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

Joined February 2009
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Dr. Brenda Austin-Smith retweeted
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.
highly recommend asking ChatGPT for historical events that occurred on your birthday. things will click.
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Dr. Brenda Austin-Smith retweeted
21 Nov 2024
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
23 Nov 2024
FQPPU celebrates historic union victories at McGill: @AMPE_AMPE & AMPFA certified, AMASCS petition filed šŸ’¬ ā€œUnionization is a necessary response to management practices that negatively impact working conditions.ā€ — M. Pastinelli āž”ļø 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
29 Nov 2024
Bienvenue au nouveau membre de l’ACPPUĀ : le Syndicat des professeures et professeurs de l'UniversitĆ© de Sherbrooke! Ā  Welcome to CAUT’s newest member: the Syndicat des professeures et professeurs de l’UniversitĆ© de Sherbrooke!
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Dr. Brenda Austin-Smith retweeted
29 Nov 2024
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
29 Nov 2024
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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ā€œA university? Why no! We’re a Speciversity!ā€ It’s like that satiric episode on ā€œThe Great Easternā€ 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
9 Oct 2024
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.
13 Feb 2024
Educationā¤ļø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
ā€œOne 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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RT @AMPL_AMPD: "... francization and the divisions brought about by various local and global eventsā€ , said Evan Fox-Decent, professor of l…
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RT @AMPL_AMPD: We aimed to unionize 45 law professors at #McGill. We ended up facilitating the unionization of over 500. #solidarity @AMPE_…
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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
15 Sep 2024
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
12 Sep 2024
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 šŸ˜‚šŸ¤£šŸ¤£ #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. ā€œThey’re eating the dogs, they’re eating the cats, they’re eating the pets.ā€ This is the level of discourse at our #PresidentialDebate2024.
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