Jason Haslam
@jasonhaslam.ca
Professor, English and Gender & Women’s Studies at Dalhousie U. He/him
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http://jasonhaslam.ca
Check out my Broadview Anthology of Science Fiction: https://broadviewpress.com/product/the-broadview-anthology-of-science-fiction/
http://jasonhaslam.ca
I love this question it poses for senior leadership to ask themselves:
“before introducing new dashboards, workload systems or performance schemes, ask a simple question: ‘If this mechanism were the only thing staff knew about what we value, what would they infer?’”
“before introducing new dashboards, workload systems or performance schemes, ask a simple question: ‘If this mechanism were the only thing staff knew about what we value, what would they infer?’”
January 11, 2026 at 8:05 PM
I love this question it poses for senior leadership to ask themselves:
“before introducing new dashboards, workload systems or performance schemes, ask a simple question: ‘If this mechanism were the only thing staff knew about what we value, what would they infer?’”
“before introducing new dashboards, workload systems or performance schemes, ask a simple question: ‘If this mechanism were the only thing staff knew about what we value, what would they infer?’”
PS: rather than “bodies” I should have said “ideologies” because I think this is a problem of imagination as much—or more!—than it is one of direct control or influence.
January 11, 2026 at 4:59 AM
PS: rather than “bodies” I should have said “ideologies” because I think this is a problem of imagination as much—or more!—than it is one of direct control or influence.
… sold itself out to consultant and University administrative bodies, to the point of its current all-but-admitted dissolution, because otherwise it could have become the singular site for a true meeting of academic freedom in North America.
Tl;dr: feeling energized and deflated all at once. /fin
Tl;dr: feeling energized and deflated all at once. /fin
January 11, 2026 at 4:50 AM
… sold itself out to consultant and University administrative bodies, to the point of its current all-but-admitted dissolution, because otherwise it could have become the singular site for a true meeting of academic freedom in North America.
Tl;dr: feeling energized and deflated all at once. /fin
Tl;dr: feeling energized and deflated all at once. /fin
It’s a shame the MLA will be in the US for the foreseeable future—likely well past my eventual retirement in a decade—because many of us will naturally refuse to travel to a fascist state.
But it reminds me how angry we should be that the Federation of Social Sciences and Humanities in Canada… /3
But it reminds me how angry we should be that the Federation of Social Sciences and Humanities in Canada… /3
January 11, 2026 at 4:50 AM
It’s a shame the MLA will be in the US for the foreseeable future—likely well past my eventual retirement in a decade—because many of us will naturally refuse to travel to a fascist state.
But it reminds me how angry we should be that the Federation of Social Sciences and Humanities in Canada… /3
But it reminds me how angry we should be that the Federation of Social Sciences and Humanities in Canada… /3
There were other rejuvenating moments: on one panel, a PhD candidate (not naming only b/c I worry the content of this thread could rebound on them) brilliantly taught us about literary and activist responses to uranium mining, which rewired parts of my brain. 2/
January 11, 2026 at 4:50 AM
There were other rejuvenating moments: on one panel, a PhD candidate (not naming only b/c I worry the content of this thread could rebound on them) brilliantly taught us about literary and activist responses to uranium mining, which rewired parts of my brain. 2/