🇨🇦 International students were blamed for housing shortage across Canada, leading changes in Visa rules for international students in 2024.

Who will 'we' blame for overcrowded classrooms? youtu.be/-wHK7cMGfD4

Congrats, Liz Ombati 💜. You are one of the most passionate and tireless advocates for the rights of those living with disabilities. A well deserved recognition of your work. Hongera, my friend. #ProFellows

The rebirth of Rap Music!
What a fitting title! Hind Rajab was a 6-year old Palestinian girl killed by Israeli soldiers in January 2024.

🇨🇦 Inter-Institutional Forum Scarborough Charter is taking place tomorrow, May 9 (at University of Waterloo) and May 10 (Wilfrid Laurier University) in #Waterloo , Ontario. Some finest Black professors and scholars will be in attendance. More info:
uwaterloo.ca/inter-institut…

🇨🇦 I often hear from international students in Windsor that getting a job has become increasingly harder.
cbc.ca/news/canada/su…

🇨🇳 Entrance exams for international students in Chinese universities.
e.vnexpress.net/news/news/educ… I'm trying to imagine if Chinese students were required to do entrance exams for admission to Canadian universities. It would be messy and unfair.

Kenya: National dress competition, 1970.

'Don't send children to detention if they have behavior problems. Detention is a feeding cell to jail.' - Dr. M. E. Dyson

Amazing to me that this is what I've been saying to my Bachelor of Education students in our Classroom Management course! Student mis/behavior is purposeful.

Daktari, the story is very similar to one from 2011. International student from Kenya drowned near Vancouver🇨🇦. Felix was the youngest son of my Mom's younger sister, Aunty Maggie. To date, 2024, there is no official communication on what really happened.
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🇺🇸 No more Diversity Statements for faculty hiring at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
nytimes.com/2024/05/06/us/… via The New York Times
(Interesting to me how 'we' pick and choose where and how 'free speech' can be exercised, and by who.)

Lexa W. Lubanga Kenyan Readathon🇰🇪 My favourite 🇰🇪book of the 1970s is by Grace Ogot.

'What difference does it make, Anna, how she said it? The fact remains that she is pregnant...The devil himself must be living in my home.... The cook pleads innocent. The girl would rather die than reveal the culprit.' (p. 23)

I still have some spaces for engagement in this study this week and next. Online and in person. Pop me a message if you want more information. Thanks for all those who have engaged so far 🌟

Inter-Institutional Forum Scarborough Charter is taking place on May 9 (University of Waterloo) and May 10 (Wilfrid Laurier University) in Waterloo, Ontario 🇨🇦. Stop by if you can: some finest Black professors and scholars will be in attendance. More info:
uwaterloo.ca/inter-institut…

Thanks, Alfred. Congrats on completing your engineering degree. Usually, one has to apply for admission to be eligible for scholarship. I can suggest a few schools for you. Are you interested in Masters or PhD program?

Quebec has a special relationship with France. But on this, Quebec Government is playing politics: Secularism in France dates back to French Revolution of 1789. But even with French schools completely secular today, culture war continues.
montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/qu…

What a beautiful story that speaks to determination by Mr. Yancey and his granddaughter; as well as how far America has come regarding educational equity for its Black population. Congrats, Deanna. cnn.com/2024/05/05/us/…

🇬🇧 The state of universities in the United Kingdom. thetimes.co.uk/article/our-un… Nice piece by David Blunkett

What an amazing writer you are, Sifa!

This line:

I strive to conceal this feeling with an appearance of hilarity...
Behind the overtly reassuring masks (people) are putting on
Is something that cannot be guessed
But must be unveiled.
sifaremmy.wordpress.com/2024/03/17/my-…

Young adults: Early screening for colorectal cancer could be a smart thing to do.