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FIRST READING: Inside the abyss of Canadian taxpayer-funded humanities research

Trans ghosts, 'anti-colonial' marine biology; where hundreds of millions in SHHRC grants go every year

by · National Post

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A recurring subject of this newsletter is the sheer quantity of federal research funding that disappears into the abyss of activist, identity-obsessed grievance studies.

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