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Dr. Young-Leslie {Adieu, Ciao, Sayonara to Xitter} Profile picture
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Jan 29, 2020 • 5 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
Much truth in @AlexUsherHESA's blog post today, but he's missing the big point that academic workloads have increased as support staff have been cut & TT colleagues not replaced. So ....(1)

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Profs now are still researchers, authors, teachers, thesis supervisors, mentors, truth finders, but d/t cuts, are ALSO secretaries, complaints managers, career coaches, knowledge mobilizers, travel agents, accounting clerks & overall administrivia sherpas (2) @AlexUsherHESA
Add the impact of hiring precariat (sessionals) instead of TT profs: the burden of work for grad student supervision, academic cmttes, tri-council grant adjudication cmttes, peer reviews, collegial governance, is disproportionately heavy on Assoc & Full profs (3) @AlexUsherHESA
Every call to cut university costs by "cutting administration" ends up adding undocumented, invisible labour onto professors. It's necessary work, paid for in sleep deprivation, anxiety, lost family time, articles & books unfinished, delayed peer reviews, etc. (4) @AlexUsherHESA
The overtime burden on profs is real & should not be discounted as just 'culture of NA academic work style'. #SlowProfessor may'nt be *the* solution -the problem's structural, based in anti-taxation/neolib funding model- but it's 1 option for good scholarship (end)@AlexUsherHESA

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Ok, bear with me; working through an idea.
The @CityofEdmonton has identified that to institute the #biketransportation infrastructure needed to meet climate crisis, human well-being & municipal tax affordability goals, will cost ~ $200M. But only $100M was budgeted. /1st
So we have a shortfall of $100M over the next budget cycle (2023-26).
Car-dedicated infrastructure (lanes, parking, parking lots) is pricey to the municipal budget, & is always inadequate: it induces demand & increases risk, noise, pollution rather than easing congestion, etc. /2
Bicycle infrastructure is cheaper to maintain, & induced demand makes for reduced risk, noise, pollution.
So it's in the city budget's best interest to increase bicycle use while reducing car use.

But by what mechanisms? /3
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ANTICIPATION....
At the @GoAHealth immunization clinic at 12:35, for a 13:10 appointment. Parking lot full. Queue around the building. I join the queue, take the fresh medical mask & wait. "We are serving 12:40 appointments says the announcer". At 13:10, she invites 12:50 people.
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I feel like we've already had the dress rehearsal for this with Dose 1.
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A screed, re: #StopPSEcuts & #ProtectOurFuture:

The video is brilliant. It captures most of what I would have said, if I'd been able to carve out the time to make a video by deadline. What I would add is how angry I feel.
via @YouTube
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#StopPSEcuts & #ProtectOurFuture:
I'm angry that the layoffs have disproportionately impacted women, and other equity-deserving staff, and that the diversity of our university community has not been protected. /3
#StopPSEcuts & #ProtectOurFuture
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