CRT Controversy with the WDSCB

The Waterloo District School Board responded to accusations based on slides from a training program in 2024. An anonymous member submitted to June News, formerly True North, a slide they argue states that using the word “family” is racist. This discussion stems from the anti-CRT moral panic, and is reminiscent of how Chris Rufo began the moral panic. I spoke to CBC in Kitchener Waterloo about this topic and the implications.

AI Images and Disinformation in the Canadian Federal Election

This week I spoke with Agence France Presse about the disinformation campaign against Prime Minister Mark Carney, in the 2025 Federal election. This includes images of Carney with Jeffery Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Using a known conspiracy theory to link the new Liberal leader, adds to the distrust inherent in conspiracy theories, but also builds on a story well known in the conspiracy milieu. The piece is also available in French.

Shifting Understandings of the Canadian Flag

I had the opportunity to discuss the changing optics and emotions tied to the Canadian flag with Christopher Cheung at The Tyee. The conversation is an important one, as Canadians grapple with the threats from the United States of annexation, and as we look at our history with the Residential Schools, and our Indigenous communities, as well as the “patriot” “freedom convoys.”

The flag has been both symbolic of a kind polite nation and one that caused such incredibly harm during colonization. The use of the flag for the Convoy movement tarnished the people’s understanding of the flag, many too embarrassed to be associated with the flag. Now as Trump threatens the nation there is a pride of “elbows up” and a unity under the waving red and white maple leaf.

CaptiveDreamer and Canadian Extremism

This week I spoke to The Tyee about the Christian white nationalist, CaptiveDreamer who is followed (and reposted) by Elon Musk on X. The poster is a Canadian Citizen from British Columbia. In the interview I spoke about the growing Christian nationalism amongst young men in Canada, and the powerful influence of the Great Replacement in anti-immigration and hate ideology.