The National Day of Mourning is an important day for Canada’s unions and for workers across the country. Ceremonies and events allow workers and families to come together to mourn for the dead and recommit to our fight for the living.
On April 28, join us in remembering those workers who were injured, made sick or killed because of something that happened at work, and in demanding better, starting with better enforcement of the Westray Law. This is part of how we honour those we’ve lost and those harmed on the job.
LOCATION: Worker’s Monument, Riverside Park, Cambridge
DATE: Sunday, April 28, 2024
TIME: 10:30 am
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Farmers and landowners of 770+ acres of prime agricultural land in Wilmot Township have received offers from a US-based consulting company, acting on behalf of the Region of Waterloo, to purchase their land. There’s an underlying intention to rezone this land for industrial use and embark on a significant development project. The scale of this project is so immense that discussions about it have been silenced within the township and regional council levels.
Naomi Alormele is a doctoral researcher with Loughborough University (UK) on the project titled “Elevating the voices of Black women working within the Black Diaspora: exploring experiences of violence, safety and joy working in university roles”.
There are options to engage in these conversations either in person or online. After reading the below questions if you are interested in expressing an interest in engaging in the study, please complete this MS form:
What is the purpose of the study?
The aim of this project is to analyse the perceptions, experiences, and identities of Black women staff in relation to their working environments in universities across the Black Diaspora. Previously research has taken place within the United Kingdom and will now be continuing in the Ontario province of Canada.
Who is doing this research and why?
This study is part of my PhD research project supported by Loughborough University (UK). The ethical approval code for this study is: 2023-11092-14004
The study will be undertaken by myself (Naomi Alormele) and supervised by Dr Catherine Armstrong, Dr Jessica Robles and Dr Jenny Prendergast. The purpose of this research is to explore the nuanced nature of oppression Black women experience working within universities. This project also aims to explore factors that contribute to Black women’s sense of empowerment and belonging in their employed roles.
How is this study being conducted and what will my contribution be if I wish to be involved?
This study is being conducted through group conversations at the beginning of May 2024. If you choose to take part in person this will be in the North York and Waterloo areas of Ontario (exact location TBC).
The conversations will take place in small groups, lasting no longer than 2 hours.
How can I get in touch if I would like more information prior to filling in the MS form?
Please email directly at: n.alormele@lboro.ac.uk
Centre for Feminist Research
Kaneff Tower, York University
The Ontario University and Colleges Coalition (OUCC), which represents over 435,000 faculty, staff, and students from every public postsecondary institution in Ontario, has been ringing the alarm on the post-secondary education sector’s underfunding crisis, which has been in the making for over a decade through consecutive austerity budgets, privatization, and burdening students and their families with financing the sector. The issue of underfunding is well documented by labour unions and associations in the sector, confirmed by multiple reports from the Auditor General of Ontario, and also echoed by the government’s own Blue-Ribbon panel.
This Black History Month, Canada’s unions are celebrating the history and legacy of Black community members who have stood for justice and made Canada a more equitable country.
Thousands of workers across all U of T campuses and three different chapters of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) are threatening to go on strike if they do not reach a new deal with the university by March 4.
Some 3,000 academic workers at York University walked off the job Monday after the union representing them and the school failed to reach a deal on a new collective agreement.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/york-university-strike-1.7125523
Every university position should have to be justified in terms of a university’s primary mandate: to educate students and produce knowledge.
https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/stacey-its-time-to-shrink-ontarios-university-administrations
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