Nicola J. Smith
@drnickismith.bsky.social
Associate Prof in Political Science @BhamPolsis (she/her)
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New research by #SFUSPP's @alibhagat.bsky.social & @gclebaron.bsky.social & Kam Phung (SFUBeedie) uncovers forced labour & exploitation risks faced by migrant farm workers in B.C. See the reports & National Post coverage.
Reports: www.sfu.ca/policy-schoo...
Coverage: nationalpost.com/feature/temp...
Reports: www.sfu.ca/policy-schoo...
Coverage: nationalpost.com/feature/temp...
'This is the new slavery': Migrant farm workers underpaid, abused and injured
Investigation finds temporary foreign labourers in Canada are tied by law to employers who can — and do — readily exploit them.
nationalpost.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
New research by #SFUSPP's @alibhagat.bsky.social & @gclebaron.bsky.social & Kam Phung (SFUBeedie) uncovers forced labour & exploitation risks faced by migrant farm workers in B.C. See the reports & National Post coverage.
Reports: www.sfu.ca/policy-schoo...
Coverage: nationalpost.com/feature/temp...
Reports: www.sfu.ca/policy-schoo...
Coverage: nationalpost.com/feature/temp...
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Looks like a very interesting @posthumanresinst.bsky.social online event on conceptualization of the #Anthropocene!
@maggieoneill.bsky.social @desfitzgerald.bsky.social @radhumslab.bsky.social @uccphilosophy.bsky.social @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social please share!
@maggieoneill.bsky.social @desfitzgerald.bsky.social @radhumslab.bsky.social @uccphilosophy.bsky.social @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social please share!
Join us for a thought-provoking PRI event!
"Competing and Contrasting Conceptions of the Anthropocene: In Search of Unity"
📅 Monday, January 26, 2026. 2:00 pm ET
💻 Attend virtually: live.lifesizecloud.com/extension/22...
For more details, please visit our website: brocku.ca/pri/2025/12/...
"Competing and Contrasting Conceptions of the Anthropocene: In Search of Unity"
📅 Monday, January 26, 2026. 2:00 pm ET
💻 Attend virtually: live.lifesizecloud.com/extension/22...
For more details, please visit our website: brocku.ca/pri/2025/12/...
January 5, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Looks like a very interesting @posthumanresinst.bsky.social online event on conceptualization of the #Anthropocene!
@maggieoneill.bsky.social @desfitzgerald.bsky.social @radhumslab.bsky.social @uccphilosophy.bsky.social @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social please share!
@maggieoneill.bsky.social @desfitzgerald.bsky.social @radhumslab.bsky.social @uccphilosophy.bsky.social @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social please share!
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REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR #BISA2026!!
Take a look at the conference programme and register now via the conference website: conference.bisa.ac.uk
Participant registration deadline: 2 March
See you in Brighton 🌊🏖️
@simonrushton.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social @visitbrighton.bsky.social
Take a look at the conference programme and register now via the conference website: conference.bisa.ac.uk
Participant registration deadline: 2 March
See you in Brighton 🌊🏖️
@simonrushton.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social @visitbrighton.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 11:27 AM
REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR #BISA2026!!
Take a look at the conference programme and register now via the conference website: conference.bisa.ac.uk
Participant registration deadline: 2 March
See you in Brighton 🌊🏖️
@simonrushton.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social @visitbrighton.bsky.social
Take a look at the conference programme and register now via the conference website: conference.bisa.ac.uk
Participant registration deadline: 2 March
See you in Brighton 🌊🏖️
@simonrushton.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social @visitbrighton.bsky.social
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Our latest special forum on oligarchic sovereignty could not be more relevant this week. Check out the video introduction and be sure to read to #OpenAccess forum, which poses pertinent questions about tech billionaires in politics.
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January 13, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Our latest special forum on oligarchic sovereignty could not be more relevant this week. Check out the video introduction and be sure to read to #OpenAccess forum, which poses pertinent questions about tech billionaires in politics.
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🚨Exciting news! Today is pub day for my book Queering Women, Peace and Security: Expanding Feminist Approaches to Gender in Peacebuilding. 🚨
You can preorder print copies now and the online edition of the book is already available to subscribers to Oxford Academic at this link: bit.ly/4hP3wdc
You can preorder print copies now and the online edition of the book is already available to subscribers to Oxford Academic at this link: bit.ly/4hP3wdc
November 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🚨Exciting news! Today is pub day for my book Queering Women, Peace and Security: Expanding Feminist Approaches to Gender in Peacebuilding. 🚨
You can preorder print copies now and the online edition of the book is already available to subscribers to Oxford Academic at this link: bit.ly/4hP3wdc
You can preorder print copies now and the online edition of the book is already available to subscribers to Oxford Academic at this link: bit.ly/4hP3wdc
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My contribution to a forum on Shirin Rai's book Depletion: The Human Cost of Caring - out now in social politics academic.oup.com/sp/article/3...
Working with Depletion
Depletion: The Human Cost of Caring (Oxford University Press, 2024) is a book that I’ve followed closely, from its origin in a 2014 journal publication (Ra
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December 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
My contribution to a forum on Shirin Rai's book Depletion: The Human Cost of Caring - out now in social politics academic.oup.com/sp/article/3...