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Vale Castellini @ntinavale.bsky.social · Jun 12

Long flight ready

Vale Castellini @ntinavale.bsky.social · May 25

Issue 95 is out! Get your copy and check out my spring/summer reading recommendations 📚

Cover of the Spring 2025 issue of Labour/Le Travail, Journal of Canadian Labour Studies. The historical black-and-white photograph shows six logging workers posing in front of a tree with their working tools.

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Ale Mezzadri aka FeministOnMarx. @feministonmarx.bsky.social · May 3

Everyone! The International Conference on Reproductive Labour, Paris on 21-22 May idhes.parisnanterre.fr/manifestations…

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Vale Castellini @ntinavale.bsky.social · May 3

Parkdale 🥰

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IIESL @iiesl.bsky.social · May 2

On May 14, we’re thrilled to welcome Matt Thompson (@mattthompson.bsky.social) to the IIESL and to Toronto for a discussion of his research on conjunctural municipalism. He’ll be joined by Kanishka Goonewardena, Stefan Kipfer (@skipfer.bsky.social), and Rachel Bok as discussants.

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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · Mar 31

What do you get when you drop algorithmic management and the gig economy’s labor model into the nursing industry?

A disaster for patients and workers alike, writes @katiejwells.bsky.social in @statnews.com.

Uber for nursing is here — and it’s not good for patients or nurses

“I just feel like I am on an island by myself a lot”: How gig working leaves nurses less equipped to care for patients.

www.statnews.com

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IIESL @iiesl.bsky.social · Mar 17

Hello Bluesky! We've just arrived.

We are a new research center devoted to the exploration, imagining and planning of alternative economic futures from inclusive and place-based perspectives.

We're based at the University of Toronto, Scarborough (@utsc.bsky.social), led by @sergemont.bsky.social.

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Vale Castellini @ntinavale.bsky.social · Mar 13

"Price calls for the university to move away from individualized models of accommodation and toward a new system of collective accountability and care."
Online Seminar - April 3 2:30 - 4:00 pm (EST)
Info and registration: shorturl.at/l3yYe

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Sergio Montero @sergemont.bsky.social · Mar 11

If you are in Toronto, join us on March 18 for a talk by Manuel Pastor (@profmpastor.bsky.social) on the rise of lithium extraction in California's Imperial Valley and the implications of electric vehicles on economic and environmental justice.

📍 Registration: shorturl.at/TEoB1

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Sergio Montero @sergemont.bsky.social · Mar 7

Last year, the City of Toronto adopted some guiding principles for building an inclusive economic development framework.
Join us to explore this framework, understand the grassroots efforts that shaped it & discuss broader questions of Canadian economic sovereignty.

Registration: shorturl.at/Vx4cQ

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Vale Castellini @ntinavale.bsky.social · Mar 7

Thank you 🙏🏻

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Geographers for Justice in Palestine @geogboycott.bsky.social · Jan 24

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Geographers for Justice in Palestine @geogboycott.bsky.social · Jan 24

We have launched our website! Find more information on our AAG pre-conference as well as the sessions and activities we've organized during the AAG. geog4pal.org

Geographers for Justice in Palestine

geog4pal.org

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Global Development Institute @globaldevinst.bsky.social · Mar 6

We are pleased to share with you a new blog post written by the GDI Students for Palestine group.

The group questions what conflicts like Gaza mean for the study and practice of global development, as well as the role of universities like Manchester.

Read the piece in full here: bit.ly/3QJFNyn

Palestine and Global Development - Global Development Institute Blog

At The University of Manchester, GDI Students for Palestine is a collective of voices united by shared values of justice, equality, and solidarity.

blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk

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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · Feb 24

Tomorrow, Tuesday @ York University. Readings by Indigenous Authors (10:30) followed by a rally against the announced programme admission suspensions (1:30 in Vari Hall).

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · Feb 20

Mental health crisis? The world is literally on fire - of course you’re anxious

Being alive & paying attention to the world around us is deeply traumatic. Yet we keep being told we're in the midst of a 'mental health crisis'.

Are we, wonders @wordsbyhg.bsky.social
www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...

Mental health crisis? The world is literally on fire - of course you’re anxious

Being alive & paying attention to the world around us is now a deeply traumatic experience. Yet we're in the midst of a mental health crisis?

www.thecanary.co

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Cihan Tugal @cihantugal.bsky.social · Feb 14

Critical Sociology compiled Michael Burawoy's articles and allowed free access.
I hope other journals will do the same.
journals.sagepub.com/page/crs/vir...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

journals.sagepub.com

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Vale Castellini @ntinavale.bsky.social · Feb 12

This is the first of a series of events that the IIESL is organizing this semester. Join us! Today, at #UofT #Geography & #Planning 4.30 pm

Sergio Montero @sergemont.bsky.social · Feb 3

Excited to welcome Kendra Strauss to UofT on Feb 12 for a talk, “Understanding Precarity in British Columbia: Labour Regimes, Migration and Adverse Inclusion”. This research is part of her SSHRC Partnership grant with @policyalternatives.bsky.social

Register here (in-person only): shorturl.at/TzFUT

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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · Feb 5

ASA mourns the sudden loss of former President Michael Burawoy, who died tragically in Oakland, CA, on February 3. Burawoy received the ASA Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award and W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award. His will be greatly missed.

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Vale Castellini @ntinavale.bsky.social · Jan 28

Who does the labour of solidarity? Why are they constantly called volunteers? My article on the history of social cooperatives in Italy came out today 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The Invisible Labour of Solidarity: The Glorification of Volunteering and the Feminization of Work in the History of the Italian Social and Solidarity Economy - VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Volu...

Since its emergence in the 1970s, the Italian social and solidarity economy (SSE) has been characterized by an emphasis on volunteers’ contribution, overshadowing the presence of paid workers and the ...

link.springer.com

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Vale Castellini @ntinavale.bsky.social · Jan 28

"analyzing the life stories of three garment workers in India, centering their own perspectives about their labor and motivations for entering and exiting particular labor regimes" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Tanner Mirrlees @tanner-mirrlees.bsky.social · Jan 15

Thank you @grohmannrafael.bsky.social and DigiLabor for organizing this online event! I had a wonderful time chatting about the "labor turn" in communication, media and cultural studies. I appreciated the thoughtful questions from all the participants. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XVL...

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Vale Castellini @ntinavale.bsky.social · Jan 18

Too bad I am not teaching the gender&work class this year because these moments👇 are offering so much new material AND #outfit inspo

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jan 18

Unleash your masculine energy the Mark Zuckerberg way!

Meta’s CEO frets that too much ‘feminine energy’ is neutering the corporate world. Fear not, this handy guide can help Please excuse my “feminine energy” for a moment while I give a dainty little shudder. My delicate constitution, you see, has been…

www.theguardian.com

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adrienne maree brown @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social · Jan 14

The Solidarity of Unconditional Presence - Autumn and i sit down together to offer prayers and presence in response to the fires in LA County. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

The Solidarity of Unconditional Presence

Podcast Episode · How to Survive the End of the World · 01/13/2025 · 18m

podcasts.apple.com

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Vale Castellini @ntinavale.bsky.social · Dec 27

Utopias is the Spanish acronym for “units for transformation and organisation for inclusion and social harmony” - Unidades de Transformación y Organización para la Inclusión y la Armonía Social.

‘Living proof that you can spend money on the poor’: Utopia comes to Mexico City

A visionary mayor has harnessed her imagination to promote health, wellbeing and culture in one of the Mexican capital’s most impoverished neighbourhoods

www.theguardian.com

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