Here’s what the #Liberals can’t comprehend: In the past decade, the social contract in this country has collapsed. My generation of Canadians was raised with the belief that if you went to school, worked hard, and respected the law, you could afford a decent, safe place to live, enjoy quality health care, and have a family if you wanted one. This is simply no longer the case in this country.

#LeanOut #TaraHenley #Canada #Elections #RealityCheck
https://tarahenley.substack.com/p/the-will-of-the-people

...each side reacts to the loudest and most outrageous actors on the opposing side, and ratchets up rhetoric accordingly. Thus, the culture comes to be defined by the most extreme voices on the margins, while the #ExhaustedMajority checks out.

#LeanOut #TaraHenley #SocialFabric
https://tarahenley.substack.com/p/weekend-reads-what-happened-to-canada

Younger Faculty Are Leaning Out. Is That a Bad Thing?

Truer words never spoken -> “When I die,” she adds, “I won’t be thinking about tenure.”

https://www.chronicle.com/article/younger-faculty-are-leaning-out-is-that-a-bad-thing

#academicmasdoton #academicchatter #leanout