This needs to be widely circulated among alumni. If you support U of A with your dollars, tell them this is unacceptable. If they won't change their stance, get together and create a childcare cooperative financially supported by alumni. Balance the scales.

UBC's child care expansion plan update (March 2026): bog3.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2026/0...

Andrea DeKeseredy@andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 4d ago

The @thetyee.ca is covering the unbelievably cruel decision by the University of Alberta to slash 100% of funding to its non-profit affiliated child care centres despite having evidence of clear need. They are still, inconceivably, giving money to a private, for-profit company NOBODY USES.

The on-campus child-care access hundreds of student parents rely on is threatened by what critics say is a confounding policy change by the university’s administration. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...

Parents Upset as U of A Cuts Off Non-Profit Child-Care Centres | The Tyee

But there’s money for a corporate provider to faculty and staff.

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Parents Upset as U of A Cuts Off Non-Profit Child-Care Centres via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...

Parents Upset as U of A Cuts Off Non-Profit Child-Care Centres | The Tyee

But there’s money for a corporate provider to faculty and staff.

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Via David Slater Parents Upset as U of A Cuts Off Non-Profit Child-Care Centres via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...

Parents Upset as U of A Cuts Off Non-Profit Child-Care Centres | The Tyee

But there’s money for a corporate provider to faculty and staff.

thetyee.ca

The @thetyee.ca is covering the unbelievably cruel decision by the University of Alberta to slash 100% of funding to its non-profit affiliated child care centres despite having evidence of clear need. They are still, inconceivably, giving money to a private, for-profit company NOBODY USES.

Parents Upset as U of A Cuts Off Non-Profit Child-Care Centres | The Tyee

But there’s money for a corporate provider to faculty and staff.

thetyee.ca

I’ve heard from many concerned constituents about the Memorial Organ at the U of A, I agree with them. The organ should remain in Edmonton, in Convocation Hall, as a place of pride and remembrance. uniteforthepipes.wordpress.com/2026/08/26/u...) uniteforthepipes.wordpress.com/2026/08/26/u...

U of A sells $3M memorial for $1 and a handshake

The Arts Building (1915). Within lies Convocation Hall and the Memorial Organ. On Tuesday, the University of Alberta announced it has given away a $3M war memorial for $1 and a handshake. We take i…

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Fun update for you all- This fall I’m teaching a class at the University of Winnipeg in the Criminal Justice Department! Excited to be an official member of the community!

🧵In this new article in @universityaffairs.bsky.social , @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I argue that generative AI based on large language models has no place in higher education. People in universities use AI only for doing more things more quickly, easily, and cheaply.

AI in universities: the case against - University Affairs

Ping Lam Ip and Andrea DeKeseredy argue generative artificial intelligence has no place in higher education.

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Universities in 2026 are fun because leadership will spend hours debating how to restore the public’s faith in higher education while also forcing anyone who asks a basic budget question to fill out and pay for a freedom of information request.

With weather being the way it is, I thought I’d again share the spreadsheet I made a couple years ago on where to find weather-related information online. #yegwx #abstorm docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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An article Prof. Jana Grekul, Jenna Robinson, and I wrote is now published in Feminist Criminology. It documents the precarity that formerly incarcerated women in Alberta experienced as they were adapting to post-release life. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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I'm going to need someone to explain to me why the University of Alberta is paying a multinational for-profit corporation for child care while cutting 100% of the funding to our non-profit community centres (that we all actually used). Really, what is going on here?

You can't make up what goes on in Alberta politics. A third party advertiser offers citizenship and land in a sovereign Alberta for a $1,000 donation plus a chance to win a van. Separatist Site Offers Donors a Piece of the 'Republic of Alberta' via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/07...

Separatist Site Offers Donors a Piece of the ‘Republic of Alberta’ | The Tyee

For a $1,000 contribution, a consortium seems to promise land and citizenship opportunities. ‘Unethical,’ says an expert.

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HEY remember this? Great work, everyone!

CCPA Manitoba office is hiring a senior researcher! It’s a great job and you’d be part of an amazing organization focused on progressive policy solutions. Please share widely! ccpa.bamboohr.com/careers/51

Errol Black Chair in Labour Issues

Senior Researcher Errol Black Chair in Labour Issues Winnipeg, Manitoba, Full-time  Help shape progressive public policy in Manitoba for the working class  The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives ...

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My book is out! It is fun and dishy and smart and very very Canadian! demeterpress.org/books/celebr...

In the latest edition of the ASC Critical Criminology newsletter @dekeseredy.bsky.social , @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I discuss the similarities between the Hockey Canada and Ghomeshi trials, as well as the betrayal victims of sexual violence experience within the Canadian criminal justice system

The American tech company Meta is building an AI data centre in Alberta that will be larger than all of Stanley Park and use almost as much power as the entire city of Edmonton. They are building a new natural gas plant to power it. Is this what Canadians voted for?

NEW CANADIAN WAGE GAP DATA (happy Saturday to me) CCPA has put together an excellent chart of wage gap percentages by Canadian province based on 2025 data. The province with by far the largest gap? That would be Alberta.

Been thinking a lot about the irreplaceable organ/war memorial the University of Alberta wants to oust, mulling over the justifications for upsetting literally everyone in the province over it. I've come to the conclusion that someone just thinks it looks old, and wants it gone.

The book I edited with the Canadian Demeter Press titled "Celebrity Mothers: Negotiating Fame, Gender, and Mothering" is now published and available for purchase! I have a very neat chapter about Jenny McCarthy, the rise of individualistic parenting and vaccine hesitancy in the collection.

Happy Canada Day to the University of Alberta, who want to remove this memorial to the 238 U of A soldiers who died defending this country in World War I and World War Two. #UAlberta

How do I politely tell everyone I work with that I actually DO NOT want an AI transcript of every word I said in an hour long meeting sent to everyone immediately after we finish talking. Please advise!

What’s missing from this story is that the Summerby-Murray report suggests selling the organ to someone in the United States. A memorial to dead Canadian soldiers. Let that sink in. Absolutely shameful behavior from the university. The organ needs to stay where it is.

Andrea DeKeseredy@andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The point of this article is that the University of Alberta administration does not care what members of its own community want. They will do what they want, and use misleading information to justify doing so. Consult is administrator speak for ignore.

The point of this article is that the University of Alberta administration does not care what members of its own community want. They will do what they want, and use misleading information to justify doing so. Consult is administrator speak for ignore.

External expert releases report on plans to remove 1978 organ - The Gateway

The report states that the 1978 organ is a war memorial and recommends moving ahead with its removal without delay.

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My favourite part of Albert’s new dual practice model is where they purposely exclude procedures for life-saving care, because if the policy actually reduced wait times for everyone, cancer care would be first on the list to include.

Ah, another day of sending my own funding to research participants who are clearly misrepresenting their eligibility requirements! Imposter participants continue to wreak havoc on online recruiting/research. We need to better address this through ethics practices.

One of the hand-picked appointees mentioned in this story (the one who wrote about the benefits of Alberta separating from Canada) was proudly named a Pierre Elliott Trudeau foundation mentor this year.

Charles Rusnell@charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Smith's Power Plays Depend on These Hand-Picked Appointees via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...