
Siobhan Byrne
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24-04-2014 15:55:14
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On International Women's Day, I call on the University of Alberta to reopen the Sexual Assault Crisis Centre with full programming and service for walk-in clients. Bill Flanagan University of Alberta Students' Union UAlberta GSA @AWA_UAlberta AASUA NASA Intersections of Gender UAlberta Amarjeet Sohi @drcarriesmith

The Canadian Ethnic Studies Association will hold its conference at Edmonton's University of Alberta November 14-16, 2024. The theme is : “Colonial Legacies, Contemporary Crises and Contested Futures: Canada in an Interconnected World.” Abstracts due 1 May 2024. cesa-scee.ca/2024-conferenc…


Today, the U.N. Security Council holds its annual debate on Conflict Related Sexual Violence. Fionnuala Nà Aoláin writes that States must commit to the equality of all victims and to remedying the effects of harm directly for victims. justsecurity.org/94943/the-u-n-…

The Canadian Ethnic Studies Association conference will be at University of Alberta November 14-16, 2024. It will be awesome. The theme is “Colonial Legacies, Contemporary Crises and Contested Futures” Abstract and panel submissions due 1 May 2024: cesa-scee.ca/2024-conferenc…



An open letter by University of Alberta Black faculty members to the university senior leadership regarding the involvement of police in the recent campus protests. docs.google.com/document/d/1Iv…


Opinion: Alberta universities must answer for use of force against protesters #UAlberta University of Alberta U Calgary MacEwan University Faculty 4 Palestine University of Alberta Students' Union AASUA #abpoli edmontonjournal.com/opinion/column… via Edmonton Journal

Are you a Canadian university president trying to decide whether to coercively clear a pro-Palestine encampment? A cautionary tale.... cbc.ca/news/canada/ed… UniversityOfVictoria @uoft McGill University @ubc JewishFaculty.ca UofT Occupy for Palestine Faculty 4 Palestine Eglinton-Lawrence + Don Valley West 4 Palestine

The students at University of Toronto greatly appreciate this warning to the administration. “The administration must not call upon law enforcement to disperse a peaceful protest. Moreover, anyone who participates in a peaceful assembly to raise awareness about violations of international human


Open letter from OFL President Laura Walton to University of Toronto President Meric Gertler: "If you move against the students, you’ll have to go through workers first." UofT Occupy for Palestine U of T Students' Union The Varsity UTFA CUPE 3902 United Steelworkers Local 1998 TYR Labour Council OCUFA CAUT/ACPPU ofl.ca/ofl-open-lette…

UQAM students have reached a settlement. UQAM adopted a resolution establishing an academic boycott against Israeli universities. They pledged not to hold any assets in funds or companies profiting from armaments, & to disclose their list of investments montreal.citynews.ca/2024/05/30/uqa…

Withering letter from Women's and Gender Studies profs: "We condemn, in the strongest possible terms, Bill Flanagan's decision to call in riot police against a group of peaceful protesters. We support the students' call for University of Alberta to disclose, divest, defend, and declare."


Fine Arts profs at University of Alberta scathing about Bill Flanagan's police sweep: "Many of us participated in the communal and artistic activities of the encampment, and witnessed a peacefulness and inclusivity that could serve as a pedagogical model for any classroom on campus."


As part of University of Alberta ’s course on Gender Politics in Wartime and Peacetime Berlin, we hosted this group of brilliant and promising students to discuss #FeministForeignPolicy, #WomenPeaceSecurity, as well as Canada's new National Action Plan. #NAPWPS More: ualberta.ca/international/…


The most important Academic Aunties ep we've released, w/ the indomitable Dr. Ghada Ageel, a prof & third-generation Palestinian refugee (Khan Younis). Spend this hour with us to hear about the realities in Gaza & what Palestinian colleagues & students in diaspora are holding.