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CAUT/ACPPU @caut.bsky.social · 8d

On this day of reflection, remembrance, and action, CAUT, together with academic staff associations, honours the survivors of Canada’s residential school system who endured racism, violence and forced family separation.

Read more: www.caut.ca/news/caut-st...

White text that reads "National Day for Truth and Reconciliation September 30" on a gradient orange background

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Oly Backstrom @olybackstrom.bsky.social · 12d

Want a chance to win 2 tix anywhere Westjet flies? Want to support employment inclusion for Manitobans with developmental disabilities? Buy a few tickets and support SCE LifeWorks!

SCE LifeWorks - Come Together Fundraiser

Join thousands of community organizations - big and small - who raise more funds for their worthy causes with Rafflebox.

www.rafflebox.ca

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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · 15d

The 2026 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies takes place June 3-5 in Winnipeg.

This year's theme is Solidarity Unbound: Work and Labour in an Age of Intersecting Crises. Check out the CfP for proposal deadlines.

cawls.ca/en/2026-annu...

#canlab #LabourStudies

2026 Annual Conference - Canadian Association for Work & Labour Studies

The Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies (CAWLS) is an academic association for scholars interested in work, workers, and labour.

cawls.ca

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Michael Shaw @shawmp.bsky.social · 15d

This is bull shit. Deep end zones and long field is the game. Elbows up. Not the time to be NFL light.

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Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 15d

The Canadian Football League didn’t just announce a few tweaks to its rulebook on Monday, it sent a shockwave through its very foundation.

Modified rules, field size casualties of major CFL revamp

League changes made without consulting players, coaches

www.winnipegfreepress.com

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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 17d

Social media needs to be held liable for so many of its evils

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 18d

“Meta has used back-to-school pictures of schoolgirls to advertise one of its social media platforms to a 37-year-old man, in a move parents described as “outrageous” and “upsetting.”

Meta has 100% stopped even *pretending* not to be astoundingly evil.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man

Exclusive: Instagram pictures of girls as young as 13 were posted to promote Threads site ‘as bait’, campaigner says

www.theguardian.com

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Dr. Keith R. Brunt @profbrunt.bsky.social · 22d

I would like to thank all the @dalhousie.bsky.social students (& their families), with special acknowledgment to the leaders in the #DalStudentUnion, for supporting us at @dalfaculty.bsky.social to #KeepDalStrong. It meant a great deal - we will work to ensure the semester is successful for you!

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APPUSB @appusb.bsky.social · 23d

Une entente de principe a été conclue !

Cher.e.s étudiant.e.s, nous nous réjouissons de vous voir en cours.

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A tentative agreement has been reached.

Dear students, we look forward to seeing you in class tomorrow, Sept. 15.

https://f.mtr.cool/anqtfdxfdg

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Erica Fischer @ericafd.bsky.social · 24d

"Foster a 'people first' culture that makes Saint Mary’s a desirable place to work and build a career"

Priority 2 of the Strategic Plan for @smuhalifax.bsky.social
2024-2029

Empty words or their bargaining team is not on board with this priority?

@cupe3912.bsky.social #cdnpse @caut.bsky.social

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Michael Shaw @shawmp.bsky.social · 26d

Great rally in support of @dalfaculty.bsky.social as they demand a fair deal. @cautdefencefund.bsky.social

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Michael Shaw @shawmp.bsky.social · 26d

Warm up on going with the CAUT flying pickets. @cautdefencefund.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social @umfa-faum.bsky.social @dalfaculty.bsky.social

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Robert Finbow @rfinbow.bsky.social · 27d

Awesome correction. #keepdalstrong

Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 27d

Dear @dalhousieu.bsky.social

I fixed your home page 👇

@dalfaculty.bsky.social
#KeepDalStrong

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CAUT Defence Fund @cautdefencefund.bsky.social · 27d

The CAUT Defence fund is looking forward to the rally at Dal tomorrow.
Folks joining from all over Atlantic Canada as well as across the country.

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Dalhousie Faculty Association @dalfaculty.bsky.social · 27d

Join us! Friday September 12 for the Solidarity March starting at the Killam Library on University Avenue. Let's show @dalhousieu.bsky.social Admin and Board a level of solidarity they have not seen before! #keepdalstrong @ansut.bsky.social @cautdefencefund.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 28d

Charlie Kirk called me a ‘lunatic’ and a ‘prostitute’ and demanded I be deported.

Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.

We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.

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Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier @coastalseaside.bsky.social · Sep 6

F yeah, we are KEEPING DAL STRONG. Amazing. #KeepDalStrong

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Erica Fischer @ericafd.bsky.social · Sep 6

#Solidarity with @dalfaculty.bsky.social

#KeepDalStrong #canlab #cdnpse @cautdefencefund.bsky.social

Lots of DFA members and supporters outside the Killam library

CAUT Defence Fund Flying and driving picketers holding their association and union flags at the Dal rally

Selfie of two members carrying their union flags

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Erica Fischer @ericafd.bsky.social · Sep 6

What an incredible turnout at the rally for precarious #DFA workers

#KeepDalStrong @dalfaculty.bsky.social #canlab #cdnpse

People outside the Killam library holding a large white banner full of signatures supporting the DFA that says in big green letters: Solidarity

DFA member/ supporter holding a yellow sign that reads: Fair contracts, Fair Future

CUPE 3912 members wearing hot pink t-shirts

Students holding signs that say: “Students stand with the DFA. There is no university without our Faculty.” And: “Students want full time faculty for course security. Students stand with the DFA.”

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APPUSB @appusb.bsky.social · Sep 6

Il faut beau et pas trop chaud ! Un temps parfait pour aller marcher ou courir en bonne compagnie pour célébrer notre francophonie !

C'est ce matin, rdv à 9h30 au jardin de la Maison des artistes pour un départ à 10h!

À toute à l'heure !

https://f.mtr.cool/arfimbijzo