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Michael Shaw
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Academic union member at UMFA. Active in CAUT and the CAUT DF.
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caut.bsky.social
As universities and colleges cut academic programs, close programs, and slash 13,000+ jobs, Budget 2025 halves international student enrolment without boosting core funding.
November 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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cupe3912.bsky.social
Thank you to the NSGEU President, Sandra Mullen, and their Political Action Committee for joining us at the MSVU Picket line today!
October 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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merschrod.bsky.social
#solidarity with @cupe3912.bsky.social members at MSVU and SMU who are on strike! Stay safe in the storm! @munfaculty.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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caut.bsky.social
"Post-secondary education is foundational to Canadian democracy and quality of life."

The @policyalternatives.ca Alternative Federal Budget today is out today and lays out real solutions to protect public and affordable PSE in Canada.

Read more:
Alternative federal budget 2026: Post-secondary education | CCPA
What the Canadian government should do on post-secondary education. Because true independence needs a new economic model.
www.policyalternatives.ca
October 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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leahgreenberg.bsky.social
OK folks, here's the deal. Spotify is running ICE recruitment ads and has ignored asks to stop. It's time to tell them we won't stream fascism - by cancelling our subscriptions. Here's how to get started: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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cupe3912.bsky.social
Still feeling the love from amazing SMU students who brought us solidarity and picket line treats today!

You can come by to support us, or sign: https://bit.ly/EmailForPTSMUFaculty
A bag of cookies with "we support you!" on the bag A bunch of treats in cute Halloween bags with little ghosts and cats
October 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Day two of the strike. Great turn out in support of part-time faculty at Saint Mary's University. Solidarity to those also striking at Mount Saint Vincent University. ✊🏻 @cupe3912.bsky.social #smu
October 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Our colleagues at SMU and MSVU are fighting for equitable pay and working conditions. The professorate represented by CUPE 3912 are among the lowest paid precarious academics in Canada. If you're in Halifax, please support our friends! @cupe3912.bsky.social @smufu.bsky.social @msvufa.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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The NSTU stands in solidarity with CUPE 3912 members on strike at Mount Saint Vincent University. These part-time faculty, TAs, and course instructors play a vital role in students’ learning and deserve fairness, respect, and a fair collective agreement. @cupe3912.bsky.social @peterday6.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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smufu.bsky.social
In solidarity with @cupe3912.bsky.social SMU
@ansut.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social @cautdefencefund.bsky.social
For Immediate Release: Saint Mary’s Faculty Union response to the CUPE3912 SMU Part-Time Faculty Strike Thursday, October 23, 2025 It is a sad and historic day for Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Our University has never witnessed a strike in the history of our Institution, dating back to 1802. And yet, here we are in this profoundly unprecedented and disappointing moment, witnessing the first labour action on the backs of some of our hardest-working colleagues, the part-time Professoriate at Saint Mary’s University. These workers are the poorest paid precarious academic staff in Canada. Ranked the 3rd best undergraduate university in the country, Part-Time Faculty members, who deliver the core mission of SMU, are among the lowest paid. Shame on the Saint Mary’s University executive leadership and employer bargaining team, and Board of Governors, for exploiting their academic staff and for their shameful bargaining tactics. This is a very sad day for our institution. We stand in solidarity with our CUPE 3912 with our full support and call on the SMU President, Provost, BOG and Bargaining team to get back to the table immediately and work towards a fair deal now.
October 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Come and support Part-Time Academics at MSVU as they strike for a fair deal!
Workers striking, holding signs that read “living wages for living here” CUPE members picketing outside MSVU CUPE members on strike at MSVU holding signs
October 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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cupe3912.bsky.social
Screenshot and share this post to to your own page and tag MSVU and tell them CUPE 3912 Part-Time Academics deserve a fair deal now!
Solidarity I stand with MSVU Part-Time Academics MSVU give them a fair deal now!
October 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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stfxaut.bsky.social
#Fairness4CAS #MakeitFair
October 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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stfxaut.bsky.social
#MakeItFair #FairnessForCAS
October 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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PT Faculty could be on strike or lockout on October 23.
Call all on @smuhalifax.bsky.social to bargain in good faith and reach a fair deal that improves the working conditions and job security for part-time faculty!

#FairDealNow! #canlab #cdnpse

@cupe3912.bsky.social @cautdefencefund.bsky.social
Poster with the cupe logo and text that says: We could be on strike or lockout on October 23. How can you support us? Share your support for our action on social media, sign our open letter [arrow to QR code and bit.ly link], join us on the picket lines." SMU PT Faculty rally. Everyone is welcome to attend! Friday Oct. 24th 12:00 PM @ SMU main entrance. Get a debrief on Wednesday's conciliation session, show your support.
October 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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mbteachers.bsky.social
For too long, Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code has silenced workers and unions, stripping them of their most effective means to fight for fair wages, safe working conditions, and respect on the job. MTS stands in solidarity with the CLC and calls for an end to this practice. buff.ly/8XZKixh
Statement from MTS in Support of Bill C-247 – The Manitoba Teachers' Society
The Manitoba Teachers' Society
www.mbteach.org
October 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Higher education in Ontario is at a crossroads. This current government ignores the real problems. They offer stopgap measures. Not real solutions.

Underfunding is a significant threat. It starves research. It weakens teaching. It's impacting student access and success.
October 16, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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October 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Panel discussion to support contract academic staff - Oct 20. CAS across Canada face precarity. Find out what's happening in NS, w/research & solidarity. Full panel now confirmed. Register-ansut.ca @caut.bsky.social @cupe3912.bsky.social @stfxaut.bsky.social @msvufa.bsky.social @cbufa.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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On this day of reflection, remembrance, and action, CAUT, together with academic staff associations, honours the survivors of Canada’s residential school system who endured racism, violence and forced family separation.

Read more: www.caut.ca/news/caut-st...
White text that reads "National Day for Truth and Reconciliation September 30" on a gradient orange background
September 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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SCE LifeWorks - Come Together Fundraiser
Join thousands of community organizations - big and small - who raise more funds for their worthy causes with Rafflebox.
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September 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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The 2026 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies takes place June 3-5 in Winnipeg.

This year's theme is Solidarity Unbound: Work and Labour in an Age of Intersecting Crises. Check out the CfP for proposal deadlines.

cawls.ca/en/2026-annu...

#canlab #LabourStudies
2026 Annual Conference - Canadian Association for Work & Labour Studies
The Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies (CAWLS) is an academic association for scholars interested in work, workers, and labour.
cawls.ca
September 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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winnipegfreepress.com
The Canadian Football League didn’t just announce a few tweaks to its rulebook on Monday, it sent a shockwave through its very foundation.
Modified rules, field size casualties of major CFL revamp
League changes made without consulting players, coaches
www.winnipegfreepress.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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brucearthur.bsky.social
Social media needs to be held liable for so many of its evils
faineg.bsky.social Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · Sep 20
“Meta has used back-to-school pictures of schoolgirls to advertise one of its social media platforms to a 37-year-old man, in a move parents described as “outrageous” and “upsetting.”

Meta has 100% stopped even *pretending* not to be astoundingly evil.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man
Exclusive: Instagram pictures of girls as young as 13 were posted to promote Threads site ‘as bait’, campaigner says
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM