Solidarity. Not Austerity.
Queen’s Not Racist Anymore, According to Provost Senate hears that Queen’s has enough faculty of colour, they’re just bringing down our rankings Queen’s Takes Home Most Creative Budget Award Judges praise ability to hide $60.1 million surplus and to transform strong investment returns into gloomy outlook Investigators Call Off Search for Vision in Bicentennial Document … Continue reading The Qnion: Queen’s’ finest news source
Image by Annette from Pixabay We have reminded the Queen’s community over the last two years that university budget projections are statements about what might happen in the future - but it is in the end-of-year audited financial statements where we can see what is actually going on with the university’s finances. In what has become an annual … Continue reading Update on the 2024-25 budget: Queen’s $60.1 million surplus poured into capital as pressures to cut continue
What concerns do you have about the direction of Queen’s? How can we better advocate for collegial governance, fair and transparent budgeting, and freedom from surveillance and policing? Do you want to build relationships with like-minded colleagues and contribute to the anti-austerity movement? You are invited to bring your ideas and energy to our Strat … Continue reading QCAA is Building!
Ten years ago, in 2015, after six years of listening to the testimonies of over 7000 residential school survivors, the late Honourable Murray Sinclair, Chancellor Emeritus, released the 94 Calls to Action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. In 2016, Queen’s established its own Truth and Reconciliation Task Force to respond to the TRC Calls … Continue reading Guest Post: Is Austerity Undermining Queen’s’ Commitment to Reconciliation, Decolonisation, and Indigenisation?
RSVP here or via QR code below.
Here are our September updates on what's been happening on campus, this time with news on collegial governance, workplace surveillance, and more.
The elections for the FAS Process Group will take place during Faculty Board on Friday, September 12 at 2:30 pm in Jeffery Hall Room 128. Members must attend online or in person in order to be able to vote. All faculty members, adjunct and tenure-stream, are eligible to vote. Zoom: https://queensu.zoom.us/j/99758657092?pwd=TXB2S2F2aU8rM2pDeFBYT0cya1g2UT09 Meeting ID: 997 5865 … Continue reading Faculty Board and Social: Friday, Sept 12!
Thursday’s National Post has a cracker of a story on Nous, the consulting firm that has taken up residence in at least 20 Canadian universities since the start of the pandemic. The article follows news of Nous’ recent troubles in its home country, where its contracts with the Australian National University have been investigated by … Continue reading “I’d wear it on a t-shirt”: The National Post Defangs Nous
QCAA may have taken a break over the summer, but the university’s austerity juggernaut has not. Below are some important updates, which we encourage you to share with your units. The so-called “Phase 2” layoffs in FAS, which are focused on technical and teaching support staff, have begun. The university has done its best to … Continue reading August Updates
I’ve heard from several sources that one (?) unit in FAS is considering breaking away from the faculty, and that they are doing so with the support of the upper administration. Why has there been no consultation about this move? How does this comply with the QUFA roll-over agreement, which prohibits restructuring before June 2026, … Continue reading Gossip Box Round Up, #4
Queen's Coalition Against Austerity 