Eric Schwenger
@ericschwenger.bsky.social
Higher Education policy, systems, governance, research etc. | PhD candidate @JSGSPP @usask studying northern/rural PSE policy & system design; Saskatonian from the 6ix.
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Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
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Shops at Aura tree. Snow dusted wonderland under (for now) Canada’s tallest residential bldn. Formal skirt transitions to snow fam exploding w uncontainable joy in witnessing drive-by action Santa. A perfect scene to visit & revisit, each time seeing more. 11/10
#EveryCorporateChristmasTreeInToronto
#EveryCorporateChristmasTreeInToronto
November 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Shops at Aura tree. Snow dusted wonderland under (for now) Canada’s tallest residential bldn. Formal skirt transitions to snow fam exploding w uncontainable joy in witnessing drive-by action Santa. A perfect scene to visit & revisit, each time seeing more. 11/10
#EveryCorporateChristmasTreeInToronto
#EveryCorporateChristmasTreeInToronto
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3/ I wonder how foolish the Nova Scotia Government feels right now. I really wonder.
December 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
3/ I wonder how foolish the Nova Scotia Government feels right now. I really wonder.
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The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
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Holy. Shit.
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December 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
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John Tory couldn't get congestion pricing from Kathleen Wynne's government so the idea that Chow will manage it from some future government is... fanciful.
Councillor Jon Burnside asks if Chow would consider congestion pricing like other cities worldwide.
"It's not up to us," says Chow."Why go down that road because the premier and the provincial government have said many times, 'Don't even think about it!'"
"It's not up to us," says Chow."Why go down that road because the premier and the provincial government have said many times, 'Don't even think about it!'"
December 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
John Tory couldn't get congestion pricing from Kathleen Wynne's government so the idea that Chow will manage it from some future government is... fanciful.
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Once again, it all should have ended when he started monetizing his own hotel in 2017, three blocks from the White House. The Constitution is more clear & specific about corruption & emoluments than about literally any other topic.
December 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Once again, it all should have ended when he started monetizing his own hotel in 2017, three blocks from the White House. The Constitution is more clear & specific about corruption & emoluments than about literally any other topic.
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The man behind the Moose Jaw health centre that has claimed “a 100 per cent success rate in stopping the progression and in restoring function of people with ALS” says a recent CBC story is evidence that he is seen as “a direct threat to the ALS drug industry.”
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Founder of Moose Jaw health centre suggests ‘ALS drug industry’ was behind CBC investigation of his business | CBC News
The man behind the Moose Jaw health centre that has claimed “a 100 per cent success rate in stopping the progression and in restoring function of people with ALS” says a recent CBC story about his com...
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December 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The man behind the Moose Jaw health centre that has claimed “a 100 per cent success rate in stopping the progression and in restoring function of people with ALS” says a recent CBC story is evidence that he is seen as “a direct threat to the ALS drug industry.”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Woah.
Argentina's 1990s preschool expansion program appears to have been a smashing success.
The program increased high school completion by a whole 11.9 percentage points.
The authors estimate that for every $1 spent, the preschool expansion generated about $11 in benefits.
Argentina's 1990s preschool expansion program appears to have been a smashing success.
The program increased high school completion by a whole 11.9 percentage points.
The authors estimate that for every $1 spent, the preschool expansion generated about $11 in benefits.
December 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Woah.
Argentina's 1990s preschool expansion program appears to have been a smashing success.
The program increased high school completion by a whole 11.9 percentage points.
The authors estimate that for every $1 spent, the preschool expansion generated about $11 in benefits.
Argentina's 1990s preschool expansion program appears to have been a smashing success.
The program increased high school completion by a whole 11.9 percentage points.
The authors estimate that for every $1 spent, the preschool expansion generated about $11 in benefits.
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this was a really powerful approach to questioning noem—bringing the actual people impacted by her reign of terror. from her perch it's easy to see these cases as abstractions but she needs to be confronted with them at every turn.
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
this was a really powerful approach to questioning noem—bringing the actual people impacted by her reign of terror. from her perch it's easy to see these cases as abstractions but she needs to be confronted with them at every turn.
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
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Council will consider $12,150,000 in transit cuts during next week's budget debate. This is what that will look like.
On the chopping block:
• accessibility training for drivers
• accessibility improvements at stops
• end evening service on Sundays
• cancel 4 planned driver positions
/1 #yqrcc
On the chopping block:
• accessibility training for drivers
• accessibility improvements at stops
• end evening service on Sundays
• cancel 4 planned driver positions
/1 #yqrcc
December 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Council will consider $12,150,000 in transit cuts during next week's budget debate. This is what that will look like.
On the chopping block:
• accessibility training for drivers
• accessibility improvements at stops
• end evening service on Sundays
• cancel 4 planned driver positions
/1 #yqrcc
On the chopping block:
• accessibility training for drivers
• accessibility improvements at stops
• end evening service on Sundays
• cancel 4 planned driver positions
/1 #yqrcc
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Imagine the hole in Alberta’s budget when the price & demand for oil is in long-term decline in 2030s as a result of the energy transition and increased demand for clean energy. Not nostalgia for the past, it’s about winning the future. Just economics, folks.
Alberta faces $6.4-billion deficit as falling oil prices and trade troubles take toll
This year’s budget represents a massive multibillion-dollar swing from an $8.3-billion surplus last year
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Imagine the hole in Alberta’s budget when the price & demand for oil is in long-term decline in 2030s as a result of the energy transition and increased demand for clean energy. Not nostalgia for the past, it’s about winning the future. Just economics, folks.
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Whoa. It’s called “zoom” - quite a way to respond to the Coastal First Nations request for a meeting especially when he refused to meet them before the MOU that directly affects them was announced - while doing over 50 meetings with fossil fuel lobbyists.
HODGSON: It's called Zoom. I think that's what we're using.
COCHRANE: I understand. But I'm also not a Coastal First Nation Chief.
COCHRANE: I understand. But I'm also not a Coastal First Nation Chief.
November 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Whoa. It’s called “zoom” - quite a way to respond to the Coastal First Nations request for a meeting especially when he refused to meet them before the MOU that directly affects them was announced - while doing over 50 meetings with fossil fuel lobbyists.
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Say what you will about the Conservatives, but at least they would have stabbed you in the front.
November 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Say what you will about the Conservatives, but at least they would have stabbed you in the front.
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On a day where Carney is set to announce an MOU for a new oil pipeline, it's all the more important this country has a serious reckoning with the choices being made and how the world is changing. It's reckless, short sighted and completely ignorant to the shifting geopolitics we depend on.
The world is splitting between petro and electro states, and Canada risks being left in the dust
The most important takeaway from this year’s UN climate summit isn’t in the agreement — it’s that the world is splitting into fossil fuel and clean energy states, leaving Canada at a fork in the road ...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
On a day where Carney is set to announce an MOU for a new oil pipeline, it's all the more important this country has a serious reckoning with the choices being made and how the world is changing. It's reckless, short sighted and completely ignorant to the shifting geopolitics we depend on.
"Smith: a new pipeline would create $billions in gov revenue + job creation. But if revenue + jobs were the issue she wouldn’t have placed a renewables moratorium resulting in $33B lost investments, 1000s of jobs at risk
"https://macleans.ca/economy/albertas-new-pipeline-will-remain-a-pipe-dream/
"https://macleans.ca/economy/albertas-new-pipeline-will-remain-a-pipe-dream/
Alberta’s New Pipeline Will Remain a Pipe Dream - Macleans.ca
Danielle Smith’s pipeline promise is nothing but a political abstraction
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November 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"Smith: a new pipeline would create $billions in gov revenue + job creation. But if revenue + jobs were the issue she wouldn’t have placed a renewables moratorium resulting in $33B lost investments, 1000s of jobs at risk
"https://macleans.ca/economy/albertas-new-pipeline-will-remain-a-pipe-dream/
"https://macleans.ca/economy/albertas-new-pipeline-will-remain-a-pipe-dream/
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Last thought: everyone needs to remember that one of the biggest issues on the BC government's mind is the potential collapse of VIU. When it talks about "consolidation", you should all understand it as "how can we create political cover to radically shrink VIU and foist the rest on UVic"?
OK, I have now read the Terms of Reference in more detail. My more considered opinion of the review is that the Government has lost its damn mind.
The BC Govt has announced a review of the public post-secondary system. Review will be led by Don Avison, recently Chair of the board at Emily Carr. He's a past Deputy Minister of Education, Skills and Training, and President of the Research Universities Council of BC
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Last thought: everyone needs to remember that one of the biggest issues on the BC government's mind is the potential collapse of VIU. When it talks about "consolidation", you should all understand it as "how can we create political cover to radically shrink VIU and foist the rest on UVic"?
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The other problem here is geography and population distribution. There is as close to zero as makes no odds that you can do about program duplication in the interior. Most of the stuff about "efficient program delivery" is just nonsense from the POV of, say, Selkirk College.
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The other problem here is geography and population distribution. There is as close to zero as makes no odds that you can do about program duplication in the interior. Most of the stuff about "efficient program delivery" is just nonsense from the POV of, say, Selkirk College.
"Natural Resources Canada... in Calgary or Edmonton among energy producers who drive our economy. Agriculture... in Winnipeg or Saskatoon, close to land that feeds us. Fisheries and Oceans in Halifax...Parks Canada in Banff or Jasper, surrounded by wilderness it protects. macleans.ca/politics/how...
How to Fix Western Alienation - Macleans.ca
Ottawa feels out of touch. Spreading the federal government across the country would rebuild trust.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
"Natural Resources Canada... in Calgary or Edmonton among energy producers who drive our economy. Agriculture... in Winnipeg or Saskatoon, close to land that feeds us. Fisheries and Oceans in Halifax...Parks Canada in Banff or Jasper, surrounded by wilderness it protects. macleans.ca/politics/how...
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when its definitely not a hostage situation
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
when its definitely not a hostage situation
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Canadian professors by selected age ranges, 1971-2021
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Canadian professors by selected age ranges, 1971-2021
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University students who were provided with a free gym card (in a randomized experiment) exercised more and had a significant improvement in academic performance. The treated students were also less likely to drop out of classes
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University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent
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November 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
University students who were provided with a free gym card (in a randomized experiment) exercised more and had a significant improvement in academic performance. The treated students were also less likely to drop out of classes
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
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Man who inherited his dad's company, mom's house, has thoughts.....
(Same belligerence as when he wanted to fight people in the gallery at City Hall)
(Same belligerence as when he wanted to fight people in the gallery at City Hall)
Former CEO of his dad's company has job search tips for the general public.
November 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Man who inherited his dad's company, mom's house, has thoughts.....
(Same belligerence as when he wanted to fight people in the gallery at City Hall)
(Same belligerence as when he wanted to fight people in the gallery at City Hall)
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As the federal government works toward a deal with Alberta to ship crude from the oilsands through northern B.C., it will have to navigate a long-standing agreement to keep oil tankers away from B.C.’s north coast.
It’s a debate many in B.C. believed long settled.
It’s a debate many in B.C. believed long settled.
The Oil Tanker Ban That Dims Alberta’s Pipeline Hopes | The Tyee
The law is six years old. But federal promises to protect BC’s north coast from spills date back decades.
thetyee.ca
November 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
As the federal government works toward a deal with Alberta to ship crude from the oilsands through northern B.C., it will have to navigate a long-standing agreement to keep oil tankers away from B.C.’s north coast.
It’s a debate many in B.C. believed long settled.
It’s a debate many in B.C. believed long settled.
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