Erica Fischer

Education International denounces the blocking of high level delegation to Palestine Education International strongly condemns the decision by the Israeli occupation authorities to prevent a delegation of education leaders from entering Palestine, detaining delegation members for hour...

"Education International affirms that academic freedom, trade union rights, and international solidarity are not privileges; they are fundamental rights protected under international law."

www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3200...

@caut.bsky.social @eduinternational.bsky.social

Opinion: The reasons behind the strike, in the words of a Laurentian faculty member Elizabeth Carlson-Manathara, an associate professor at Laurentian University, explains why faculty has taken the step of walking off the job and, as many can imagine, LU’s insolvency and its fallout i...

Solidarity with LUFA! www.sudbury.com/columns/gues...

Exactly this.

“First and foremost, post-secondary education has been chronically and increasingly underfunded over the past several decades, forcing universities to rely on increased tuition and other forms of revenue to make up for decreased public funding.”

#solidarity with @lufappul.bsky.social

Members of @lufappul.bsky.social have taken to the picket lines following months of negotiations.

LUFA members have endured years of instability and made extraordinary sacrifices following the university’s unprecedented use of the CCAA.

Read more: www.caut.ca/news/laurent...

This side of America is awesome. For so many Americans, when their neighbours are under attack, this is how they respond.

U.S. House Speaker blames 'rhetoric' against law enforcement after woman killed by ICE U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, reacted to the fatal shooting of a woman by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, saying it appeared to him from video he watched that the driver who wa...

So, to recap:

Guns don’t kill people

People with guns don’t kill people

But persuasive speech about people with guns who kill people? That kills people.

NDP denounces the illegal attack of Trump against the venezuelian regime. Latin America is not owned by the USA and it’s not its playground. International law and the people’s right to self determination exists. The liberal government should clearly defend these principles. #NDP @ndp.ca #cdnpoli

Le NPD dénonce l’attaque illégale de Trump contre le régime du Vénézuéla. L’Amérique latine n’est ni la propriété, ni le terrain de jeu des USA. Le droit des peuples à l’autodétermination existe tout comme le droit international. Le gouvernement libéral doit défendre ces principes. @npd.ca #NPD

Merry Christmas to you, too! 🎄

Merry Christmas 🎄🎁

(((Hugs)))

Falleció Margit Frenk Freund, filóloga y profesora emérita de la UNAM Dedicó su vida al rescate y comprensión la riqueza de la lengua española, desde la lírica popular hasta el Siglo de Oro.

www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2025...

Murió Margit Frenk, destacada académica e hispanista Margit Frenk, estudiosa de la antigua poesía popular hispánica, falleció a los 100 años, informó la Academia Mexicana de la Lengua.

www.reforma.com/murio-margit...

Muere Margit Frenk, la gran estudiosa de la poesía cantada y excepcional filóloga Muere

www.cronica.com.mx/cultura/2025...

Sí, y ni siquiera se toman el tiempo de revisar si hay errores tan obvios como el género de la persona 🫠

Fool = FFyL ? 😣

Union filing for conciliation as long term care talks with province break down The union representing some long term care workers is beginning the process of filing for conciliation as it says talks broke down on Monday with the provincial government. In a news release, CUPE say...

« I have coworkers who are homeless, who live in their cars or sleep on friends’ couches, because they aren’t being paid enough to afford rent,” CUPE 1259 President Dawn Vardy said. These are long term care workers, severely underpaid. An essential public service. #nspoli @cupens.bsky.social

Writers and Scholars Arrested and Held Incommunicado in Iran Whereabouts Unknown, No Contact with Families or Lawyers Iranian Authorities' Attack on Intellectuals Meant to Silence Any Independent Thought November 6, 2025 — In a coordinated operation targeting m...

The info and petition below concerns arrested academics in Iran. Please consider signing/sharing it with colleagues.

Writers and Scholars Arrested and Held Incommunicado in Iran:

iranhumanrights.org/2025/11/writ...

Link to petition:

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Choirs for Change Concerts in support of the #Halifax Refugee Clinic.

Thank you, Jason! 🥰😎

YouTube video by Aretha Franklin Aretha Franklin - Respect (Official Lyric Video)

In honour of @cupe3912.bsky.social and all the unions in #nspse and beyond who pushed back and smacked down overweening management and their consultant handlers this year:

Thank you ☺️🥰

Graph showing stipends for contract academic staff (PT Faculty) at 12 universities in Atlantic Canada in 2024. Dalhousie, MSVU and SMU were among the lowest paid in the region.

Graph showing stipends for contract academic staff (PT Faculty) at 12 universities in Atlantic Canada in 2025. Dalhousie, MSVU and SMU are among the highest paid in the region.

Thank you for all your support in making this possible, @cupescfp.bsky.social, @cupens.bsky.social, @caut.bsky.social, @cautdefencefund.bsky.social! We went from being the lowest paid in the region to being among the highest paid! 🎉🤩 😎

#CDNPSE #canlab

Thank you ☺️

We are happy to announce that SMU PT Faculty members have ratified the Tentative Agreement. Members will return to work and classes will resume on Monday.

Congratulations everyone!

#cdnpse #canlab

@caut.bsky.social @cupens.bsky.social @cupescfp.bsky.social

"They [international researchers] are being welcomed to a system that is facing a funding crisis, where existing researchers are struggling," Robin Whitaker, CAUT President.

Read more: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Part-time faculty, Saint Mary’s University reach tentative deal; classes could resume Monday Part-time faculty at Saint Mary’s University, who have been on strike for three weeks, have reached a tentative agreement over wages and vacation pay.

Coverage of the SMU tentative agreement in CTV today:
https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nova-scotia/article/part-time-faculty-saint-marys-university-reach-tentative-agreement-over-wages-vacation-pay/
#SMUstrike #FairDealNow #cdnpse #canlab

WE HAVE A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT! (SMU PT FACULTY, CHECK YOUR EMAIL! NOW!) Information Sessions on Nov 13: 9 am via Zoom with the Bargaining Team 12 pm in-person at the SMU Picket Line with Neil and Howard 6 pm via Zoom with the Bargaining Team

SMU Part-Time Faculty have a tentative agreement! SMU PT members, check your email for more information.

#SMUstrike #FairDealNow #cdnpse #canlab