Kristine Smitka

Full Lecturer, UAlberta | Researcher of Canadian literature, publishing, and book history | Lover of mountains, bike paths, and independent bookstores

[AASUA @TheAASUA]

It was so great to be joined at our rally today by our NASA colleagues! We are stronger together 💪 #solidarity #ualberta

[AASUA @TheAASUA]

Help AASUA protect quality education by rallying to support the educators and researchers that make our university great. RSVP to the rally here: https://t.co/wBXOAC1PNZ

#UAlberta

[Kristine Smitka @ksmitka]

Please mark your calendars: March 5, noon, rally to support AASUA's bargaining team. https://t.co/zUpttrFoUi

[Kristine Smitka @ksmitka]

Show your support for academic staff at the U of A: https://t.co/fyJ0SBKrF2

[AASUA @TheAASUA]

“This is part of a larger pattern of disinvesting in front-line teaching and research staff,” @ksmitka, AASUA VP, told CBC during a radio interview about the #ualberta hiring freeze.

https://t.co/Oa4xYrSKpL

[Cathie Crooks @CathieCrooks]

The search is on for the University of Alberta Press's next Director and Publisher. The posting is up and the deadline is December 10.
This is a rare opportunity: please spread the word. https://t.co/TUIjPHkkA9 #UAlberta
@wereadab @lavermeer @AudreysBooks

[SFU English @SFUenglish]

Congratulations to #sfuenglish alumnus Jordan Abel who has won the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction for his novel, "Empty Spaces"!

https://t.co/CjtZGTKJM1

[Kristine Smitka @ksmitka]

It was great to talk with folks @NAIT’s Academic Staff Association (NASA) yesterday, and it was great to see so many unions out supporting these colleagues who are standing-up for #abpse!

[AASUA @TheAASUA]

Working conditions are learning conditions! We stand with @NAIT’s Academic Staff Association (NASA) as they bargain for smaller class sizes, fair workloads, and strong counsellor-to-student ratios! #solidarity #abpse

[AASUA @TheAASUA]

AASUA is proud to stand with health care and public service workers today in the fight for respect and proper funding of public services! #Solidarity #ableg

[Kristine Smitka @ksmitka]

This film is both informative and moving. Also, some of it was filmed in #YEG.

[AASUA @TheAASUA]

Watch the free screening of In Search of Professor Precarious at 4 PM, Oct. 23 at the Myer Horowitz Theatre #MakeItFair

[Kristine Smitka @ksmitka]

Looking forward to this!

[U of A - EFS @UofA_EFS]

Join EFS Assistant Lecturer Erina Harris on Saturday, November 2 from 3:00-4:30 pm MT at Audreys Books (10702 Jasper Ave) for the launch of her new poetry collection Trading Beauty Secrets with the Dead.

Learn more: https://t.co/rCe9a4XoYb

[Kristine Smitka @ksmitka]

Incroyable!

[@AMPL/AMPD @AMPL_AMPD]

Notre objectif était de syndiquer 45 professeurs de droit à #McGill. Nous avons fini par faciliter la syndicalisation de plus de 500. #solidarité @AMPE_AMPE, @CAUT_ACPPU @FQPPU

[Kristine Smitka @ksmitka]

Thank you to these amazing unions/orgs. for showing up to support our rally yesterday: @UASUualberta @UnitedNurses @HSAAlberta @CupeAB @_AUPE_ @nasanait MacEwan @Teamsters @PIAlberta @ABFedLabour @FriendsMedicare @CSU52 @MachinistsUnion and others! #Solidarity

[AASUA @TheAASUA]

Hundreds of AASUA and @UnionNASA members showed up today because we're not backing down. Increasing workloads, precarious employment, and stagnant salaries all pose a risk to #ualberta's high-quality education.

Thanks to all fellow unions who came out in support! #solidarity

[Kristine Smitka @ksmitka]

I’m speaking at this, and I hope you can join to support @TheAASUA’s bargaining team, which is trying to
-address workload
-improve job security for contract staff
-maintain our benfit plan and extend it to more members
-foster collegial governance
- defend academic freedom

[NASA @UnionNASA]

Join NASA and our colleagues in the Association of Academic Staff of the University of Alberta (AASUA) at a noon-hour rally in support of our bargaining teams!

October 9 | Noon-1 pm
Corner of 87 Ave & 112 St

Full details at https://t.co/VsiR9mAPx0

[Kristine Smitka @ksmitka]

It was wonderful to see folks from @CAUT_ACPPU @ULFAssociation @MRUFaculty, TUCFA, GMUFA, @_AUPE_ NAIT, @ACIFAca, @TheAASUA, and students speaking against the politicization of research.

[AASUA @TheAASUA]

Grant funding for academic research should be distributed by academic experts, not blocked by the government.

@ksmitka is at @MountRoyalU today protesting Bill 18, which poses a threat to academic freedom by creating the potential for political censorship of uni research.

[Michelle Lobkowicz @MLobkowicz]

We are still accepting manuscripts until September 30th. Feel free to connect with me if you have any questions.

[Kristine Smitka @ksmitka]

Yesterday, while volunteering @campusfoodbank @UAlberta with @TheAASUA, I learned that they accept donations from folks’ gardens.

Did you know @campusfoodbank #UofA use has increased 600% over the last 5 years?

[Kristine Smitka @ksmitka]

Regardez ça!

[@AMPL/AMPD @AMPL_AMPD]

Grande participation aujourd'hui pour protester contre les mesures antisyndicales de @mcgillu, avec la participation de tous les syndicats de McGill, des professeurs de tout le Canada et du Québec, ainsi que des collègues de @CupeuMtl en grève à @Concordia.
#NoContractNoCourses

[Kristine Smitka @ksmitka]

When I walked the line with @AMPL_AMPD on Friday, I met many first-year law students who shared their experience of meeting their future profs on the line and at these teach-ins. The students said, « we understand why @AMPL_AMPD are on strike »! #solidarity from @TheAASUA

[Peter McInnis @PeterSMcInnis]

Priya Gupta, McGill Faculty of Law, offers a teach-in on corporatized universities and the relevance of unions as an effective response. ⁦@CAUT_ACPPU⁩ ⁦@AMPL_AMPD⁩

[AASUA @TheAASUA]

What better way to kick off the year than with a BBQ? Thanks to those who came out and asked such great questions about the negotiations process!

If you weren't there don't worry — we have an upcoming Bargaining Town Hall Sept 18. Watch your inbox for more details!

#ualberta