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The StFXAUT acknowledges it is operating in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaw people.

Is your university using external consultants? Faculty, students, and staff are invited to take part in a 5–7 minute survey examining how universities in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the UK use external consultants. Take the survey: buff.ly/oJcX8iU

Contract academic staff bring lasting knowledge, mentorship, and expertise to our campuses and communities. Their contracts shouldn’t be disposable. Find out if your campus has an active Fair Employment Now! campaign: buff.ly/30oAYUQ

Bright minds. Brighter futures. NS colleges & universities attract talent; their graduates build careers and strengthen communities. What door did education open for you? Share your story. @stfxaut.bsky.social@acadiafaculty.bsky.social @astfassoc.bsky.social@cbufa.bsky.social@msvufa.bsky.social

Help @lakeheadfa.bsky.social avert a strike and support high-quality university education in the North and Simcoe County. Send a letter: lufa.org/negotiations...

Nova Scotia’s average domestic undergrad tuition fees ⬆️ 1.0% last year to $11,295 – the highest in the country. The 10-year ⬆️ was 39.0% (provincial inflation ⬆️ 35.0%). All Canadians deserve access to education - tell the government to invest in public colleges and universities.

Happening today in Halifax.

NS provided $590M in PSE operating grants in 2022/23. Spending tied to students from outside the province and university research generated an estimated $2.3B in economic activity across NS, supporting about 21,000 full-time equivalent jobs. Public Education Is Our Lighthouse. #BeaconforNSPSE

We really think there are Better Days ahead! With your support your library can continue to offer new books, great services and programs. Please consider donating to your library www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donati... #MoreThanBooks, #ReadGiveRepeat, #WhereCommunityConnects

Dalhousie Faculty Association members vote no confidence in university leadership By @philmoscovitch.bsky.social

Students should be able to attend college or university without taking on massive debt. @pattyhajdu.bsky.social, don't cut student grants.

This is a @stfx-university.bsky.social Interlibrary Loan appreciation post

I've put together a page on my website with links to union-made Canadian products, Nova Scotia makers, and local services. Leave a comment about the site, share it with your family and friends and give me a like. @canadianlabour.bsky.social #BuyCanadian #ShopLocalNS #NovaScotia

Members of @dalfaculty.bsky.social and @ansut.bsky.social turned out today for Question Period at Province House. Thanks PaulWozney and @nsndp.bsky.social for asking questions about university funding, political interference and transparency.

Canadian student grants are facing cuts. Spread the word. Learn more at www.unlock-education.ca/grow-the-gra...

"Canada’s public colleges and universities are among the country’s most important economic and social drivers...Yet despite their importance, public funding for post-secondary education has failed to keep pace." More in @policyalternatives.ca's Alternative federal budget: buff.ly/va3A9Ae

This Labour Day, CAUT celebrates the achievements of the union movement and remains committed to protecting the right to free and fair collective bargaining, including the right to strike. Read more: www.caut.ca/news/celebra...

Professors and lecturers in McGill University’s School of Continuing Studies have unanimously voted in favour of a limited strike mandate, less than two months after the university’s education professors did the same. Read more: montrealgazette.com/news/continu...

Faculty at McGill University’s Schulich School of Music have organized with majority support to form the Association of McGill Professors of Music, the eighth academic staff union to form at the university. Read More: cofam-mcgill.ca/en/mcgill-un...

#MemberMondays is a series where we showcase the outstanding teaching, research, and service work of our AUFA members. Today we feature Jennifer Kershaw, an instructor in the Department of Biology and the Collections Manager at the Acadia Wildlife Museum. 🧵

Is the Houston government about to dismember huge swaths of our university system? Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social

"Last summer, Air Canada flight attendants forced the issue [of unpaid work] onto the national agenda. This summer, WestJet flight attendants have pushed it a step further." - Adam King WestJet Flight Attendants Have Won A Major Settlement www.readthemaple.com/westjet-flig... #canlab

Coming soon! On August 17, we are launching #MemberMondays. On Mondays, here and on Instagram, we will showcase the outstanding teaching, research, or service work of one of our AUFA members. We are excited to share this and think it is important to do so for a few reasons 🧵

Some Thoughts on Artificial Intelligence and the Future of PSE.

Subverting free expression on a campus near you.

WestJet, union reach tentative deal to end strike by flight attendants. www.cbc.ca/news/world/w... #canlab #cdnpoli

Solidarity!

The Association of McGill Nursing Academic Staff (AMNAS) and the Confederation of Faculty Associations of McGill (COFAM) denounce McGill’s latest affront to labour rights: its contestation of AMNAS’ certification by the Tribunal administratif du travail. cofam-mcgill.ca/en/amnas-and...

Robin Whitaker, president of the @caut.bsky.social, laments a "customer service model of thinking" about post-secondary, where cash-strapped schools treat students as "a revenue stream" and prioritize outcomes, like top grades or scoring specific jobs upon graduation. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

looking forward to this!

CAUT plays a leadership role in the review of the 1997 Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching Personnel More: www.unesco.org/en/higher-ed...

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Join the co-chairs of @caut.bsky.social Governance Committee for a presentation and Q&A on standard governance practice at universities across Canada, and what stronger shared governance could make possible at Memorial. Thursday, July 16, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. via Zoom. Register: bit.ly/4vYsmxB

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-...

"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...

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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

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.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 23, 2026 Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library Launches The Library Fund to Support the Future of Public Library Services parl.ns.ca/news/pdf/Pre... Photo: Staff Member Kristel Fleuren-Hunter tests out the tap feature on the Donation Station, AntigonishTown&CountyLibrary

A damning 97%. That's how many University of Lincoln staff who voted have lost confidence in senior management, after the university cut a third of its workforce and refused to rule out more compulsory redundancies. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1454...

Canadian auto workers are about to enter an incredibly difficult round of bargaining. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #canlab

After years of funneling public dollars into the private system, the response to an “unsustainable” bill is to cut OSAP and leave all students with more debt. Make it make sense. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Very cool!

Today is William Davis Miners' Memorial Day. It is a day of remembrance observed to honour the miners who have lost their lives in Nova Scotia's coal industry, including William Davis who was killed by police during a strike. This is his story. 📸 Nova Scotia Archives 🧵 1/10

Nearly 1,000 non-tenured faculty at NYU walked off the job for two days this spring. Peter Cole reports that they returned with a strong first contract: minimum $14,000 raises, annual increases and long-term employment guarantees.

When Canadian universities unionized, it raised faculty salaries and compressed their distribution by lifting the lowest salaries, say researchers at @utoronto.ca, @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, and @memorialu.bsky.social. #econsky www.aeaweb.org/research/cha...

Provincial governments are getting way too cozy with the s33 shortcut to restrict labour and other charter-protected rights. Sign this parliamentary petition to tell MPs know that fundamental rights must be treated as such. @ctffce.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social www.ctf-fce.ca/take-action/...