If President Brooks and crew laid off staff because of this Nous/Uniforum nonsense, then I hope @nsgeu.bsky.social is looking into it. #nspse #cdnpse #PublicFundsIntoPrivateHands
From the article: “As one academic familiar with the Nous approach tells The Saturday Paper, the idea that consultants could be brought in to provide cover for executive decision-making is embarrassing.”
Et tu, @dalhousie.bsky.social? #KeepDalStrong
Et tu, @dalhousie.bsky.social? #KeepDalStrong
Unfortunately paywalled though there are some insights on the content here. www.linkedin.com/posts/louise...
September 1, 2025 at 2:32 AM
If President Brooks and crew laid off staff because of this Nous/Uniforum nonsense, then I hope @nsgeu.bsky.social is looking into it. #nspse #cdnpse #PublicFundsIntoPrivateHands
Come and support Part-Time Academics at MSVU as they strike for a fair deal!
October 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
In honour of @cupe3912.bsky.social and all the unions in #nspse and beyond who pushed back and smacked down overweening management and their consultant handlers this year:
Aretha Franklin - Respect (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Aretha Franklin
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November 17, 2025 at 3:23 AM
In honour of @cupe3912.bsky.social and all the unions in #nspse and beyond who pushed back and smacked down overweening management and their consultant handlers this year:
Solidarity to striking students!
We know the prov. gov. at best doesn’t give a single shrew-sized shit about #nspse, & at worst actively works against it (despite many of its MLAs having benefited from lower tuition, smaller classes, etc.) so I hope this unprecedented student action has an effect.
We know the prov. gov. at best doesn’t give a single shrew-sized shit about #nspse, & at worst actively works against it (despite many of its MLAs having benefited from lower tuition, smaller classes, etc.) so I hope this unprecedented student action has an effect.
Members of the Dalhousie Student Union voted to join a province-wide student strike from March 16 to 21. dalgazette.com/news/dsu-pas...
DSU passes student strike motion with 62.3% in favour
Members of the Dalhousie Student Union voted to join a province-wide student strike from March 16 to 21.
dalgazette.com
March 13, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Solidarity to striking students!
We know the prov. gov. at best doesn’t give a single shrew-sized shit about #nspse, & at worst actively works against it (despite many of its MLAs having benefited from lower tuition, smaller classes, etc.) so I hope this unprecedented student action has an effect.
We know the prov. gov. at best doesn’t give a single shrew-sized shit about #nspse, & at worst actively works against it (despite many of its MLAs having benefited from lower tuition, smaller classes, etc.) so I hope this unprecedented student action has an effect.
This should send chills down the spines not just of those who work in #nspse, but every citizen who wants to see our communities succeed.
Also, @dalhousie.bsky.social is doing and end-run around Senate on these provincial “reviews.” I asked why at a recent Senate meeting & was given no real answer.
Also, @dalhousie.bsky.social is doing and end-run around Senate on these provincial “reviews.” I asked why at a recent Senate meeting & was given no real answer.
A firm with a reputation for recommending deep cuts and layoffs has been hired as a consultant to review Nova Scotia’s universities
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
A firm with a reputation for recommending deep cuts and layoffs has been hired as a consultant to review Nova Scotia's universities - Halifax Examiner
I don't like that university programs are having to justify themselves merely in terms of the jobs that students get after graduation.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
December 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This should send chills down the spines not just of those who work in #nspse, but every citizen who wants to see our communities succeed.
Also, @dalhousie.bsky.social is doing and end-run around Senate on these provincial “reviews.” I asked why at a recent Senate meeting & was given no real answer.
Also, @dalhousie.bsky.social is doing and end-run around Senate on these provincial “reviews.” I asked why at a recent Senate meeting & was given no real answer.
When do we get to dump the fiction that Humanities and Social Sciences degrees are less relevant to 21st-c jobs than sciences?
Let students study what interests them—IMHO (and experience) that’s what leads to success. It also means they get to be happier.
Paging the #nspoli govt. #nspse #cdnpse
Let students study what interests them—IMHO (and experience) that’s what leads to success. It also means they get to be happier.
Paging the #nspoli govt. #nspse #cdnpse
May 20, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Happy to have helped with this DFA statement (pdf) on the egregious NS provincial program reviews of Uni’s. This is pronounced overstep by the province, & completely incompetent at that. Our provincial and certain uni leaders seem hellbent on breaking #nspse. #KeepDalStrong @dalfaculty.bsky.social
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January 23, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Happy to have helped with this DFA statement (pdf) on the egregious NS provincial program reviews of Uni’s. This is pronounced overstep by the province, & completely incompetent at that. Our provincial and certain uni leaders seem hellbent on breaking #nspse. #KeepDalStrong @dalfaculty.bsky.social
I’m not thrilled about increasing tuition, but kudos to Ontario for acknowledging that there’s a crisis in universities caused by under-resourcing and recognizing that “Postsecondary education is one of Ontario’s most important long-term investments.” #cdnpse
#nspse? #nsgov?
#nspse?
Ontario Newsroom
news.ontario.ca
February 12, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Folks interested in the Dalhousie budget might want to take a look at @dalfaculty.bsky.social reviews of the budget since 2013: www.dfa.ns.ca/issues/revie... . Also see the July 2019 president's message re: the Senate oversight Dal used to have (www.dfa.ns.ca/news/preside...). #KeepDalStrong #nspse
Review of Dal Finances
www.dfa.ns.ca
September 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Folks interested in the Dalhousie budget might want to take a look at @dalfaculty.bsky.social reviews of the budget since 2013: www.dfa.ns.ca/issues/revie... . Also see the July 2019 president's message re: the Senate oversight Dal used to have (www.dfa.ns.ca/news/preside...). #KeepDalStrong #nspse
DFA President Dave Westwood not optimistic there will be a resolution before the 14-day deadline of August 11. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... @caut.bsky.social @ansut.bsky.social @dalhousieu.bsky.social DFA trying to #keepdalstrong, but the Board won't come to the table.
Dalhousie, faculty union begin 14-day countdown to possible strike or lockout | CBC News
One final date for conciliation is scheduled for Aug. 11, and a labour disruption could start Aug. 12.
www.cbc.ca
July 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Please consider contacting the NS govt about proposed legislation that would hamper teaching and research at Nova Scotia universities, and kneecap #nspse capacity to secure federal research $$ & other partnerships by limiting research to prov govt interests.
Link here: nwmd.social/s/copylink/6...
Link here: nwmd.social/s/copylink/6...
New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore
nwmd.social
March 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Please consider contacting the NS govt about proposed legislation that would hamper teaching and research at Nova Scotia universities, and kneecap #nspse capacity to secure federal research $$ & other partnerships by limiting research to prov govt interests.
Link here: nwmd.social/s/copylink/6...
Link here: nwmd.social/s/copylink/6...
As @dalhousieu.bsky.social faculty are trying to prep their fall courses, the antics of the Board of Governors has forced them to focus on a possible lockout. DFA is ready to talk. The Board refuses. Link to media release in comments. @ansut.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social #KeepDalStrong
July 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
“The most sophisticated organizations I know are quietly recalibrating what they value in hiring. They are looking for thinkers who can synthesize across domains. Who can write clearly. Who can question assumptions. Who can detect hypocrisy. Who can imagine second-order effects.” #cdnpse #nspse
The Humanities: 5 Leadership Skills That Business Schools Don't Teach
We were told to hire for efficiency. Optimization. Scale. And yet the five most important skills I look for in a leader rarely come from a business background at all.
www.rollingstone.com
April 19, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Huh—a dip on Thanksgiving weekend when many #cdnpse #nspse students were out of town.
We need to take pandemic safety on campus more seriously: students have to mix multiple times a day in crowded spaces, and institutions aren’t improving IAQ or even encouraging respirators. 😷
We need to take pandemic safety on campus more seriously: students have to mix multiple times a day in crowded spaces, and institutions aren’t improving IAQ or even encouraging respirators. 😷
November 15, 2024 at 4:32 PM
“What’s happening at Dalhousie, what’s happening in contract negotiations at other universities ... is that faculty are trying as best they can to raise concerns about how the quality of education has really suffered because of lack of public funding,” Robinson said. #cdnpse #nspse #KeepCanadaStrong
Dalhousie and Ontario college staff sound alarm for post-secondary education
Caps on enrollment for international students is uncovering chronic funding issues in post-secondary education.
rabble.ca
September 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
“What’s happening at Dalhousie, what’s happening in contract negotiations at other universities ... is that faculty are trying as best they can to raise concerns about how the quality of education has really suffered because of lack of public funding,” Robinson said. #cdnpse #nspse #KeepCanadaStrong
Tim Houston hates Nova Scotia. He’s also not to be trusted: do his cuts to foundational @dalhousie.bsky.social and other universities violate the bilateral agreements he recently signed? If so, #nspse presidents should tell him to stick his program reviews straight up his Paradise Papers…
Here's the full list of the Houston government's grant cuts to organizations. Tell us what you think. - Halifax Examiner
The Houston government has cut $309 million from grants it gives to community organizations and universities. You can read the entire 13-page list of cuts here. The Halifax Examiner would like to hear...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
February 26, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Tim Houston hates Nova Scotia. He’s also not to be trusted: do his cuts to foundational @dalhousie.bsky.social and other universities violate the bilateral agreements he recently signed? If so, #nspse presidents should tell him to stick his program reviews straight up his Paradise Papers…
The townhall, "Protecting Postsecondary Education in Nova Scotia," has been moved online because of the impending storm (thanks to the organizers for arranging this on such short notice!). #nspse #cdnpse
Details and the link to join are at cocogov.org/blog/townhall/.
#StormChips not included. :-)
Details and the link to join are at cocogov.org/blog/townhall/.
#StormChips not included. :-)
February 22, 2026 at 11:36 PM
The townhall, "Protecting Postsecondary Education in Nova Scotia," has been moved online because of the impending storm (thanks to the organizers for arranging this on such short notice!). #nspse #cdnpse
Details and the link to join are at cocogov.org/blog/townhall/.
#StormChips not included. :-)
Details and the link to join are at cocogov.org/blog/townhall/.
#StormChips not included. :-)
“Although reforms projected decreases in approved new study permits of 10% or less in Manitoba, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick… all experienced a 59% or greater decrease in approvals in 2024 compared with 2023.” #nspse #cdnpse 🤦♀️ www.canada.ca/en/auditor-g...
International Student Program Reforms - Canada.ca
www.canada.ca
March 29, 2026 at 1:20 AM
“Although reforms projected decreases in approved new study permits of 10% or less in Manitoba, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick… all experienced a 59% or greater decrease in approvals in 2024 compared with 2023.” #nspse #cdnpse 🤦♀️ www.canada.ca/en/auditor-g...
Halifax has seven universities and the two largest announced the sudden end to their provosts' terms *this week*. Quite apart from the relative merits of those decisions, it speaks to the chaos in #nspse under the current #nsgov.
Community Chaos
Alt: The famous scene from Community where someone returns with pizza to find chaos in the apartment, with two people helping someone on the floor and another trying to put out flames that cover 3-4 square meters of the same floor.
static.klipy.com
July 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Now that it's tax season, I'm wondering again: what was the impact of the Dalhousie administration's lockout of @dalfaculty.bsky.social faculty on NS income tax revenues? Ballpark, about $1.5m, maybe even $2m? It's a drop in a large bucket, I know, but still a drop that makes a difference. #nspse
April 22, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Now that it's tax season, I'm wondering again: what was the impact of the Dalhousie administration's lockout of @dalfaculty.bsky.social faculty on NS income tax revenues? Ballpark, about $1.5m, maybe even $2m? It's a drop in a large bucket, I know, but still a drop that makes a difference. #nspse
Nova Scotia universities to become ‘more accountable’ says Premier Tim Houston
By Jennifer Henderson
By Jennifer Henderson
Nova Scotia universities to become 'more accountable' says Premier Tim Houston - Halifax Examiner
The Houston government has introduced amendments to a 2016 piece of legislation, ushering in a new University Board Governance Act that could radically change the way universities operate in the provi...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
February 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Instead, NSgov is requiring Dal to spend 💰💰 to assess all of its programs all at once (usually done in rotation & grouped by unit, so all of a dept’s programs are assessed every 7 years, incl external review, as is standard in #cdnpse), and create a master’s in real estate.
Priorities? #nspse 😢
Priorities? #nspse 😢
February 21, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Faculty at Atlantic School of Theology (@astfassoc.bsky.social) could strike July 1. Time is running out & they need our help.
📢 Send a letter to the AST Board & admin today urging a fair deal at conciliation on June 30.
✉️ Letter tool & details: astfa.ca/2025/support-astfa/
#FairDealForASTFA #NSPSE
📢 Send a letter to the AST Board & admin today urging a fair deal at conciliation on June 30.
✉️ Letter tool & details: astfa.ca/2025/support-astfa/
#FairDealForASTFA #NSPSE
June 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Faculty at Atlantic School of Theology (@astfassoc.bsky.social) could strike July 1. Time is running out & they need our help.
📢 Send a letter to the AST Board & admin today urging a fair deal at conciliation on June 30.
✉️ Letter tool & details: astfa.ca/2025/support-astfa/
#FairDealForASTFA #NSPSE
📢 Send a letter to the AST Board & admin today urging a fair deal at conciliation on June 30.
✉️ Letter tool & details: astfa.ca/2025/support-astfa/
#FairDealForASTFA #NSPSE
Budget decisions reveal the Board's true priorities. Faculty members prioritize the academic mission. @dalhousieu.bsky.social Board prioritizes shiny new buildings that run wildly overbudget. #KeepDalStrong
www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion... @ansut.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social
www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion... @ansut.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social
August 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM