Alyson Brickey
@alysonbrickey.bsky.social
English prof U Winnipeg. Views are my own.
Collegial governance structures can be democratic as long as everyone is operating in good faith. Unfortunately, they are also vulnerable to people on power trips, narcissists etc whose main goal is not to improve the institution, but to harm whoever they can reach.
June 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Collegial governance structures can be democratic as long as everyone is operating in good faith. Unfortunately, they are also vulnerable to people on power trips, narcissists etc whose main goal is not to improve the institution, but to harm whoever they can reach.
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This (new?) phenomenon of withholding/retracting degrees is so abominable. Columbia seems to be the trendsetter as w/ so many awful trends but NYU’s holding its own in the race to the bottom. Also IT’S GALLATIN of all NYU schools. What’s more “individualized” than this?!
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NYU Is Withholding Diploma of Trans Student Who Discussed Palestine in Graduation Speech
An NYU spokesperson said Logan Rozos “misuse[d] his role as student speaker to express his personal and one-sided political views.”
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May 16, 2025 at 2:48 AM
This (new?) phenomenon of withholding/retracting degrees is so abominable. Columbia seems to be the trendsetter as w/ so many awful trends but NYU’s holding its own in the race to the bottom. Also IT’S GALLATIN of all NYU schools. What’s more “individualized” than this?!
www.them.us/story/gallat...
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Rescinding degrees from students condemning genocide is not what universities are for
May 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Rescinding degrees from students condemning genocide is not what universities are for
Hey @uwinnipeg.bsky.social students!! Please share everyone 👇👇👇👇👇
May 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Hey @uwinnipeg.bsky.social students!! Please share everyone 👇👇👇👇👇
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New: A University of Winnipeg employee has filed a whistleblower report that calls for a probe into overall operations at the post-secondary institution amid mounting concerns about its leadership #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
University of Winnipeg employee calls for investigation into leadership under whistleblower law
A University of Winnipeg employee has filed a whistleblower report that calls for a probe into overall operations at the post-secondary institution amid mounting concerns about its leadership. The Fre...
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May 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
New: A University of Winnipeg employee has filed a whistleblower report that calls for a probe into overall operations at the post-secondary institution amid mounting concerns about its leadership #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
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That sound you heard was almost every Manitoban cheering. OT for the Winnipeg Jets @winnipegjets.com
May 5, 2025 at 1:40 AM
That sound you heard was almost every Manitoban cheering. OT for the Winnipeg Jets @winnipegjets.com
DESPITE consistent attempts to silence him from both within and outside of our union, our president @drpeterjmiller.bsky.social stood and bravely spoke this morning at @caut.bsky.social condemning the suppression of pro-Palestinian speech on Canadian campuses. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
a man in a black hoodie is sitting in the stands during a basketball game and says lets gooooo .
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May 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
DESPITE consistent attempts to silence him from both within and outside of our union, our president @drpeterjmiller.bsky.social stood and bravely spoke this morning at @caut.bsky.social condemning the suppression of pro-Palestinian speech on Canadian campuses. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
In case people are wondering how American Studies people in Canada are strategizing… we are not crossing the border. I would love to go to MSA in Boston this year but can’t risk it. I would LOVE to travel to this exhibit this summer but can’t risk it. www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/...
Superfine: Tailoring Black Style - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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April 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
In case people are wondering how American Studies people in Canada are strategizing… we are not crossing the border. I would love to go to MSA in Boston this year but can’t risk it. I would LOVE to travel to this exhibit this summer but can’t risk it. www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/...
Camping reservation day!
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April 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Camping reservation day!
I am three beers deep and at the head of a line for a soon-to-be-open church rummage sale
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April 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I am three beers deep and at the head of a line for a soon-to-be-open church rummage sale
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We've finally made the leap from the other place! 👋 Our first order of business is to congratulate our friends @umfa-faum.bsky.social on the ratification of their new collective agreement & to send our solidarity to our friends @appusb.bsky.social as they work towards a fair deal
April 3, 2025 at 1:10 PM
We've finally made the leap from the other place! 👋 Our first order of business is to congratulate our friends @umfa-faum.bsky.social on the ratification of their new collective agreement & to send our solidarity to our friends @appusb.bsky.social as they work towards a fair deal
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Dr. Mark Libin, my wonderful MA supervisor, will be teaching this fantastic course on Palestinian literature at the University of Manitoba in the Fall. Please share with interested students! @marklibin.bsky.social
March 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Dr. Mark Libin, my wonderful MA supervisor, will be teaching this fantastic course on Palestinian literature at the University of Manitoba in the Fall. Please share with interested students! @marklibin.bsky.social
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Harry Crowe Lecture - Dr Eve Haque
Eventbrite - The University of Winnipeg Faculty Association presents Harry Crowe Lecture - Dr Eve Haque - Thursday, April 10, 2025 at Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB. Find event and ticket informat...
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March 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Tickets are free, but limited. Reserve yours here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/harry-crow... 3/3
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Our speaker, Prof Eve Haque (York U) will give a talk entitled “Navigating Current Constraints on Academic Freedom.” This event is *free*, open to all, and takes place at 7pm at the Winnipeg Art Gallery (cocktail bar beforehand!). Thanks @umfa-faum.bsky.social and BUFA for their $$ support 2/3
March 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Our speaker, Prof Eve Haque (York U) will give a talk entitled “Navigating Current Constraints on Academic Freedom.” This event is *free*, open to all, and takes place at 7pm at the Winnipeg Art Gallery (cocktail bar beforehand!). Thanks @umfa-faum.bsky.social and BUFA for their $$ support 2/3
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If you’re in Winnipeg and are interested in academic freedom, freedom of expression, campus protests, and all the issues surrounding universities and speech, please come to the inaugural Harry Crowe Lecture, organized by @uwfa.bsky.social (and esp @alysonbrickey.bsky.social). 1/3
March 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
If you’re in Winnipeg and are interested in academic freedom, freedom of expression, campus protests, and all the issues surrounding universities and speech, please come to the inaugural Harry Crowe Lecture, organized by @uwfa.bsky.social (and esp @alysonbrickey.bsky.social). 1/3
Everyone needs to take vibe advice from my cat. He is a rescue and his name is Cletus.
March 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Everyone needs to take vibe advice from my cat. He is a rescue and his name is Cletus.
Wait Ani Difranco is coming to folk fest?! Time to warp back to my 20s
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March 14, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Wait Ani Difranco is coming to folk fest?! Time to warp back to my 20s
“Equivocations is the vague equating of colonialisms that erases the sweeping scope of land as the basis of wealth, power, law in settler nation states.” —Tuck & Yang
February 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
“Equivocations is the vague equating of colonialisms that erases the sweeping scope of land as the basis of wealth, power, law in settler nation states.” —Tuck & Yang