We continue to ask
@UofT
to re-offer the position of Director of the International Human Rights Program (IHRP) to Dr. Azarova in order to end the censure.
#UofTcensure
#academicfreedom
#cdnpse
CAUT Council has voted to invoke censure against the UofT for its failure to resolve concerns regarding academic freedom stemming from the aborted hiring of Dr. Azarova.
And it's unanimous--CAUT's 91st Council has lifted the censure against
@UofT
w/recognition of actions taken, including new language in uni policy to prevent donor influence. Huge kudos
@utfaculty
@censureutoronto
+CAUT members for mobilizing to achieve this remarkable victory!
The Canadian Association of University Teachers expresses its shock and profound grief over the violent attack on a professor and two students at the University of Waterloo yesterday.
Read our full statement:
Today is the first ever faculty strike in Alberta. Read
@CUEfacultyassoc
media release: . "In a ballot last November, 90 per cent of CUEFA members who voted backed a strike mandate, with 95 per cent of the association's members participating in the vote."
Ontario Auditor General Report: CAUT calls for the immediate resignation of Laurentian U President & all senior admins. “Today’s report is a damning indictment of Laurentian University’s administration,” says CAUT Executive Director David Robinson.
#CdnPSE
Laurentian University is in peril, and it’s not alone. Governments have systematically underfunded universities and colleges across the country for decades
#FundLU
#InSolidarity
with Acadia University Faculty Association -
@AcadiaFaculty
began a strike today after negotiations for "a fair collective agreement with Acadia’s Board of Governors failed."
#UnionStrong
- Read their full press release here:
#cdnpse
“The decision to censure was not taken lightly. It is a measure of last resort used only when we are faced with serious violations of academic freedom and other principles that are fundamental to higher education,” says CAUT ED David Robinson.
First faculty strike in
@mcgillu
history: The Canadian Association of University Teachers stands in full
#solidarity
with newly certified Association of McGill Professors of Law
@AMPL_AMPD
.
#polqc
This is a major victory for
#academicfreedom
, and for everyone who worked tirelessly to let their colleagues know about the censure and to uphold and respect its conditions.
#uoftcensure
(2/9)
Finally thank you to every single one of you who cancelled events, refused appointments and honours, and otherwise took action to defend academic freedom. Collective action works👏, and this wouldn't have been possible without all of your efforts.
#uoftcensure
(9/9)
A recent arbitration between the RFA and
@RyersonU
will set a significant precedent for the academic staff across the country. Student’s course survey can't be used to measure teaching effectiveness for promotion or tenure.
#cdnpse
We believe vaccine requirements should be part of any safe back-to-school plan. Legal issues can be mitigated by making policies fair, reasonable, and respectful of human rights and privacy laws.
#covid19
#cdnpse
#cdnpoli
"The moral panic over 'cancel culture' is overblown. The real danger to academic freedom is conservative govts using this as a pretext to mandate false 'neutrality' on unis or shifting resources away fr humanities and soc sciences."
... including explicitly extending academic freedom protections to academic managerial positions and developing policies that prohibit donor interference in internal academic affairs. (6/9)
2022 is shaping up to be historic year for the academic union movement!
@AcadiaFaculty
@ULFAssociation
&
@UOITFA
all on strike, with support from across Canada 🇨🇦 Through collective action we assure quality education, fair working conditions+
#academicfreedom
into the future!
The University has presented Dr. Azarova with an offer of employment that, amongst other things, included protections for academic freedom equivalent to that enjoyed by academic staff members of the
@utfaculty
. After careful consideration, Dr. Azarova has declined the offer.(4/9)
"The real crisis on university campuses is the manner in which the increased use of part-time, adjunct instructors has curtailed the function of scholars to speak freely, offer unpopular truths, and criticize power."
#cdnpse
#academicfreedom
“If they are planning to return to in-person instruction, institutions have an obligation to consider all reasonable measures they can take to reduce the risk.”
#cdnpse
#safereturn
On Monday 110 academic staff and 69 programs were cut at Laurentian University. The provincial and federal governments must step up and
#SaveLaurentian
. Follow the link for actions you can take right now to support students and staff:
@lufappul
@OurSudbury
The programs under threat of being cut at Laurentian University include Indigenous studies, which are key to reconciliation as per the
#TRC
Call to Action 16
#SaveLaurentian
#FundLU
CAUT member associations across the country are standing up for Laurentian and share this message of solidarity with
@lufappul
members.
#SaveOurSudbury
#FundLU
The Cdn Judicial Council has announced a review of the actions of Justice D.E. Spiro after complaints were filed relating to his alleged interference in the appointment of a Director of the International Human Rights Program at the U. of Toronto. 1/3
As strike action nears the end of three weeks
@UMFA_FAUM
-- solidarity and support from across the country keeps growing! CAUT Defence Fund and Executive Committee members will be walking the picket line tomorrow!
#worthfightingfor
#PSE
CAUT condemns the legislation introduced today by the Ontario government that will force a contract on
@CUPEOntario
’s 55,000 education workers and prevent a legal strike that was to start Friday.
Read our full statement:
We think libraries need librarians, but Mount Allison U. disagrees. Tell Provost Jeff Ollerhead that axing the position of top librarian is unproductive and in no one's best interest. Tweet
@MountAllison
and email Jeff at "provost
@mta
.ca" More info here:
We want to thank those who have worked tirelessly to raise awareness of the censure and helped academics across the country take action to respect and uphold it. Especially everyone at
@censureuoft
! 🙏
#uoftcensure
(8/9)
Today's decision is a huge win for students, researchers, and the publicly-funded PSE system. It re-affirmed the SC's approach to
#fairdealing
, confirming it’s in the public interest that students to be able to access education materials. Follow us for updates!
@CFSFCEE
I have cancelled this event in support of
@CAUT_ACPPU
's decision to censure
@UofT
. I add my name to the list of Black Intellectuals and students calling on others to do the same. If the university is committed to
#equity
, it will hold its leadership accountable.
UNBC Strike Day 11:
Would you sign a collective agreement that surrendered a collegial decision-making process for tenure and promotion and replaced it with an administrative decision?
Beware precedents set at small universities.
#UNBCFAStrong
While the principal condition of the censure (re-offering Dr. Azarova the position) has been met, the censure cannot be fully ended until the University resolves all the issues in the case... (5/9)
An estimated one-in-three academic staff are contract workers. It is time to expand Statistic Canada’s University & College Academic Staff System
#UCASS
to include contract workers, colleges, & more equity indicators. Sign this petition:
#fairness4CF
Post-secondary education is a key economic driver and helps us weather crises and build up our society. Now more than ever we need to support our colleges and universities.
@basmith
@cafaab
#stopPSEcuts
#abpoli
#cdnpse
Strike at MSVU - CAUT stands in full
#solidarity
with the Mount Saint Vincent University Faculty Association
@msvufa
and urges the senior leadership at
@MSVU_Halifax
to ensure a fair and equitable settlement.
#supportMSVUFA
That Laurentian University, a public post-secondary education institution, was allowed to invoke CCAA protection is unacceptable. We need answers.
#FundLU
#SupportLU
Thank you for respecting the
#UofTcensure
! Cancelling, moving, or postponing these events is difficult, but together we can send a strong message that
@UofT
must respect
#academicfreedom
.
#cdnpse
We stand in solidarity with
@lufappul
in their call for accountability and for the resignation of those responsible for the financial crisis at Laurentian.
#SaveLaurentian
#FundLU
#cdnpse
Happy to see the federal government follow through on their promise to remove interest on student loans.
This is the first step of many needed to make education affordable for all.
Post-secondary education is fundamental to our economy and democracy.
#cdnpoli
#cdnpse
"While these two actions might seem unrelated ... they share a critical element. In both cases, the practices of collegial governance were bypassed, ignored, or just trampled over."
@basmith
#cdnpse
#SaveLaurentian
#UofTcensure
All academic staff deserve fair compensation for teaching, research, and service. Join the call for the fair treatment of contract academic staff.
#MakeItFair
"There is an entire generation of trained researchers to whom we have granted PhDs but failed to provide jobs that allow them to conduct research." - David Robinson, CAUT Executive Director
#cdnpse
#ucass
#cdnpoli
"The ferocity of employer attacks on our working conditions in the postsecondary education sector has been aided and abetted by equally vicious actions taken against the system itself by provincial governments." - CAUT president Brenda Austin-Smith
#CdnPSE
How do you show💖for academic staff? With fair salaries, sustainable work loads, collegial governance + equity + academic freedom! CAUT-ACPPU stands in solidarity on the picket line with
@ULFAssociation
@UOITFA
@AcadiaFaculty
#UnionStrong
Today we remember the 14 women who were murdered at Polytechnique Montreal 33 years ago. In their honour, we recommit to ending gender-based violence in our communities.
Action you can take to uphold the censure
@UofT
-- sign the petition to ask Canada's former Governor General to cancel her upcoming speaking engagement at the University of Toronto!
#academicfreedom
#UofTcensure
CAUT-ACPPU 91st Council off and running! Inspiring remarks from
@UMFA_FAUM
's Orvie Dingwall on the fight in Manitoba for free and fair collective bargaining, taking on the University and the province!
@MOFA_FAPUM
#PSE
"The termination of four senior librarians and elimination of two other library positions at OCAD University raises red flags that the University’s administration is not respecting principles of collegial governance...."
#cdnpse
#canlab
At least one third of academic staff at Canadian universities and colleges are employed on short term-contracts. Join us in calling for the fair treatment of contract academic staff.
#MakeItFair
This is phenomenal! Our members inspire us. Thank you to everyone who has taken the pledge and who has committed themselves not to accept appointments, speaking engagements, or distinctions and honours from the
@UofT
.
#censureUofT
#UofTcensure
CAUT voted unanimously to support striking members of
@psac_afpc
. During its 94th Council meeting, CAUT member associations passed an emergency motion to stand with PSAC workers seeking fair working conditions and fair pay.
Read more:
The value of a graduate scholarship has not increased in 20 years.
Inflation has eroded their value and early career researchers are struggling.
We need to change this.
We all do better when we all do better.
#Coalition4CdnResearch
#cdnpoli
“A search process has already been conducted that, following a review of 160 applicants, unanimously selected Dr. Azarova. [...] Re-offering the job to Dr. Azarova in good faith is necessary for resolving the matter.”
#UofTcensure
#censureUofT
#cdnpse
Today is our annual day of action for contract academic staff. Reliance on precarious work is bad for everybody. working conditions are students’ learning conditions. Use our tool to contact your MP and ask for support for
#cdnpse
.
#MakeitFair
#Fairness4CF
"Righteous anger at threats to research, teaching, and service often drives our job actions. Strikes are stressful, hard things to endure, and the companionship of the line—whether virtual or physical—is the key outcome, whatever else we have won."
"The Ontario Minister of Colleges and Universities, Ross Romano, and five senior administrators from Laurentian University should resign for their roles in creating the financial crisis that has devastated this northern Ontario university."
@lufappul
"Our public universities and colleges have been taken over by a managerial class staffed by neoliberal bean-counting austerity-fetishizing ideologues".
@AcadiaFaculty
Pres. Stephen Ahern on winning a "damn good package" + the need to fight power with countervailing power.
#cdnpse
At least one third of academic staff at Canadian universities and colleges are employed on short term-contracts. Join us in calling for the fair treatment of contract academic staff.
#MakeItFair
#Fairness4CAS
Academic freedom, like all expressive freedoms, is particularly vulnerable during periods of war, conflict, and social unrest.
Read the full statement on academic freedom in times of conflict:
We are out for Fair Employment Week at
@the_OTSU
's Fall Fest talking to students about the connection between their learning conditions and faculty working conditions! We are all on the same page about prioritizing quality education
@ontariotech_u
#supportOTUfaculty
#MakeItFair
Heartbreaking stories and a deep sense of betrayal
@OurSudbury
townhall. Laurentian unilaterally cutting ties with the federated institutions. Huge loss esp. for studies in French and Indigenous languages. Govts need to step up and
#FundLU
.
@lufappul
Vice-president
@PeterSMcInnis
joined the flying picket today in support of
@UMFA_FAUM
strike!
We continue to support UMFA's fight for an offer that would address recruitment and retention issues and enhance the quality of education for students at
@umanitoba
!
#umfa2021
#mbpoli
Thank you Dr. Brenda Austin-Smith for your inspired, steady leadership through the pandemic, and for raising your voice on behalf of academic staff, in the face of attacks on the working conditions of academic staff throughout Canada. 👋
@basmith
👋
#CAUTCouncil
#CanLab
#CdnPSE