Ubaka Ogbogu
@ubakaogbogu.bsky.social
Professor. Member, RSC College. Posting about law, health, science policy, politics, antiracism, sports, fashion, culture. #BlackLivesMatter. he/him
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Ubaka Ogbogu
@ubakaogbogu.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Thank you new followers! I'll post here a lot more regularly. Just need to get organized and learn how this app works!
A student sent me photos she took in my class to memorialize some things I said while teaching. I can't even remember saying these things lol.
October 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
A student sent me photos she took in my class to memorialize some things I said while teaching. I can't even remember saying these things lol.
Open letter to Prime Minister Carney from 412 Canadian academics, lawyers, former ambassadors, ministers, public servants, and civil society leaders, urging immediate action to stop the genocide being carried out by Israel against the Palestinian people. www.alexneve.ca/blog/prime-m...
June 9, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Open letter to Prime Minister Carney from 412 Canadian academics, lawyers, former ambassadors, ministers, public servants, and civil society leaders, urging immediate action to stop the genocide being carried out by Israel against the Palestinian people. www.alexneve.ca/blog/prime-m...
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Edmonton welcomed me last week at the #RILS conference, and the camaraderie was palpable! Thanks to the organizers for creating space & @ubakaogbogu.bsky.social for hosting. My piece “Two Sides of a Coin: Are a Coin” offered a metaphorical exploration of migration as currency & border as method.
June 3, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Edmonton welcomed me last week at the #RILS conference, and the camaraderie was palpable! Thanks to the organizers for creating space & @ubakaogbogu.bsky.social for hosting. My piece “Two Sides of a Coin: Are a Coin” offered a metaphorical exploration of migration as currency & border as method.
These are my comments presented earlier today at a conference on airborne transmission and what to do about it. 🧵
May 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
These are my comments presented earlier today at a conference on airborne transmission and what to do about it. 🧵
In this piece, Violet Affleck has incisively captured the bind social progressives created for themselves with COVID: failing to live up to the actions their own ideals demand. yaleglobalhealthreview.com/2025/05/18/a... 🧵
A Chronically Ill Earth: COVID Organizing as a Model Climate Response in Los Angeles
BY VIOLET AFFLECK I spent the January fires in Los Angeles arguing with my mother in a hotel room. She was shell-shocked, astonished at the scale of destruction in the neighborhood where she raised…
yaleglobalhealthreview.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:04 AM
In this piece, Violet Affleck has incisively captured the bind social progressives created for themselves with COVID: failing to live up to the actions their own ideals demand. yaleglobalhealthreview.com/2025/05/18/a... 🧵
So I read Carney's platform. 🧵
Leans progressive with commitments to public health care, pharmacare, dental care, mental health funding, and universal childcare. Defends reproductive rights, boosts youth supports, & promises green and Indigenous-led infrastructure investments.
Leans progressive with commitments to public health care, pharmacare, dental care, mental health funding, and universal childcare. Defends reproductive rights, boosts youth supports, & promises green and Indigenous-led infrastructure investments.
April 19, 2025 at 11:17 PM
So I read Carney's platform. 🧵
Leans progressive with commitments to public health care, pharmacare, dental care, mental health funding, and universal childcare. Defends reproductive rights, boosts youth supports, & promises green and Indigenous-led infrastructure investments.
Leans progressive with commitments to public health care, pharmacare, dental care, mental health funding, and universal childcare. Defends reproductive rights, boosts youth supports, & promises green and Indigenous-led infrastructure investments.
The Gen X Career Meltdown www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Gen X Career Meltdown (Gift Article)
Just when they should be at their peak, experienced workers in creative fields find that their skills are all but obsolete.
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The Gen X Career Meltdown www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Fantastic news.
www.ualberta.ca/en/law/about...
www.ualberta.ca/en/law/about...
Faculty of Law launches Black Student Life page
www.ualberta.ca
February 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Fantastic news.
www.ualberta.ca/en/law/about...
www.ualberta.ca/en/law/about...
My 10th grader is locked in 😲
November 29, 2024 at 3:24 PM
My 10th grader is locked in 😲
Thanks to the 100+ who signed the open letter to @AllardUBC Dean Pindell. Appreciate the solidarity. Still no acknowledgement from him.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Open Letter - Dean Pindell.docx
Please fill out this Google Form if you would like your name to be added to the letter. Signatures welcome from supporters outside the racialized legal academic community. Thank you! Dean Ngai Pindell...
docs.google.com
November 28, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Thanks to the 100+ who signed the open letter to @AllardUBC Dean Pindell. Appreciate the solidarity. Still no acknowledgement from him.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Systemic racism will rebound again and again. The only permanent fix will be systemic changes - quick and reactive gains are soon lost or become unsustainable. That's what we are seeing now - a rebound to same same.
November 25, 2024 at 2:38 AM
Systemic racism will rebound again and again. The only permanent fix will be systemic changes - quick and reactive gains are soon lost or become unsustainable. That's what we are seeing now - a rebound to same same.
A moment of silence for the corner lot people.
November 23, 2024 at 9:54 PM
A moment of silence for the corner lot people.
What brings a person to a place is not as important as what keeps them there.
November 23, 2024 at 5:12 AM
What brings a person to a place is not as important as what keeps them there.
Over 90 legal scholars, students, professionals, and community members have signed the open letter urging Dean Pindell of UBC Allard Law to address systemic discrimination outlined in The Walrus. Still no response or acknowledgment. Silence isn't leadership.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Open Letter - Dean Pindell.docx
Please fill out this Google Form if you would like your name to be added to the letter. Signatures welcome from supporters outside the racialized legal academic community. Thank you! Dean Ngai Pindell...
docs.google.com
November 22, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Over 90 legal scholars, students, professionals, and community members have signed the open letter urging Dean Pindell of UBC Allard Law to address systemic discrimination outlined in The Walrus. Still no response or acknowledgment. Silence isn't leadership.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Be wary of those who profess ignorance confidently. And challenge them at all times.
November 20, 2024 at 2:55 AM
Be wary of those who profess ignorance confidently. And challenge them at all times.
📢 Racialized legal academics across Canada stand in solidarity with those who shared their stories in The Walrus article on systemic inequities at @AllardLaw . Read our open letter to Dean Pindell and join us by adding your signature. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Open Letter - Dean Pindell.docx
Please fill out this Google Form if you would like your name to be added to the letter. Thank you! Dean Ngai Pindell Peter A. Allard School of Law University of British Columbia Dear Dean Pindell, We,...
docs.google.com
November 19, 2024 at 6:57 PM
📢 Racialized legal academics across Canada stand in solidarity with those who shared their stories in The Walrus article on systemic inequities at @AllardLaw . Read our open letter to Dean Pindell and join us by adding your signature. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
This is irresponsible and utterly unethical if true.
November 15, 2024 at 12:44 PM
This is irresponsible and utterly unethical if true.
Albertans seeing American posts about Trump's cabinet picks.
a man standing in front of a car with the words " it 's just gonna get worse from here " on the bottom
ALT: a man standing in front of a car with the words " it 's just gonna get worse from here " on the bottom
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2024 at 3:08 AM
Albertans seeing American posts about Trump's cabinet picks.
A must read. I have my story about the Allard School of Law at UBC, but it pales in comparison to the experiences of racialized colleagues and friends who work there, as this Walrus piece lays out. It is a damning indictment of institutional EDI - all smoke no substance. thewalrus.ca/an-elite-law...
An Elite Law School Promised Reforms, Then Made Inclusion Impossible | The Walrus
Racialized professors say they were underpaid, bullied, and ignored at UBC
thewalrus.ca
November 14, 2024 at 1:26 PM
A must read. I have my story about the Allard School of Law at UBC, but it pales in comparison to the experiences of racialized colleagues and friends who work there, as this Walrus piece lays out. It is a damning indictment of institutional EDI - all smoke no substance. thewalrus.ca/an-elite-law...
What feeds are you subscribed to? I'd appreciate some suggestions for my interests: healthcare, public health, law, science, fashion, politics, Black life, culture, and COVID-cautious subculture.
November 14, 2024 at 4:52 AM
What feeds are you subscribed to? I'd appreciate some suggestions for my interests: healthcare, public health, law, science, fashion, politics, Black life, culture, and COVID-cautious subculture.
Thank you new followers! I'll post here a lot more regularly. Just need to get organized and learn how this app works!
November 14, 2024 at 4:38 AM
Thank you new followers! I'll post here a lot more regularly. Just need to get organized and learn how this app works!