They're awarding the Order of Canada to would-be union-busters now? Locking workers out *while they're voting on a contract offer* is "inclusive"? Disrupting 20,000 students' terms for no reason is "transformative education"? The other Nova Scotians on the list deserve better company.

The cover of the print edition of our student paper this week. The image doesn’t appear to be on the online version.

Reading this release (www2.acadiau.ca/about-acadia...) makes me even more angry at the process we just endured. Acadia demonstrated both sides can commit to not only maintaining relationships but strengthening them. For me, relationships feel fractured and repair will take time. #KeepDalStrong

The fight for fair wages, compensation, and working conditions at major public institutions like @dalhousie.bsky.social IS NOT OVER! The @dalfaculty.bsky.social will be right back to this in just 2 1/2 short years, but our colleagues in CUPE 3912 are in it right now! Support them! #KeepDalStrong

SMU Part-Time Faculty remain some of the lowest paid across the entire country at one of the top undergrad Canadian universities. SMU has offered us a 1% pay increase, and a shrug on contract timelines. @caut.bsky.social / Canadian academics, please send a letter: win.newmode.net/canadianasso...

DFA Members ... Let's show the students how much we appreciated their amazing level of support of our efforts! Join them this Thursday, Sept 18 for Student Sit in On the Quad. #KeepDalStrong

Now the real countdown begins. How long can the president and others that backed this play last at Dalhousie? #KeepDalStrong www.change.org/p/petition-t...

... 2) the issue of where Dalhousie's chaotic strategy actually came from--it does not seem to really come from Dal, which raises questions about our leadership directions and how they benefit students, the province and the country, and 3) how to repair the damage it caused, remains.

Make absolutely no mistake and don't be fooled by the game of PR slight-of-hand being played by the administration of @Dalhousie.bsky.social. They locked us out. They have not bargained in good faith. They tell you half-truths. They are hurting students & Dal. Support Labour. #KeepDalStrong

Pretty much everyone at Dal is talking this way about Dal's current president: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8Ti...

Senate must ask leadership to explain this Aug18 claim: "If a labour disruption is inevitable, then it’s in Dalhousie Univ’s best interest to move to that stage now" Why was disruption "inevitable"? What "interest" does this refer to? Show Senate the evidence for this conclusion. #KeepDalStrong

While we wait for news (hopefully good), let's remember that it was totally obvious from Pres Brooks announcement of the lockout that the lockout was going to do a lot of damage, including delaying the Fall term. And still she did it. #KeepDalStrong

CAUT in solidarity! #keepdalstrong @cautdefencefund.bsky.social @stfxaut.bsky.social

It's been almost four weeks since the @dalhousieu.bsky.social lockout of DFA faculty began. Progress has been made. Now, it's time for President Brooks to step in and get the Board to accept what is a fair and reasonable offer by the DFA. Let's get on with the term. #keepdalstrong

FWIW, a petition: www.change.org/p/petition-t... #KeepDalStrong #DalhousieSenate

This article admits: 1) Millions from operating were directly transferred to capital 2) policy choices directed surpluses not to operating but elsewhere Thanks for admitting this basic fact: many “budgetary challenges” result from admin choices. End the lockout. Bargain fairly. #KeepDalStrong

At today’s DFA rally, I was pleasantly surprised to see a silly meme I made blown up on a picket sign. Definitely adding meme famous to my CV. If I’m ever not locked out. Attached again for your consideration. I think it’s just as appropriate now. #KeepDalStrong

“One day longer, One day stronger!” A massive show of solidarity today! Keep Dal Strong @dalfaculty.bsky.social #InSolidarity #keepdalstrong

The Dal Board says it wants to work with DFA and reach a fair deal. Except: ❌ They don’t show up to bargain ❌ They lock out faculty ❌ They jeopardize the fall semester These are not the actions of a board that wants to #KeepDalStrong

This is the roles and responsibilities of the @Dalhousie.bsky.social Board of Governors. Looking at this document and thinking about their performance (word used on purpose) during the lockout of the @Dalfaculty.bsky.social, we graded their performance. It isn't great. #DoBetter #KeepDalStrong

From the fantastic students @dalhousie.bsky.social. #KeepDalStrong www.instagram.com/p/DOeKrQDiQvD/

FWIW, a petition: www.change.org/p/petition-t... #KeepDalStrong #DalhousieSenate

More misleading PR - this treats operating and capital budgets as entirely separate. Change the balance if the academic mission is a priority. #keepdalstrong www.dal.ca/news/2025/09...

Global segment focusing on the impact of the @dalhousieu.bsky.social lockout on nursing. #keepdalstrong

👏Term👏would👏have👏started👏on👏time👏if👏Kim👏Brooks👏hadn't👏locked👏faculty👏out.

Join us! Friday September 12 for the Solidarity March starting at the Killam Library on University Avenue. Let's show @dalhousieu.bsky.social Admin and Board a level of solidarity they have not seen before! #keepdalstrong @ansut.bsky.social @cautdefencefund.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social

#AirCanada tried to keep unpaid work (giving flight attendants pay for just half the time on the ground). They got a 99.1% reject vote for it. #KeepDalStrong

👏Term👏would👏have👏started👏on👏time👏if👏Kim👏Brooks👏hadn't👏locked👏faculty👏out.

Finding it really hard not to slam my employer for the stunt they’ve just pulled. Unbelievable! FFS!!

"In our final communication before the lockout" Your lockout. YOU DID IT. Not our. Not the. It didn't just *appear*. Corrected: "In my final communication before I locked you out and ordered IT and security to end your access to everything..." #KeepDalStrong #NonConfidenceMotionASAP

Curtis Michael, Instructor of Indigenous Studies @dalhousieu.bsky.social and member of Sipekne’katik First Nations comments on his concern for students and missed opportunities. @caut.bsky.social @ansut.bsky.social #keepdalstrong

Hey, the Kim Brooks parody account is gone. It only lasted a week. The real Kim Brooks will: 1. Step down by the end of 2025 2. Get a new job and be gone in early 2026 3. Take credit for ending her lockout with a good enough deal that she thinks she can stay 4. Guesses? #KeepDalStrong

As a Limited Term Academic (LTA) who: is program director; runs internships; teaches 6 courses; does service work; and other things, the precarious financial and career situation is a real challenge for me and other LTAs. Why @dalhousie.bsky.social? It doesn't need to be this way. #KeepDalStrong

www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov... #KeepDalStrong #LockOutsCostEmployers

Starting in 15 minutes! DSU's Rally for Tuition Refunds www.dsu.ca/lock-out

Conciliation bet the @dalhousieu.bsky.social and the DFA starts today 9 am. One month ago today the Board walked away from conciliation. Let's hope they return to engage in meaningful bargaining, reach agreement, get students and faculty back to class! #KeepDalStrong @cautdefencefund.bsky.social

With several grant deadlines coming up in the next few days, @dalfaculty.bsky.social researchers remain locked out by @dalhousieu.bsky.social and won’t be able to submit. #keepdalstrong

From the DalGazette: dalgazette.com/opinions/dal... #KeepDalStrong #WeAreDal

While I’m sure there are conversations happening, at this point the public silence of the Deans and of Senate leadership on the reputational damage being done to @dalhousie.bsky.social is unacceptable.

🎼It was great when it all began I was a regular Kim Brooks fan But it was over when she had the plan To start a lockout just soon as she can. Now the only thing that gives me hope Is that Dal Senate can come back and cope Please fix our Dal so we don't have to do this again... #KeepDalStrong

Academic staff from across Canada will be joining nearly 1,000 Dalhousie University faculty, librarians, counsellors and instructors on the picket lines today as the lockout enters its third week. Read more: www.caut.ca/news/academi...

@dalfaculty.bsky.social know how to hold a solidarity rally! @caut.bsky.social members from across the country; $1M donation from CAUT Defence Fund and the DFA letter to the BOG taped to the doors (locked, of course) Instead of teaching and research this will count as service to the profession!

Hey @kimbrookes.bsky.social -- did not expect you to last this long! What's your secret to keeping the deans in line? Did you have their spines surgically removed, or put electric dog collars on them so you could zap them if they got out of line?

The admin keep making errors just in Bargaining 101. Total incompetence and refusal to learn.

I swear the university is using the George Costanza approach to messaging. #KeepDalStrong

BOARD NOW: HERE IS A BIG BEAUTIFUL OFFER TO SWAY STUDENTS & AVOID A NEUTRAL CONCILIATOR WHO MIGHT SIDE WITH DFA. WE CAN MEET SOON IF DFA AGREES TO A DISTORTED PROCESS ON OUR DEADLINES. IF THEY SAY NO, THEY ARE THE BADDIES! THANK YOU FOR YOUR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER! #keepdalstrong

More <crickets> from the senior admin? WTAF? The @dalfaculty.bsky.social promptly agreed to the conciliator's request to return to bargaining. surge105.ca/2025/09/04/1...

ICYMI: Pres. Brooks locked out DFA profs on Aug 20, while they were voting on a contract offer, because they weren't voting fast enough (www.dal.ca/dept/hr/labo...). That's why most classes didn't start this week. That's why most profs can't even answer students' e-mails. #Democracy #KeepDalStrong