Annick MacAskill
@thisisannick.bsky.social
Poet
Latest: Votive (Gaspereau Press, 2024)
Shadow Blight (Gaspereau Press, 2022) #GGBooks2022
Murmurations, No Meeting Without Body, five from hem, Brotherly Love: Poems of Sappho and Charaxos
annickmacaskill.com
Latest: Votive (Gaspereau Press, 2024)
Shadow Blight (Gaspereau Press, 2022) #GGBooks2022
Murmurations, No Meeting Without Body, five from hem, Brotherly Love: Poems of Sappho and Charaxos
annickmacaskill.com
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
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Vincent
Sharon Cave
2020
Sharon Cave
2020
November 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Vincent
Sharon Cave
2020
Sharon Cave
2020
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Women Operators
George Reid
1917
George Reid
1917
November 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Women Operators
George Reid
1917
George Reid
1917
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The Three Sapindaceae Graces
Bogdan Molea
2009
Bogdan Molea
2009
November 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The Three Sapindaceae Graces
Bogdan Molea
2009
Bogdan Molea
2009
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Somber Day
Tom Thomson
1916
Tom Thomson
1916
November 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Somber Day
Tom Thomson
1916
Tom Thomson
1916
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November 8th marks Intersex Day of Remembrance.
Intersex Day of Remembrance is a day to remember those who are no longer with us and highlight issues that the Intersex community face.
We stand in solidarity with our Intersex siblings, team members and supporters!
#IntersexDayOfRemembrance
Intersex Day of Remembrance is a day to remember those who are no longer with us and highlight issues that the Intersex community face.
We stand in solidarity with our Intersex siblings, team members and supporters!
#IntersexDayOfRemembrance
November 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
November 8th marks Intersex Day of Remembrance.
Intersex Day of Remembrance is a day to remember those who are no longer with us and highlight issues that the Intersex community face.
We stand in solidarity with our Intersex siblings, team members and supporters!
#IntersexDayOfRemembrance
Intersex Day of Remembrance is a day to remember those who are no longer with us and highlight issues that the Intersex community face.
We stand in solidarity with our Intersex siblings, team members and supporters!
#IntersexDayOfRemembrance
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this should be a lot of fun! November 22, from 2-4 pm. Come here Opaat Press poets read their work! Halifax Central Library
October 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
this should be a lot of fun! November 22, from 2-4 pm. Come here Opaat Press poets read their work! Halifax Central Library
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Congratulations to Karen Solie, winner of this year's Governor General's Award for English-Language Poetry! Her winning book, Wellwater, was also recently awarded the Forward Prize, in a tie with Vidyan Ravinthiran. Here's one of my favourite poems from the collection.
November 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Congratulations to Karen Solie, winner of this year's Governor General's Award for English-Language Poetry! Her winning book, Wellwater, was also recently awarded the Forward Prize, in a tie with Vidyan Ravinthiran. Here's one of my favourite poems from the collection.
Congratulations to Karen Solie, winner of this year's Governor General's Award for English-Language Poetry! Her winning book, Wellwater, was also recently awarded the Forward Prize, in a tie with Vidyan Ravinthiran. Here's one of my favourite poems from the collection.
November 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Congratulations to Karen Solie, winner of this year's Governor General's Award for English-Language Poetry! Her winning book, Wellwater, was also recently awarded the Forward Prize, in a tie with Vidyan Ravinthiran. Here's one of my favourite poems from the collection.
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"They keened like
witches and cut
the stars
in half."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Seagulls at the University by @AnnaQuon.bsky.social (2025 Opaat Press / @thisisannick.bsky.social) annickmacaskill.com/2025/09/10/s...
witches and cut
the stars
in half."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Seagulls at the University by @AnnaQuon.bsky.social (2025 Opaat Press / @thisisannick.bsky.social) annickmacaskill.com/2025/09/10/s...
November 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"They keened like
witches and cut
the stars
in half."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Seagulls at the University by @AnnaQuon.bsky.social (2025 Opaat Press / @thisisannick.bsky.social) annickmacaskill.com/2025/09/10/s...
witches and cut
the stars
in half."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Seagulls at the University by @AnnaQuon.bsky.social (2025 Opaat Press / @thisisannick.bsky.social) annickmacaskill.com/2025/09/10/s...
"Caligula in an ill-fitting suit" -- O, I am slain!
Caligula in an ill-fitting suit loses his shit again.
In three days he will be issuing a new set of demands and then another and then another.
In three days he will be issuing a new set of demands and then another and then another.
October 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
"Caligula in an ill-fitting suit" -- O, I am slain!
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It’s #FairEmploymentWeek & @cupe3912.bsky.social are on strike seeking: fair employment. CAS research, build community & teach. Yet over half juggle multiple contracts to make ends meet. Imagine the potential if their work was valued with fair pay & stability. #MakeItFair#ANSUTstandswithCAS
October 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It’s #FairEmploymentWeek & @cupe3912.bsky.social are on strike seeking: fair employment. CAS research, build community & teach. Yet over half juggle multiple contracts to make ends meet. Imagine the potential if their work was valued with fair pay & stability. #MakeItFair#ANSUTstandswithCAS
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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
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
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Oh, hey! I’m still on strike as a CUPE Part-Time professor at SMU. Here’s a fun little graphic: according to Maclean’s Magazine, SMU is ranked #3 in Canada for small universities.
How does the PT pay for faculty compare across the top 10 schools?
Oh. Oh dear.
How does the PT pay for faculty compare across the top 10 schools?
Oh. Oh dear.
October 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Ask yourself how you would feel if your employer said you were only worth $2 more A WEEK. How valued would you feel?
The impact we make matters. The work we do is transformational to so many peoples’ lives.
I’m worth more than a coffee a week.
The impact we make matters. The work we do is transformational to so many peoples’ lives.
I’m worth more than a coffee a week.
October 24, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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“Respect means fair wages, real job security, and access to benefits and pensions #CUPE members can count on. Coordinated action all across #NovaScotia proves how strong we are when we stand together. #Solidarity!”
@cupescfp.bsky.social
#canlab #MakeItFair #FairDealNow
@cupe3912.bsky.social
@cupescfp.bsky.social
#canlab #MakeItFair #FairDealNow
@cupe3912.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
“Respect means fair wages, real job security, and access to benefits and pensions #CUPE members can count on. Coordinated action all across #NovaScotia proves how strong we are when we stand together. #Solidarity!”
@cupescfp.bsky.social
#canlab #MakeItFair #FairDealNow
@cupe3912.bsky.social
@cupescfp.bsky.social
#canlab #MakeItFair #FairDealNow
@cupe3912.bsky.social
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Teaching Assistants at SMU will always stand in solidarity with our striking @cupe3912.bsky.social family.
We see firsthand, as both students and teachers, how academia runs on the backs of precariously employed workers, like our part-time faculty colleagues.
They deserve better!
We see firsthand, as both students and teachers, how academia runs on the backs of precariously employed workers, like our part-time faculty colleagues.
They deserve better!
October 24, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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I've sat at the same bargaining table as the part-timers have and let me tell you, the number one thing I felt from the university was an utter lack of respect for the important work we do.
That's what this fight is fundamentally about, and it affects us all, so show your support!
That's what this fight is fundamentally about, and it affects us all, so show your support!
October 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
What horrendous obfuscation!
“The university @smuhalifax.bsky.social says dozens of courses have been paused due to the strike, but classes taught by full-time faculty members will continue as scheduled.”
Dozens? Hundreds, actually👇
www.smu.ca/labour-relat...
#SMUstrike @cupe3912.bsky.social
@cautdefencefund.bsky.social
Dozens? Hundreds, actually👇
www.smu.ca/labour-relat...
#SMUstrike @cupe3912.bsky.social
@cautdefencefund.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
What horrendous obfuscation!
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"Some day,
I will leave here. In my social worker's rearview mirror
the conflicted tongue of this city will unfurl."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Brick Boy Blues by Nicholas Selig (2025 Opaat Press / @thisisannick.bsky.social) annickmacaskill.com/2025/09/10/b...
I will leave here. In my social worker's rearview mirror
the conflicted tongue of this city will unfurl."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Brick Boy Blues by Nicholas Selig (2025 Opaat Press / @thisisannick.bsky.social) annickmacaskill.com/2025/09/10/b...
October 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
"Some day,
I will leave here. In my social worker's rearview mirror
the conflicted tongue of this city will unfurl."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Brick Boy Blues by Nicholas Selig (2025 Opaat Press / @thisisannick.bsky.social) annickmacaskill.com/2025/09/10/b...
I will leave here. In my social worker's rearview mirror
the conflicted tongue of this city will unfurl."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Brick Boy Blues by Nicholas Selig (2025 Opaat Press / @thisisannick.bsky.social) annickmacaskill.com/2025/09/10/b...
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Every year, contract academic staff teach thousands of students, & bring passion, expertise, & innovation to university classrooms. Nearly one-third of faculty appointments in Nova Scotia are on short-term contracts—but their impact is lasting. #MakeItFair #ANSUTstandswithCAS
October 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Every year, contract academic staff teach thousands of students, & bring passion, expertise, & innovation to university classrooms. Nearly one-third of faculty appointments in Nova Scotia are on short-term contracts—but their impact is lasting. #MakeItFair #ANSUTstandswithCAS
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Leslie Kenwell, Dental Hygiene LTA at dalhousieu.bsky.social - "My most recent 2yr term ended June 30. I have been granted a 1yr term extension - not a reappointment - with no promise of anything after that. My precariousness has increased." @ansut.bsky.social @cupe3912.bsky.social #KeepDalStrong
October 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Leslie Kenwell, Dental Hygiene LTA at dalhousieu.bsky.social - "My most recent 2yr term ended June 30. I have been granted a 1yr term extension - not a reappointment - with no promise of anything after that. My precariousness has increased." @ansut.bsky.social @cupe3912.bsky.social #KeepDalStrong
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Spent time this week talking to fellow @cupe3912.bsky.social members, faculty, and students, prepping for a possible strike as early as Tuesday. We’d rather teach, but if we have to fight for the attention and respect we deserve, we’ll damn well bring it.
#EducationNotExploitation
#PrecarityIsPoison
#EducationNotExploitation
#PrecarityIsPoison
October 18, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Spent time this week talking to fellow @cupe3912.bsky.social members, faculty, and students, prepping for a possible strike as early as Tuesday. We’d rather teach, but if we have to fight for the attention and respect we deserve, we’ll damn well bring it.
#EducationNotExploitation
#PrecarityIsPoison
#EducationNotExploitation
#PrecarityIsPoison
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Reporting this delightful news a little late: the instant Canada Post switched to rotating job action, these treasures from @thisisannick.bsky.social arrived!
Good people are doing good things in this world 💜
Good people are doing good things in this world 💜
October 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Reporting this delightful news a little late: the instant Canada Post switched to rotating job action, these treasures from @thisisannick.bsky.social arrived!
Good people are doing good things in this world 💜
Good people are doing good things in this world 💜
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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
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."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u62ro3dvjoo4w53l36lya7ys/bafkreich36gzujxmyvxw5yrrrqh6gus73fxuwkzwg327insimf6lgp6a7m@jpeg)
October 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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
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