Academic union activist; Melodrama obsessed film lover; Re-reader of Henry James; believes in abortion on demand.

Winnipeg
Joined February 2009
In 1901, 15 Metis families moved to southwest Winnipeg where six other families had relocated to years earlier. This was the beginning of what became known as Rooster Town. Half a century later, the City bulldozed the community. Let's learn more. 🧵1/12
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highly recommend not using ChatGPT at all, since the servers that power it use more electricity than major cities, it's been known to recommend eating glue and smoking multiple cigarettes a day, and you could simply use your wonderful brains to read and study things on your own.
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Dr. Brenda Austin-Smith retweeted
As Faculty, we know CUPW's issues are our issues, and we are proud to be out in solidarity with these workers as they fight for the kind of gains that benefit all workers, including academic workers across the post-secondary sector #onpse #onlab #isupportpostalworkers
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Dr. Brenda Austin-Smith retweeted
FQPPU celebrates historic union victories at McGill: @AMPE_AMPE & AMPFA certified, AMASCS petition filed 💬 “Unionization is a necessary response to management practices that negatively impact working conditions.” — M. Pastinelli ➡️ newswire.ca/news-releases/hi… #McGill #Unionization
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Dr. Brenda Austin-Smith retweeted
SMUFU Pres @cathyconrad is in Ottawa for @CAUT_ACPPU council…representing all members but reminding us of where we’ve come from… #SolidarityForever
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Dr. Brenda Austin-Smith retweeted
Bienvenue au nouveau membre de l’ACPPU : le Syndicat des professeures et professeurs de l'Université de Sherbrooke!   Welcome to CAUT’s newest member: the Syndicat des professeures et professeurs de l’Université de Sherbrooke!
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Dr. Brenda Austin-Smith retweeted
CAUT stands in solidarity with @cupw workers! L’ACPPU solidaire avec les travailleuses et travailleurs de @cupw!
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Dr. Brenda Austin-Smith retweeted
AASUA is in Ottawa today with academic staff union reps across the country for @CAUT_ACPPU Council. Of discussion is the ongoing postal workers strike — together Council stands in solidarity with @cupw! #supportCUPW #canlab #cdnpoli #solidarity
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“A university? Why no! We’re a Speciversity!” It’s like that satiric episode on “The Great Eastern” so many years ago.
So whose educational aspirations get sacrificed? Don't like where this is going, knowing the tenor of the times. Given that MUN is the provincial and only university in NL, what message is this sending, particularly to students who don't have the option to head to the mainland?
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Dr. Brenda Austin-Smith retweeted
Education profs knew what was at stake when we supported @AMPL_AMPD on the picket line the first time they went on strike back in February. We are stronger together.
Education❤️Law! #McGill professors of Education stand in solidarity with our colleagues in Law during their strike today--the first strike by tenure-track professors in McGill's history. @mcgillu @AMPL_AMPD @Edumcgill @LawMcGill
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Dr. Brenda Austin-Smith retweeted
“One lesson stands out above all others: when we fight, we win!" After a months-long strike, @AMPL_AMPD has an agreement with McGill whereby the challenges to AMPL's certification and the unionization of other faculties will be dropped. Read our statement: caut.ca/latest/2024/10/law-p…
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Dr. Brenda Austin-Smith retweeted
"... francization and the divisions brought about by various local and global events” , said Evan Fox-Decent, professor of law at McGill and president of AMPD, in a press release." 2/2
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Dr. Brenda Austin-Smith retweeted
We aimed to unionize 45 law professors at #McGill. We ended up facilitating the unionization of over 500. #solidarity @AMPE_AMPE, @CAUT_ACPPU @FQPPU
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Dr. Brenda Austin-Smith retweeted
A Brief History of Students Today Aren’t Prepared for College 🧵
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Dr. Brenda Austin-Smith retweeted
Let's talk about how the political positions I support—such as greater freedom for all, multiculturalism, and respect for different ways of living—have, in fact, improved fashion. 🧵
Derek, for all his pretent congeniality, will attempt to viciously class shame me, but he knows I'm right. His politics destroys the things he loves, and all he can do is pretend he doesn't care for them, really, and that it's just abstract and passing interest that he's above.
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Dr. Brenda Austin-Smith retweeted
Yesterday, we and our thousands of supporters across @mcgillu, Monteal, Quebec, and Canada demonstrated the broad and deep support there exists behind our strike. With that strength, today, we extend an olive branch to the McGill administration. #NoContractNoCourses
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Dr. Brenda Austin-Smith retweeted
Donald Trump said they're eating the dogs in Springfield 😂🤣🤣 #Debate2024
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Dr. Brenda Austin-Smith retweeted
In case you're wondering whether we are okay here in the US, we're not. “They’re eating the dogs, they’re eating the cats, they’re eating the pets.” This is the level of discourse at our #PresidentialDebate2024.
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