Lise Robichaud

Why do you appreciate unions?

I’ll start:

Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits

Labor Day | No Mercy / No Malice Near the end of the pandemic, American workers had enough leverage to mount nearly 400 strikes, marking the greatest number of labor actions in 10 years. A former Department of Labor official and memb...

Labor Day Weekend. To honor workers, pay them.

Happening NOW #keepdalstrong - 6225 University Ave, Halifax - in front of Killam Library @ansut.bsky.social

I don't know about you...but I'm disturbed by the amount of hell NOT being raised by leadership about masked individuals jumping out of unmarked vans, refusing to identify themselves...and just shoving people into a Goddamn vehicle and whisking them away.

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This is awesome, thanks for sharing!

Given the rapidly evolving political landscape in the United States and reports of individuals encountering difficulties crossing the border, CAUT strongly recommends that academic staff travel to the U.S. only if essential and necessary.

Read more: www.caut.ca/latest/2025/...

Compte tenu de l'évolution rapide du paysage politique aux États-Unis, l’ACPPU recommande fortement que le personnel académique se rende aux États-Unis uniquement si cela est essentiel et nécessaire.

Lisez-en plus: www.caut.ca/fr/latest/20...

Four donut graphs representing the Conservative Party of Canada, Liberal Party of Canada, New Democratic Party of Canada, and Bloc Quebecois. Data shows that regardless of political party, most Canadians think college and university should be affordable.

Canadians believe college and university should be affordable.

According to a 2024 survey, Canadians from all political parties agree that post-secondary education needs to be affordable.

The time for a generational investment that supports our colleges and universities is NOW.

Quatre graphiques en forme de beignets représentant le Parti conservateur du Canada, le Parti libéral du Canada, le Nouveau Parti démocratique du Canada et le Bloc Québécois. Les données montrent que, quel que soit le parti politique, la plupart des Canadiens pensent que le collège et l'université devraient être abordables.

Les Canadiens croient que l'éducation postsecondaire doit être abordable.

Selon un sondage de 2024, les Canadiens de tous les partis politiques sont d'accord que l'éducation postsecondaire doit être abordable.

C'est MAINTENANT qu'il faut investir pour soutenir nos collèges et nos universités.

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Are you going to unlock education too?

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Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada Jason Stanley, who says grandmother fled Berlin with his father in 1939, says US may become ‘fascist dictatorship’

“You’ve got to just band together and say an attack on one university is an attack on all universities.

And maybe you lose that fight, but you’re certainly going to lose this one if you give up before you fight."

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Hope Circuits: Slowing Down when “The Times are Urgent” — Academica Forum In this latest article in the Hope Circuits series, Jessica Riddell (Bishop’s U) reflects on the value of slowing down when the times are urgent.

As postsecondary education navigates a permacrisis, it's all the more important for #CDNPSE professionals to take a moment to slow down. Jessica Riddell (Bishop’s U) reflects on the value of slowing down when the times are urgent. Read more: forum.academica.ca/forum/hope-c...

Hundreds of part-time college instructors affected by drop in foreign enrollment Ontario’s 24 publicly funded colleges have announced layoffs and other cost-cutting measures to cope with drop in foreign students

There's plenty of blame to go around for this mess, but the international students and precariously employed teachers most negatively affected had no part in creating it.

Not happy with this situation? See link below for a quick action.

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

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#Election2025 est en cours et l’EPS a besoin de vous.

Les coupes et les menaces qui pèsent sur le monde académique montrent que l'EPS fait face à une crise.

Nos institutions sont la clé de l'avenir du Canada.

Rejoignez-nous : education2025.ca/fr

#Election2025 is under way and it’s time to speak out for PSE.

Drastic cuts and threats to academia and research have shown that PSE is facing a crisis.

Our institutions are the key to Canada’s future.

Join us: education2025.ca

Group of scientists in a lab looking through a microscope. Text that reads "Political interference is a threat to academic freedom"

Politicians don’t get to dictate what is taught and researched at Canadian colleges and universities.

Research and institutional funding shouldn’t come with political strings attached.

Lets Unlock Education: Education2025.ca

Groupe de scientifiques dans un laboratoire regardant à travers un microscope. Texte qui lit "L'ingérence politique menace la liberté académique"

Les politiciens ne doivent pas dicter ce qui est enseigné et quelles recherches sont menées dans les universités et collèges au Canada.

La recherche et le financement institutionnel ne devraient pas être assortis de conditions politiques.

Déverrouillons l'accès à l'éducation: Education2025.ca/fr

Merci pour la mise à jour. Bon courage.

Thank you for this. I might read it. I don’t think I could stomach a book with a pessimistic outlook right now.

Excellentes lettres ce matin à l’opinion du lecteur de notre quotidien que j’aime bien, Acadie Nouvelle.

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Suicide Crisis Helpline 9-8-8

Crisis Services #Canada 1-833-456-4566

Kids Help Phone 1-800-668-6868

Suicide Prevention Centre 1-833-456-4566

First Nations - Hope for Wellness 1‑855‑242-3310

National Indian Residential School 1-866-925-4419