Tricia Wood

Geography professor and Director of grad program in Gender, Feminist & Women’s Studies at York U, columnist for Spacing, transit advocate, musician, translator, insomniac (she/her)  Often in Montréal.

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2026-08-28 18:43:22 UTC

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Other Black people moved onto that street and started using it in official capacities. Town officials then posted notices that the road was called “Mains Avenue, and not Doctor Street.” So the Black community called it “Not Doctor Street.” In just a few paragraphs, Morrison does amazing social, cultural and political geography. 2/2

2026-08-28 18:42:28 UTC

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This reminds me of how at the start of her novel, Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison writes this great backstory of "Not Doctor Street." “Not Doctor Street” is also Mains Ave, and it was the road where, in the late19th/ early 20th c, the first and only African-American doctor in the town resided. So Black residents called the road “Doctor Street.” 1/2

2026-08-28 17:25:22 UTC

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This sounds like a brilliant project.

2026-06-01 16:59:31 UTC

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it is also in a lovely scene in Their Finest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO-UdZ7FeoU

2026-05-11 02:46:15 UTC

I knew my writing students were using AI. Their confessions led to a powerful teaching moment https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/may/10/fiction-writing-professor-ai

2026-04-19 10:53:59 UTC

“We are more than 200 per cent of normal April precipitation, and we're only halfway through the month.” https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/west-nipissing-flooding-state-of-emergency-9.7169476

2025-11-18 07:15:35 UTC

These B.C. wolves figured out how to pull up crab traps to get food https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-wolves-crab-traps-tool-use-9.6982536

2025-04-14 10:26:09 UTC

She was chatting with friends in a Lyft. Then someone texted her what they said. Ride-sharing company says incident was not part of audio recording pilot it’s testing in some U.S. cities https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/lyft-conversation-transcribed-1.7508106

2025-04-10 11:37:59 UTC

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That is a pretty strong correlation!!

2025-04-09 14:42:58 UTC

Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/09/big-tech-datacentres-water?CMP=share_btn_url

2025-01-22 21:42:54 UTC

As a professor, I have found it a fascinating journey to go from telling students "Don't use Wikipedia! It's not a place to do research," to telling students, "Start with Wikipedia! It's a good and reliable source, and an excellent example of collective knowledge-keeping."

2024-11-21 12:10:50 UTC

Virtually no aid has reached north Gaza in 40 days, UN says https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3ypxd3p4eo

2024-09-20 07:19:48 UTC

How restoring rivers' natural curves can prevent flooding https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240918-how-restoring-rivers-natural-curves-can-prevent-flooding

2024-08-18 21:45:21 UTC

British Foreign Office diplomat Mark Smith resigns over Israel arms sales https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyvpm1049d9o

2024-08-10 02:01:09 UTC

This man travelled from Canada to Mexico on only public transport https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg587pp5p2do