James K. Rowe
@jkrowe.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at UVic
Author: Radical Mindfulness: Why Transforming Fear of Death is Politically Vital (Routledge 2023)
Author: Radical Mindfulness: Why Transforming Fear of Death is Politically Vital (Routledge 2023)
"The San Francisco Bay Area is home to at least one-third of the value of the entire U.S. stock market."
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Opinion | Affordability and the ‘Epstein Class’ Will Define American Politics
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February 12, 2026 at 3:04 AM
"The San Francisco Bay Area is home to at least one-third of the value of the entire U.S. stock market."
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Congratulations Eva!
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2026-27 Distinguished Visiting Indigenous Faculty Fellow | Jackman Humanities Institute
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February 5, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Congratulations Eva!
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I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
The two reflexes that are breaking the left wagingnonviolence.org/2026/01/two-...
The two reflexes that are breaking the left
Values keep movements honest, while a material approach gets results, and there’s a time and place for both.
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February 4, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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Financial data suggests Canadian banks are poised to profit if Donald Trump’s plan to takeover Venezuela’s oil industry comes to fruition. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/08/n...
Scotiabank CEO says Trump doctrine to dominate hemisphere will be good for business
Financial data suggests Canadian banks are poised to profit if Donald Trump’s plan to takeover Venezuela’s oil industry comes to fruition.
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January 9, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Financial data suggests Canadian banks are poised to profit if Donald Trump’s plan to takeover Venezuela’s oil industry comes to fruition. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/08/n...
"Oil remains the dark blood that animates economies, drives economic growth, fuels wars and concentrates power. It is the master resource."
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Venezuela and the New World Disorder | The Tyee
Forget the old rules. Even Canada faces toppling as Trump pursues imperial ambitions.
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January 9, 2026 at 6:06 PM
"Oil remains the dark blood that animates economies, drives economic growth, fuels wars and concentrates power. It is the master resource."
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Is Trans Mountain's Profitability an Accounting Illusion? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Is Trans Mountain’s Profitability an Accounting Illusion? | The Tyee
How the finances of Canada’s government-owned pipeline may look better than they are.
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December 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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"Turning people into heroes isolates collective struggles, conceals the systemic problems behind them and reinforces colonial ideas of individual exceptionalism."
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Thomas King and the Problem with Indigenous ‘Heroes’ | The Tyee
These heroes were largely created by settler-controlled industries such as publishing, media and academia. Not by us.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:35 AM
"Turning people into heroes isolates collective struggles, conceals the systemic problems behind them and reinforces colonial ideas of individual exceptionalism."
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Happy that the Journal of World Philosophies has published a critical exchange on my book Radical Mindfulness, featuring excellent responses from Anita Chari, Bryce Huebner, John Meyer, and James Tully. It is open access.
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View of Author-Meets-Readers
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November 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Happy that the Journal of World Philosophies has published a critical exchange on my book Radical Mindfulness, featuring excellent responses from Anita Chari, Bryce Huebner, John Meyer, and James Tully. It is open access.
scholarworks.iu.edu/iupjournals/...
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In lawsuit filed Monday, four young Canadians allege the Canada Pension Plan is mismanaging their retirement savings by underestimating climate-related financial risks — the first legal challenge of its kind. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/27/n...
Young Canadians accuse the Canada Pension Plan of mismanaging climate risks
In lawsuit filed Monday, four young Canadians allege the Canada Pension Plan is mismanaging their retirement savings by underestimating climate-related financial risks — the first legal challenge of i...
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October 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
In lawsuit filed Monday, four young Canadians allege the Canada Pension Plan is mismanaging their retirement savings by underestimating climate-related financial risks — the first legal challenge of its kind. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/27/n...
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quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric
October 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric
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"The UK, Australia and Canada have formally recognised a Palestinian state...
The UK has become the first G7 country to move towards full recognition of a State of Palestine, with France and others expected to follow at the annual UN General Assembly next week."
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The UK has become the first G7 country to move towards full recognition of a State of Palestine, with France and others expected to follow at the annual UN General Assembly next week."
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UK, Canada, Australia recognise Palestinian state
The UK, Australia and Canada have formally recognised a Palestinian state.
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September 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
"The UK, Australia and Canada have formally recognised a Palestinian state...
The UK has become the first G7 country to move towards full recognition of a State of Palestine, with France and others expected to follow at the annual UN General Assembly next week."
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The UK has become the first G7 country to move towards full recognition of a State of Palestine, with France and others expected to follow at the annual UN General Assembly next week."
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The Dem Party’s response to the billionaire takeover of America is:
- Launching a billionaire-funded deregulatory agenda called “abundance”
- Launching a billionaire-funded Substack to create “arguments”
- Launching a billionaire-funded think tank shitting on grassroots groups
- Launching a billionaire-funded deregulatory agenda called “abundance”
- Launching a billionaire-funded Substack to create “arguments”
- Launching a billionaire-funded think tank shitting on grassroots groups
September 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The Dem Party’s response to the billionaire takeover of America is:
- Launching a billionaire-funded deregulatory agenda called “abundance”
- Launching a billionaire-funded Substack to create “arguments”
- Launching a billionaire-funded think tank shitting on grassroots groups
- Launching a billionaire-funded deregulatory agenda called “abundance”
- Launching a billionaire-funded Substack to create “arguments”
- Launching a billionaire-funded think tank shitting on grassroots groups
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Haida Gwaii shows how to resist Conservative fearmongering on Indigenous rights | Canada's National Observer: Climate News www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/14/o...
Haida Gwaii shows how to resist Conservative fearmongering on Indigenous rights
Conservative misinformation is supported by a whole right-wing ecosystem that has settled on the argument that any progress on reconciliation means an assault on private property rights.
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September 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Haida Gwaii shows how to resist Conservative fearmongering on Indigenous rights | Canada's National Observer: Climate News www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/14/o...
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Haida Gwaii shows how to resist Conservative fearmongering on Indigenous rights www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/14/o...
Haida Gwaii shows how to resist Conservative fearmongering on Indigenous rights
Conservative misinformation is supported by a whole right-wing ecosystem that has settled on the argument that any progress on reconciliation means an assault on private property rights.
www.nationalobserver.com
September 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Haida Gwaii shows how to resist Conservative fearmongering on Indigenous rights www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/14/o...
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Our first gathering was an engaging, tender affair, with both interesting discussion of the content and heart-open sharing.
You can still join the conversation!
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You can still join the conversation!
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September 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Our first gathering was an engaging, tender affair, with both interesting discussion of the content and heart-open sharing.
You can still join the conversation!
rowecenter.org/radical-mind...
You can still join the conversation!
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Which is to say: Even racoons love this book.
@jkrowe.bsky.social , you're a big hit across species.
Everyone else: Join our upcoming reading group!
#Mindfulness #FearOfDeath #Booksky #SocialJustice #ContemplativePractice #MindfulnessPractice #SystemicOppression
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@jkrowe.bsky.social , you're a big hit across species.
Everyone else: Join our upcoming reading group!
#Mindfulness #FearOfDeath #Booksky #SocialJustice #ContemplativePractice #MindfulnessPractice #SystemicOppression
rowecenter.org/radical-mind...
Radical Mindfulness: Why Transforming Fear of Death is Politically Vital
This is not your typical book club. Beginning September 14th, the Rowe Center will host a weekly online gathering to explore Radical Mindfulness by author James K. Rowe. In 90 minute sessions, we will...
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September 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Which is to say: Even racoons love this book.
@jkrowe.bsky.social , you're a big hit across species.
Everyone else: Join our upcoming reading group!
#Mindfulness #FearOfDeath #Booksky #SocialJustice #ContemplativePractice #MindfulnessPractice #SystemicOppression
rowecenter.org/radical-mind...
@jkrowe.bsky.social , you're a big hit across species.
Everyone else: Join our upcoming reading group!
#Mindfulness #FearOfDeath #Booksky #SocialJustice #ContemplativePractice #MindfulnessPractice #SystemicOppression
rowecenter.org/radical-mind...
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I was at the cottage last month and my own copy of Radical Mindfulness was defiled by racoons, after also destroying (and eating!) a box of chocolates. You can't really see in this image, but there are tiny claw marks on the cover and chocolately paw marks on the pages.
September 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I was at the cottage last month and my own copy of Radical Mindfulness was defiled by racoons, after also destroying (and eating!) a box of chocolates. You can't really see in this image, but there are tiny claw marks on the cover and chocolately paw marks on the pages.
"The fury of the public has been building for decades, piling up a list of elite crimes like the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, bank bailouts and a broken health care system. It’s no wonder, then, that the Epstein obsession does not seem to have an off switch."
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The Conservative Crusade That’s About So Much More Than Epstein
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August 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
"The fury of the public has been building for decades, piling up a list of elite crimes like the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, bank bailouts and a broken health care system. It’s no wonder, then, that the Epstein obsession does not seem to have an off switch."
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“In a landmark advisory opinion on Wednesday, the United Nations' top court said countries could be in violation of international law if they fail to take measures to protect the planet from climate change, and nations harmed by its effects could be entitled to reparations.”
July 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
“In a landmark advisory opinion on Wednesday, the United Nations' top court said countries could be in violation of international law if they fail to take measures to protect the planet from climate change, and nations harmed by its effects could be entitled to reparations.”
As the climate scientist Kate Marvel says, this battle for our lives doesn’t need optimists, it needs heroes — people of courage, which she defines as, “the resolve to do well without the assurance of a happy ending.”
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Is Suzuki right that it's 'too late'? We are in an era of simultaneous wins and losses
All of us who work on climate have long walked a razor’s edge between hope and despair, and the last few months (or years) have made it near impossible to keep one’s balance. But I would put the curre...
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July 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
As the climate scientist Kate Marvel says, this battle for our lives doesn’t need optimists, it needs heroes — people of courage, which she defines as, “the resolve to do well without the assurance of a happy ending.”
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/11/o...
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There's always money for the military. But climate? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/09/o...
There's always money for the military. But climate?
For years, the climate movement has been calling on the federal government to spend two per cent of GDP on climate infrastructure and action, to no avail. And yet, Canada’s military spending will hit ...
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July 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
There's always money for the military. But climate? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/09/o...
The Ugly Underside of Alberta Separatism via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
The Ugly Underside of Alberta Separatism | The Tyee
How Danielle Smith is helping to make anti-immigrant racism mainstream.
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July 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The Ugly Underside of Alberta Separatism via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
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