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Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 1h

👏 Why did UBC shield the public from this report? Where was the university research ethics board?

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Investigative Journalism Foundation @theijf.org · 9h

What happens when a celebrated scientist is accused of fabricating results to promote his patented product? We’ve obtained a leaked investigation report into misconduct at UBC, and we’re making the findings public for the first time.

theijf.org/ubc-misconduct

#bcpoli #science #CBC

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 3h

Jaw dropping investigation by @bethanylindsay.bsky.social and Michelle Ghoussoub that reveals gross misconduct and a lack of public accountability by University of British Columbia.

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Report says UBC researcher fabricated data, gave patients ‘false hope.' The public was not alerted

Aziz Ghahary ‘abandoned his scholarly integrity’ in clinical trial for patented treatment, investigation found

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Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 6h

Wow

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 20h

This is so significant: a new comprehensive report detailing the myriad modalities of Canadian university complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

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Palestine at Canadian Universities: How institutional complicity in colonial genocide is maintained

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Dr Katherine Blouin @isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 7h

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 10h

🐦🔎 Quick answer: Deep. Very deep:
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Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 1d

David Myro, former Crown prosecutor, "speculated there’d be a huge impact if even a single case sent a high-ranking corporate executive to jail for a workplace death. “It would be discussed in every boardroom across Canada,” said Myro." 💯 www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

Liam Johnston died on the job at 27. His loved ones want to see change and accountability | CBC News

The family of a 27-year-old who died on a plumbing job in Calgary say they want to see the company he worked for charged criminally. Advocates have been asking for more prosecutions in workplace death...

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Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning to you too, Stephen.

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Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 1d

Who among them, through their words and actions, supported the Genocide Convention the past two years?

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 1d

History faculty at Columbia & Barnard decrying the harassment of @mark-bray.bsky.social: "This is the first case in recent memory of a historian who has fled the country after receiving death threats on account of the history that they teach."

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Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 2d

11+ minute segment on The National: "Why criminal charges are rare for workplace deaths in Canada." Thank you to the CBC's Anis Heydari & James Dunne & everyone else who supported this piece. We need more police training & resources for investigating workplace deaths. youtu.be/YrXMjK8ZX3w?...

Why criminal charges are rare for workplace deaths in Canada

YouTube video by CBC News: The National

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Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 3d

A number of these students have had to defer their acceptance 3+ semesters. Others have been killed by Israel while waiting for their study permit. Palestinian Students & Scholars at Risk need a strong advocate in Ottawa. We hope you will help them. Thank you.

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Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 3d

In addition to these important local issues, and as a university professor, will you be a voice for 100+ Palestinian students in Gaza who have been accepted to study at a Canadian university (with financial support) but cannot to obtain a study permit.

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Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 4d

Incredible game. Would love to see a Jays-Tigers match up.

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Mark @tolecover.bsky.social · 4d

Tigers-Mariners Game 5:

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Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 6d

Congratulations 👏

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Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 6d

Latest on the strike by Canada Post workers by the Tyee's labour reporter @isaacphannay.bsky.social. Worth reading.

The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 6d

“None of us want to be out on a picket line. We’re prepared to fight, but nobody’s happy to be here.” #canlab

Picket Lines and the Fight for the Future of Canada Post | The Tyee

As workers strike once again, the dispute raises big questions about public services.

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Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 6d

“For the love of God and our human rights
And all these things are swept aside
By bloody hands, time can't deny
And are washed away by your genocide.”

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Yuen Pau Woo @ypwoo.bsky.social · 7d

PRESS RELEASE: Senator Woo Calls on the Government of Canada to Examine Potential Complicity in Genocide and Other Violations of International Law

Watch & read the full speech: senatoryuenpauwoo.ca/en/parliamen...

A press release from Senator Yuen Pau Woo, dated October 7, 2025, titled "Senator Yuen Pau Woo Calls on the Government of Canada to Examine Potential Complicity in Genocide and Other Violations of International Law." The statement outlines Senator Woo’s call for the Canadian government to investigate potential complicity in war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide related to the situation in Gaza. The motion, introduced in June 2025, urges a full review and report within three months. A quote from Senator Woo emphasizes Canada’s duty to speak against atrocities and to reflect on its possible role in enabling genocide. Contact information for Dylan Odd, Director of Parliamentary Affairs, is included, along with a link to the full speech.

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Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 7d

Senator Woo is a courageous parliamentarian. I wish more of his colleagues would open their minds to the evidence showing Israel is committing genocide.

Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 7d

“I really do find the use of this word “genocide” - this language - offensive. I don’t think a genocide has been established.” Senator Wallin objecting to Senator @ypwoo.bsky.social‘s speech.

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 8d

The West may now be finally waking up to the full enormity of the horrors Israel has inflicted in Gaza. It is time we started listening to Palestinian voices, while there are still Palestinians left alive to speak truth to power.

A graveyard of liberal illusions

The West may now be finally waking up to the full enormity of the horrors Israel has inflicted in Gaza. It needs also to wake up to the evils it has nurtured not just for the last two years, but for o...

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Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 7d

❗️Senator Woo courageously raising inconvenient truths in parliament about Israel's genocide & the Government of Canada's failure to abide by international law. Please take a few minutes to listen and share. This is important.

Yuen Pau Woo @ypwoo.bsky.social · 7d

I rose in the Senate to remember the horror of Oct 7, 2023 and to confront the horrors that followed. #cdnpoli #Gaza #Israel
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Motion Pertaining to the Situation in Gaza

YouTube video by Yuen Pau Woo

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Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 8d

From 6 months ago.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 8d

“As premier, I will defend the rights of businesses to trade with apartheid South Africa!”

Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 9d

Saskatchewan is so much better than this.

Now is not the time to expand trade with Israel -- a country that is committing genocide, deliberately starving civilians, carrying out forced displacement, expanding occupation, etc.

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