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bridgetstirling

@bridgetstirling@zirk.us

#UAlberta PhD candidate exploring the politics of childhood and education and the temporality of childhood.

I write about how childhood is mobilized in political discourses and how that obscures the lives and needs of children. I am interested in how childhood is used as a signifier by social movements and in law and policy discourses.

My dissertation explores how childhood is used in neoliberal education law and policy discourses in Alberta post-Inspiring Education (2008-2023).

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bridgetstirling, to academia
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Academic associations: when you are looking for graduate students to do work for a conference, perhaps don't offer an honorarium equivalent to less than minimum wage in 12 out of 13 provinces and territories.

That's not even counting the unknown (uncompensated?) time for the mandatory orientation session.

#PhDchat #GraduateStudent #Universities #Academia #AcademicLabour #AcademicChatter #MinimumWage #LivingWage #GraduateSchool #AcademicConferences #CSSE2024 #CHSS2024 #CHSS #CSSE

bridgetstirling, to workersrights
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Want to help striking TAs at McGill who've been fired or suspended from their other campus positions for participating in the strike? Here are a couple of mutual aid links for funds to support students facing financial hardship. 🧵

bridgetstirling,
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First, the sociology-specific fund — some students in the department have lost as many as three additional sources of income because of McGill's punitive actions. https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donation-form/f1d8d92a-abc4-432d-8388-7a646bc4c9ec

bridgetstirling,
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Second, the fund set up to support graduate students from any department who've lost their jobs for exercising their rights as workers.

https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donation-form/bba6f4a6-9cd2-48bd-b370-d2d56959870e

bridgetstirling,
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What happens to TAs and RAs at one university will affect all of our contract negotiations across the country. Solidarity with McGill's graduate student workers.

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