Collegial governance structures can be democratic as long as everyone is operating in good faith. Unfortunately, they are also vulnerable to people on power trips, narcissists etc whose main goal is not to improve the institution, but to harm whoever they can reach.
This (new?) phenomenon of withholding/retracting degrees is so abominable. Columbia seems to be the trendsetter as w/ so many awful trends but NYU’s holding its own in the race to the bottom. Also IT’S GALLATIN of all NYU schools. What’s more “individualized” than this?!
www.them.us/story/gallat...
Rescinding degrees from students condemning genocide is not what universities are for
Hey @uwinnipeg.bsky.social students!! Please share everyone 👇👇👇👇👇
New: A University of Winnipeg employee has filed a whistleblower report that calls for a probe into overall operations at the post-secondary institution amid mounting concerns about its leadership #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
@caut.bsky.social #AcademicFreedom
That sound you heard was almost every Manitoban cheering. OT for the Winnipeg Jets @winnipegjets.com
DESPITE consistent attempts to silence him from both within and outside of our union, our president @drpeterjmiller.bsky.social stood and bravely spoke this morning at @caut.bsky.social condemning the suppression of pro-Palestinian speech on Canadian campuses. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
In case people are wondering how American Studies people in Canada are strategizing… we are not crossing the border. I would love to go to MSA in Boston this year but can’t risk it. I would LOVE to travel to this exhibit this summer but can’t risk it. www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/...
I am three beers deep and at the head of a line for a soon-to-be-open church rummage sale
We've finally made the leap from the other place! 👋 Our first order of business is to congratulate our friends @umfa-faum.bsky.social on the ratification of their new collective agreement & to send our solidarity to our friends @appusb.bsky.social as they work towards a fair deal
High Noon - 1949
Dr. Mark Libin, my wonderful MA supervisor, will be teaching this fantastic course on Palestinian literature at the University of Manitoba in the Fall. Please share with interested students! @marklibin.bsky.social
Tickets are free, but limited. Reserve yours here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/harry-crow... 3/3
Our speaker, Prof Eve Haque (York U) will give a talk entitled “Navigating Current Constraints on Academic Freedom.” This event is *free*, open to all, and takes place at 7pm at the Winnipeg Art Gallery (cocktail bar beforehand!). Thanks @umfa-faum.bsky.social and BUFA for their $$ support 2/3
Poster in red advertising Harry Crowe lecture. All text in BlueSky posts.
If you’re in Winnipeg and are interested in academic freedom, freedom of expression, campus protests, and all the issues surrounding universities and speech, please come to the inaugural Harry Crowe Lecture, organized by @uwfa.bsky.social (and esp @alysonbrickey.bsky.social). 1/3
Everyone needs to take vibe advice from my cat. He is a rescue and his name is Cletus.
Wait Ani Difranco is coming to folk fest?! Time to warp back to my 20s
“Equivocations is the vague equating of colonialisms that erases the sweeping scope of land as the basis of wealth, power, law in settler nation states.” —Tuck & Yang
I love that the Mumford & Sons Brooklyn pop up is literally just this m.youtube.com/watch?v=rId6...
There is such incredible work being done in this city all time. Real, meaningful work. Not posturing. Just work. www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7464984
CAUT is calling on York University to reverse plans to suspend enrolments in 20 academic programs at its Glendon and Keele campuses.
Read more: www.caut.ca/latest/2025/...
They should invent a meeting that makes you something other than just extra depressed
“The root that tears apart your house’s foundation begins as a seed. A seed of distrust and hate and blame. The seed that grew into a dictatorship a lifetime ago in Europe didn’t arrive overnight. It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.” —JB Pritzker
