Matt Sheedy

Matt Sheedy is a PhD candidate in religious studies at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, and associate editor of the Bulletin for the Study of Religion. His research interests include critical social theory, secularization and ritual theory, fundamentalism, ethics and social movements. His dissertation offers a critical look at Juergen Habermas' theory of religion in the public sphere and he is also conducting research on myths, rituals and symbols in the Occupy movement, which includes fieldwork at Occupy Winnipeg. His website is MattSheedy.com.

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Idle No More is about more than Chief Spence

Satirical collage image of Chief Theresa Spence that appeared on a conservative Canadian blog. (©Blazing Cat Fur)

The Idle No More movement began quietly back in early October, when four aboriginal women held a teach-in in Saskatoon about the destructive effects of the Harper government’s omnibus budget Bill C-45.More

Matt Sheedy

January 27, 2013

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From Occupy to Idle No More

My first experience with the Idle No More phenomenon came on Dec. 21, 2012, at Toronto’s Yonge and Dundas Square. The sight of round dances and the sound of drum circles offered a stark contrast to the flashing lights and billboards that surround the city’s commercial epicenter.More

Matt Sheedy

January 8, 2013

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