"We really underestimate what it takes to do the kind of work [PSWs] do." — Pat Armstrong (@YorkUSoci). How can Ontario recruit more personal support workers? Tonight w/ @SharleenStewart (@SEIUHealthCan), @DrSamirSinha (@SinaiHealth @UHN) & @spaikin | Producer: Mike Attenborough

Pat Armstrong on tonight's TVO Agenda: Can Ontario Fix the Shortage of Personal Support Workers? @YorkUnews @YorkUSOCI @YorkULAPS @YUResearch

Can Ontario Fix the Shortage of Personal Support Workers?

This includes in Canada, where @YorkUniversity Professor Lesley Wood has been suspended for three months in relation to unproven charges tied to her political activism. We cannot remain silent as spaces of public & academic debate are shrinking and increasingly policed. 🧵

The ISA is deeply concerned that university leaders are using disciplinary & administrative measures to silence critical analyses of ongoing violence in Gaza. (Read our previous Statement on the Situation in Israel and Palestine 🖇️ https://t.co/fgtZycNw1e) 🧵

The ISA demands her immediate reinstatement, citing unjust actions that threaten academic freedom and the right to express without fear of reprisal. Read more 🖇️ https://t.co/07HpzpXPMR

Today runs the 156th anniversary of the birth of the great American sociologist W. E. B. Du Bois. He wrote that "the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color‐line” (racial discrimination). “Everything great, good, efficient, fair and honourable is ‘white’;

Today marks the 176th anniversary of the publication of one of the most read and translated writings in human history: the Manifesto of the Communist Party by Marx and Engels. "In bourgeois society capital is independent and has individuality, while the living person is

Talk explores impact of Canada's social inclusion strategy on Greece - YFile https://t.co/6FvRzImJHT @YorkUniversity @YorkULAPS

Upcoming event - Social Exclusion of Roma, Indigenous People and Irregular Migrants, Thursday November 16 @YorkUSOCI @YUResearch @CRSYorkU

Substances, Welfare, and Social Relations sheds light on what it is like, and how it feels, to manage substance use while simultaneously on welfare. Read/Listen to our Q&A with author Amber Gazso (@YorkUSOCI), here: https://t.co/KwGMGPKd1x #Sociology #Health #welfare

New Book Alert! - International Students from Asia in Canadian Universities: Institutional Challenges at the Intersection of Internationalization, Racialization & Inclusion ( https://t.co/K4rokqTbi9) by @YorkUSoci's Ann Kim, with Elizabeth Buckner, J. M. Montsion @YUResearch

Congratulations to @carywoo for being awarded Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor!

On Oct 25, Dahdaleh faculty fellow @carywoo will share details about his recently published study on public awareness of One Health in China, and its importance in global health governance and preventing pandemics. 🌏 Register: https://t.co/eHiUlfqo53 @YUresearch @YorkUSOCI

We love to see the student engagement!

That wraps up SUSA's first Coffee with @YorkUSOCI Profs of the term! ☕️

@lesleybikes @YUResearch One more! Jana Borras and Janice Phonespraseuth and @TMUSociology students on “University to Work Transitions of International Students in Canada” with Dr Nancy Mandell and Dr Larry Lam

And finally, Leen Amazon worked with @lesleybikes on “People’s Global Action Oral History Archive” @YUResearch

@YorkUSOCI student Negin Hamesh who worked with Dr Ethel Tungohan on “Exploring International Students Pathways to Permanent Residency”

Adri Ananya worked with @carywoo on “Exploring Political Trust Among Ethnic and Racial Minorities”