Erin Morton
@erindmorton.bsky.social
settler historian of art & culture📍Nalikitquniejk, she/her, Associate VP Research, Graduate & Professional Studies @stfx-university.bsky.social, co-host of the podcast Reject Ed https://linktr.ee/rejectedthepodcast
Delighted to announce Trudy Tattersall's successful defense of her PhD diss. "A Mingled Yarn: Needlework, Emotional Communities, and Affective Experience in Settler-Colonial Maritime Canada" - committee members Margot Francis and Ingrid Makus, Internal Ebru Ustundag, and external Erin Morton.
Season 2 of the Reject Ed podcast has launched! Big shoutout to our new co-host @richrray.bsky.social who is helping me fill big shoes while AJ returns to grad school. We chat first-gen collaboration, mental health, and precarity. Follow us on insta at RejectEd_thepodcast lnkd.in/e_xbpRks
That’s a wrap on season 1 of the RejectEd podcast, featuring @profoh.bsky.social talking about deep hanging out, first-gen resilience, and community building. Stay tuned for our launch of the season 2 pod next week! #firstgen #highered #postsecondary linktr.ee/rejectedthep...
This week on the Reject Ed podcast, we speak with Dr. Shikha Diwakar on #caste equity frameworks in the North American academy, podcasting for social change, and grad school. Check it out! And don’t forget to follow us on Insta! linktr.ee/rejectedthep...
On the latest episode of Reject Ed, @stfx-university.bsky.social’s very own Dr. Wendy Mackey! Listen to us chat all levels of education, the importance of community mentorship, and Black student flourishing. And please follow us on Instagram! lnkd.in/eUiG7eWa
Just discovered this exciting new project - or new incarnation of an ongoing project - regarding the experiences of first-generation students in the academy. It's exciting to see SSHRC funding podcasts, a medium that is ideal for knowledge mobilization.
👏 @erindmorton.bsky.social So useful to share these stories! #firstgen #celebratefirstgen #firstgenproud
New episode of Reject Ed drops today with @richrray.bsky.social & @stephpettigrew.bsky.social. Listen to us chat first-gen experiences, Cape Breton & New Brunswick community, Acadian family politics, grad school, and the legacy of the late Dr. Elizabeth Mancke: shows.acast.com/rejected-the...
RejectEd The Podcast
Building a more inclusive academy, one conversation at a time
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Record night for student research at StFX: 130 posters, a packed Scholars Walk, and a campus full of ideas. www.stfx.ca/news/student... #stfx #novascotia
Research Celebration Week is underway at StFX, kicking off today with the Research Chairs Colloquium. Up next: Student Research Night, March 24, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in Mulroney Hall. Full schedule @ stfxuniversity.ca/research/abo...
Having just finished my last editorial meeting as co-editor of @acadiensis.bsky.social, I feel bittersweet announcing our latest issue. I am extremely proud of the work we did with Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik language publishing over my four-year term as co-editor.
"Overall, we believe that Canadians can, and should, scrutinize Robert Carney’s past views on schooling for Indigenous Peoples, press Mark Carney to clarify his commitment to truth and reconciliation, and challenge the twisting of truth by residential school denialists."
Sean Carleton@seancarleton.bsky.social · last yr.I’ve got a new piece out today for @activehist.bsky.social, with Crystal Fraser and Jackson Pind, on understanding Robert Carney’s connections to colonial schooling *and* challenging the dangers of denialism: activehistory.ca/blog/2025/04...
Join us for the 2025 Department of English Honours Thesis Colloquium, where our talented students will present their research. This is a fantastic opportunity to engage with critical discussions and support student research. Whether you're a student or professor, we’d love to see you there!
On the blog ... Martha Walls looks at Prenatal Testing, Genetic Advocacy, and the "Burden of Down Syndrome" in 1970s Nova Scotia: acadiensis.wordpress...
Prenatal Testing, Genetic Advocacy and the “Burden of Down Syndrome” in 1970s Nova Scotia
By Martha Walls March 21 is World Down Syndrome Day, held symbolically on the 21st day of the third month (3/21), to celebrate of the contributions of people with Trisomy 21, better known as Down s…
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Chilling report from @caut.bsky.social on the U.S. administration’s targeting of Canadian researchers www.caut.ca/latest/2025/...
Trump administration threatening Canadian researchers
(Ottawa – March 17, 2025) The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) is warning that the
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🏭🚢 Mark your calendars! Join DePOT April 24 9h30 EST for an online roundtable showcasing new research in deindustrialization studies. Register here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/depot-roun...
DePOT Roundtable: New Research in Deindustrialization Studies
Join DePOT as we delve into exciting new work in deindustrialization studies!
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Some big news from me. I am so excited to take on this new role and work with @stfx-university.bsky.social’s amazing communities of researchers.
StFX University@stfx-university.bsky.social · last yr.Huge congrats to StFX's own @erindmorton.bsky.social on being announced as Associate Vice-President, Research, Graduate, and Professional Studies! www.stfx.ca/news/dr-erin...
Great piece on the @acadiensis.bsky.social blog by Dr. Claudine Bonner on Black history, the St Philips African Orthodox Church, and the African NS community of Whitney Pier (incidentally, I just spent the weekend there!)
Acadiensis@acadiensis.bsky.social · last yr.On the blog ... an excerpt from Claudine Bonner's essay "Bridging Religion and Black Nationalism: The Founding of St Philips African Orthodox Church and the Universal Negro Improvement Association Hall in Whitney Pier, 1900-1930." acadiensis.wordpress... 1/2
We are excited to announce the release of the latest edition of Acadiensis, Vol. 53, No. 1! For more details, click the link: acadiensis.wordpress...
Acadiensis Vol. 53, No. 1 has been published
We are excited to announce the release of the latest edition of Acadiensis, Vol. 53, No. 1! In this issue scholars Keith Grant, Nicole Gilhuis, Carli LaPierre, Anthony Dickinson, and Chesley Sanger…
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@nkalamb.bsky.social is my former colleague from UNB. It’s a wake up call for us all that this happened: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Why Did the US Block a Canadian Professor From His Own Book Event?
Nathan Kalman-Lamb was barred entry into the US. This is a harbinger of the dark political future that Trump is ushering in.
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Please join @stfx-university.bsky.social’s 25th-anniversary show of Priscilla Queen of the Highlands!
StFXAUT@stfxaut.bsky.social · 2y agoTickets are on sale for the 20th Anniversary Show of Priscilla Queen of the Highlands happening January 31. Advance tickets are $20 and available weekdays from 10-2 in Bloomfield, outside the MacKay Room @stfxuniversity Tickets are $25 at the door. Tables can be purchased in advance for $200.
This issue looks like a banger!
Erin Morton@erindmorton.bsky.social · 2y agoThe new issue of @acadiensis.bsky.social is out! It features wonderful research articles and reviews, & a forum on the Madawaska land claim victory as well as our full interview with Jeremy Dutcher by Dr. Stephen Dutcher, with Welastekwey translation by Elder Henrietta Black muse.jhu.edu/issue/54013
The new issue of @acadiensis.bsky.social is out! It features wonderful research articles and reviews, & a forum on the Madawaska land claim victory as well as our full interview with Jeremy Dutcher by Dr. Stephen Dutcher, with Welastekwey translation by Elder Henrietta Black muse.jhu.edu/issue/54013
Today's blog post is an extended abstract from Acadiensis Vol. 53, No. 1 (Spring | printemps 2024), and it was translated into Wəlastəkwiyik by Elder Henrietta Black and transcribed by Jeremy Dutcher. And if you missed it, here's the link: acadiensis.wordpress...
Sonic Rematriation: An Interview with Jeremy Dutcher
This extended abstract from Acadiensis Vol. 53, No. 1 (Spring | printemps 2024) was translated into Wəlastəkwiyik by Elder Henrietta Black and transcribed by Jeremy Dutcher.
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On the @acadiensis.bsky.social blog, Sonic Rematriation: An Interview with Jeremy Dutcher, by his dad & outgoing Managing Editor Dr. Stephen Dutcher. Jeremy reads part of the interview in Wəlastəkwey, part of our SSHRC Indigenous language translation project acadiensis.wordpress.com/2024/12/10/s...
Sonic Rematriation: An Interview with Jeremy Dutcher
This extended abstract from Acadiensis Vol. 53, No. 1 (Spring | printemps 2024) was translated into Wəlastəkwey by Elder Henrietta Black and transcribed by Jeremy Dutcher.
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Please share with your networks in French-language education! This is a tenure-track position jointly shared by the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Arts here at @stfx-university.bsky.social
Dr. Lisa Lunney Borden@drllbmath.bsky.social · 2y agoCome work at X!! We are looking for an outstanding French educator who would like to teach French courses in our Modern Languages Department while also teaching French methods courses in our Department of Teacher Education. recruiting.ultipro.ca/GOV5000GOVE/...
The following is an accurate representation of 2/3 of my dogs, provided by the groomer 🐕🦺🐕🦺🐕🦺
Nothing beats candy from Robertson’s, a table runner from 5 cent to a dollar, and my grandmother’s ceramic Christmas tree and candy dishes to achieve peak Nova Scotia festive 🎄🍬🏮
