Eric Wilkinson
@EricRWilkinson
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UBC.
Vancouver
Joined May 2020
I write for a lot of stuff for a lot of outlets. If you want to find everything in one place, take a look at my Substack:
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Spoke today at the biennial conference of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS) in Seattle! Fantastic Canadian philosophy panel with Joseph McGinn. #philosophy #canada
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For @briarpatchmag's recent Labour Issue, I wrote on the challenges facing rural unions in Canada. Organizing workers can be that much harder in a smaller, geographically isolated workplace. #cdnpoli #unions #writing #canada
https://t.co/t0cvaJsLdh
briarpatchmagazine.com
Reductions in unionized jobs and the specific nature of rural life require new methods of organizing.
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From Robert Stead's, "He Sleeps in Flanders" (1923): He saw not where his path should lead, Nor sought a path to suit his will; He saw a nation in her need; He heard the cause of Honor plead; He heard the call, he gave it heed, And now he sleeps in Flanders. #RemembranceDay
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Something I wrote for First-Gen Philosophers. Having one foot in the academy and the outside world can keep you grounded, but you have to be careful not to fall through the gulf inbetween. #philosophy #publicphilosophy
https://t.co/srv7f9uIOS
firstgenphilosophers.com
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My latest for @CDN_Dimension on how scapegoating immigrants for Canada's problems prevents us from finding real solutions to them. #cdnpoli #canada
https://t.co/M4oAw1K57Y
canadiandimension.com
Anti-immigrant sentiment is surging in Canada, with politicians and far-right pundits blaming newcomers for crises in housing, health care, and unemployment. But these problems stem from policy...
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Scapegoating immigrants for the state of housing, health care, or employment helps no one. It obscures the real causes of these crises and stokes resentment against vulnerable members of our communities, writes Eric Wilkinson.
canadiandimension.com
Anti-immigrant sentiment is surging in Canada, with politicians and far-right pundits blaming newcomers for crises in housing, health care, and unemployment. But these problems stem from policy...
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My latest for Peace Magazine: the debate in Armenia over how to move forward and pursue peace.
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It took decades of labour militancy to have the right to strike recognized in Canadian law. It's no surprise that ignoring those hard-won rights led us back to this.
BREAKING: Air Canada flight attendants will defy the back-to-work order and remain on strike after the federal government ordered binding arbitration to end the work stoppage, the Canadian Union of Public Employees told Radio-Canada on Sunday.
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My latest for Canadian Dimension: decades of governments undermining collective bargaining rights in Canada has led to companies like @AirCanada running straight to them to end strikes instead of bargaining in good faith. https://t.co/MVrwelkRR9
canadiandimension.com
The Air Canada strike has has exposed how corporations manipulate government intervention to sidestep fair bargaining. With flight attendants underpaid, passengers stranded, and Ottawa stepping in,...
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Canadians built Air Canada and our airports with decades of public investment. Now we have a privatized airline cutting service, abandoning workers, and pocketing bailouts. If we’re footing the bill anyway, shouldn’t they serve the public—not shareholders?
canadiandimension.com
It would be tempting to base an argument in favour of nationalizing Air Canada solely off its poor performance over the course of the last few weeks, but in truth the problems experienced by air...
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Seemingly stuck in Asia thanks to @AirCanada. I say seemingly because they haven't updated customers. I hope CUPE gets everything they are asking for.
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My latest for Canadian Dimension: why we should give up on free trade with the US if it's going to mean selling out our political independence. https://t.co/wHnRB8UOCz
canadiandimension.com
When compared to price that Canada is already being asked to pay, the cost of walking away from a trade agreement with the US is not so high. Free trade with the US was always a mixed bag. The...
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NEW: While Ottawa considers spending 5% of GDP on defence, it should ask itself why we spend only 0.2% of GDP on our universities. This isn’t just budget math, it’s a statement of values and priorities, writes @EricRWilkinson.
canadiandimension.com
Canada could be an educational superpower. Taking advantage of the brain-drain from the US, we could recruit the best and brightest to fill our labs, faculty lounges, and classrooms. By leading the...
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Happy Canada Day! Here's something I wrote for The Conversation about the evolution of Canada's national identity.
theconversation.com
Canada has proven more resilient than even some of its founders might have anticipated, but not for lack of effort. There will always remain the work of building a better nation.
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Had a great time in Yerevan (Armenia) at the National Identity in a Time of Crisis, hosted by the Center for Ethics in Public Affairs at AUA!
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My latest for Canadian Dimension: how Canada could protect its economic sovereignty with a new industrial policy. https://t.co/S3Kr82oixT
canadiandimension.com
To hear a Liberal prime minister speak so sceptically about free trade would have been unthinkable just months ago, but Donald Trump’s trade war is an occasion for assessing what kind of industrial...
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Managed to find a physical copy of the first issue of Ayaangwaamizin! Now to find the other issues...
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I am sickened to see protesters dance on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and desecrate the National War Memorial. Generations of Canadians have fought and died for our rights, including free speech, but not this. Those involved should hang their heads in shame.
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"Scientists are still not expected, nor do they generally desire, to have any politics. Yet it may be that, sooner or later, they will be forced to assume political responsibility." - Felix Markham's commentary on Henri Saint-Simon (1952).
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