Honor Brabazon

Huge thanks to everyone who came out to Rally on Wheels today in support of Laurentian & public ed in Kingston, Kitchener-Waterloo, Mtl, Ottawa, Sudbury, and Toronto—& all who participated from home. #IWillDefendPublicEducation #JeDéfendslÉducationPublique #NoUniversityIsSafe

York University Faculty Association (YUFA) Statement on the Resignation of York University President Rhonda Lenton  - June 26, 2025

Sign the petition to reinstate student admissions to the Geography, History, Music, Sociology, and Visual Art programs at @AlgomaU ⬇️ #ONpse #ONlab opseu.org/news/petition-…

Bill 33 represents an existential threat to the autonomy of our higher education system. It reflects the Ont. govt’s continued efforts to control post-sec, prioritizing political agendas over the educational needs of Ontario's students & communities. campuscoalition.org/post/statement…

JOINT STATEMENT: OSSTF/FEESO, as part of the Ontario Universities and Colleges Coalition (OUCC), is deeply concerned with the Conservative government's proposed changes in Bill 33! Bill 33 represents an existential threat to the autonomy of our world-class publicly-funded higher education system. It reflects the Ontario Government’s continued problematic efforts to exert increased control over colleges and universities, utilizing legal tools to prioritize political agendas over the educational needs of Ontario’s students and their communities. Despite the stated intention to increase transparency and support for the postsecondary education (PSE) sector, this proposed legislation serves as an unnecessary distraction, undermining the academic missions of PSE institutions across the province. 🔗 Full statement: bit.ly/4kOGQu9 We join with @CFSON, @CUPEOntario, @OCUFA, @OPSEU, @psac_afpc, and @UniforTheUnion as the OUCC! #OSSTF #OntEd #OnPSE #OnPoli

Read Honor's piece to understand that the assault on universities isn't just a US/Trump project in full flight. Of course, in Europe as well as Canada, as Honor focuses on, this 'shock doctrine' is also in the works.

Worth the read, esp. as the conversation around healthy democratic institutions becomes more important in light of ongoing events:

@nigmendra @OCUFA Thanks, @nigmendra! ✊

Take a few minutes to read this important piece; and then think about the analyses’ implications! @honorbrabazon ✊🏾 @ocufa✊🏾

Wrote this piece on the significance of the York cuts: 'In a democratic society a university is not a “business” that sells degrees. It can serve as a bulwark against disinformation and against manipulation of the population by powerful interests.' @OCUFA @CAUT_ACPPU @YUFAyorku

“The COVID-19 pandemic took that from me. Actually, that’s not quite right. It was the perceived “end” of the pandemic that really ruined my teaching career.” Opinion: I loved my teaching career. COVID normalization stole it from me - The Globe and Mail archive.ph/2024.08.23-141…

Important article by Alice Wong @SFdirewolf for @TeenVogue for context “Mask Bans Insult Disabled People, Endanger Our Health, and Threaten Our Ability to Protest“

My piece, "The Racial Labour Geographies of Amazon in Canada’s Greater Toronto Area" is now online. I share it with excitement and trepidation! alternateroutes.ca/index.php/ar/a…

Open letter from scholars worldwide to defend university autonomy @UWindsor: 'Such intervention would be an affront to the independence of universities and has been widely criticized as a ‘new McCarthyism.”' @OCUFA @CAUT_ACPPU @ucu @AAUP

Repression of free speech and protest on campuses is deeply troubling. But the agreement reached at UWindsor shows a path forward. I encourage other schools to follow this example, and I urge leaders to respect this agreement. Read my statement here: leahgazan.ca/stu

Many of us in the @UWaterloo and @Laurier communities were shocked that @UWaterloo threatened to sue its own students, staff, and faculty for peaceful protest. Please read and support this letter detailing our concerns: forms.gle/RqfvDuW86yfrxx…

This morning @MemorialU issued another politically & legally disappointing/misleading "student protest update". It transports wholesale the private property-based findings of the UofT case into the NL legal space while disregarding the Charter questions.🧵gazette.mun.ca/campus-and-com…

Essential summary of the U of T injunction decision.

“Today’s decision represents a troubling setback to the fundamental right to freedom of peaceful assembly,” said Henry Off, Board Member @CLAIHR. “It also sets a dangerous precedent that c/ restrain human rights advocacy elsewhere.” UofT encampment ruling amnesty.ca/human-rights-n…