Thread by @hey_jeska

I've been thinking a lot about the situation unfolding at @LaurentianU and how the fall out will affect students like I once was: arts students, not from Northern Ontario, not there to study science or engineering or any similar program.

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Coming from Toronto, I chose to attend a small school in the North because I wanted a different education experience. I wanted profs to know me by name, I wanted to be in small classes where we could focus on the content that resonated with those in the room.

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There was (and still is) no other English Rhetoric and Media Studies program available in the province. The Communication Studies program was the perfect blend of theory and practical application.

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Working at @The_Lambda, I was Editor in Chief before some undergrad students get their own beat at other student papers. I connected with @CBCSudbury, I learned how to do real investigative reporting, how to make big decisions with serious consequences.

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It's as a result of these practical and in-class experiences that I graduated having already secured a job in my field, and I've been gainfully (gratefully) employed ever since. I cannot overstate the value of arts programs at small schools, esp in the North.

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I formed relationships with profs that have far outlasted my time at @LaurentianU as an undergrad. We chat via email or Twitter DMs, we discuss literary theory, the media job landscape, and more frivolous things. These people shaped my future!

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It has been my dream since graduating to one day personally fund a scholarship that supports the EIC of @The_Lambda, because I know how important that work is. But the fact is, personal funds will not keep this school open and alive. Gov funds will.

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I worry that without serious support and investment, the school I know won't be there when this pandemic is over and I can finally go back to Sudbury to visit. I worry my beloved professors won't be there either.

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