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President’s Message by Karen Harper Defending Academic  Freedom by Rima Azar (guest post)  Full-Time Precarity by Larissa Atkison (CUPE 3912 VP MSVU) 
 
President’s Message by Karen Harper A Fair Formula by David R. Wilson (CUPE 3912 Member) 
Teaching from the Margins by Lauren McKenzie (CUPE 3912 VP TLC) 
Health and Safety Post COVID-19 by Troy Winters (CUPE National) and Jenna Brookfield (CUPE Atlantic) 
 
President’s Welcome by Karen Harper Inflation During Pandemic and Bargaining Times by Carlos Pessoa (Former CUPE 3912 VP SMU) 
Survey Says… by Cameron Ells (CUPE 3912 VP Dal TA Sexton) 
In Memoriam Pat O’Neill by Karen Harper (CUPE 3912 President) 
 
Academic Freedom Inside and Outside the University by Keith McMaster (CUPE 3912 member) 
On fair wages, undergrad tuition fees, full-time and tenure track salaries, and part-time contract pay, by Neil Balan (CUPE 3912 member) 
 
The S-Word by Karen Harper 
Before the Leaky Pipeline: Postdoctoral and Emerging Grad Experiences: Our Response to “Gender Equity Considerations for Tenure and Promotion During Covid-19 by Shiva Nourpanah & Chantelle Falconer (CUPE 3912 Members) 
 
Solidarity in the Time of Online Education by Shiva Nourpanah (CUPE 3912 Member) 
Academic Freedom Inside and Outside the Academy by Pat O’Neill (CUPE 3912 VP MSVU) 
In Memorium: Remembering Joyce Conrad By Barbara Moore (former CUPE 3912 President) 
 
Domestic Violence Leave in Nova Scotia by Shiva Nourpanah (CUPE 3912 Member) 
 
What is Retirement for Part-Time Instructors? 
CAUT Defense Fund by Karen Harper (CUPE 3912 Communications Officer) 
New Faces in CUPE 3912 
Mayworks Halifax Celebrates 10 Years! By Sébastien Labelle 
 
Scholarly Contributions Display Goes Online! 
Volunteer! But why? by Shiva Nourpanah (CUPE 3912 member) 
Out of the Shadows by Karen Harper (CUPE 3912 Communications Officer) 
Atlantic Regional Workers Summit Report by Kim Robinson (CUPE 3912 Member) 
COCAL Report by Julie Quinn (CUPE 3912 Member) and Carmel Forde (CUPE 3912 VP Dalhousie Part-Time Faculty) 
 
Report on Fair Employment Week by Annick MacAskill (CUPE 3912 Newsletter & Education Committee member) 
The History of the EWOC CUPE 3912’s New Mascot? by Annick MacAskill (CUPE 3912 Newsletter & Education Committee member) 
 
On Precedence by Carmel Forde (CUPE 3912 VP for Dalhousie) 
Congratulations on Teaching Awards 
Grieving Dalhousie’s Respect for TAs and Markers by Cameron Ells (CUPE 3912 VP for TAs and Markers, Sexton Campus) 
 
On Precedence 
Basic Fairness for Contract Academic Staff 
Collective Bargaining 101 by Jeff McNeil (CAUT) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Online Academic Staff — We’re Fighting for Your Rights 
Faculty of Agriculture — Precedence and Stipend Woes 
The Precarious Life of the Contract Academic — It’s Time for Change 
 
Greetings from the new President by Steve Cloutier 
Greetings from the new Vice-President SMU, Phil Bennett 
CUPE 3912 at CUPE National Convention by by Carmel Forde, VP Part-Time Academics at Dalhousie 
Nova Scotia Federation of Labour Convention by by Carmel Forde, VP Part-Time Academics at Dalhousie 
Obituary for CUPE 3912 members Katherine Clough and  Jennifer Grabove 
 
Putting Our Heads Together by Sébastien Labelle, Communications Officer 
Temporary Foreign Workers and CUPE by Carmel Forde, VP Part-Time Academics at Dalhousie 
Provincial Strategy by Carmel Forde, VP Part-Time Academics at Dalhousie 
20 Years of Standing Together 
Saying Goodbye by Barb Moore, outgoing CUPE 3912 Recording-Secretary 
Neo-liberalism & Precariousness by Jennifer Dimoff, President 
Demystifying Precedence by by Carmel Forde, VP Part-Time Academics at Dalhousie 
 
Fall 2012 Newsletter 
Admin Compensations Rise by Sébastien Labelle, Communications Officer 
Report From the CUPE National Post-Secondary Taskforce by Jennifer Dimoff, President 
PhD Preferred? by Stephen Cloutier, VP Saint Mary’s University 
Troublemaking by Sébastien Labelle, Communications Officer 
Defending Our Workplace by Barb Moore, Recording Secretary 
Report from Labour College by Jennifer Dimoff, President 
Why Union? by Sébastien Labelle, Communications Officer 
 
CUPE Youth At Convention 
SMU TESL Instructors Join CUPE 3912, by Dr. Rory Leitch 
SMU’s New Academic Plan by Carmel Forde, VP Dalhousie contract faculty 
Social Media and the Universities by Steve Cloutier, VP Saint Mary’s 
 
MSVU Ratification 
Dalhousie Contract Signing 
A new “back door” to Dal” Navitas by, Carmel Forde Communications 
Where from Here: The Tim O’Neill Report by Steve Cloutier, Recording Secretary 
 
Bargaining for the next Collective Agreements by R. Lanning, Chief Steward 
How to apply for teaching positions by R. Lanning, Chief Steward 
CUPE and the PSE Sector by Jennifer Dimoff, CUPE 3912 VP MSVU 
 
TAs: Know Your Rights by Christina Behme 
News from around the University Sector 
Global Justice Committee Report by Barb Moore 
 
Do you think you have a grievance? by R. Lanning 
News from around the University Sector 
 
May Day May 1st 
Notes from the Mount 
New website for Cupe 3912 
WLU contract faculty are on strike! 
 
CUPE National Women’s Task Force and the CUPE National Convention by Carmel Forde 
Grievances and Settlements at MSVU by Robert Lanning, CUPE 3912 VP for MSVU 
3rd Annual CCGEU Conference Takes Place in Fredericton by, Troy Winters  CUPE 3912 VP TA DAL 
SMU Part-time Faculty Attention Pays Off by N. Murray, CUPE 3912 VP SMU 
 
Are Your Rights Being Denied at SMU? by Joyce Conrad, CUPE 3912 VP SMU 
Who’s Doing the Teaching? by Robert Lanning, CUPE 3912 Communications Officer 
News from Saint Mary’s by Joyce Conrad, CUPE 3912 VP SMU 
CUPE Launches Task Force on Women 
What Our Members Want 
 
Negotiations Begin for New Agreement by Barb Moore, CUPE 3912 President 
CUPE 3912 Executive Attend 2nd Annual CCGEU by Troy Winters, CUPE 3912 VP TAs Sexton Campus and Cristian Rangel, CUPE 3912 VP TAs Studley Campus 
Report from COCAL VII by Troy Winters, CUPE 3912 VP TAs Sexton Campus 
CUPE National Women’s Task Force Survey by Barb Moore, CUPE 3912 President 
Ontario workers get together 
Attention SMU 3912 Members 
Distance Education Issues at The Mount by Jennifer Dimoff and Brenda Hattie, CUPE 3912 members