Stuart Poyntz
@spoyntz.bsky.social
Youth media and community-engaged research, parent, activist for media democracy and crazy sports fan.
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The Liberal government’s new immigration levels plan is a disappointing retreat from Canada’s history as a welcoming, inclusive country. Instead of strengthening families and communities, it closes doors and divides people. 1/
November 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The Liberal government’s new immigration levels plan is a disappointing retreat from Canada’s history as a welcoming, inclusive country. Instead of strengthening families and communities, it closes doors and divides people. 1/
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Park Theatre taken over by team behind Vancouver's Rio Theatre and others
Park Theatre taken over by team behind Vancouver's Rio Theatre and others
Investors include Finn Wolfhard of "Stranger Things"
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October 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Britain's youth clubs have been quietly decimated. What's most revealing is that few seem to care | John Harris
Britain's youth clubs have been quietly decimated. What's most revealing is that few seem to care | John Harris
These vital spaces have been the first targets of cuts in a nation that favours age over youth – despite being the remedy for blights such as social division, polarisation and loneliness, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Britain's youth clubs have been quietly decimated. What's most revealing is that few seem to care | John Harris
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Despite the unending doubtmongering – especially from MAGA / MAHA universe – studies continue to show COVID vaccines have significant benefits & an impressive safety profile.
Good sum by @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social of one recent study👇
Study: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Good sum by @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social of one recent study👇
Study: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
August 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Despite the unending doubtmongering – especially from MAGA / MAHA universe – studies continue to show COVID vaccines have significant benefits & an impressive safety profile.
Good sum by @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social of one recent study👇
Study: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Good sum by @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social of one recent study👇
Study: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Applications are still being accepted for the Postdoctoral position until this Friday!
We're hiring! Postdoctoral position at the SFU School of Communication in the area of Journalism and Platforms. Work with professor Sarah Ganter at the intersection of journalism, policy and platform studies.
Apply by August 15th: www.sfu.ca/content/dam/...
@sarahsoutlook.bsky.social
Apply by August 15th: www.sfu.ca/content/dam/...
@sarahsoutlook.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Applications are still being accepted for the Postdoctoral position until this Friday!
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Congratulations to CMNS professor Fred Lesage, an award recipient of the SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grants Competition - Envisioning Governance Systems that Work. His project is on Creating Data Publics for Governance in collaboration with Professor Daniel Ashton (University of Southampton).
July 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Congratulations to CMNS professor Fred Lesage, an award recipient of the SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grants Competition - Envisioning Governance Systems that Work. His project is on Creating Data Publics for Governance in collaboration with Professor Daniel Ashton (University of Southampton).
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Canada has dramatically higher transit modeshare than the US is something people clearly need to hear much more often.
July 30, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Canada has dramatically higher transit modeshare than the US is something people clearly need to hear much more often.
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There's still time to apply to this Postdoctoral job opportunity. Don't miss out!
We're hiring! Postdoctoral position at the SFU School of Communication in the area of Journalism and Platforms. Work with professor Sarah Ganter at the intersection of journalism, policy and platform studies.
Apply by August 15th: www.sfu.ca/content/dam/...
@sarahsoutlook.bsky.social
Apply by August 15th: www.sfu.ca/content/dam/...
@sarahsoutlook.bsky.social
July 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
There's still time to apply to this Postdoctoral job opportunity. Don't miss out!
This is a shocking and disastrous development. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Revealed: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication
As Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom
www.theguardian.com
July 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
This is a shocking and disastrous development. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Representing SFU proudly at the IAMCR Conference in Singapore!
Pictured left to right, front to back: Dr. Anis Rahman, Monica Yousofi, Hoornaz Keshavarzian, Jimena Abreu Fernandez, Diana Limbaga, Dr. Ahmed Al-Rawi, Dr. Taeyoung Kim, Dr. Byron Hauck, Katya Letunovskaya.
Pictured left to right, front to back: Dr. Anis Rahman, Monica Yousofi, Hoornaz Keshavarzian, Jimena Abreu Fernandez, Diana Limbaga, Dr. Ahmed Al-Rawi, Dr. Taeyoung Kim, Dr. Byron Hauck, Katya Letunovskaya.
July 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Representing SFU proudly at the IAMCR Conference in Singapore!
Pictured left to right, front to back: Dr. Anis Rahman, Monica Yousofi, Hoornaz Keshavarzian, Jimena Abreu Fernandez, Diana Limbaga, Dr. Ahmed Al-Rawi, Dr. Taeyoung Kim, Dr. Byron Hauck, Katya Letunovskaya.
Pictured left to right, front to back: Dr. Anis Rahman, Monica Yousofi, Hoornaz Keshavarzian, Jimena Abreu Fernandez, Diana Limbaga, Dr. Ahmed Al-Rawi, Dr. Taeyoung Kim, Dr. Byron Hauck, Katya Letunovskaya.
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Written by my friend, Dr. Rena Bivens, please read: theconversation.com/why-queer-th...
Why queer-themed shows evoke a bittersweet nostalgia for missed childhood moments
Media help us imagine parallel lives and even reconstruct our past. Late-bloomers may feel queer anemoia as they grapple with questions of what could have been.
theconversation.com
June 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Written by my friend, Dr. Rena Bivens, please read: theconversation.com/why-queer-th...
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This framing is just malpractice from what was very recently one of the two greatest papers in America
Planes roared over D.C. on Saturday, tanks rolled along the National Mall, brass bands resounded and thousands of soldiers marched past cheering crowds, as the Army put on the largest show of military might in the capital in more than three decades. wapo.st/4dYFOck
June 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
This framing is just malpractice from what was very recently one of the two greatest papers in America
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New CJC! cjc.utppublishing.com/journal/cjc
Canadian Journal of Communication (CJC)
Research on digital inequality tends to collapse people above a certain age into one “older adults” category, seemingly assuming that this is one homogeneous group when it comes to internet uses. Drawing on national survey data of adults in the United ...
cjc.utppublishing.com
June 14, 2025 at 1:36 AM
New CJC! cjc.utppublishing.com/journal/cjc
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I never thought C-11, which I have always supported, would be easy, but wow the streamers are kicking and screaming on this one. I'm sure other nations with similar policies will be watching closely. www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article...
Global streamers set to challenge CRTC rule requiring them to fund Cancon
The case will be heard by the Federal Court of Appeal in Toronto on Monday
www.theglobeandmail.com
June 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I never thought C-11, which I have always supported, would be easy, but wow the streamers are kicking and screaming on this one. I'm sure other nations with similar policies will be watching closely. www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article...
This is great to see
former Burnaby Now, New West Record and Tri-City News reporters announcing a campaign to launch a cooperatively owned and run publication covering the communities that have lost their local news publications
June 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This is great to see
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Disappointed to see this CBC report on social media age limits contains false information.
It says Australia is “using government-issued ID as a form of verification,” but not only has the ban not started, they haven’t decided on the enforcement mechanism yet.
It says Australia is “using government-issued ID as a form of verification,” but not only has the ban not started, they haven’t decided on the enforcement mechanism yet.
How social media age limits are being applied — and the risks they pose
YouTube video by CBC News
www.youtube.com
June 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Disappointed to see this CBC report on social media age limits contains false information.
It says Australia is “using government-issued ID as a form of verification,” but not only has the ban not started, they haven’t decided on the enforcement mechanism yet.
It says Australia is “using government-issued ID as a form of verification,” but not only has the ban not started, they haven’t decided on the enforcement mechanism yet.
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If you aren't already, I suggest following @maxboot.bsky.social and adding him to your Starter Packs.
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Opinion | We are witnessing the suicide of a superpower
The president’s assault on science dangerously undermines America’s superpower status.
wapo.st
June 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
If you aren't already, I suggest following @maxboot.bsky.social and adding him to your Starter Packs.
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Professor Siyuan Yin recently published a new book, "Contesting Inequalities: Mediated Labour Activism and Rural Migrant Workers in China".
Learn more about the process of writing this book and her research in our feature story!
www.sfu.ca/communicatio...
Learn more about the process of writing this book and her research in our feature story!
www.sfu.ca/communicatio...
Chinese Workers in Capitalist Globalization: Professor Siyuan Yin’s New Book on Migrant Worker Labour Activism in China
www.sfu.ca
June 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Professor Siyuan Yin recently published a new book, "Contesting Inequalities: Mediated Labour Activism and Rural Migrant Workers in China".
Learn more about the process of writing this book and her research in our feature story!
www.sfu.ca/communicatio...
Learn more about the process of writing this book and her research in our feature story!
www.sfu.ca/communicatio...
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We are pleased to invite you to the CCA/CJC co-sponsored Roundtable, “The Author Is Dying: AI and The Possible Futures For Academic Publishing” to be held as part of the CCA Conference @ Congress, June 2, 1:30-3:00, Room WF 210 at George Brown College.
June 2, 2025 at 12:49 AM
We are pleased to invite you to the CCA/CJC co-sponsored Roundtable, “The Author Is Dying: AI and The Possible Futures For Academic Publishing” to be held as part of the CCA Conference @ Congress, June 2, 1:30-3:00, Room WF 210 at George Brown College.
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There is no hell deep enough to contain the people involved with this
Kristi Noem has been working with the producer of “Duck Dynasty” to pitch a reality TV show—titled “The American”—where immigrants will compete in a string of challenges across the country “for the honor of fast-tracking their way to U.S. citizenship,” according to a new report.
Noem Plots Reality Show Where Migrants Fight for Citizenship
A Homeland Security official told the Daily Beast that the show is in the early stages of vetting, though approval has not been given—or denied.
www.thedailybeast.com
May 16, 2025 at 12:12 AM
There is no hell deep enough to contain the people involved with this
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the CBC should step in and give Sesame Street a new home. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/u...
Department of Education Eliminates Grant for PBS Children’s Shows
www.nytimes.com
May 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM
the CBC should step in and give Sesame Street a new home. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/u...
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Cultural Mapping as Cultural Inquiry
Edited By Nancy Duxbury, W.F. Garrett-Petts, David MacLennan
(Available now in a paperback edition) www.routledge.com/Cultural-Map...
Edited By Nancy Duxbury, W.F. Garrett-Petts, David MacLennan
(Available now in a paperback edition) www.routledge.com/Cultural-Map...
Cultural Mapping as Cultural Inquiry
This edited collection provides an introduction to the emerging interdisciplinary field of cultural mapping, offering a range of perspectives that are international in scope. Cultural mapping is a mod...
www.routledge.com
May 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Cultural Mapping as Cultural Inquiry
Edited By Nancy Duxbury, W.F. Garrett-Petts, David MacLennan
(Available now in a paperback edition) www.routledge.com/Cultural-Map...
Edited By Nancy Duxbury, W.F. Garrett-Petts, David MacLennan
(Available now in a paperback edition) www.routledge.com/Cultural-Map...
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Important message from @christineboyle.bsky.social & Jody Wilson-Raybould 👇
"Rather than fear mongering & promoting ignorance of our shared history, we need to embrace the true foundations of BC & Canada, and respond to real threats together & in true partnership."
vancouversun.com/opinion/opin...
"Rather than fear mongering & promoting ignorance of our shared history, we need to embrace the true foundations of BC & Canada, and respond to real threats together & in true partnership."
vancouversun.com/opinion/opin...
Opinion: Understanding Indigenous sovereignty is a source of strength as B.C. confronts new threats
Rather than fear mongering and ignorance, we need to embrace the true foundations of B.C. and Canada, and respond to real threats together
vancouversun.com
April 23, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Important message from @christineboyle.bsky.social & Jody Wilson-Raybould 👇
"Rather than fear mongering & promoting ignorance of our shared history, we need to embrace the true foundations of BC & Canada, and respond to real threats together & in true partnership."
vancouversun.com/opinion/opin...
"Rather than fear mongering & promoting ignorance of our shared history, we need to embrace the true foundations of BC & Canada, and respond to real threats together & in true partnership."
vancouversun.com/opinion/opin...