J. Adam Perry, PhD
@perryja.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Department of Adult Education at @stfx-university.bsky.social. Co-editor, the Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education. Research on learning and immigration, community-based adult education, international labour migration.
Happy to share my co-authored article in The Conversation calling for the need to introduce a National Housing Standard for Migrant Farm Workers. #RaiseTheBar #ToImmigrantsWithLove #migration #JusticeIsNotSeasonal. theconversation.com/decades-of-n...
Decades of neglect: Migrant farm worker housing needs national regulatory standards
Canada’s ability to produce food hinges on hiring migrant agricultural workers. Yet, housing for these workers is often overcrowded, dangerous and undignified.
theconversation.com
May 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Happy to share my co-authored article in The Conversation calling for the need to introduce a National Housing Standard for Migrant Farm Workers. #RaiseTheBar #ToImmigrantsWithLove #migration #JusticeIsNotSeasonal. theconversation.com/decades-of-n...
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“When I face the desolate impossibility of writing five hundred pages, a sick sense of failure falls on me, and I know I can never do it. Then gradually, I write one page and then another. One day's work is all I can permit myself to contemplate.”
― John Steinbeck
― John Steinbeck
April 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
“When I face the desolate impossibility of writing five hundred pages, a sick sense of failure falls on me, and I know I can never do it. Then gradually, I write one page and then another. One day's work is all I can permit myself to contemplate.”
― John Steinbeck
― John Steinbeck
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Chilling report from @caut.bsky.social on the U.S. administration’s targeting of Canadian researchers www.caut.ca/latest/2025/...
Trump administration threatening Canadian researchers
(Ottawa – March 17, 2025) The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) is warning that the
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March 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Chilling report from @caut.bsky.social on the U.S. administration’s targeting of Canadian researchers www.caut.ca/latest/2025/...
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On the blog today, Daniel Englehutt and Peter L. Twohig present a microhistory of workers, safety, and the Public Service Commission of Halifax: acadiensis.wordpress...
Workers and Safety Culture: A Microhistory of the Public Service Commission of Halifax, 1945-1955
Daniel Englehutt and Peter L. Twohig[1] Introduction Westray. Ocean Ranger. Springhill. The names will resonate with many, important reminders of the dangers of working in the energy sector. Perhap…
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March 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
On the blog today, Daniel Englehutt and Peter L. Twohig present a microhistory of workers, safety, and the Public Service Commission of Halifax: acadiensis.wordpress...
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next Canadian government should think of boosting research funding up here and trying to grab as many American postdocs and researchers as possible
March 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
next Canadian government should think of boosting research funding up here and trying to grab as many American postdocs and researchers as possible
Happy to share some recent reflections on the possibilities of decolonizing higher education curriculum with international students, published in The Journal of International Students. Thank you to my RA Rachael Bethune for all your hard work and support. www.ojed.org/index.php/ji...
Decolonizing citizenship learning with international students: Exploring the possibilities through photovoice
| Journal of International Students
www.ojed.org
December 19, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Happy to share some recent reflections on the possibilities of decolonizing higher education curriculum with international students, published in The Journal of International Students. Thank you to my RA Rachael Bethune for all your hard work and support. www.ojed.org/index.php/ji...
I have a new article exploring the complex affective dynamics of employer/employee relationships in the context of Canada's 'two-step' immigration regime. Published in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. Thanks to my RA Leah Nicholson for all her support. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘It’s a reward for good performance’: exploring the role of employer–employee relationships in Canada’s two-step economic immigration system
This article is based on personal narrative-style interviews with various stakeholders connected to Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Programme and delves into the significant role employers play i...
www.tandfonline.com
December 19, 2024 at 2:34 PM
I have a new article exploring the complex affective dynamics of employer/employee relationships in the context of Canada's 'two-step' immigration regime. Published in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. Thanks to my RA Leah Nicholson for all her support. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Excited to see that my research on harassment in the context of precarious work has been cited in a systematic review of precarious work in higher education: www.frontiersin.org/journals/edu...
Frontiers | Experiences of precarious work within higher education institutions: a qualitative evidence synthesis
IntroductionA qualitative evidence synthesis was employed, to identify and synthesize the best evidence on the experiences of precariously employed academics...
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December 19, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Excited to see that my research on harassment in the context of precarious work has been cited in a systematic review of precarious work in higher education: www.frontiersin.org/journals/edu...
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Be sure to check out our recent post featuring an audio clip of the extended abstract of our interview with Polaris Prize winning musician Jeremy Dutcher, now with a tri-lingual PDF so you can follow along in the language of your choice: acadiensis.wordpress...
Sonic Rematriation: An Interview with Jeremy Dutcher
This extended abstract from Acadiensis Vol. 53, No. 1 (Spring | printemps 2024) was translated into Wəlastəkwey by Elder Henrietta Black and transcribed by Jeremy Dutcher. Dutcher Forum Extended Ab…
acadiensis.wordpress.com
December 17, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Be sure to check out our recent post featuring an audio clip of the extended abstract of our interview with Polaris Prize winning musician Jeremy Dutcher, now with a tri-lingual PDF so you can follow along in the language of your choice: acadiensis.wordpress...
Check out the new issue of the Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education cjsae.library.dal.ca/cjsae
Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education
A refereed journal for the study of adult education.
cjsae.library.dal.ca
November 29, 2024 at 12:49 AM
Check out the new issue of the Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education cjsae.library.dal.ca/cjsae
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Thanks for making this @stfx-university.bsky.social start pack @lauraestill.bsky.social! go.bsky.app/L7yywto
November 28, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Thanks for making this @stfx-university.bsky.social start pack @lauraestill.bsky.social! go.bsky.app/L7yywto