MEDIA ADVISORY For immediate release: September 27, 2024 KINGSTON, ON 27 September 2024 – Graduate students at Queen’s University are joining together to protest the school’s elimination of widely-accessed funding support for Master’s level researchers. The protest is being advertised as an “All Out Walkout to Save Graduate Funding,” and is part of an increasingly … Continue reading Graduate Students Stage Walkout to Protest Queen’s Funding Cuts
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!!
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
