Dennis Wendt, PhD
@dennis_wendt
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Associate Prof. of Educational and Counselling Psychology (ECP) @McGillu | Interim Pres., @ampe_ampe | Director, @circ_in . Views my own
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Psychology departments: If you do not have at least one professor in your whole department who is an expert in qualitative or participatory research, you are sending a very clear message to prospective students from vulnerable/marginalized populations.
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@ashleyscastro
People should also know that $29 per hour is probably on the high end for post-docs. My T32 post-doc 5-7 years ago was $20 per hour. And even that amount is higher than some post-docs today, especially for exploited international post-docs.
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I am disappointed with MP Housefather on this, as his constituent and a McGill professor. You surely know that calling on the police will only escalate the conflict and lead to violence against peaceful protesters.
I call on the
@mcgillu
administration to act. Final exams are coming up and all students need to feel safe on campus.
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Expecting 80% of students outside of QC to learn intermediate French is about as unrealistic as expecting immigrants to know French in 6 months. But, of course, neither is serious. It is just a way for the CAQ to urinate on the anglophones and allophones they clearly despise.
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To insist on a high evidentiary standard for research pertaining to needs of BIPOC w/o also recognizing the systemic racism that has inhibited production of such research (and advocating for reform) is to perpetuate the status quo of (systemically racist) scientific production.
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Wanted: Full-time research assistant who will write all my papers, answer all my emails, and sign all my forms, with no oversight or training needed. And who also is me. Go ahead and hire yourself.
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I was thinking just now about how my research program and funding at McGill has supported faculty and students at U de Montréal, U Sherbrooke, and U Laval (plus Concordia). McGill is not the aloof anglophone bubble some people think it is. At least not today.
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I am anonymously polling my grad-level psych students concerning N95 masks: so far, ALL would "happily" wear one in class if provided, though only a minority say they would regardless of whether it was provided. Bottom line: the students want and need N95s.
#McGill200
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@sarahlcurtiss
@lsathamanah
And then you reach "saturation" and wait for "themes" to "emerge."
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For the record, as one who errs on side of keeping schools open (esp for primary kids): Quebec's reopening plan is absurd. Staggered return, waiting 1-2 wks while ramping up vaccinations, and having N95s at least for teachers: far more feasible, safe, and pedagogically sound.
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Whatever you think of encampments,
@mcgillu
priority is about control. Protests & strikes exist in context of intransigent, overpaid managerial class: won't negotiate, makes fun of students, runs afoul of law, broadcasts propaganda comms, calls the cops to maintain control. 1/3
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@ashleyscastro
Mine was in Seattle. Only way to make it work was live with my in-laws. NIH really needs to have much more robust cost-of-living differences in stipends. The salaries are somewhat doable in the Midwest and South, but very different story on the coasts (where most post-docs are).
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I call on
@mcgillu
to release the salaries of its president, top administration, and deans, along with comparative info in Quebec and Canada. Then we will see if "the appropriate labour market comparator" is Quebec.
@agsem_aeedem
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McGill Provost Manfredi needed some good news and got some today: likes are no longer public on this platform.
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I had very high expectations for Allison Russell's concert in Montreal. My expectations were far too low. Such a treat to hear songs from an album she described as a "love letter to Montreal." What a stunningly beautiful and moving performance. Brava!
@outsidechild13
@popmontreal
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When
@McGillPresident
says police have "expertise in skillfully resolving situations like these," it borders on gaslighting. When > 100 police invaded
@mcgillu
in 2011, they brutally assaulted a prof picking up child from daycare and a student passing by
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Of course illegal or unsafe actions from strikers should not be tolerated, but stop pretending you're a moral authority,
@mcgillu
admin. You've knowingly spouted lies about the law and cruelly stripped TAs from other univ jobs. You all should be ashamed, as you clutch your $350K+
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Congratulations to Kelsey Huson, a PhD student I supervise in Counselling Psychology at
@Edumcgill
, who was awarded yesterday a highly prestigious Vanier Scholar fellowship to support research focused on cultural interventions for Indigenous mental health.
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@BickfordTarin
I would argue that everyone, Jewish students included, are less safe on campus when police swarm it.
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According to a
@CAUT_ACPPU
survey in 2021, the avg time for collective bargaining was 156 days and only 14% took longer than 300 days. The problem is you,
@mcgillu
When
@mcgillu
provost says, "Our data show that reaching a first-ever collective agreement takes an average of nearly three years at McGill; renewal of a collective agreement takes an average of two and a half years." Key words: "AT MCGILL." Exactly! You're the problem!!!
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@toinz
Intermediate French is > than those things. It is not something one simply "picks up." I have no contempt for French Quebec society, but the CAQ. Don't confuse societal with political. I've worked hard to get at intermediate French in spite of busy schedule. It took 6 years.
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Glad for the apology. But it does make one wonder what other comments admin makes to each other. Things would be so different if we actually had collegial governance in the academy rather than a bloated managerial class with salaries 5 to 10 higher.
McGill's No. 2 apologizes for ‘disrespectful’ email about law student in reply blunder via
@mtlgazette
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After stepping up my criticisms of
@mcgillu
union busting last week, I am being signed out of my McGill email account randomly, at least daily, including while using it. I'm sure it's a coincidental tech problem, but the fact I am even wondering...
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I cannot say for certain whether anti-semitism has occurred at encampments. If so, it is unacceptable. But I can say for certain that
@mcgillu
admin alleging it, without supplying any evidence, means absolutely nothing to me. This suspicion comes from repeated experiences.
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@TRyanGregory
Actually many students do struggle with their mental health in summer, especially those who are poorer or face domestic violence. Plus there is a widely recognized regress in learning gains over summer break. Reasons why many countries do school year round with shorter breaks.
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Putting aside demands of current protests, the underlying problem, across academia, is the problem of an overpaid, intransigent, managerial class that wants to wall itself from the world and take home half a million or more dollars a year. Let's take back the academy.
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Surprised that media in
#Montreal
,
#Quebec
, and
#Canada
are not talking more about
@outsidechild13
, a native Montrealer nominated for a mind-blowing Grammy solo concept album centered on healing from sexual/physical assault; on
@colbertlateshow
tonight!
Don’t miss
@outsidechild13
performing “Persephone” from her GRAMMY-nominated debut solo album
#OutsideChild
on
@colbertlateshow
tonight!
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert airs at 11:35/10:35 CT on
@CBS
.
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Quote from me: “We view instructions we have received from McGill administration to do our TAs’ work for them as a change in our work conditions and thus requiring our association’s consent, which we have not given."
Teaching assistants at McGill warn of ‘major disruption’ after voting to strike
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I have long been a vocal critic of APS as massively narrow and insufficiently anti-racist. APA, who APS condescendingly sneers at, is far better. Hopefully more psychologists are seeing that now. Problem is not just PoPS. It is APS.
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#McGill200
Faculty of Education students are striking from in-person courses on Jan 24-25 and are meeting on Jan 24 at 4:30 pm to vote on extending it. (They will continue to attend online courses.) 86% of students who voted support the strike.
Graduate Education Student Strike – January 24-25th
EGSS is endorsing a student-led strike for graduate education students! For more detailed information about the strike, please visit:
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New faculty photo. I now look my age instead of 10 years younger. For now!
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Assuming a 40-hour work week and a 40% teaching load, these 225 hours, on their own, are higher than expected for a prof's entire term! It's amazing what
@mcgillu
admin can pretend is a prof's responsibility in their fantasy world of our infinite time.
Hasana Sharp, my colleague and partner, has calculated the additional hours of work
@mcgillu
is trying to impose on her in lieu of settling the
@agsem_aeedem
strike:
225 hours by May 7 — 4 56 hour weeks — on top of her existing workload.
Her letter:
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Wonderful to see
@outsidechild13
Allison Russell's concert yesterday, in Montreal. I was awed by her Montreal concert last year; this one was even better. She likely is playing in a city near you in the coming months! You won't be disappointed, and tix are relatively inexpensive.
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There is something especially galling about
@mcgillu
administrators moralizing from their armchairs about respecting others while their own actions signal at every turn disrespect to their employees. They've lost most credibility and certainly have zero moral authority.
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@DeseretNews
How is it you do not say that this man was an LDS bishop at the time, in the heading, the subheading, the photo caption, the FB or Twitter descriptions, or the FIRST FIVE PARAGRAPHS of the story? "Current bishop" is far more important than "former cop."
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And this right here explains as much as anything why a small group of
@mcgillu
administrators are so committed to union busting. They are the primary beneficiaries of keeping wages low for their wee minions.
@dennis_wendt
@mcgillu
Another metric is that the top 41-paid admin at McGill cost the institution the same amount per year as 2700 TAs.
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@jean_tavare45
Come to my house and hear my daughter speak French all the time, then come along with me at my guest faculty time at the CHUM, followed by some Zoom meetings in French, and then tell me about McGill anglo bubble.
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#McGill200
has an expansive set of mask instructions (all must wear; change every four hrs or if soiled; if poorly fitted, "knot" or double mask; cloth masks alone not accepted) but refuse to even advocate for, let alone provide, N95s. The MO is to pretend they don't exist.
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"McGill’s offer ... is comparable to that made by other universities who have reached resolutions," says
@McGillPresident
again about encampment.
It is not comparable, as a review of Brown, Northwestern, and UQAM agreements clearly shows.
@mcgillu
propaganda fuels the conflict.
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It seems a good time to share this from a pub of mine: "Such an oversight appears to have been the case with “reparative” therapy for gay and lesbian clients, which was not included in Lilienfeld’s (2007) list of PHTs (or even having “preliminary indications” of harm; p. 58). 1/3
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Qualitative research in psychology is FAR more likely to be needed and desired for vulnerable/marginalized communities. If your department does not have expertise in such, let me be very clear: you are failing these students.
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@Aaron_Derfel
@vestevie
I was at
@outsidechild13
's Montreal concert. In the context of her life story, her overflowing love for Montreal, and her beautiful French, her remarks were a powerful rebuke of the CAQ and those who think like them. She, not them, embodies Quebec values worth boasting about.
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Obvious place to trim the fat! Here's a proposal to the Board: give the faculty the University back, we'll elect all the leadership, and they'll do a far superior job for lower salary.
We continue our series on the sucking dry of teaching and research salaries to the benefit of the
@mcgillu
central administration, including
@McGillPresident
,
@ProvostManfredi
,
@F_Labeau
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@BlairKing_ca
Have you seen people "terrorizing and threatening" students and staff in this encampment? Only instance I am aware of is the threat of police violence against them.
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Wahoo!
@mcgillu
please accept the inevitable when it comes to faculty unionization.
🚨 LABOUR ALERT 🚨
As
@agsem_aeedem
TAs continue day 3 of their strike, professors in the
@mcgillu
Faculty of Arts
@McGillARTS
have announced that over 60% of us have joined together to form the Association of McGill Professors in the Faculty of Arts ✊
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It isn't rocket science: police at college campus protests cause rather than prevent violence.
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I will read this carefully. But for now I am raising my eyebrows at this coming from a Heterodox Academy authorship team through the editorship of the same editor ousted from a now tainted journal.
#Positionality
statements do not belong in the research literature.
This is what my coauthors and I argue in the article published in Perspectives on Psychological Science.
@PsychScience
Our objections to this growing practice are three-fold (1/6).
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Nice to see this article I co-authored be published... a great team!
And we are LIVE at Clinical Psychological Science
@PsychScience
The Next Generation of Clinical-Psychological Science: Moving Toward Anti-Racism - (2023)
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@dampscribbler
@jonathanbfine
How one sees these kinds of things depends in large part on how much one exercises a hermeneutic of suspicion vs one of trust. Nearly any word or phrase you can think of is highly context specific. Even "interesting" often really does mean it.
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@jeffreyansloos
Indigenous land acknowledgments in the University's metaphorical front yard, settler-colonial legal maneuvers asserting private use of such land in the back yard...
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Hiring F/T research coord. Pandemic's impact on Indigenous mental health and services. Master's required. Residence in or relocation to Montreal ideal. Indigenous app esp. encouraged. French fluency an asset. (P/T or post-doc possible for right candidate.)
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I wonder if
@mcgillu
admin have considered whether their relentless, fruitless, losing legal cases--"punching down" on their own students and faculty--will harm them as they try "punch up" in their noble fight against the CAQ. Seems short sighted.
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@ToulasTake
Hmm, my initial reaction to this is mixed, but I may change my mind with more info. Is it not incongruous and perhaps even a bit disingenuous for McGill to do this while preaching austerity to its staff, maintaining a hiring freeze, etc?
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What is this "Operating Procedure" on demonstrations of which you speak
@McGillPresident
? We don't want "consultation," we want genuine collegial co-governance.
@mcgillu
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@TheMacAran
@jacasiegel
Quantitative research in psychology is notoriously poor (p hacking, replication crisis, data manipulation, etc.). Both designs need scrutiny but, in my view, quant research arguably needs it more.
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Did you know,
@mcgillu
employees, you can block and mark as spam all emails from
@McGillPresident
?
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SHAMEFUL problems at the very top of
@mcgillu
management.
University is in SHAMBLES.
"Negotiation" with
@AMPL_AMPD
is a SHAM.
Rise up, McGill professors, and demand change.
We wanted to stay but
@mcgillu
walked away from collective bargaining today until August 19.
@ProvostManfredi
insists that any collective agreement be binding on our members but not on the University.
#BargainingWithoutBargaining
#NoContractNoCongress
#AMPL_AMPD_strike
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Roses are red
Violets are blue
McGill's union-busting
Is déjà vu!
A valentine for the Law Faculty strike today.
@AMPL_AMPD
@mcgillu
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@toinz
Your comment is in fact hyperbolic and insulting. There is lots of French at McGill and it is generally welcomed.
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Quebec: "No social distancing" required at universities.
McGill: OK, back to the status quo of cramming 50 people in a 40-person capacity classroom.
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What a disgusting post by an elected official. This is an unambiguous call for police brutality towards peaceful protesters.
Here in Edmonton, it's encouraging to witness Canada taking a stand against such unacceptable behavior. It's regrettable that such measures are necessary to address those who express support for Hamas. It's time for Montreal to also take action and disband the McGill encampment.
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"Quebecers only bring up the importance of secularism ... when it comes to Islam.”
Islamic holiday celebration in Montreal park draws ire from secularists
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@CynthiaRoxane
What is at issue is not language preservation. Plus QC has fought against Indigenous peoples' language rights and preservation efforts. And still does. And these are truly threatened languages. I'm not saying the ROC is any better, by the way.
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(RTs appreciated!) Tenure-track Assistant Prof. position in Indigenous Education in my Dept. (Dept of Educational and Counselling Psychology)
@mcgillu
@Edumcgill
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By the way, the broader lesson here is that demotion of qualitative research can have harmful consequences for social justice considerations of vulnerable groups.
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Perhaps
@mcgillu
should actually listen to one of the scholars they are honouring here,
@eidlin
, concerning their actions in re to the
@agsem_aeedem
strike. Ironic!!!
🏆🎉 McGill celebrates the winners of the 2024 President’s Prize for Public Engagement through Media, created to recognize outstanding achievement among those who share their knowledge with the media and the public.
Read about the winners and their work➡️
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Hot off the press...: "What are the best practices for Indigenous Peoples in the United States and Canada? A Thorny question," in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology)
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In response to
@McGillPresident
asking us to "closely examine" its proposal to end encampment w other unis: Brown offered a specific process, with dates, resulting in recommendations to president and a board *vote*.
@mcgillu
is not. Obvious difference.
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You all know that McGill is a PUBLIC university, right?
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More sad evidence that
@mcgillu
admin has walled itself off from its faculty. In related news, Saint Mary's Univ faculty voted 91% "no confidence" towards its administration today...
On 4/5, a delegation tried to deliver an open letter signed by 131
@mcgillu
faculty, calling on the administration to spend less time threatening our community & more time bargaining with
@agsem_aeedem
. It didn't go well.
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As far as I am aware, the media and the police have not observed any anti-semitism, with some reports indicating the absence of such explicitly.
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Tenure dossier is submitted! A full 71 minutes before the deadline.
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Is
@mcgillu
admin competing with the provincial government in a contest for scaring prospective students away?
The shame of this employer knows no bounds.
@mcgillu
, this is about you.
Since the start of the TA strike, AGSEM has tried to negotiate access to @ mcgill .ca employee emails with McGill Human Resources. 1/8
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@SharonAnnHyman
@Aaron_Derfel
Yes! And Legault almosf always does what
@Aaron_Derfel
recommends, just 2 months too late. Seriously, someone should chart this.
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If
@uMcGill
doesn't satisfactorily respond to
@maut_apbm
letter about vaccine mandates and accommodations, then it's time to unionize if you ask me...
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Montrealers: I am not confident of much but one thing I am sure of is that you will not do better per your dollar than attending the concert of Montreal-raised Grammy-nominated Allison Russell at Rialto Theatre on Sep 28 ($37-48 incl taxes)
@outsidechild13
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I am hiring a post-doc researcher at
@Edumcgill
for
#Indigenous
substance use projects (including impact of
#COVID19
); Indigenous individuals strongly encouraged to apply. Must be in
#Canada
but not required to be in Montreal.
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I am told all the time I look, sound, and act like comedian
@birbigs
. Yesterday I changed my Facebook photo to this one. It fooled everyone, including Google face recognition and MY OWN MOTHER. Her reply: "Handsome son."
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@jonathanbfine
Let's be clear that almost all of the examples one might share here are highly context-dependent. Probably almost never is there an unambiguous word or phrase that is always or even mostly a veiled insult. As usual: it depends.
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Hey guys, the voice-in-the-wilderness argument I've made for 10 years is now popular: psychological science and systemic racism are deeply entangled.
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But the "methodolatry" is really, really deep in psychology departments and especially among APS types (remember, the organization that has serious systemic racism issues). See a pattern?
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@IP_policy
@mcgillu
There is a consistent sleight of hand from admin: Evade the question of why we can't do what other universities are doing, and instead invent a straw man position. No one has answered why we can't do what other universities are doing.
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McGill profs are not "managers," but day 1 of the
@agsem_aeedem
TA strike has revealed some profs who (along with a host of inspiring students and advocates) are clear LEADERS.
@eidlin
@munizfraticelli
@EvanFoxDecent
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Saddened to learn that Scott Lilienfeld passed away last night. We disagreed about much, but I've long admired his sharp thinking and generous spirit. Thinking "how would Scott disagree with this?" has always improved my work. Deepest condolences to those who were close to Scott.
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@rinewithoutacat
@CDPDJ1
@mcgillu
@ProvostManfredi
Looks like the post was just unliked. Just going to go on the record to say that I personally observed this "like" before it was unliked. Definitely not what you would expect from the official account of the Provost.
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@FilsDeRod
Not everyone has the time or means of 6 weeks of concentrated study. Plus, something that some bilingual francophones can't truly understand: French as a second language is well known to be significantly harder than English as a second language.
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Thankfully, there are ways to take on the managerial class. It is not through town halls, consultations, or advisory committees that they manage. It is through unionizing, mobilizing, protesting, and picketing. So the managerial class is hungry to thwart all such forms of such.
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Looking forward to being a part of the 2022 Diversity Challenge at Boston College's Institute for the Study of Race and Culture (online). The topic is "Considering Racial Trauma: Strategies for Healing and Empowerment." Honored to be an invited speaker among some amazing people.
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If you want to understand the values and commitments of institutions and governments, don’t look in their front yard. Look in their backyard. Lessons from both Canada and
@mcgillu
: a thread… 1/
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