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Acadia University opens up AI literacy course to public for free | CBC News Acadia University hopes an introductory course about AI tools can bring students and the public better understanding about AI technology.

Acadia University AI literacy course is now free for the public. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#AI #AcadiaU @acadiapresident.bsky.social

How Bilingualism Supports Communication in Neurodiversity Research shows bilingualism and neurodiversity may strengthen communication, social skills and cognitive control in ASD and schizophrenia.

New research from CarletonU on the benefits of bilingualism for neurodivergent brains.

#bilingualism #carletonU #cpf

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Contents | Global Nineteenth-Century Studies 2, 1 In an effort to expand the fields of literary, cultural, and ethnic studies, the collection of articles herein focuses upon an often-overlooked set of imperial relations between Britain and Latin America in the nineteenth century. The most common and ...

Keith Clavin's special issue @global19c.bsky.social is free to access, for a limited time, @livunipress.bsky.social! www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/gncs/2/1

Some breaking art historical news for you - a lost portrait of Robert Burns by Sir Henry Raeburn was unveiled today at the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh. It’s been missing for more than 200 years.
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The Companies Behind ICE Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.

New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.

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French Immersion - Dyslexia Canada Families often have important questions about how learning to read in French, and sometimes in both French and English at the same time, affects their child’s

Excellent new resources from Dyslexia Canada to support French Immersion students and families. dyslexiacanada.org/support/fren...

It's online! It's open to anyone, anywhere in the world!

We'll be reading the texts below but we'll be diving into the history of romance well beyond them!

I'm really excited to have the possibility to run a popular romance course... let's make sure it runs!

I read “The Lifted Veil” last week - an unexpectedly different version of George Eliot.

Learn more https://www.bl.uk/about/international/international-library-leaders-programme

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Good Morning File today on the value of “useless” degrees: “[…] any instrumentalist view is problematic. Things are worth studying for their own sake: religion, art, philosophy. They are part of what makes us human, and that’s enough justification on its own.”

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More in the same vein: CBC Info Morning interview picking up on the Op Ed #psed #NovaScotia Information Morning - Cape Breton with Steve Sutherland: In defence of the independence of the university www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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CBC Info Morning interview on NS university independence. #psed #NovaScotia #NS
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Thanks for listening! I have lots more to say, but mostly I’m glad we’re talking openly about NS #psed now.

«Sortez du cadre ! Escape book au musée d’Orsay» 📚
Comment échapper aux héritages douteux du XIXe en 144 pages, plus de 48 jeux et 65 œuvres ?

Hortense Belhôte vous entraîne dans une relecture déconstruite de nos collections, aussi drôle et décalée que documentée.
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It’s time to talk about our universities. They matter. #novascotia #educationlaw #NSEd

The latest edition of SCOTTISH LITERARY REVIEW, edited by @rhonabrown.bsky.social and me, is now live on Project MUSE. This is a bumper edition, so fill yer boots! @asls.org.uk

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Scottish Literary Studies Book Prize The Scottish Literary Studies Book Prize is awarded biennially to an outstanding work of scholarship in the field of Scottish literary studies. Founded in 2025, the prize is open to book-length wor…

Nominations are open for the newly-founded Scottish Literary Studies Book Prize, administered by the Universities Committee for Scottish Literature and awarded biennially to an outstanding work of scholarship in the field of Scottish literary studies. £300 prize.

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Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research Explore the latest peer-reviewed articles and learn how to publish your work in Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research.

This is another routine reminder that our journal @advancesjournal.bsky.social is actively seeking proposals for themed issues. Do get in touch with me directly if you are interested in submitting a proposal.

Journal details 👇
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@cbcradiocanada.bsky.social is here!

Value of social and cultural infrastructure ‘risks being neglected in decision-making' without new measurement framework, British Academy report argues A new report commissioned by the British Academy emphasises the urgent need for policymakers to recognise social and cultural spaces – such as libraries, leisure centres, galleries, and community hubs...

British Academy report 'emphasises the urgent need for policymakers to recognise social and cultural spaces – such as libraries, leisure centres, galleries, and community hubs – as essential infrastructure that contributes directly to economic growth and the reduction of social inequalities.'

Looking for a place to shop on Indie Bookstore Day and everyday in Canada? Let me know if I missed ya (sorry not intentional) or if you know a shop that needs to be added! #ShopLocal #IndieBookstores #IndependentBookstores go.bsky.app/VMTA1Qu

The North American Journal of Celtic Studies The North American journal of Celtic studies is the official journal of the Celtic Studies Association of North America

I'd just like to encourage everyone, but especially ECRs to consider submitting to the North American Journal of Cetlic Studies. I can say from experience that the journal gets fast and effective peer review, which can be a boon for junior scholars.

This has been thoroughly entertaining. Thank you!

BREAKING NEWS: America Is Back in the International Slave Trade A Trump administration filing in federal court in Maryland may be the most shocking confession any presidential administration has made in generations—as it signals a reinstitution of the slave trade.

(📣) PROOF UNLOCKED: The first massive report in the three-report PROOF series on The Trump-El Salvador Scandal is now free to the public.

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Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained ‘When academics fear travelling or partnering with US institutions, the impacts ripple through the entire global knowledge ecosystem,’ one says

Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained

‘When academics fear travelling or partnering with US institutions, the impacts ripple through the entire global knowledge ecosystem,’ one says

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La vie est meilleure quand la littérature se fait voir.

Another day wasted when university presidents & chancellors could have been in front of microphones. The total lack of loud public collective action condemning this & explaining to Americans why this is a complete disaster is utterly maddening.

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Happy to see this book on Education Law in Canada come to fruition. All three authors are Schulich alumni! #education #teachers #law