Toronto – Page 117 – a sibilant intake of breath

Uncertainties

Things about which I am uncertain:

What my PhD research will be about
Who will supervise it
How many years it will take
Whether I will ever actually finish
What I will do afterward

Add to that ‘where I will live between May 1 and September 1’ and ‘how I will pay for it’.

Making the case for divestment

This morning I was on “The Green Majority” on CUIT (89.5 FM in Toronto).

I was talking about Toronto 350.org and our two major ongoing campaigns: to oppose the reversal of the Enbridge Line 9 pipeline to carry oil sands bitumen and to encourage the University of Toronto to divest from fossil fuel companies.

Early February 2013

I have two papers due this week – one for my psychology class and one on ‘the Charter revolution’ for my core Canadian politics seminar. There is also only a week left before my international relations students must submit their second paper, which will probably mean a hectic scene at office hours tomorrow, followed by frantic emails and requests for special meetings later in the week.

In addition, there is the ordinary reading for my three courses, a 350 meeting on Tuesday, my friend Kerrie in town, a climate-related interview with campus radio on Friday, a campaign planning workshop on Friday night, tutoring on Sunday, and preparation for the February 17th trip to Washington D.C.

At some point, I will also try to find time to edit the 16 gigabytes of photos I took at the Massey winter ball, as well as to continue with camera repair fund print sales (the repair is about 1/8th paid for so far).