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Peace & human rights advocate, trade-unionist & anti-militarist; teacher-researcher; parent, spouse, sibling, neighbour, human. #ArmsEmbargoNOW 🍉

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And worse: hundreds of civilians have already been killed in the all-out bombardment of dense urban areas like Tehran.

Musing about sending Canadians to fight and die in this carnage is unreal. You’re talking about Canadians being asked to participate in likely war crimes.

No one voted for this!

05.03.2026 03:38 👍 116 🔁 29 💬 1 📌 1

1/ PM Carney: you can and must categorically rule out participation in this illegal war.

Your unqualified support of Trump and Netanyahu’s war was bad enough. It’s unconscionable that you’re now considering putting Canadian forces in harm’s way.

05.03.2026 03:38 👍 231 🔁 81 💬 9 📌 6
An evening with / Une soirée avec Avi Lewis in Guelph. March 12, 7–9pm at Royal City Mission featuring Laura Mae Lindo, Judy Rebick, Karen Houle, Lawrence Hill, Andrew Craig, and Tragedy Ann. RSVP: avilewis.link/guelph

An evening with / Une soirée avec Avi Lewis in Guelph. March 12, 7–9pm at Royal City Mission featuring Laura Mae Lindo, Judy Rebick, Karen Houle, Lawrence Hill, Andrew Craig, and Tragedy Ann. RSVP: avilewis.link/guelph

Guelph! Join me and an incredible lineup of special guests on March 12 for a powerful night of connection and community!

This campaign has built excitement across the country, running on ideas bold enough to meet this moment. Join the movement!

Reserve your spot now: https://avilewis.link/guelph

05.03.2026 18:18 👍 31 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
A light teal background with an illustration of hands throwing up graduation hats. Text: Four years of tuition at an Ontario university costs about $40,000. Only 20% of Ontarians age 15-17 have enough saved for tuition. Ontario students need more grants, not loans. Ontario universities need more funding.

A light teal background with an illustration of hands throwing up graduation hats. Text: Four years of tuition at an Ontario university costs about $40,000. Only 20% of Ontarians age 15-17 have enough saved for tuition. Ontario students need more grants, not loans. Ontario universities need more funding.

Ontario students need more grants, not loans.

Ontario universities need more funding.

Read more about funding universities: tinyurl.com/ysvh6muj

24.02.2026 19:11 👍 2 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
Colour blocked image with text explaining myths and facts about fair dealing copyright.

Text reads "Myth: Copyright's primary purpose is to ensure authors are paid. Fact: Copyright law has always been about balancing users' and creators' rights."

Colour blocked image with text explaining myths and facts about fair dealing copyright. Text reads "Myth: Copyright's primary purpose is to ensure authors are paid. Fact: Copyright law has always been about balancing users' and creators' rights."

This Fair Dealing week, we’re breaking down myths and facts about fair dealing.

We tend to think of copyright as being only about protecting creators, works and ensuring those creators get paid. But copyright is all about balance.

Learn more at copyright.caut.ca

23.02.2026 15:03 👍 4 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
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Canada, Cuba and the price of tolerating coercive power As U.S. pressure on Cuba intensifies, Canada must defend sovereignty and multilateralism — or risk enabling coercive foreign policy.

Nancy Wright, John Winterdyk: #Canada, #Cuba and the price of tolerating coercive power
Via @policyoptions.irpp.org policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/02/cana...

05.03.2026 11:43 👍 0 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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Canada, Cuba et le coût de la tolérance face au pouvoir coercitif Devant les pressions américaines sur Cuba, le Canada doit rompre le silence, sans quoi il cautionne une approche autoritaire.

Nancy Wright, John Winterdyk: #Canada, #Cuba et le coût de la tolérance face au pouvoir coercitif #CanPoli
Via @policyoptions.irpp.org policyoptions.irpp.org/fr/2026/02/c...

05.03.2026 11:44 👍 0 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Mark Carney’s Stance On Iran Throws His Davos Doctrine Into Question “What we’re hearing right now, at a time when it really matters, is … that we’re giving in.”

Stance by Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social on #Iran Throws his #DavosDoctrine into Question

www.readthemaple.com/mark-carneys-stance-on-iran-throws-his-davos-doctrine-into-question @readthemaple.com

06.03.2026 03:19 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Former CAUT president Tom Booth leaves a legacy of service - CAUT An active member of the University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA), Senior Scholar in the Department of Biological Sciences, and former president of CAUT (2000–2002) and the CAUT Defence Fund, ...

Former CAUT president Tom Booth leaves a legacy of service - www.caut.ca/news/73602-2/

05.03.2026 17:08 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Condemnation of the Illegal and Unjust War on Iran by the United States Just Peace Advocates stated that such an action is both illegal and unjust, representing a serious threat to peace and stability in the region.

Condemnation of the Illegal and Unjust War on Iran by the United States
www.justpeaceadvocates.ca/statement-co...

06.03.2026 03:01 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Condemn Carney’s musings about dispatching troops to Iran Prime Minister Carney is boosting the warmongers in the US and Israel. On Wednesday Carney suggested Canada might consider dispatching troops to assist Trump and Netanyahu’s war of aggression on Iran ...

Join @justpeaceadvocates.bsky.social @wbwcanada.bsky.social & #foreignpolicyinstitute in condemning @mark-carney.bsky.social Carney’s irresponsible musings about dispatching Canadian troops to #Iran actionnetwork.org/letters/cond...?

06.03.2026 03:00 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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Growing support for public funding of post-secondary education - CAUT Findings from two surveys conducted in November 2025 and May 2024 show a growing majority of Canadians support public funding for colleges and universities, and many recognize that such funding has de...

Growing support for public funding of post-secondary education - www.caut.ca/bulletin/gro...

05.03.2026 12:24 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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What Ford’s Funding Announcement Really Means for Studio Education at OCAD U By Min Sook Lee, OCADFA President Doug Ford is calling his latest post-secondary announcement a turning point — $6.4 billion promised over four years, the seven-year tuition freeze lifted, and OSAP re...

Read about what Premier Ford’s funding announcement really means for studio education at OCAD U:

www.tinyurl.com/FordOSAP

#OSAP #CFS

05.03.2026 14:46 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Condemn Carney’s musings about dispatching troops to Iran Prime Minister Carney is boosting the warmongers in the US and Israel. On Wednesday Carney suggested Canada might consider dispatching troops to assist Trump and Netanyahu’s war of aggression on Iran ...

I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Condemn PM Carney's musings about dispatching Canadian troops to #Iran.
You can write & SEND one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/cond...

06.03.2026 02:57 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Send a message to your MP about maintaining the Canada Student Grant, via @caut.bsky.social link here: bsky.app/profile/caut...

05.03.2026 12:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"Canada student grant"
$4200 Current (graphic shows a stack of coins)
$300 August 2026 (graphic shows a shorter stack of coins)
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"Canada student grant" $4200 Current (graphic shows a stack of coins) $300 August 2026 (graphic shows a shorter stack of coins) Large yellow arrow pointing downwards Logo + CAUT

The Canada Student Grant is currently $4200 but could be cut to $3000 for the next academic year.

College and university students in Canada already struggle with the cost of tuition and day-to-day necessities. This cut would be devastating.

Student support should be increasing, not decreasing.

05.03.2026 12:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Trump pushes Cuba toward catastrophe US sanctions have cut Cuba off from crucial oil supplies, threatening hospitals, electricity, and basic services. With Mexico’s shipments halted under pressure from Washington, members of the Canadian...

US sanctions are strangling Cuba’s oil supply, putting hospitals, electricity, and essential services on the brink of collapse.

Members of the Canadian Network on Cuba discuss how this blockade isn’t just an attack on Cuba—it’s a challenge to sovereignty, solidarity, and global justice.

07.02.2026 17:58 👍 24 🔁 13 💬 2 📌 0

The Canadian Network on Cuba said it will dispatch its 19th container of humanitarian supplies to the island since 2020.

#Canada #Cuba

Also, there are other smaller networks like one here in Halifax NS that is trying to ship more goods to Cuba.

15.02.2026 10:31 👍 32 🔁 14 💬 1 📌 1
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Coalition to send aid from Canada to Cuba as concern over loved ones mounts | CBC News A coalition that works to strengthen ties between Canada and Cuba is preparing to send a shipping container of aid to Cuba in early March as the country faces a U.S. blockade that is causing an energy...

Sharing this again - Canadian Network on Cuba is sending a container with aid to Cuba.

Coalition to send aid from Canada to Cuba as concern over loved ones mounts

Gathering of supplies comes as Canadian government upgrades travel advisory for Cuba

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

15.02.2026 00:27 👍 195 🔁 87 💬 6 📌 5
Help send urgently needed power supplies to Cuba. Send E-transfer to donate@canadiannetworkoncuba.ca. Or mail cheque to Canadian Network on Cuba, PO Box 99051 - 1245 Dupont St., Toronto, ON M6H 4H7.

Help send urgently needed power supplies to Cuba. Send E-transfer to donate@canadiannetworkoncuba.ca. Or mail cheque to Canadian Network on Cuba, PO Box 99051 - 1245 Dupont St., Toronto, ON M6H 4H7.

The Canadian Network on Cuba is shipping aid to Cuba and needs financial donations and non-perishable food items: canned food, beans, rice, powder milk, cooking oil, generators, etc., to be dropped off at the place where they will fill the container on March 7.

canadiannetworkoncuba.ca/donate/

18.02.2026 05:08 👍 35 🔁 29 💬 1 📌 2
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Canada, Cuba et le coût de la tolérance face au pouvoir coercitif Devant les pressions américaines sur Cuba, le Canada doit rompre le silence, sans quoi il cautionne une approche autoritaire.

Nancy Wright, John Winterdyk: #Canada, #Cuba et le coût de la tolérance face au pouvoir coercitif #CanPoli
Via @policyoptions.irpp.org policyoptions.irpp.org/fr/2026/02/c...

05.03.2026 11:44 👍 0 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Canada, Cuba and the price of tolerating coercive power As U.S. pressure on Cuba intensifies, Canada must defend sovereignty and multilateralism — or risk enabling coercive foreign policy.

Nancy Wright, John Winterdyk: #Canada, #Cuba and the price of tolerating coercive power
Via @policyoptions.irpp.org policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/02/cana...

05.03.2026 11:43 👍 0 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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Spain refuses to let US use bases for Iran attacks Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has condemned US and Israeli strikes on Iran.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has condemned US and Israeli strikes on Iran.

02.03.2026 21:30 👍 596 🔁 150 💬 17 📌 21
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Pedro Sánchez "La posición de España se resume en cuatro palabras: No a la guerra" www.eldiario.es/politica/san...

04.03.2026 08:32 👍 1406 🔁 482 💬 62 📌 75

BREAKING: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has barred the U.S. from using Spanish military bases for attacks on Iran.

02.03.2026 13:45 👍 4583 🔁 873 💬 63 📌 135
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At odds with Europe: Why is Spain saying ‘no’ to US-Israeli war on Iran? Spain's socialist president is locked in a war of words with Washington, which has threatened to cut trade ties.

Spain declined to let U.S. bases on its territory be used for strikes on Iran and called the war “unjustifiable and dangerous.” That decision should be normal in international politics, not treated as defiance. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...

04.03.2026 23:00 👍 12 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
Illustration d'une plante poussant dans un pot, avec des icônes représentant différents aspects de l'éducation postsecondaire suspendues aux branches.

Illustration d'une plante poussant dans un pot, avec des icônes représentant différents aspects de l'éducation postsecondaire suspendues aux branches.

Au Canada, 48% des étudiants déclarent avoir des difficultés à payer leurs droits de scolarité. C'est près de la MOITIÉ.

Les bourses fédérales pour les étudiants sont menacées. L'aide aux étudiants doit augmenter, et non diminuer.

Envoyez une lettre à votre député: www.caut.ca/fr/campagnes...

04.03.2026 15:01 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Why Can't We Strike? I get asked this question a lot: if OCADFA is a trade union, why can’t we strike? And secondly, doesn’t not being able to strike hurt our leverage at the bargaining table? These questions require a mu...

www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-ca...

04.03.2026 16:09 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Bargaining in Financial Uncertainty By Graeme Reniers, OCADFA ED By the time our special issue Dispatch is released, OCADFA’s Negotiations Committee will have tabled our bargaining package to the Administration. Inevitably, our Negotiat...

OCADFA members are the backbone of the institution.

You’re not just a budget line, you’re the primary long-term stakeholders of OCADU.

Read the article:
www.tinyurl.com/OCADFA-RTB

04.03.2026 14:45 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Illustration of a plant growing out of a pot with icons representing different aspects of post-secondary education hanging from the branches.

Illustration of a plant growing out of a pot with icons representing different aspects of post-secondary education hanging from the branches.

Across Canada, 48% of college and university students report struggling with the cost of tuition fees. That’s almost HALF of students.

Federal student grants are on the chopping block. Student support should be increasing, not decreasing.

Tell your MP: www.caut.ca/campaigns/gr...

04.03.2026 15:02 👍 6 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 2