The Week of Action Against Austerity Begins Monday! QCAA’s Week of Action Against Austerity (WAAA) is just days away! Are you ready to join us? In a historic show of cross-campus solidarity, students, staff and faculty will come together for a series of events to educate ourselves and mobilize towards a better Queen’s. The WAAA … Continue reading Are You Ready to Rally?
Newsletter #6 (2/28/24)
This week in austerity and budget cut news #6 There is no shortage of material for these newsletters! We have been gathering a lot of information on austerity measures at other schools and on Nous. So far the big lessons from elsewhere are to pay attention, learn as much as you can, and build community … Continue reading Newsletter #6 (2/28/24)
Newsletter #5 (2/20/24)
This week in austerity and budget cut news #5 Thanks to everyone who has shared this newsletter with colleagues. One of the most frustrating aspects of the current employment situation at Queen’s is the uneven communication across units about what people should be expecting over the coming months. Given the inevitable anxiety many are feeling … Continue reading Newsletter #5 (2/20/24)
Newsletter #4 (2/13/24)
This week’s round up of media coverage, university updates, and anti-austerity activities include: a list of action proposals from students, who met with the principal and provost, a report on the incredible solidarity at the Anti-Austerity Social, serious questions about the legitimacy of the data being collected by NousCubane, Bill 124 news, and a reminder that we are hosting a reading group at the Grad Club tonight - all are welcome!!
Punishing Staff for Being Starved: Critiques of the Nous Cubane “Service Effectiveness Survey”
On January 31, 2024, the Provost Office announced the “Queen’s Renew Project”, directed by Nous Group consultants who have been hired by the university for an undisclosed amount to help the administration make cuts to balance the budget. The first part of this project involves a survey measuring faculty and staff satisfaction with university services … Continue reading Punishing Staff for Being Starved: Critiques of the Nous Cubane “Service Effectiveness Survey”
Newsletter #3 (2/6/24)
This week's round up of media coverage, university updates, and anti-austerity activities include: coverage, interviews, and call-ins on CBC Radio, the National Post, and the Queen's Journal; the launch of the Queen's Renew Project with a survey of employees, decisions to extend timelines for FAS, and a QCAA social and reading group!
Anti-Austerity Reading Group Feb 13, 5:30pm @ Grad Club
Join QCAA and Queen's Students Vs Cuts on Tuesday, February 13th, 5:30-7:30pm, on the 2nd floor of the Grad Club, for a Reading Group about austerity, vampiric consulting firms, and university restructuring. Verhoeven, D., & Eltham, B. (2023). “Nousferatu”: Are corporate consultants extracting the lifeblood from universities? Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies, 1–23. … Continue reading Anti-Austerity Reading Group Feb 13, 5:30pm @ Grad Club
Crisis and Confusion: CBC Interviews
CBC Ontario Morning has been actively reporting on what is going on at Queen's, namely around the confusing question of just how much of a crisis we are actually in. Yesterday (January 31), Elaine Power (a Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies/Gender Studies) and Ethan Chilcott (an undergraduate student and teaching assistant … Continue reading Crisis and Confusion: CBC Interviews
Queen's Coalition Against Austerity 