Daniel Munro

Ottawa voter turnout: 36%. Down from 43% in 2022. What a city. www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

There were 146,000 more eligible voters in 2026 (868K) than 2022 (722K) in Ottawa. Yet, Leiper drew fewer total votes in 2026 (106K) than McKenney did in 2022 (119K). Saravanamuttoo wasn’t the issue for Leiper. Poor mobilization and turnout was the issue.

Ottawa voter turnout: 36%. Down from 43% in 2022. What a city. www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

Three o’clock is always too early and too late to eat an entire bag of chips. - Sartre, probably

From the outside, I have all the markings and credentials of a person who should “fit” in academia (for better or worse). But there’s a little Bourdieu who sits on my shoulder and whispers “habitus” and “your Dad was a high school drop-out truck-driver” at all the wrong times.

And my parents nurtured a neighbourly relationship with Des Morton - the UofT historian and later principal of Erindale College - who, for reasons unclear to me, lived in our co-operative housing community. He occasionally gave me advice as I worked through undergrad and grad school.

From the outside, I have all the markings and credentials of a person who should “fit” in academia (for better or worse). But there’s a little Bourdieu who sits on my shoulder and whispers “habitus” and “your Dad was a high school drop-out truck-driver” at all the wrong times.

Once I understood this, I was finally able to make sense of the fact that in academic settings - both formal and informal - I would sweat buckets. I was performing in a role without a script and the upbringing to do so effectively. I’m fine now. I don’t care and I’m mostly just academia adjacent.

From the outside, I have all the markings and credentials of a person who should “fit” in academia (for better or worse). But there’s a little Bourdieu who sits on my shoulder and whispers “habitus” and “your Dad was a high school drop-out truck-driver” at all the wrong times.

I remember the first time I realized there might be an issue. I was in @stuartgwhite.bsky.social’s excellent seminar on Marxism. We were discussing how to define class. And it struck me that most of my peers had never actually spent time with truck drivers, millwrights and small appliance repairmen.

From the outside, I have all the markings and credentials of a person who should “fit” in academia (for better or worse). But there’s a little Bourdieu who sits on my shoulder and whispers “habitus” and “your Dad was a high school drop-out truck-driver” at all the wrong times.

“SpaceX, whose Falcon 9 medium-lift rockets have been the workhorses of private orbital launches, has stopped taking new Falcon 9 bookings beyond 2028. The Elon Musk-led company plans to replace them with its next-generation Starship rockets, which keep exploding.” thelogic.co/news/canada-...

Every morning I cross a road where drivers run the red. So I wait until I’m sure cars are stopped before I cross. The pause prompts drivers - waiting to turn right - to honk at me. There’s no way for pedestrians to behave that will make car-brained Ottawa drivers happy. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A red light camera would do wonders at this intersection. You could probably fund half of Ottawa’s city budget after just a week.

Thinking about starting a little organization that brings together people who want to read and discuss some old and new books and articles once a week to learn something about the human condition, how to navigate the world, and maybe pick up a few critical skills and relationships along the way.

I wrote a report for a prominent think tank 15 years ago on the transportation challenges facing an aging population who can no longer drive (or shouldn’t be driving) in places built for cars. The response was a mix of “meh, whaddya gonna do” and “why the war on cars, Munro?”

Yeah. All that costs money. Aren’t your parents, grandparents and neighbours worth it?

I wrote a report for a prominent think tank 15 years ago on the transportation challenges facing an aging population who can no longer drive (or shouldn’t be driving) in places built for cars. The response was a mix of “meh, whaddya gonna do” and “why the war on cars, Munro?”

Good communities support seniors and all residents by providing reliable, accessible & affordable public transit, robust specialized transit (Wheel-Trans, ParaTranspo) that doesn’t have to be booked 3+ days ahead, walk signals that last more than 18 seconds, lower speed limits in residential areas.

“Canadian students should gain access to Erasmus+ as soon as the next EU budget enters into force, according to MEP Bogdan Zdrojewski, the European Parliament’s rapporteur on the next iteration of the popular student mobility programme.” sciencebusiness.net/news/erasmus...