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President of the Memorial University Faculty Association in Newfoundland and Labrador

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Christine Saulnier (she/her) @csaulnier.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Read the new NL report: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... Thanks for collaborating @russellawilliams.bsky.social
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The Value and Benefits of Public Spending for Households in Newfoundland and Labrador | CCPA
This report examines the value of public services to households in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Robin Whitaker @rgwhitaker.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Provincial governments are getting way too cozy with the s33 shortcut to restrict labour and other charter-protected rights. Sign this parliamentary petition to tell MPs know that fundamental rights must be treated as such. @ctffce.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social www.ctf-fce.ca/take-action/...
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Petition to End Notwithstanding Clause Use - CTF-FCE
Governments are enacting the notwithstanding clause to deny human and democratic rights – and it’s at the expense of youth, educators, and all workers.
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MUNFA President @munfapres.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Really looking forward to this session tomorrow afternoon. All are welcome to join in person or online to learn more about this topic. @munfaculty.bsky.social
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Sevtap Savas, PhD🫐 🇨🇦🍁 @savaslab.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
universityaffairs.ca/news/program... #WeAreMUN #WorthFunding
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Program changes at Memorial raise concerns - University Affairs
Impact on faculty and students remains unclear amid decreased enrolment and financial challenges.
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MUN Faculty Association @munfaculty.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
In 2024, Premier Wakeham said abandoning Memorial University and telling it to 'go fix your problems' was 'not good enough.' These are his own words, on the record with CBC. Budget-2026 is his chance to prove he believed them. Source in our Bio. #WeAreMUN
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CAUT/ACPPU @caut.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
"It is now time for a federal-provincial strategy on public postsecondary education: essential infrastructure in this nation-building era." CAUT President Robin Whitaker on the hollowing out of public postsecondary education: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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The hollowing out of public postsecondary education: What do we have to lose? - CCPA
Is post-secondary education in Canada a pipeline to train students for jobs or a source of critical perspectives essential to a healthy society?
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merschrod (she/they) @merschrod.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
#WeAreMUN
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Hilding Neilson @astrojipjawej.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Proud supervisor moment with some of the grad students chatting with CBC’s On the Go about the Artemis II return. The students did an amazing job. #Astronomy #WeAreMUN @memorialu.bsky.social @memorialuscience.bsky.social
Me and three astrophysics grad students standing in front of the CBC sign.The graduate students sitting in the radio studio with the host.
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MUNFA President @munfapres.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Deep funding cuts = deep losses Imagine how much potential can be realized if leaders return to funding our university as the investment in NL it’s always been ? #WeAreMUN @munfaculty.bsky.social
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merschrod (she/they) @merschrod.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
#WeAreMUN
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merschrod (she/they) @merschrod.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
#WeAreMUN
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MUNFA President @munfapres.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Every party Every elected official Every meeting, conversation, interview Every opportunity MUNFA can create to advocate for the value of Memorial University to NL - we are taking it. Because a legacy is also a PROMISE and Memorial’s deserves to be honoured. #WeAreMUN @munfaculty.bsky.social
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MUNFA President @munfapres.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Every party Every elected official Every meeting Every conversation Every interview Every opportunity MUNFA can create to advocate for the value of Memorial University to NL - we are taking it. Because a legacy is also a PROMISE, and Memorial’s deserves to be honoured and protected. #WeAreMUN
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MUNFA President @munfapres.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
If we want MUN graduates to invest their education and skills in NL’s Health systems…maybe NL should invest in them @munfaculty.bsky.social #WeAreMUN #FundMUN
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MUNFA President @munfapres.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
If investing in our only university seems costly, wait until you see the costs of not funding it ⬇️ Memorial University matters @munfaculty.bsky.social #WeAreMUN #FundMUN
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Russell Alan Williams @russellawilliams.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
themuse.ca/letter-fund-...
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LETTER: Fund the Freedom to Learn | The Muse
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Sevtap Savas, PhD🫐 🇨🇦🍁 @savaslab.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
If you ever collaborated (or wanted to collaborate) with researchers in health related initiatives and studies, we would like to invite you to our study aiming to understand - your motivation - barriers you experienced - your recommendations Info: shorturl.at/Bd3Q3 #NewfoundlandAndLabrador
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Sevtap Savas, PhD🫐 🇨🇦🍁 @savaslab.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
#WeAreMUN #WorthFunding If Memorial is not, then who? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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MUN cuts social worker seats when more professionals needed in N.L., warns NAPE | CBC News
Memorial University has cut the number of seats at the school of social work at a time when there’s a major need for these professionals, says the public sector union.
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Sevtap Savas, PhD🫐 🇨🇦🍁 @savaslab.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Why not to train and retain more pharmacists? #WeAreMUN #WorthFunding #MemorialMatters vocm.com/2026/04/03/p...
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Pharmicist Vacancy Rates in Public Sector Nearing 20 Per Cent Across Province, says AAHP
The Association of Allied Health Professions is warning of a "rapidly escalating crisis" caused by what it cal...
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Lourdes Peña-Castillo @lpc-nl.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
These are the consequences of cutting MUN's funding for years. #WeAreMUN #WorthFunding
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Lourdes Peña-Castillo @lpc-nl.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
MUN business students win finance competitions two years in a row. It’s the first time a university has earned back-to-back wins. 🥇 gazette.mun.ca/student-life... gazette.mun.ca/student-life... #WeAreMUN #WorthFunding @munfaculty.bsky.social
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Back on top
Memorial University is the first to win back-to-back wins at the John Molson School of Business Van Berkom Small-cap Case Competition.
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Lourdes Peña-Castillo @lpc-nl.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Researchers at MUN Faculty of Medicine were listed in the Top 10 research advancements of 2025 by the Arthritis Society Canada. arthritis.ca/about-us/wha... gazette.mun.ca/research/sta... #WeAreMUN #WorthFunding @munfaculty.bsky.social
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Research - Arthritis Society Canada
Arthritis Society Canada invests over $240M in arthritis research, funding 113 projects in 2024 to advance a variety of programs.
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Hilding Neilson @astrojipjawej.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
It was great to talk about the Artemis II mission with NTV and some of the connections with Newfoundland & Labrador #WeAreMUN
A cover of the Newfoundland herald magazine from 1980 featuring the character Captain Newfoundland
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Sevtap Savas, PhD🫐 🇨🇦🍁 @savaslab.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
#WeAreMUN #WorthFunding #NewfoundlandAndLabrador #MemorialMatters MUN has strong community engagement An example is the Public Interest Group on Cancer, an award winning public-scientist partnership❤️ This and other partnerships worth funding @govnl.bsky.social gazette.mun.ca/public-engag...
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Lourdes Peña-Castillo @lpc-nl.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Herbarium collections provide data for many uses including agriculture, human health, control of invasive species, conservation biology, natural resources, and land management. MUN Agnes Marion Ayre Herbarium has about 100,000 plant specimens❗🌿 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #WeAreMUN #WorthFunding
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Pitcher this: MUN herbarium home to thousands of N.L. botanicals | CBC News
The Agnes Marion Ayre Herbarium on Mount Scio Road in St. John's houses over 100,000 dried and pressed plant specimens from across the province.
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MUN Faculty Association @munfaculty.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Provinces across Canada are investing in post-secondary education. Ontario. Saskatchewan. Meanwhile, Newfoundland and Labrador’s only university faces cuts, fewer courses, and larger classes. The NL budget is coming. This government has a clear choice to make. #WeAreMUN bit.ly/4sbzKD2 bit.ly/4tkgbsX
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MUNFA President @munfapres.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
@munfaculty.bsky.social #WeAreMUN
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Lourdes Peña-Castillo @lpc-nl.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Research at MUN saves lives: "A team from Memorial University of Newfoundland received the Governor General’s Innovation Award for leading research that identified the genetic mutation and the cause of the lethal heart attacks." ottawa.citynews.ca/2018/05/23/m... #WeAreMUN #WorthFunding
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Researchers honoured for identifying 'Newfoundland curse'
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – A research team was honoured Wednesday for identifying the cause of the “Newfoundland curse” — a deadly heart condition that has afflicted Newfoundland families for centuries. The c...
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MUN Faculty Association @munfaculty.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
These are the kinds of stories we keep hearing. A course that changed someone’s life. A reason someone stayed in Newfoundland and Labrador. A degree that helped build a career, a business, a future. A hope that the next generation gets the same chance. 1/2 #WeAreMUN
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Sevtap Savas, PhD🫐 🇨🇦🍁 @savaslab.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
way to go MUN!! why would anyone not invest in you? Not fund you? Despite the cuts since 2016, the MUN community has been delivering ❤️ #MemorialMatters #WeAreMUN @govnl.bsky.social
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MUNFA President @munfapres.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
There’s not much worth knowing that a librarian can’t help you figure out! #WeAreMUN #WorthFunding @munfaculty.bsky.social
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MUNFA President @munfapres.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
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J. Connell Stryker @jconnellstryker.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
An undergrad, grad, and alum were invited to form a panel at the 6th European Labour History Network conference in Barcelona in June based on their research at the Maritime History Archives for the ISER-funded Inventories of Life Project. MUN scholars & resources have international impact. #WeAreMUN
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Lourdes Peña-Castillo @lpc-nl.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
A study that started with a MUN student is influencing diagnostic guidelines for a rare disease: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #WeAreMUN #WorthFunding @munfaculty.bsky.social
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How a 1st year resident in St John's helped solve a medical mystery, and didn't stop there | CBC News
Ian Gillies Jr. had spent a month in hospital, slowly getting sicker and sicker. Just as doctors warned the family he might not make it through the night, a "saviour arrived," says his dad.
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MUNFA President @munfapres.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
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Lourdes Peña-Castillo @lpc-nl.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
www.cbc.ca/player/play/... #WeAreMUN #WorthFunding @munfaculty.bsky.social
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This MUN researcher is hoping to use A.I. to change the lives of amputees
Memorial University researchers are developing a new technology that uses artificial intelligence to power prosthetics for amputees. Xianta Jiang, an associate professor in computer science, has devel...
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Lourdes Peña-Castillo @lpc-nl.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
"Memorial’s math teams have consistently demonstrated their prowess in the competition since 2015, securing first place in all but two." gazette.mun.ca/teaching-and... #WeAreMUN #WorthFunding @munfaculty.bsky.social
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Math legacy
Memorial’s math teams have placed first in all but two of the competitions since 2015.
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merschrod (she/they) @merschrod.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
This group did SO much with a small amount of funding, leveraging significant knowledge and other assets from the university to serve the public. This is what we lose with funding cuts at MUN. #WeAreMUN
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Sevtap Savas, PhD🫐 🇨🇦🍁 @savaslab.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
vocm.com/2026/03/31/n... #WeAreMUN #WorthFunding ❤️ @munfaculty.bsky.social
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NAPE Concerned About 20 Per Cent Cut in Seats in MUN’s Social Work Program
NAPE is raising the alarm over a 20 per cent cut in seats in Memorial University's Social Work Program. Presid...
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MUNFA President @munfapres.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
If we want MUN graduates to invest their education and skills in NL’s Health systems…maybe NL should invest in them @munfaculty.bsky.social #WeAreMUN #FundMUN
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MUNFA President @munfapres.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
If investing in our only university seems costly, wait until you see the costs of not funding it ⬇️ Memorial University matters @munfaculty.bsky.social #WeAreMUN #FundMUN
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MUNFA President @munfapres.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
This is Memorial’s legacy - opportunity that’s not for a privileged few but for ALL MUN matters @munfaculty.bsky.social #WeAreMUN #FundMUN
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Sevtap Savas, PhD🫐 🇨🇦🍁 @savaslab.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
#WeAreMUN #WorthInvesting ❤️💔❤️
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MUNFA President @munfapres.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
You have given so much back! @savaslab.bsky.social We are lucky to call this award winning cancer researcher ours, NL #WeAreMUN #FundMUN #MemorialMatters @munfaculty.bsky.social
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Sevtap Savas, PhD🫐 🇨🇦🍁 @savaslab.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
#WeAreMUN #WorthFunding ❤️
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MUNFA President @munfapres.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
This one gave me goosebumps. Any moment could be the one where a young person starts to see what is possible. Every educator lives for that moment! #WeAreMUN #FundMUN @munfaculty.bsky.social Share yours!
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MUNFA President @munfapres.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
@munfaculty.bsky.social Share your own contributions
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MUNFA President @munfapres.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
@munfaculty.bsky.social Memorial is a place where we have have been a “have province”…where we can have an education, and provide that to our young people, on par with any other province in this country. That’s what lies in the balance here.
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