Vanisha Sukdeo

Stay on top of your Google Scholar alerts. I was cited alongside one of my favourite academics back in August and only read the alert yesterday. 😀😁😬

THE 40 GREATEST MUSICIANS OF THE LAST 40 YEARS Lists like this are set up to fail, and, in line with the inevitable, this one fails too.  But we never kidded ourselves, nor intended to kid you, that

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Always like re-reading this story

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under the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act and the reporting from Queen's mentions the still standing Code of Conduct we put in place. 🎉😀

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When I was a law student at Queen's myself and two other law students got Queen's to become a No Sweat campus ensuring that everything bearing the Queen's logo is guaranteed to be made under fair working conditions. This was in 2004. Fast forward to 2025 when there are reporting obligations

Social Science Faculty Publications | Department of Social Science Read in-depth cutting edge Social Science research published by the Department of Social Science faculty at York University.

Two of my books featured here (one forthcoming)

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Afternoon Tea

Sad to hear that Professor William Twining passed away recently

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Labour Day 2025 - CUPE Ontario This Labour Day, we gather in parks, on city streets and in our communities to honour the generations of workers who fought for every labour right we hold today. It’s also the day to recommit ourselves to taking on the forces that want to deny us our power as workers and to resolve to fight…

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Not a fan of AI but Google has an "AI mode" and it was pretty accurate. It even included my forthcoming book😀😎📚

The Government of Canada invests in 70 municipalities to strengthen climate resilience

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‘No country is safe’: deadly Nordic heatwave supercharged by climate crisis, scientists say Historically cool nations saw hospitals overheating and surge in drownings, wildfires and toxic algal blooms

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My profile on the York University website has been updated 😀

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New book alert!

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Breaking Baz: Gurinder Chadha Reveals ‘Bend It Like Beckham’ Sequel In Works With U.S. Women’s Soccer Manager “Collaborating” & Hope For Original Cast’s Return 'Bend It Like Beckham' filmmaker Gurinder Chadha reveals to Deadline that a sequel to her movie is in the works, has a title and is targeting a 2027 premiere.

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Just started reading this. Recommend checking it out. One good point that stands out is that activists should have continuing education programs like lawyers to to share knowledge and trade tips.

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I have been busy writing this summer. Please let me know if you have published anything on climate change and workers that I should be citing. 😀✍🏽📚

The Great Derangement Are we deranged? The acclaimed Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh argues that future generations may well think so. How else to explain our imaginative failure in the face of global warming? In his first ma...

Reading this book. Highly recommend

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Look for my fifth book to be published in 2026!

Ice from Oilers players' hometown rinks added to surface for Game 1 of Final | NHL.com Initiative at Rogers Place to give Edmonton unique advantage in rematch vs. Florida

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Love Story - Erich Segal - Paperback “Funny, touching and infused with wonder, as all love stories should be.”—San Francisco ExaminerThe basis for the 1970 film starring Ryan O'Neal and Al...

Finally read Love Story by Erich Segal.

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It is one of those books that people talk about but not sure how many have read. Worth checking out.

I’m a full professor, I’m a senior scholar, I’ve been at this for a VERY LONG TIME and I still (sometimes) overwork.

Leading a sustainable life requires thinking regularly about this, and developing a repertoire of strategies to avoid pushing yourself beyond the brink.

Qualitative methods, quantitative methods, mixed methods.

Baking 4 kinds of banana bread: 1) plain, 2) mixed berries, 3) pineapple, and 4) chocolate chips. 🍌🍞🍓🍍🍫

I am going to teach a 2 hours lecture on "Writing Ethnography". Whose ethnographies have you recently enjoyed, specifically for their prose? (2010-2025, let's say)

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Please re-skeet.

Sending to all my professional responsibility colleagues right now

New Lawson Climate Institute at U of T will accelerate climate solutions The University of Toronto is launching a new institute to leverage the university’s expertise in addressing the climate crisis across a diverse range of fields, helping drive the transition to a more ...

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"Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him."
— Maya Angelou

Write, write, write. Edit, edit, edit. 😀✍🏽📚