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Precarious U – Panel Discussion
October 27, 2016 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
One-third of all Canadian university teachers are hired on part-time or short-term contracts.
What does this mean for your work-life, the education of our young people and the future of our
universities?
How is this linked to other disturbing trends in post-secondary education – underfunding,
corporatization and the erosion of academic freedom – and what can be done about it?
Panelists:
Karen Foster
Dalhousie University sociologist and author of a
research report on precarious academic work in NS
Karen Harper
Contract Instructor
Sylvia Fuller
Associate Professor of Sociology, University of British
Columbia. Specializes in work and labour, inequality, gender
David Robinson
Executive Director, Canadian Association of University Teachers
Moderated by:
Claire McIlveen
Columnist specializing in labour and social issues, currently on
strike against the Chronicle Herald
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 7-9 PM
SAINT MARY’S UNIVERSITY
SOBEY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
SCOTIABANK AUDITORIUM
923 ROBIE ST.
OPEN TO ALL: ADMISSION FREE
communications@dfa.ns.ca or info@ansut.ca
