Ubaka Ogbogu
@UbakaOgbogu
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Professor. Member, RSC College. Tweeting about law, health, science policy, politics, antiracism, sports, fashion, culture. #BlackLivesMatter. he/him 🇨🇦🍁
Progressive Hellscape
Joined December 2011
📢 Racialized legal academics across Canada stand in solidarity with those who shared their stories in The Walrus article on systemic inequities at @AllardLaw . Read our open letter to Dean Pindell and join us by adding your signature.
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Next time try winning people's votes instead of threatening them with worse if they don't vote for you.
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Stop sending your DNA to genetic testing and genealogy companies. Just stop.
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Shame on you. You know exactly what happened here, and if you don't, you have the resources to find out. You are a vile and disgusting leader.
The news out of Amsterdam last night is horrifying. This is a dark moment for our world — and one we have seen before. My heart goes out to the victims, and the entire Jewish community today. Canada condemns this disgusting antisemitism.
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Without a mask mandate, I really believe I'm going to finally get COVID when I get back to mandatory in-person teaching in September. My employer is essentially setting me up for possible chronic illness for a disease I have avoided for almost 3 years. Fuck.
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If a Black man shot three people in broad daylight with police present, there will be no trial because he'll be dead.
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@ME_McCullough I'm just here for the replies: An observational study of the Twitter roast of killjoy professors.
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Preparing? I'm at a scientific conference where less than 1% of attendees are masked. Please.
We need to start preparing for a global anti-vaccine, anti-science, anti-public health wave to spread from America.
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Everything I read about #Omicron indicates a bizarre obsession with individual-level outcomes rather than population-level and system-wide outcomes. Delayed care, consequential deaths, HCW burnout, worse social outcomes, etc. seem not to be factors we track or care about.
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I know people are slow to recognize this, because we are all in different stages of shock, but I'll like to bottomline this for us: we are now effectively in a police state. Not sure how long it will last, but that's where we are. Here are some clues/facts: /1.
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I have received an incredible outpouring of support and solidarity in regards to the Premier's posts from and outside of Twitter. So much so that I'm convinced his attempt to discredit me has not served him well. All I can say is thank you. I really do appreciate it. 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿.
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I'll never understand why it makes sense that we have a pedagogical system that insists on testing what children know by making them memorize things and repeat those things within an enforced time limit. All we are teaching is anxiety.
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Every government official who defied public health advisories to go on vacation outside the country should be fired. Pass it on.
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I'm truly tired of waking up to a country flirting with white nationalism.
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@jkenney, I'm making a direct appeal to you to immediately delete your Facebook post where you falsely referred to me as a "NDP law professor". I would also like a public apology and that you correct the record. Your post is a violent call to arms against me.
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Mpox is going to reset public health. Unless of course if you all are okay walking around with boils. I wouldn't put it past humanity at this point.
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Friends, I have good news. I have been promoted to Full Professor effective July 2022.
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I am really glad that Trudeau his using words like "occupation", "illegal blockades" and "terrorism" - call it what it is.
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Fair warning to all assholes out there: I'll be wearing my mask regardless of what Kenney says today. If you see me, walk on by.
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Not that this bears repeating, but citizens CAN criticize the government. It is not just a democratic right, it is a moral responsibility. One thing the government cannot do in response is to attack a private citizen.
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When are we, the majority who have done all the right things since the pandemic began, going to rise up?.
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Good morning @jkenney. Have you taken down the Facebook post where you called me deranged and falsely stated I was a "NDP law professor"?.
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This was in an email I received and I immediately put it in my own signature field: "I do not expect a response after hours or on weekends. I sent this email at my convenience and welcome a response at your convenience.".
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Still stunned that a Premier of a province took time off his day to shitpost me. I'm not sure what Premiers do, but seems like ours is not very busy.
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I'm just going to wear a mask now to spite Kenney. Staying healthy and protecting my community are now secondary objectives.
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If your "protest" attracts Nazi symbols and confederate flags, your position DOES NOT deserves the benefit of the doubt. It deserves extreme condemnation in its entirety. More so if you carry on after the flags and symbols appear.
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So Pierre Poilievre, much like every conservative party leader in the past decade or two, has decided that the way to win an election is by stoking white nationalism. Every election in Canada is now just a referendum on how much hate we are willing to accept. Cool, cool, cool.
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Dear CBC, it's a fucking insurrection and occupation, not a protest.
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So why are these so-called protesters attacking health care workers? What's the message - stop treating sick people? I don't get how adults could be so devoid of reason.
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Dear Danielle Smith, immunization is provincial responsibility. The scenario where Trudeau imposes it on Alberta cannot and will never happen. You don't need a special motion - you need to stop lying.
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Hahahaha. This one is funny. What is a Canadian name? Tim Hortons?.
@UbakaOgbogu You are not even Albertan. Ubaka is not a Canadian name.
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So Hayley Wickenheiser endured misogyny, won 4 Olympic gold medals, and then went to med school and became a doctor while working full-time with the Leafs coaching staff and I'm just hearing about her? Is there a greater Canadian really?.
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Cleaning out the shed and found this backpack. The only thing I came to Canada with other than the clothes on my back. Contained all my worldly possessions. 🥲
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Please congratulate my beautiful wife, who is convocating with a Masters in Health Administration from @UofRegina today!
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Someone asked me why I was still masked today so I put the question on hold for about 30 minutes and then came back and rearranged their worldview. Left things nicely awkward.
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I'll add that it is defamatory to call me deranged and to refer to me as a NDP law professor. Without a retraction and public apology, I will seek to commence legal action against you.
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The health squad attends a graduation. Only ones in a large auditorium!
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Albertans, as you watch the American president refuse to condemn white supremacy, remember that folks in power here are having a hard time with doing the same.
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To be clear, I don't want my child to be taught ANY religion in school. Please stop replying to my posts with "it will be okay if they include all religions.".
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Man told he can't come into work site because he's not wearing a hard hat. Complains of "hard hat mandate". He is now a member of the "most oppressed group on earth".
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We are in an uncontrolled pandemic that is creating a recognized disability and academics are busy writing think pieces about how there are too many disability accommodations.
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So do we send our kids back to school on Tuesday? . I have never been this frustrated with a government all my life. And I lived through military dictatorships.
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"Delta caught a bunch of us unawares" - Hinshaw. That's it, I am out. I can't watch this shit.
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Stop👏🏿electing👏🏿people👏🏿who👏🏿don't 👏🏿 believe 👏🏿 in 👏🏿government 👏🏿 to 👏🏿govern👏🏿 you. It makes no sense.
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No word from experts on how poor people can afford this.
Experts call for N95s to become new masking standard to curb Omicron spread
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I see rich people are moaning about how $10 a day daycare is going to make it difficult for them to get spots. This is why you can't heal society. And why we should probably eat the rich.
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This is the last straw for me. I will not publish anything ever or provide commentary on anything that goes in the National Post. I can't be part of any discourse from an institution that foregrounds racism.
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Someone asked me today if I was concerned my Twitter activity might affect my future prospects. It's funny how people who have given you nothing, and plan to give you nothing, worry about your prospects of gaining nothing from them.
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I did not address this when it happened but worth my time actually. This tactic of calling me a NDP partisan to stoke hate and attacks is something the government's issues managers have weaponized against me and other academics. Now the Premier himself has got on board.
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Thanks to some wonderful colleagues at @UCalgary, a criminal investigation has been opened regarding the racist calls. I'm very grateful to these colleagues for being amazing allies. ❤️.
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A few notes about how special this milestone is:.1. First Black law (full) professor in @UAlberta history. 2. First law professor in Ogbe-ofu, the little village I was born. 3. None of it is possible without a long list of people that cannot fit in a tweet.
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Nobody seems to have the ability to generate effective enforcement from the police at this time. Not political leaders, not police oversight bodies, not courts. /2.
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Smith cheers on the election of Trump. Smith signs letter to ignore the feds (and Mexico) and deal directly with the USA. Trump promises to slap 25% tariff on everything, including Alberta oil. Smith tells Trudeau to save us. This is sitcom material.
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Let's be clear - Alberta has never had a mandatory vaccination law in its entire history. Kenney, and now Smith, are banning things that never existed.
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My students interrupted the class today to express support and solidarity. It is a highlight of my career. @UAlbertaLaw has the best students.
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For those wondering if this overturning Roe shit could happen here in Canada, the answer is yes, it's already happening. Access to abortion care in Canada is, well, shit.
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Measles is trending. This unfuckwithable disease arriving at a time when governments everywhere have basically killed public health because they want to move on from another unfuckwithable disease.
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Pot-man is the Canadian of the Day.
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What we are learning from the US midterm elections:.1. Donald Trump is finished (thank goodness).2. Elon Musk has no influence.3. When young people vote, good things happen.4. Dr. Oz remains a tool.
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Selective enforcement by police favouring those with a clear intention of disrupting and replacing democratically elected governments. /3.
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To the lowlifes who racially abused my wife and two daughters while out riding their bikes, our pride and strength is a millions times greater than the misery that defines your lives. 👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿.
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Rediscovered my favourite cloth mask today. Looks fetch over an N95.
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I really can no longer tell if we are in the "fuck around" or "find out" stage in this province anymore.
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Of course one might question why the fate of our political institutions depend ultimately on the will of the police. As oppressed folks have been questioning since the invention of police. If the police is the difference between peace and chaos, why did we set it up that way?!?.
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Alberta women, a second please. Don't vote for a party that appointed a man as Minister of Women Affairs. That is all.
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Jason Kenney wore an N95 respirator to a pharmacy to get vaccinated, but wants teachers to spend 8 hours with kids in poorly ventilated classrooms while wearing only non medical grade surgical masks.
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Parents, there is a pandemic happening. Please stop inviting other kids to your kids' indoor birthday parties. I'm tired of saying no and looking like the bad guy to my kids.
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That the Edmonton Police is now monitoring social media and keeping tabs on its critics is absolutely unacceptable. Citizens should be free to criticize the police.
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I just received this email from campus protective services. This is despite my phone number not being available to the public. This is all @jkenney's doing. Also, racist and vitriolic but deemed low risk? Really?
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Feb 5: The Kenney government admits it been overwhelmed by the Coutts blockade and basically supplies a rationale to the feds for invoking the Emergencies Act. Feb 18: Kenney moves to sue the feds for doing exactly what he wanted.
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After 3 or so years of avoiding it, I finally caught COVID. I most certainly caught it at a meeting I attended in Halifax where I was the only one masked throughout. To say I'm pissed is an understatement. I most certainly will not be attending any meetings after this.
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Jason Kenney asked us to shop local while his entire cabinet was guzzling mai tais in Hawaii.
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"Love will make you do crazy things" is such a bullshit justification for violence.
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I am still struggling to understand why the Calgary Police showed up for a mental health intervention with lights, combat weapons, and a police dog. Or why this approach is acceptable in a civilized society.
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People who spend their entire lives telling the federal government to stay out of their business and backyards are now blaming the same federal government for not fighting fires in their backyards. Clowns.
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Want $10/day childcare in Alberta? Vote out the UCP. Donate to the NDP. It really is that simple.
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I sent $500 to Briane from Chilliwack. I'll be claiming it on my tax return under "Line 419: Things That Did Not Happen".
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Please train your children not to hurt our children. An 11-year old should not have to deal with this.
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Here's the thing we have to reckon with as a country: that for all our pretensions to rights and diversity, only white people can drive, in protest, across the country, to protest, making threats along the way, undisturbed.
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Just heard "it's nice to have everyone back together again post-pandemic" on CTV News. When did we go "post-pandemic"? I must have missed that memo.
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Let's be clear - it is unconstitutional and completely illegal and authoritarian for Cabinet to unilaterally change legislation. Last time I saw something similar to this happen was when living under a military dictatorship.
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I can't believe I ended up in a place where the person in charge of the K-12 school curriculum cannot interpret a simple graph.
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These thugs watched truckers drive all the way to Ottawa and then lay siege on the capital. This camp has been up for only 16 hours.
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I bet every non-Albertan who knew me before now is wondering why I have become so potty-mouthed. Well, I live in Alberta forfuckssakes.
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It is so bizarre to see men say on TV that the state has no right to control their bodies. The same type of men who would attack an abortion clinic.
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Kenney has lost the democratic mandate. He is a straight up dictator forcing his will on the people of Alberta for nothing other than his political fortunes. I urge you to defy him by following the public health measures he has removed.
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Voting to defund AISH when you have a secondary residence and a recreational residence is the kind of cruelty that radicalizes people like me.
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Alberta needs to start reporting those harmed by delayed care because of the mishandling of the pandemic. Tumours rendered inoperable. Cancelled surgeries. The full deadly scale of the government's negligence is being kept from citizens. COVID numbers half the story.
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There's an election in 4 days Alberta. Use the anger well. Elections matter. The decisions you make then stay with you for a long time.
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Alberta's new Justice Minister is being investigated by the Law Society of Alberta. Just a normal day in Alberta.
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Alberta, you've been had. This is the most ridiculous government presser I have seen in my life. And I lived through pressers announcing military rule.
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Given the fact that the GiveSendGo donations started after it became clear that the occupiers included white nationalists and neo Nazis, it would be really hard to relate to anyone on that list that I know ever again.
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Just thinking about how we kept kids out of school for 3 weeks because of some holiday but someone says to keep them out of school because of disease and some people lose their fucking minds.
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Is there even one sane person left in conservative parties across Canada?.
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Great. My close relative with cancer has COVID. I feel like going to yell at that medical response team that showed up without masks.
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Here's a wild thought: a university procures masks and makes them available in classrooms with signage advising all about the proven benefits of masking during a pandemic and asking that folks mask to protect the community. Access + Evidence + Nudge.
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