ZoeSTodd (Dr Fish Philosopher Todd)
@zoestodd.bsky.social
Fish nerd. Artist. Storyteller. Proud citizen of the Manitoba Métis Federation.
The Institute for Freshwater Fish Futures (2018-present).
https://fishphilosophy.org/
https://thebulltroutshow.buzzsprout.com/
The Institute for Freshwater Fish Futures (2018-present).
https://fishphilosophy.org/
https://thebulltroutshow.buzzsprout.com/
Pinned
we are running FISH SCHOOL at the Hollyhock Centre on Cortes Island this October 2-6, 2025. We still have room for six participants.
If you're a prof or organization with funding to sponsor tuition for a student or community member, please get in touch. 🐟 💜
hollyhock.ca/programs/754...
If you're a prof or organization with funding to sponsor tuition for a student or community member, please get in touch. 🐟 💜
hollyhock.ca/programs/754...
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"The literary icon who isn't Indigenous after all"
CBC's The Current, yesterday, Nov 27, 2025. Drew Hayden Taylor and I interviewed on Thomas King.
CBC's The Current, yesterday, Nov 27, 2025. Drew Hayden Taylor and I interviewed on Thomas King.
© CBC/Radio-Canada 2025. All rights reserved.
www.cbc.ca
November 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"The literary icon who isn't Indigenous after all"
CBC's The Current, yesterday, Nov 27, 2025. Drew Hayden Taylor and I interviewed on Thomas King.
CBC's The Current, yesterday, Nov 27, 2025. Drew Hayden Taylor and I interviewed on Thomas King.
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“[Manitoba premier Wab] Kinew has failed to represent Indigenous peoples, their voices, or their political will by framing incarceration as therapeutic and protective.”
✍🏽 'Governing Harm: Policing Indigenous Presence in Manitoba' by the Deadly Collective
deadlycollective.com/2025/11/12/g...
✍🏽 'Governing Harm: Policing Indigenous Presence in Manitoba' by the Deadly Collective
deadlycollective.com/2025/11/12/g...
Governing Harm: Policing Indigenous Presence in Manitoba
In Manitoba, Wab Kinew’s NDP government passed Bill 48 strengthening policies to incarcerate houseless peoples. The Protective Detention and Care of Intoxicated Persons Act came as no surprise for …
deadlycollective.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
“[Manitoba premier Wab] Kinew has failed to represent Indigenous peoples, their voices, or their political will by framing incarceration as therapeutic and protective.”
✍🏽 'Governing Harm: Policing Indigenous Presence in Manitoba' by the Deadly Collective
deadlycollective.com/2025/11/12/g...
✍🏽 'Governing Harm: Policing Indigenous Presence in Manitoba' by the Deadly Collective
deadlycollective.com/2025/11/12/g...
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“But for many of us who felt misgivings about these famous figures before their truths were revealed, there was something off about their aura, their spirit, their energy, and their depth and density. When we diffracted their words and approaches through our own ontologies…” 2/3
November 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
“But for many of us who felt misgivings about these famous figures before their truths were revealed, there was something off about their aura, their spirit, their energy, and their depth and density. When we diffracted their words and approaches through our own ontologies…” 2/3
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“If you look at the white colonial figures unmasked as Indigenous identity frauds in Canada in the last decade [including now, Thomas King], you see a through-line: they gave white society what it wanted. Beads, feathers, and hollow laments. It looked passable.” 1/3
November 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
“If you look at the white colonial figures unmasked as Indigenous identity frauds in Canada in the last decade [including now, Thomas King], you see a through-line: they gave white society what it wanted. Beads, feathers, and hollow laments. It looked passable.” 1/3
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“…we must be careful not to mistake the shallow representation for the living, breathing, constantly co-becoming whole. We are entangled and complex wholes shaped by ‘interbeing’.This is a lot harder to fake than what possessive 🇨🇦 arts&culture realms hve tried to present through their chosen frauds”
Other folks have written & spoken powerfully about Thomas King specifically.
What I query here, 9 years into the almost annual winter unveiling of a fraud in Canada, are the metaphysics of white colonial play-acting as native in the arts, literature, politics, academia.
Colonial mirror worlds.
What I query here, 9 years into the almost annual winter unveiling of a fraud in Canada, are the metaphysics of white colonial play-acting as native in the arts, literature, politics, academia.
Colonial mirror worlds.
Some quick thoughts on Thomas King's revelations, from a Red River Métis and Critical Indigenous Studies perspective.
"Hollow-gram Indigeneity and the superficiality of colonial consumption (or: the unbearable flatness of fraud)"
zoestodd.com/2025/11/26/h...
"Hollow-gram Indigeneity and the superficiality of colonial consumption (or: the unbearable flatness of fraud)"
zoestodd.com/2025/11/26/h...
November 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
“…we must be careful not to mistake the shallow representation for the living, breathing, constantly co-becoming whole. We are entangled and complex wholes shaped by ‘interbeing’.This is a lot harder to fake than what possessive 🇨🇦 arts&culture realms hve tried to present through their chosen frauds”
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This latest piece from @zoestodd.bsky.social once again articulates all the things that have been swirling in inarticulacy for me lately. Please give it a read!
zoestodd.com/2025/11/26/h...
zoestodd.com/2025/11/26/h...
Hollow-gram Indigeneity and the superficiality of colonial consumption (or: the unbearable flatness of fraud)
“Tribes are not vestiges of the past, but laboratories of the future.” — Vine DeLoria, Jr. (1965), quoted in Wilkins (2018). [alt text: image of a cream and light blue crayfish on…
zoestodd.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This latest piece from @zoestodd.bsky.social once again articulates all the things that have been swirling in inarticulacy for me lately. Please give it a read!
zoestodd.com/2025/11/26/h...
zoestodd.com/2025/11/26/h...
Other folks have written & spoken powerfully about Thomas King specifically.
What I query here, 9 years into the almost annual winter unveiling of a fraud in Canada, are the metaphysics of white colonial play-acting as native in the arts, literature, politics, academia.
Colonial mirror worlds.
What I query here, 9 years into the almost annual winter unveiling of a fraud in Canada, are the metaphysics of white colonial play-acting as native in the arts, literature, politics, academia.
Colonial mirror worlds.
Some quick thoughts on Thomas King's revelations, from a Red River Métis and Critical Indigenous Studies perspective.
"Hollow-gram Indigeneity and the superficiality of colonial consumption (or: the unbearable flatness of fraud)"
zoestodd.com/2025/11/26/h...
"Hollow-gram Indigeneity and the superficiality of colonial consumption (or: the unbearable flatness of fraud)"
zoestodd.com/2025/11/26/h...
Hollow-gram Indigeneity and the superficiality of colonial consumption (or: the unbearable flatness of fraud)
“Tribes are not vestiges of the past, but laboratories of the future.” — Vine DeLoria, Jr. (1965), quoted in Wilkins (2018). [alt text: image of a cream and light blue crayfish on…
zoestodd.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Other folks have written & spoken powerfully about Thomas King specifically.
What I query here, 9 years into the almost annual winter unveiling of a fraud in Canada, are the metaphysics of white colonial play-acting as native in the arts, literature, politics, academia.
Colonial mirror worlds.
What I query here, 9 years into the almost annual winter unveiling of a fraud in Canada, are the metaphysics of white colonial play-acting as native in the arts, literature, politics, academia.
Colonial mirror worlds.
Some quick thoughts on Thomas King's revelations, from a Red River Métis and Critical Indigenous Studies perspective.
"Hollow-gram Indigeneity and the superficiality of colonial consumption (or: the unbearable flatness of fraud)"
zoestodd.com/2025/11/26/h...
"Hollow-gram Indigeneity and the superficiality of colonial consumption (or: the unbearable flatness of fraud)"
zoestodd.com/2025/11/26/h...
Hollow-gram Indigeneity and the superficiality of colonial consumption (or: the unbearable flatness of fraud)
“Tribes are not vestiges of the past, but laboratories of the future.” — Vine DeLoria, Jr. (1965), quoted in Wilkins (2018). [alt text: image of a cream and light blue crayfish on…
zoestodd.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Some quick thoughts on Thomas King's revelations, from a Red River Métis and Critical Indigenous Studies perspective.
"Hollow-gram Indigeneity and the superficiality of colonial consumption (or: the unbearable flatness of fraud)"
zoestodd.com/2025/11/26/h...
"Hollow-gram Indigeneity and the superficiality of colonial consumption (or: the unbearable flatness of fraud)"
zoestodd.com/2025/11/26/h...
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Zoe Todd is collaborating with experts to bring greater public awareness to threatened fish habitats in the Prairies and Western Canada. Learn more about the project, funded by a @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca Connection Grant: www.sfu.ca/indg/news-ev...
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October 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Zoe Todd is collaborating with experts to bring greater public awareness to threatened fish habitats in the Prairies and Western Canada. Learn more about the project, funded by a @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca Connection Grant: www.sfu.ca/indg/news-ev...
@sfufass.bsky.social @zoestodd.bsky.social
@sfufass.bsky.social @zoestodd.bsky.social
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This should concern us all. The BCNDP has said nothing about this. It is a disgrace if NOLS gets their application approved.
September 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
This should concern us all. The BCNDP has said nothing about this. It is a disgrace if NOLS gets their application approved.
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“We want safe supply and end of prohibition,” said Samona Marsh, the president of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU). “Respect us. Respect the agency of the individual, [the] collective agency of the community.”
Hero.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Hero.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
International Overdose Awareness Day commemorated in B.C. as hundreds continue to die of toxic drugs | CBC News
The day is being marked with ceremonies across B.C. on Sunday, as the province continues to lose more than 100 people each month due to unregulated drugs, amid a public health emergency declared nine ...
www.cbc.ca
September 2, 2025 at 2:11 AM
“We want safe supply and end of prohibition,” said Samona Marsh, the president of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU). “Respect us. Respect the agency of the individual, [the] collective agency of the community.”
Hero.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Hero.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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🎉🎉🎉 Friends, I’m going to take ask a minute of your time to celebrate @milamiceli.bsky.social who I met through @alexhanna.bsky.social in 2022, just a couple of months after we launched @dairinstitute.bsky.social 🧵
August 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
🎉🎉🎉 Friends, I’m going to take ask a minute of your time to celebrate @milamiceli.bsky.social who I met through @alexhanna.bsky.social in 2022, just a couple of months after we launched @dairinstitute.bsky.social 🧵
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August 28, 2025 at 7:54 PM
This is a long shot, but does anyone recall the name of the building that was demolished to make way for the Katz building on the University of Alberta campus?
I worked in it for my first year (2001) but cannot remember the name. (We then moved to Dent/Pharm which is apparently now ‘Uni Commons’)
I worked in it for my first year (2001) but cannot remember the name. (We then moved to Dent/Pharm which is apparently now ‘Uni Commons’)
August 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This is a long shot, but does anyone recall the name of the building that was demolished to make way for the Katz building on the University of Alberta campus?
I worked in it for my first year (2001) but cannot remember the name. (We then moved to Dent/Pharm which is apparently now ‘Uni Commons’)
I worked in it for my first year (2001) but cannot remember the name. (We then moved to Dent/Pharm which is apparently now ‘Uni Commons’)
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I am once again saying that clean energy is inherently cheap, and the reason we don't benefit from that is because the energy market doesn't let us. Great stuff here from my colleague @chrisgalpin.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Heat pumps could halve heating bills with energy system reform, study finds
Steps to make electricity cheaper, such as ending levies, could transform prospects for pumps, thinktank shows
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I am once again saying that clean energy is inherently cheap, and the reason we don't benefit from that is because the energy market doesn't let us. Great stuff here from my colleague @chrisgalpin.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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one of the most revealing arguments I've seen on this issue is from people who say they would not mind if the park is closed — as long as the First Nations are also prohibited from accessing their homelands, medicines and traditional foods
This long weekend, visitors will hike and swim in the Instagram-famous Joffre Lakes Provincial Park — over the objections of the Lil’wat and N'Quatqua nations, who say the province shortened a planned closure without informing them. thenarwhal.ca/joffre-lakes...
BC Parks, First Nations clash over Joffre Lakes opening | The Narwhal
Joffre Lakes Provincial Park will open over Labour Day weekend against the wishes of First Nations, despite a co-management agreement with BC Parks
thenarwhal.ca
August 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
one of the most revealing arguments I've seen on this issue is from people who say they would not mind if the park is closed — as long as the First Nations are also prohibited from accessing their homelands, medicines and traditional foods
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Actually I will reopen this. This culture has real stakes - like the time a pair of men were on a killing spree but rcmp described it as a suspicious death and missing persons and didn’t mention the camper full of bullets where the suspicious death took place
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
High-profile homicides reopen debate over public right to know | CBC News
A former police officer is questioning why RCMP waited four days to reveal they were investigating a double homicide in B.C. that would later turn into a cross-Canada manhunt for a pair of men suspect...
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August 28, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Actually I will reopen this. This culture has real stakes - like the time a pair of men were on a killing spree but rcmp described it as a suspicious death and missing persons and didn’t mention the camper full of bullets where the suspicious death took place
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Good thread about a totally regular experience trying to report on tragic events in B.C. (and probably the rest of Canada).
Officials here are so accustomed to getting away with offering nearly zero details. It often takes years for a trial or coroners inquest to get worthwhile official accounts.
Officials here are so accustomed to getting away with offering nearly zero details. It often takes years for a trial or coroners inquest to get worthwhile official accounts.
I’m actually gonna get out of my replies and use this story to highlight something that I haven’t for a while: the complete lack of transparency and communication from our public agencies in B.C./Canada. So here’s a thread
People waiting in line at a carnival witnessed a worker get hit and killed by one of the rides Tuesday night in Prince Rupert
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
August 28, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Good thread about a totally regular experience trying to report on tragic events in B.C. (and probably the rest of Canada).
Officials here are so accustomed to getting away with offering nearly zero details. It often takes years for a trial or coroners inquest to get worthwhile official accounts.
Officials here are so accustomed to getting away with offering nearly zero details. It often takes years for a trial or coroners inquest to get worthwhile official accounts.
Writing my memoirs (for real), and the funniest thing would be to just not mention Carleton University once. 😂
Reader: what’s this uh 7 year gap?
Me: oh <kicking the trap door closed over the repressed memories from that period>, nothing. Nothing at all.
Reader: what’s this uh 7 year gap?
Me: oh <kicking the trap door closed over the repressed memories from that period>, nothing. Nothing at all.
August 28, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Writing my memoirs (for real), and the funniest thing would be to just not mention Carleton University once. 😂
Reader: what’s this uh 7 year gap?
Me: oh <kicking the trap door closed over the repressed memories from that period>, nothing. Nothing at all.
Reader: what’s this uh 7 year gap?
Me: oh <kicking the trap door closed over the repressed memories from that period>, nothing. Nothing at all.
Time travel, Alberta edition
<takes a pull on imaginary cigarette>
I had to travel back in time + tell my 9 year old self that Ralph Klein would look competent in 33 years. Then I sped along to 2008 to tell my 25 year old self Stelmach was relatively cogent compared to <waves at dumpster fire> 😭
<takes a pull on imaginary cigarette>
I had to travel back in time + tell my 9 year old self that Ralph Klein would look competent in 33 years. Then I sped along to 2008 to tell my 25 year old self Stelmach was relatively cogent compared to <waves at dumpster fire> 😭
August 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Time travel, Alberta edition
<takes a pull on imaginary cigarette>
I had to travel back in time + tell my 9 year old self that Ralph Klein would look competent in 33 years. Then I sped along to 2008 to tell my 25 year old self Stelmach was relatively cogent compared to <waves at dumpster fire> 😭
<takes a pull on imaginary cigarette>
I had to travel back in time + tell my 9 year old self that Ralph Klein would look competent in 33 years. Then I sped along to 2008 to tell my 25 year old self Stelmach was relatively cogent compared to <waves at dumpster fire> 😭
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I wonder if it's a coincidence that on this same day the AER issued a costs award in favour of intervenors and against Northback Holdings for the Grassy Mtn exploratory drilling hearing in the amount of about $92,000.
Perhaps Northback will be seeking a meeting with the CEO.
Perhaps Northback will be seeking a meeting with the CEO.
static.aer.ca
August 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I wonder if it's a coincidence that on this same day the AER issued a costs award in favour of intervenors and against Northback Holdings for the Grassy Mtn exploratory drilling hearing in the amount of about $92,000.
Perhaps Northback will be seeking a meeting with the CEO.
Perhaps Northback will be seeking a meeting with the CEO.
A reminder that this is the person who wants to open up Alberta’s eastern slope headwaters to deleterious and devastating metallurgical coal mining (portrait by Vincent Namatjira)
August 28, 2025 at 1:25 AM
A reminder that this is the person who wants to open up Alberta’s eastern slope headwaters to deleterious and devastating metallurgical coal mining (portrait by Vincent Namatjira)
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Canada is blocking life-saving aid to Gaza. Petition calls on govt to reject militarized aid, ensure UN/NGO access, allow Canadian medics, and deliver aid through neutral channels. Thanks to Doctors Against Genocide & John Mayba for leading. Sign & share:
Petition e-6751 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
August 28, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Canada is blocking life-saving aid to Gaza. Petition calls on govt to reject militarized aid, ensure UN/NGO access, allow Canadian medics, and deliver aid through neutral channels. Thanks to Doctors Against Genocide & John Mayba for leading. Sign & share:
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End Homelessness Winnipeg says a street count revealed the highest number of people experiencing homelessness in the city since 2015.
It says a point-in-time census from November 5, 2024, identified 2,469 unhoused individuals, 80 per cent of whom were Indigenous.
It says a point-in-time census from November 5, 2024, identified 2,469 unhoused individuals, 80 per cent of whom were Indigenous.
Winnipeg census reveals highest homelessness count since 2015 | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
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August 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
End Homelessness Winnipeg says a street count revealed the highest number of people experiencing homelessness in the city since 2015.
It says a point-in-time census from November 5, 2024, identified 2,469 unhoused individuals, 80 per cent of whom were Indigenous.
It says a point-in-time census from November 5, 2024, identified 2,469 unhoused individuals, 80 per cent of whom were Indigenous.