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Centre of Recovery Excellence using health information of people who use drugs to undermine their safety The Alberta government's Crown corporation has published its first study using personal health numbers of people accessing supervised consumption sites. While its findings fail to hold up, it offers ...

Here I’m criticizing the Alberta government’s ‘study’ on its own supervised consumption site closures by the merits of its *corruption alone*

Someone more qualified should examine its methodology. Knowing this government, I expect it’s very bad.
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If no prior consent was given by any of the patients being studied, this would be a huge scandal not only of the authors but also of the Alberta government and the different departments who shared health information with the authors, because all of them used and shared personal info without consent.

If patients were not aware of the possibility that their PHN could be shared with external researchers and used for research purposes when the PHNs were collected on consumption sites, in theory these information must not be used for doing any research.

At the heart of the issue is whether individuals being studied gave prior consent to the researchers. It seems to me the authors used PHN collected from consumption sites to gather patients' data from different departments. And approvals were only obtained from these departments, not the patients.

🧵The conversation around the University of Alberta "ending" EDI in hiring is purposely confusing in a way that strategically benefits the university and misleads everyone

The question is, should a university grounded in academic freedom censor itself due to government pressure?

Thank you for sharing our piece!

Opinion: Little evidence of EDI hiring policy in practice at the U of A The U of A’s recruitment data does not show any signs of progress in EDI, let alone patterns of reverse discrimination.

🧵In this new op-ed in the Edmonton Journal, @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I debunk the myth that EDI hiring and “reverse discrimination” happened at University of Alberta.

In actuality, the U of A has not made any advancement in EDI hiring.

🧵The University of Alberta is celebrating the inaugural TIME Magazine rankings, which places it 75th globally and 3rd in Canada.

But @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I found that established QS World University Rankings tells a more concerning story about the university’s recent developments.

I have won the election of Councillor-at-Large at the University of Alberta Graduate Student Association

I represent ALL graduate students at council now, not just my own department.

I will do everything in my power to get the university child care funding back

"The natural way of things diminishes the excessive and supplements the insufficient. The human way is different. It diminishes the insufficient to serve the excessive. Only those who follow the natural way of things use excess to serve the world."

Tao Te Ching, 4th century BCE

🧵The House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research passed a motion requiring the Tri-Council to release confidential data.

Some members claim research funding is being unfairly allocated to "DEI" or "woke" research

But last year @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I debunked this.

🧵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."

University of Alberta Graduate Students:

If you have experienced a loss in coverage due to the GSA changing our benefits provider, @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social
and I have created a guide explaining how to potentially continue your coverage.

I am glad to share that I have received the Dr EW Gauk-Westfield Award!

Thank you @taprootedmonton.ca for featuring @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social , Dr. Wendy Aujla and I for our piece on the Alberta government’s response to gender-based violence.

Great to be next to @knight54.bsky.social in the Pulse!

Opinion: Alberta's gender-based violence strategy undermined by government policies If the government is serious about ending violence, they will have to start with reversing many of their own economic and social policies

The United Conservative Party claims it has adopted Canada's most comprehensive strategy to reduce gender-based violence. In the Edmonton Journal, Dr. Wendy Aujla, @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I outline the absolute hypocrisy of their plan to address violence in Alberta.

The GSA has been collectively bullying an Indigenous associate vice-president (labour) - The Gateway Recent actions by the GSA have been a clear attempt to target and exclude our only Indigenous DEO and labour representative.

@pinglamjoeip.bsky.social ‬ and I wrote a piece in @thegateway.bsky.social to call out the University of Alberta Graduate Students’ Association for targeting and bullying an Indigenous Associate Vice-President Labour.

I'm excited to share with you all that my husband, Dr. Daniel O'Brien, has taken an ENT position at the University of Manitoba where he will also serve as associate professor. Daniel specializes in complex head and neck surgery.

Manitoba, another doctor is on the way.

🧵Last year @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I extracted public data on 35,828 research projects funded by eight SSHRC programs to debunk the Alberta govt's claim that federal funding agencies favor “left-wing” or “progressive” disciplines. We now take one step further to analyze the data.

I am excited to share with you all that I have been awarded the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship.

The scholarship was created with the purpose of attracting and retaining world-class doctoral students who display exceptional scholarly achievements and also leadership qualities.

Drop in drug poisoning deaths does not necessarily indicate Alberta Recovery Model is working Alberta’s controversial approach to the opioid crisis rejects harm reduction, including supervised consumption sites. Despite recent UCP claims that the program is working, more evidence is needed.

The Edmonton region has hit an all-time high in opioid related deaths. Danielle Smith claimed less than a year ago that The Alberta Recovery Model was a success

We wrote about why her statements are misleading in October 2024

People will continue to die

I am excited to share that I have received the Andrew Stewart Memorial Graduate Prize! This award recognizes students' research accomplishments while registered in a doctoral program at the University of Alberta.

Confronting linked immobility: how Chinese migrants managed family crisis during a global catastrophe Abstract. Drawing on qualitative interviews with 51 Chinese migrants who live in the US but strive to support frail parents back home, this article analyze

We live in a time where migrants' mobility can no longer be taken for granted, and my new article in Social Forces examines how mobility restrictions create "linked immobility" that affects entire transnational family networks. Here is the link (open access): academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...

I am incredibly honored to receive the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholarship, one of the most prestigious doctoral awards in Canada sponsored by @killamtrusts.bsky.social.

Back to YEG after presenting three research papers at the @csa-scs.bsky.social annual conference!

The Alberta Government hates to see us coming. @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social

Opinion: U of A puts up barriers to access by cutting child care We call on the U of A to make the choice to continue to support families and the larger community.

The University of Alberta made the decision to stop funding all university affiliated child care centres.

Dr. @mmaroto.bsky.social and I wrote about the consequences of this decision and how it will not only harm the university, but the Edmonton community.

The critical criminology of sport: Past, present, future - Walter S. DeKeseredy, 2025 Critical criminology has a long history of examining a legion of interpersonal violent acts committed in public and private contexts, crimes of the powerful, an...

My new article on the critical criminlogy of sport is now out.

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U of A cuts funding to university-affiliated daycares, effective January 2026 - The Gateway Beginning in January 2026, the U of A will withdraw funding to six university-affiliated daycares in and around North Campus.

The University of Alberta has slashed funding to their affiliated daycares despite the funding only making up .0154% of its operating budget.

These facilities are vital to the community and lives will be permanently changed by this callous decision.