to convince citizens and policymakers to bring about changes in the real world. Join us for a two ...
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April 23, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Thinkers old and thinkers new; thinking from and thinking to; thinkers young and thinkers great; just don't say 'Trump' and don't be late! www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/events/works... @jowolff.bsky.social @psapolthought.bsky.social @biapt.bsky.social @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social @ecpr-nptmethods.bsky.social
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Reparative citizenship may aim to right past wrongs, but @peterspiro.bsky.social argues it actually weakens the foundational concept of citizenship itself 🛂⚖️
It is unsentimental, instrumental, detached from the community and erodes civic ties 🧑🤝🧑🚫
Read here 🔗 tinyurl.com/dh6pkpyt
Reparative citizenship may aim to right past wrongs, but @peterspiro.bsky.social argues it actually weakens the foundational concept of citizenship itself 🛂⚖️
It is unsentimental, instrumental, detached from the community and erodes civic ties 🧑🤝🧑🚫
Read here 🔗 tinyurl.com/dh6pkpyt
Citizenship as Reparations: Should the victims of historical injustice be offered membership? - Page 6 of 6 - Globalcit
Kickoff contribution by David Owen and Rainer Bauböck. Comments by Jocelyn Kane and Patti Tamara Lenard, Ashley Mantha-Hollands , Timothy Jacob-Owens , Lior Erezand Peter Spiro Read More ...
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April 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
❗New Entry❗
Reparative citizenship may aim to right past wrongs, but @peterspiro.bsky.social argues it actually weakens the foundational concept of citizenship itself 🛂⚖️
It is unsentimental, instrumental, detached from the community and erodes civic ties 🧑🤝🧑🚫
Read here 🔗 tinyurl.com/dh6pkpyt
Reparative citizenship may aim to right past wrongs, but @peterspiro.bsky.social argues it actually weakens the foundational concept of citizenship itself 🛂⚖️
It is unsentimental, instrumental, detached from the community and erodes civic ties 🧑🤝🧑🚫
Read here 🔗 tinyurl.com/dh6pkpyt
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I don’t doubt that some of my co-religionists have experienced antisemitism. Sometimes aggressively so.
But it’s use as a cudgel to destroy institutions essential to our country has absolutely nothing to do with that.
But it’s use as a cudgel to destroy institutions essential to our country has absolutely nothing to do with that.
April 1, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I don’t doubt that some of my co-religionists have experienced antisemitism. Sometimes aggressively so.
But it’s use as a cudgel to destroy institutions essential to our country has absolutely nothing to do with that.
But it’s use as a cudgel to destroy institutions essential to our country has absolutely nothing to do with that.
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🚨 @pattitlenard.bsky.social & Jocelyn Kane join the Debate⚡
Reparations aren’t just about citizenship, what if refusal is the remedy?
Settler states 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇦🇺 must recognise Indigenous Peoples' right to reject colonial citizenship while ensuring access to services & recognition
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Reparations aren’t just about citizenship, what if refusal is the remedy?
Settler states 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇦🇺 must recognise Indigenous Peoples' right to reject colonial citizenship while ensuring access to services & recognition
🔗 tinyurl.com/5afjvw8j
March 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
🚨 @pattitlenard.bsky.social & Jocelyn Kane join the Debate⚡
Reparations aren’t just about citizenship, what if refusal is the remedy?
Settler states 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇦🇺 must recognise Indigenous Peoples' right to reject colonial citizenship while ensuring access to services & recognition
🔗 tinyurl.com/5afjvw8j
Reparations aren’t just about citizenship, what if refusal is the remedy?
Settler states 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇦🇺 must recognise Indigenous Peoples' right to reject colonial citizenship while ensuring access to services & recognition
🔗 tinyurl.com/5afjvw8j
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Shame on the handful of people who wore their expensive winter gear to city hall yesterday to protest the establishment of overflow refugee shelters in their communities.
More than 3,000 people are homeless in Ottawa.
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More than 3,000 people are homeless in Ottawa.
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Ottawa’s homeless population has more than doubled since 2021
There are almost 3,000 people in Ottawa experiencing homelessness, according to new data released by the city. On Oct. 23 dozens of volunteers canvassed the municipality for the Point-in-Time (PiT) count, a snapshot of the number of people living without a home. It is a national effort that helps governments and agencies understand the number […]
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December 16, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Shame on the handful of people who wore their expensive winter gear to city hall yesterday to protest the establishment of overflow refugee shelters in their communities.
More than 3,000 people are homeless in Ottawa.
ottawa.citynews.ca/2024/12/13/o...
More than 3,000 people are homeless in Ottawa.
ottawa.citynews.ca/2024/12/13/o...
I’m what I hope is at least half way through my first Covid infection - and I have to say, everything about this experience makes me confused about why we have decided to let it run rampant when we could … not.
December 12, 2024 at 1:26 PM
I’m what I hope is at least half way through my first Covid infection - and I have to say, everything about this experience makes me confused about why we have decided to let it run rampant when we could … not.
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3) 'Debating restrictions on emigration' with @pattitlenard.bsky.social, Amy Reed-Sandoval, Igor Bosc and Neha Wadhawan, Michael Blake, and Upasana Khadka:
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Debating restrictions on emigration
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December 3, 2024 at 12:29 PM
3) 'Debating restrictions on emigration' with @pattitlenard.bsky.social, Amy Reed-Sandoval, Igor Bosc and Neha Wadhawan, Michael Blake, and Upasana Khadka:
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The City of Ottawa has a gorgeous history of welcoming those fleeing oppression - and we can and should draw on that history to continue to do so.
Everyone deserves a chance for a good life. Ottawa has a history of welcoming refugees and newcomers.
Let’s draw on that compassionate tradition and fight the racism and disinformation circulating right now.
Housing is a human right. Refugees are welcome here.
I know we can do better, Ottawa.
Let’s draw on that compassionate tradition and fight the racism and disinformation circulating right now.
Housing is a human right. Refugees are welcome here.
I know we can do better, Ottawa.
November 11, 2024 at 3:20 PM
The City of Ottawa has a gorgeous history of welcoming those fleeing oppression - and we can and should draw on that history to continue to do so.
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The first three articles from the special issue of Moral Philosophy & Politics that I am editing on the theme "Relational Equality and Migration" are now out online first. #migcitsky🧵
November 4, 2024 at 10:34 AM
The first three articles from the special issue of Moral Philosophy & Politics that I am editing on the theme "Relational Equality and Migration" are now out online first. #migcitsky🧵
My blog post on what immigration justice might look like is shortlisted for "best CIPS blog post" this year. Voting is open to the public. If I win, I'll direct the prize money to a refugee-serving organization! Read all the posts and cast your vote here:
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CIPS Best Blog Award 2024: Public Voting Now Open – Centre for International Policy Studies
Canada's leading centre for analysis and debate of international affairs.
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October 7, 2024 at 7:37 PM
My blog post on what immigration justice might look like is shortlisted for "best CIPS blog post" this year. Voting is open to the public. If I win, I'll direct the prize money to a refugee-serving organization! Read all the posts and cast your vote here:
www.cips-cepi.ca/2024/10/01/c...
www.cips-cepi.ca/2024/10/01/c...
Thank you to the *16* people who responded so thoughtfully to my defence of mandatory citizenship oaths. Below is my attempt at a response! Short version: citizenship oaths build trust and formalize new political affiliations in ways that newcomers find meaningful.
Swearing loyalty: Should new citizens pledge allegiance in a naturalisation oath? - Page 18 of 18 - Globalcit
Kickoff contribution by Patti Tamara Lenard. Comments by Lior Erez, Ashwini Vasanthakumar, Daniel Sharp, Christine Hobden, David Owen, Helen Irving, Zara Goldstone and Avia Pasternak, Rainer Bauböck, ...
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February 20, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Thank you to the *16* people who responded so thoughtfully to my defence of mandatory citizenship oaths. Below is my attempt at a response! Short version: citizenship oaths build trust and formalize new political affiliations in ways that newcomers find meaningful.
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Should new #citizen|s pledge allegiance in naturalization oaths? Explore this timely forum sparked by @pattitlenard.bsky.social at the EUI GCO. Insights from responders like Rainer Bauböck and @olivieroangeli.bsky.social, coordinator at #ForumMIDEM.
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Swearing loyalty: Should new citizens pledge allegiance in a naturalisation oath? - Globalcit
Kickoff contribution by Patti Tamara Lenard. Comments by Lior Erez, Ashwini Vasanthakumar, Daniel Sharp, Christine Hobden, David Owen, Helen Irving, Zara Goldstone and Avia Pasternak, Rainer Bauböck...
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January 22, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Should new #citizen|s pledge allegiance in naturalization oaths? Explore this timely forum sparked by @pattitlenard.bsky.social at the EUI GCO. Insights from responders like Rainer Bauböck and @olivieroangeli.bsky.social, coordinator at #ForumMIDEM.
globalcit.eu/swearing-loy...
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Advice seeking, @dfisman.bsky.social: my partner has been testing positive for 17 days, and isolating the whole time. Only remaining symptom is a lingering cough. Is the right thing to do to continue isolating? (Me and one kid still covid virgins.)
January 2, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Advice seeking, @dfisman.bsky.social: my partner has been testing positive for 17 days, and isolating the whole time. Only remaining symptom is a lingering cough. Is the right thing to do to continue isolating? (Me and one kid still covid virgins.)
An outflow of Russian LGBTQ+ asylum seekers is likely coming - in the post below, I consider what we should do about that.
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Prioritizing LGBTQ+ Asylum Seekers in the Aftermath of Russia’s Anti-Gay Propaganda Legislation?
Last week, the Russian government, in a continuation of its decade-long effort to demonize the LGBTQ+ community, submitted a petition to the Russian Supreme Court, accusing the “international LGBT ...
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December 11, 2023 at 2:24 PM
An outflow of Russian LGBTQ+ asylum seekers is likely coming - in the post below, I consider what we should do about that.
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Another great contribution to the GlobalCit forum on mandatory citizenship oaths (with kickoff contribution by @pattitlenard.bsky.social).
Rainer Baubock shifts the focus in his contribution on “embattled democracies”:
Rainer Baubock shifts the focus in his contribution on “embattled democracies”:
Swearing loyalty: Should new citizens pledge allegiance in a naturalisation oath? - Page 9 of 9 - Gl...
Kickoff contribution by Patti Tamara Lenard. Comments by Lior Erez, Ashwini Vasanthakumar, Daniel Sharp, Christine Hobden, David Owen, Helen Irving, Zara Goldstone and Avia Pasternak, and Rainer Baub...
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December 11, 2023 at 7:56 AM
Another great contribution to the GlobalCit forum on mandatory citizenship oaths (with kickoff contribution by @pattitlenard.bsky.social).
Rainer Baubock shifts the focus in his contribution on “embattled democracies”:
Rainer Baubock shifts the focus in his contribution on “embattled democracies”:
Christine Hobden argues persuasively that mandatory oaths are especially problematic in states filled with xenophobia directed against migrants in particular - South Africa is her test case:
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@christinehobden.bsky.social
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@christinehobden.bsky.social
No one thinks mandatory citizenship oaths are a good idea? No one at all?
Here's the fantastic @deeesharp.bsky.social arguing against them (and me), at the EUI's Global Citizenship Observatory:
globalcit.eu/swearing-loy...
Here's the fantastic @deeesharp.bsky.social arguing against them (and me), at the EUI's Global Citizenship Observatory:
globalcit.eu/swearing-loy...
@ashwinivasantha.bsky.social offers a decisive, and possibly determinative "no" to the question, "should new citizens have to pledge allegiance to their new state in order to become citizens?"
globalcit.eu/swearing-loy...
globalcit.eu/swearing-loy...
October 24, 2023 at 2:52 PM
Christine Hobden argues persuasively that mandatory oaths are especially problematic in states filled with xenophobia directed against migrants in particular - South Africa is her test case:
globalcit.eu/swearing-loy...
@christinehobden.bsky.social
globalcit.eu/swearing-loy...
@christinehobden.bsky.social
No one thinks mandatory citizenship oaths are a good idea? No one at all?
Here's the fantastic @deeesharp.bsky.social arguing against them (and me), at the EUI's Global Citizenship Observatory:
globalcit.eu/swearing-loy...
Here's the fantastic @deeesharp.bsky.social arguing against them (and me), at the EUI's Global Citizenship Observatory:
globalcit.eu/swearing-loy...
@ashwinivasantha.bsky.social offers a decisive, and possibly determinative "no" to the question, "should new citizens have to pledge allegiance to their new state in order to become citizens?"
globalcit.eu/swearing-loy...
globalcit.eu/swearing-loy...
Should new citizens swear have to pledge allegiance to their new state, in order to become citizens?
EUI's Global Citizenship Observatory is running a forum on just this question! I opened up the conversation and the wonderful Lior Erez is pressing it forward:
globalcit.eu/swearing-loy...
EUI's Global Citizenship Observatory is running a forum on just this question! I opened up the conversation and the wonderful Lior Erez is pressing it forward:
globalcit.eu/swearing-loy...
October 16, 2023 at 1:10 PM
No one thinks mandatory citizenship oaths are a good idea? No one at all?
Here's the fantastic @deeesharp.bsky.social arguing against them (and me), at the EUI's Global Citizenship Observatory:
globalcit.eu/swearing-loy...
Here's the fantastic @deeesharp.bsky.social arguing against them (and me), at the EUI's Global Citizenship Observatory:
globalcit.eu/swearing-loy...
@ashwinivasantha.bsky.social offers a decisive, and possibly determinative "no" to the question, "should new citizens have to pledge allegiance to their new state in order to become citizens?"
globalcit.eu/swearing-loy...
globalcit.eu/swearing-loy...
Should new citizens swear have to pledge allegiance to their new state, in order to become citizens?
EUI's Global Citizenship Observatory is running a forum on just this question! I opened up the conversation and the wonderful Lior Erez is pressing it forward:
globalcit.eu/swearing-loy...
EUI's Global Citizenship Observatory is running a forum on just this question! I opened up the conversation and the wonderful Lior Erez is pressing it forward:
globalcit.eu/swearing-loy...
Swearing loyalty: Should new citizens pledge allegiance in a naturalisation oath? - Globalcit
Kickoff contribution by Patti Tamara Lenard. Comments by Lior Erez Read More ...
globalcit.eu
October 12, 2023 at 2:24 PM
@ashwinivasantha.bsky.social offers a decisive, and possibly determinative "no" to the question, "should new citizens have to pledge allegiance to their new state in order to become citizens?"
globalcit.eu/swearing-loy...
globalcit.eu/swearing-loy...
Should new citizens swear have to pledge allegiance to their new state, in order to become citizens?
EUI's Global Citizenship Observatory is running a forum on just this question! I opened up the conversation and the wonderful Lior Erez is pressing it forward:
globalcit.eu/swearing-loy...
EUI's Global Citizenship Observatory is running a forum on just this question! I opened up the conversation and the wonderful Lior Erez is pressing it forward:
globalcit.eu/swearing-loy...
Swearing loyalty: Should new citizens pledge allegiance in a naturalisation oath? - Globalcit
Kickoff contribution by Patti Tamara Lenard. Comments by Lior Erez Read More ...
globalcit.eu
October 10, 2023 at 6:42 PM
Should new citizens swear have to pledge allegiance to their new state, in order to become citizens?
EUI's Global Citizenship Observatory is running a forum on just this question! I opened up the conversation and the wonderful Lior Erez is pressing it forward:
globalcit.eu/swearing-loy...
EUI's Global Citizenship Observatory is running a forum on just this question! I opened up the conversation and the wonderful Lior Erez is pressing it forward:
globalcit.eu/swearing-loy...
I'll be participating in the connected webinar on October 10 at 12:30 EST. My take: laws around what should and shouldn't be protected/prohibited speech are a matter of domestic, multicultural, concern - they shouldn't be governed by what foreign governments will say.
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October 5, 2023 at 4:47 PM
I'll be participating in the connected webinar on October 10 at 12:30 EST. My take: laws around what should and shouldn't be protected/prohibited speech are a matter of domestic, multicultural, concern - they shouldn't be governed by what foreign governments will say.
shuddhashar.com/a-quran-burn...
shuddhashar.com/a-quran-burn...