CUASA - Carleton University Academic Staff Association
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CUASA is the certified trade union representing over 900 full-time faculty and professional librarians at Carleton University.
Some Thoughts on Artificial Intelligence and the Future of PSE.
AI, Academic Labour and the Future of Post-Secondary Education
Podcast Episode · Rank & File Radio · June 17 · 21m
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The government gave public dollars to private companies to help with student mental health. Now the contracts are cancelled, and students still need help. We need more sustainable public funding to support students, not unreliable private actors.
TheTrillium.ca@thetrillium.bsky.social · 2w agoBank seeks court order to remove company involved in Skills Development Fund scandal from executives' control
CANADA: Sky’s the limit for flight attendants when government isn’t tipping the scales cupe.ca/news/skys-li...
Sky’s the limit for flight attendants when government isn’t tipping the scales: CUPE
Statement from CUPE National President Mark Hancock, CUPE National Secretary-Treasurer Candace Rennick and CUPE Airline Division President Wesley Lesosky on the tentative agreement between CUPE 8125 a...
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On a new @pressprogress.ca 🔴 SOURCES 🔴 @brishti.bsky.social unpacks how provinces are undermining Canada's healthcare system with @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social, Doctors for Safer Drug Policy, @policyalternatives.ca and more. pressprogress.ca/canadian-hea...
Canadian Healthcare: When Provinces Go Rogue
Guest panelists discuss the ways provinces are undermining Canada's healthcare system
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Doug Ford’s changes to OSAP are now in effect. Students say this will make post-secondary education ‘less accessible’
Celina Marsolais feels like she’s stuck between two choices: continuing with the final semester of her program and taking on even more debt, or quitting and applying for a job wherever she can to pay ...
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Minister Nolan Quinn, Minister of Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security, is responsible for a post secondary system where Ontario invests approximately $4.1 billion less than the Canadian average.
BREAKING: We’re suing Texas A&M University’s Board of Regents to challenge their censorship policy that restricts instruction on race, sexual orientation, and gender. Public universities can't ban ideas they don't like.
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Protect Teacher Education: Listen to Experts, Stop Political Interference through Bill 101. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pr... @cuasa.ca
Protect Teacher Education: Listen to Experts, Stop Political Interference through Bill 101
Ontario's government is rushing major changes to teacher education programs through the Putting Student Achievement First Act, 2026, (or Bill 101) without meaningful consultation, adequate planning, o...
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"Resistance has been, and will be, most effective—indeed, it may only be effective—when faculty members mobilize and take independent action." - Comprehensive report on threats to public higher education in the US by @aaup.org / @cuasa.ca @cautdefencefund.bsky.social @ocufa.bsky.social
AAUP@aaup.org · 3w agoOUT TODAY, the AAUP just released the first comprehensive account of how the Trump administration has taken the same playbook it's used on law firms & foreign governments & turned it on American universities. US higher ed has, in effect, become a target of a massive extortion racket. 🧵
This will interest @cuasa.ca colleagues, as the new nursing program of our university is based on an agreement with this hospital.
Ottawa Labour Council@ottawalabour.bsky.social · last mo.In case you may have missed this story 'Queensway-Carleton Hospital cutting 87 registered nursing positions' bit.ly/44X2AO1
What Canada needs is stronger unions, not more restraints cawls.ca/en/what-cana... #canlab #cdnpoli
What Canada Needs Is Stronger Unions, Not More Restraints - Canadian Association for Work & Labour Studies
What Canada Needs Is Stronger Unions, Not More Restraints
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A group of 70 labour scholars from Canadian universities are sounding the alarm about attacks on workers’ rights. www.readthemaple.com/collective-b... #canlab #cdnpoli
Collective Bargaining Rights Are Being Undermined Across Canada
A group of 70 labour scholars from Canadian universities are sounding the alarm about attacks on workers’ rights.
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Proud to be part of this initiative bringing together 70 labour scholars from across Canada criticizing recent governmental attacks on unions. Published today in @theglobeandmail.com and @lapresse.ca #canlab #cdnpoli 1/
#BrockU labour studies professor Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social told the Globe that flight attendants have made unpaid work a defining issue, by “turning what had been a dirty secret of the industry into a widely understood form of wage theft.” www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art... #canlab
WestJet flight attendants vote to strike over ground pay
Attendants could walk off the job as early as Aug. 2, setting up potential delays and cancellations ahead of the long weekend
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As Ford workers vote on deal that brings 9% raise over three-years, @stufts.bsky.social & @profsavage.bsky.social weigh in on the tentative agreement. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art... #canlab
Ford workers vote on deal that brings 9% raise over three-years amid trade doubts
Agreement covering more than 5,000 Unifor members includes annual wage increases, bonuses and pension-plan improvements
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Come out tomorrow in support of striking workers in Ottawa!
I spoke @theglobeandmail.com about federal research on accessibility of buildings&spaces: "There’s a large group of people in Canada who have limited access to certain places because of disabilities. For a matter of justice, this research is very important”. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Stephanie Cadieux aims to build a better future to accommodate all abilities
Canada’s Chief Accessibility Officer is determined to break down barriers
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Ontario's public education system has lost $6.4 billion since 2018 while students needs have become more complex. 1000's of jobs have been lost, including skilled trades workers, edu assistants, professional student services personnel & teachers. Students deserve a fully funded public edu system.
"It is currently standard practice of university administrations in Quebec and Canada to drag their feet and stall negotiations until a strike mandate is called." Read more on @ampe-mcgill.bsky.social's unanimous strike vote: www.thesuburban.com/eedition/pag...
Have questiosn about Acadia University's proposed restructuring plan(s) and the faculty collective agreement? AUFA has put together answers to some Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). Access the full FAQ here - www.acadiafaculty.ca/wp-content/u...
“McGill’s administration has dragged its feet, responded to our proposals piecemeal and restructured our faculty in ways that undermine our ability to bargain effectively. That has to change." Read more: montrealgazette.com/news/mcgill-...
McGill education professors unanimously approve limited strike
They will strike for up to five days as they try to reach a first collective agreement.
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“The department is central to the democratic control over the way that research happens, teaching happens” Dr. Geoffrey Whitehall, President of AUFA Read to the full CBC article on restructuring at Acadia 👇 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Faculty association airs concerns as Acadia University confirms restructuring | CBC News
Faculty association president Geoffrey Whitehall says he's concerned about the elimination of departments from the university structure.
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How does AI impact labour rights for academics and post-secondary workers? @caut.bsky.social Executive Director David Robinson joins URFA member Andrew Stevens to discuss how AI fits into a long history of tech disruption in education & how faculty associations are bargaining to protect workers.
AI, Academic Labour and the Future of Post-Secondary Education
Podcast Episode · Rank & File Radio · June 17 · 21m
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“After more than a year of negotiations, our members have shown, with one voice, that their patience has real limits.” Members of @ampe-mcgill.bsky.social voted unanimously in favour of a strike mandate as they negotiate for their first collective agreement. Read more: buff.ly/mJ9XzU8
AMPE Members Vote 100% in Favour of a Strike Mandate - COFAM
MONTREAL, June 30 — Members of the Association of McGill Professors of Education (AMPE) voted unanimously in favour of a limited strike mandate, authorizing the union's Executive to call up to five…
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