P. David Howe, PLY
@pdhowe9.bsky.social
Medical anthropologist, Paralympian and advocate who endeavours to celebrate difference. The expressed views are my own.
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This story is so twisted. A Toronto student group hosted an event to celebrate literal members of the IDF (aka war criminals) and now they are claiming to be victims because they were protested.
It isn’t + never will be antisemitic to decry Israeli genocide or to hold those responsible accountable.
It isn’t + never will be antisemitic to decry Israeli genocide or to hold those responsible accountable.
November 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This story is so twisted. A Toronto student group hosted an event to celebrate literal members of the IDF (aka war criminals) and now they are claiming to be victims because they were protested.
It isn’t + never will be antisemitic to decry Israeli genocide or to hold those responsible accountable.
It isn’t + never will be antisemitic to decry Israeli genocide or to hold those responsible accountable.
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In The Guardian, Jules Boykoff argues FIFA betrayed its human rights commitments by failing to suspend Israel over Gaza, citing UN genocide findings, illegal settlement clubs, racism, and the killing of Palestinian athletes like Suleiman Obeid.
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Fifa banned Russia from international football. Now it must do the same for Israel
As Israel inflicts untold misery on Palestinians, it is time for football’s governing bodies to stand by the principles they claim to uphold
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September 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
In The Guardian, Jules Boykoff argues FIFA betrayed its human rights commitments by failing to suspend Israel over Gaza, citing UN genocide findings, illegal settlement clubs, racism, and the killing of Palestinian athletes like Suleiman Obeid.
buff.ly/BLmPTyG
buff.ly/BLmPTyG
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Excellent as always from @julesboykoff.bsky.social, laying out the case for the expulsion of the Israel Football Association from FIFA and UEFA. A moral imperative, anchored in governance rules and principles www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Fifa banned Russia from international football. Now it must do the same for Israel
As Israel inflicts untold misery on Palestinians, it is time for football’s governing bodies to stand by the principles they claim to uphold
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Excellent as always from @julesboykoff.bsky.social, laying out the case for the expulsion of the Israel Football Association from FIFA and UEFA. A moral imperative, anchored in governance rules and principles www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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El Jones: Halifax Regional Council has invested $50,000 into the Canada-Israel Davis cup match in order to “put heads in beds,” even as the heads of Palestinian children are being exploded in their beds in Gaza.
September 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
El Jones: Halifax Regional Council has invested $50,000 into the Canada-Israel Davis cup match in order to “put heads in beds,” even as the heads of Palestinian children are being exploded in their beds in Gaza.
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August 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Shame on Tennis Canada - so embarrassing that they don’t realize that sport has always been political- it is a human invention after all!
Far too often National Sports Organizations succumb to this sort of hypocrisy. Some people's human rights are valued more than others. Some are accorded humanity, some are not. It's blatant discrimination.
Tennis Canada responded to a petition to cancel a planned Davis Cup match against Israel by citing the need to keep sport separate from political conflicts.
Which is an odd position to take, seeing as Russia and Belarus are both banned from the Davis Cup over the Ukraine War.
Which is an odd position to take, seeing as Russia and Belarus are both banned from the Davis Cup over the Ukraine War.
August 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Shame on Tennis Canada - so embarrassing that they don’t realize that sport has always been political- it is a human invention after all!
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Far too often National Sports Organizations succumb to this sort of hypocrisy. Some people's human rights are valued more than others. Some are accorded humanity, some are not. It's blatant discrimination.
Tennis Canada responded to a petition to cancel a planned Davis Cup match against Israel by citing the need to keep sport separate from political conflicts.
Which is an odd position to take, seeing as Russia and Belarus are both banned from the Davis Cup over the Ukraine War.
Which is an odd position to take, seeing as Russia and Belarus are both banned from the Davis Cup over the Ukraine War.
August 18, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Far too often National Sports Organizations succumb to this sort of hypocrisy. Some people's human rights are valued more than others. Some are accorded humanity, some are not. It's blatant discrimination.
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August 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Photo taken and shared by John van Gurp
August 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Photo taken and shared by John van Gurp
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My latest @commondreams.org: "The Olympics Is the Last Thing LA Needs as It Deals With Fires & ICE," and a new poll from @nolympicsla.bsky.social shows that Angelenos agree
www.commondreams.org/opinion/la-d...
www.commondreams.org/opinion/la-d...
The Olympics Is the Last Thing LA Needs as It Deals With Fires and ICE | Common Dreams
A new poll from the anti-Olympics coalition NOlympicsLA finds that public support for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics has soured significantly over time.
www.commondreams.org
August 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
My latest @commondreams.org: "The Olympics Is the Last Thing LA Needs as It Deals With Fires & ICE," and a new poll from @nolympicsla.bsky.social shows that Angelenos agree
www.commondreams.org/opinion/la-d...
www.commondreams.org/opinion/la-d...
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This fucking sucks AND is absolutely in violation of the IOC's framework for inclusion — which state that without clear evidence from each specific sport, you cannot ban athletes based on gender or sex, or presume an advantage. abcnews.go.com/US/us-olympi...
US Olympic and Paralympic officials bar transgender women from competing in women's categories
Transgender women will no longer be eligible to compete for the United States in the Olympic or Paralympic Games in women's sports, after a policy change from the USOPC.
abcnews.go.com
July 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
This fucking sucks AND is absolutely in violation of the IOC's framework for inclusion — which state that without clear evidence from each specific sport, you cannot ban athletes based on gender or sex, or presume an advantage. abcnews.go.com/US/us-olympi...
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By making Adam van Koeverden the Minister of Sport, the Carney government has done abuse survivors a grave disservice and put meaningful, sustainable change on hold. Poor start to the sport portfolio.
May 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
By making Adam van Koeverden the Minister of Sport, the Carney government has done abuse survivors a grave disservice and put meaningful, sustainable change on hold. Poor start to the sport portfolio.
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Poilievre vows to stay on as party leader for reasons of being otherwise unemployable #CanadaVotes #cdnpoli
April 29, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Poilievre vows to stay on as party leader for reasons of being otherwise unemployable #CanadaVotes #cdnpoli
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when he sends citizens to foreign concentration camps, it’s no longer a slide to authoritarianism—it’s full blown fascism! 😔 this is not an administration, it’s a criminal regime in a hostile takeover of 🇺🇸 democracy. #FightFascism #TraitorTrump #DefendLiberty 🔔
April 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
when he sends citizens to foreign concentration camps, it’s no longer a slide to authoritarianism—it’s full blown fascism! 😔 this is not an administration, it’s a criminal regime in a hostile takeover of 🇺🇸 democracy. #FightFascism #TraitorTrump #DefendLiberty 🔔
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April 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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It was great to be interviewed for @profkarenoreilly.bsky.social's podcast for her new book, Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone. In Ep.6, "Being Ethnographic", we discuss our experiences of ethnographic methods & the challenges faced by researchers using this method today tinyurl.com/4ddbunfd
Being Ethnographic
Podcast Episode · Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast · EP6 · 30m
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March 26, 2025 at 8:04 AM
It was great to be interviewed for @profkarenoreilly.bsky.social's podcast for her new book, Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone. In Ep.6, "Being Ethnographic", we discuss our experiences of ethnographic methods & the challenges faced by researchers using this method today tinyurl.com/4ddbunfd
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Yes, elbows up and all that. But let's continue to work against racism and violence against all Canadians.
Because it doesn't matter how high your elbows are when someone's trying to light your hijab on fire.
(📷 via National Council of Canadian Muslims - IG)
Because it doesn't matter how high your elbows are when someone's trying to light your hijab on fire.
(📷 via National Council of Canadian Muslims - IG)
March 23, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Yes, elbows up and all that. But let's continue to work against racism and violence against all Canadians.
Because it doesn't matter how high your elbows are when someone's trying to light your hijab on fire.
(📷 via National Council of Canadian Muslims - IG)
Because it doesn't matter how high your elbows are when someone's trying to light your hijab on fire.
(📷 via National Council of Canadian Muslims - IG)
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Join us for the first of our new digital series ⬇️
March 22, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Join us for the first of our new digital series ⬇️
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I am grateful to my friend and colleague @mouhamadrachini.bsky.social for this piece on one of the most underreported stories in the world of sports.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/s...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/s...
Soccer fans around the world call on FIFA, UEFA to 'show Israel the red card' | CBC News
As Israel prepares to play its 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, its soccer teams are facing calls to be banned from all competitions.
www.cbc.ca
March 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I am grateful to my friend and colleague @mouhamadrachini.bsky.social for this piece on one of the most underreported stories in the world of sports.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/s...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/s...
Thank goodness it was not Coe!https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/ioc-presidential-election-march-2025-1.7488425
Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry elected as 1st-ever female IOC president | CBC Sports
Behind closed doors inside a resort in western Greece, International Olympic Committee members elected the first female president of the largest global sporting organization on Thursday. Kirsty Covent...
www.cbc.ca
March 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Thank goodness it was not Coe!https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/ioc-presidential-election-march-2025-1.7488425
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As a human rights scholar, I've read countless reports where both Western media + prominent human rights organizations term this as an "enforced disappearance" when this happens in other countries. Wild (and completely unsurprising) how the same terminology is missing when it's happening in the US
A U.S. greencard holder of Palestinian origin, active in Columbia's student encampment, was arrested by ICE yesterday from his home, separated from his 8-month pregnant wife, told his greencard would be revoked, and taken into custody.
America today. apnews.com/article/colu...
America today. apnews.com/article/colu...
ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests, his lawyer says
A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead last spring's protests at Columbia University has been arrested by federal immigration agents.
apnews.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
As a human rights scholar, I've read countless reports where both Western media + prominent human rights organizations term this as an "enforced disappearance" when this happens in other countries. Wild (and completely unsurprising) how the same terminology is missing when it's happening in the US
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Co-authored article w/ @stuartwhigham.bsky.social and Marc Keech has now found its home in ISPP Volume 17
It considers four disciplinary approaches to analysing the content of sport policies, with recommendations for how researchers can advance usage of them
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
It considers four disciplinary approaches to analysing the content of sport policies, with recommendations for how researchers can advance usage of them
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Analysing the content of sport policies: disciplinary approaches and new directions
Over time, there have been various important contributions that have advanced the application of different conceptual and theoretical approaches to analysing policy processes across the field of sp...
www.tandfonline.com
February 26, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Co-authored article w/ @stuartwhigham.bsky.social and Marc Keech has now found its home in ISPP Volume 17
It considers four disciplinary approaches to analysing the content of sport policies, with recommendations for how researchers can advance usage of them
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
It considers four disciplinary approaches to analysing the content of sport policies, with recommendations for how researchers can advance usage of them
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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"story serves as a bracing example of the potentially devastating ripple effect the former police officer-turned-SafeSport investigator’s arrest for sex crimes - and the center’s response to it - can have on the people whose cases he handled."
apnews.com/article/safe...
apnews.com/article/safe...
Investigator on SafeSport case gets arrested, and now a survivor is facing trauma once again
The U.S. Center for SafeSport's recent firing of an investigator who was arrested for sex crimes is having a negative ripple effect for some of the people whose cases he handled.
apnews.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"story serves as a bracing example of the potentially devastating ripple effect the former police officer-turned-SafeSport investigator’s arrest for sex crimes - and the center’s response to it - can have on the people whose cases he handled."
apnews.com/article/safe...
apnews.com/article/safe...