Philosopher, feminist, ethicist, cyclist.
Dean of Arts, University of Guelph.
My Erdős number is 3.
(Robert Corless, Neil Calkin, Erdős)
My pronouns are she/her.🌈
Samantha Brennan
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Very cheerful pilot kept going on about there being a lot of weather between Halifax and Toronto. Expect to have the seat belt sign on for most of the flight. Fine. The philosopher in me, after a lot of definitions and conceptual analysis at the CPA kept thinking, he means bad weather.
Canadian access to Stanstead's famous US-Canada border-spanning Haskell Free Library and Opera House no longer held hostage by US's CBP.
The new separate Canadian entrance is built and is now officially opened.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
But first, before we leave Halifax, I get to watch my colleague Gus Skorburg speaking at the Teaching Amid AI Conference.
otl.uoguelph.ca/teaching-ami...
Heading home...
I'll miss this view from our Halifax hotel room. The commons! The oval! A bridge! Water! And just 1 km walk to Dalhousie and downtown.
Students spend thousands on university. So why don’t they bother attending lectures?
Undergraduates are increasingly finding reasons to avoid in-person classes, leaving academics frustrated – and they’re struggling to stop it
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06...
Only one in 10 Europeans now see US as an ally, survey suggests
Exclusive: poll across 15 countries finds ‘deep mistrust’, with majority doubting US would come to their aid in an attack
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
SFU to host Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences in 2027
I'm hoping my discipline, Philosophy, decides to meet with Congress even though SFU is on top of a mountain, mostly without restaurants.
www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...
Some optimism from Alex Usher to start the summer. (Except for BC, and I wonder about Atlantic Canada too...)
higheredstrategy.com/blue-skies-a...
