tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369174472024-03-05T22:11:30.152-06:00Blue Teddy BlogI gratefully acknowledge that I live and work on Treaty 1 territory: the traditional lands of the Anishnaabe, Cree, Oji-Cree, and Dakota peoples, and the homeland of the MétisRob Hagiwarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17002783429404400908noreply@blogger.comBlogger269125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917447.post-61858857110953305182023-05-19T11:24:00.000-05:002023-05-19T11:24:08.838-05:00New (or updated) in Phonetic sharesies I've updated two files. gradesheet eg.xlsx now includes some extra formulaes, in particular ones that correctly fill in gradepoints and sums gradepoints while in progress, and I've added color coding to the final gradesIPA reference chart.pdf has added several corrections, including symbols which require leading zeros as opposed to those that don't, and I've added a column for Praat input Rob Hagiwarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17002783429404400908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917447.post-81830261003395881012023-01-27T16:35:00.001-06:002023-01-27T16:35:38.379-06:00(Bell)Let'sTalk about talking Hey there, teddyboos. It's been a year, almost.But this afternoon someone asked if there was goign to be any talk about Bell Let's Talk day (about removing or reducing the stigma aaround mental illness). And I'd honestly forgotten about BLT day except for one post from Bell on the 25th of January, which I ignored. But we need to talk about mental illness, and we need to Rob Hagiwarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17002783429404400908noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917447.post-21040390369982579852022-05-19T16:09:00.001-05:002022-05-19T16:13:14.659-05:00Here I go, lurching from one technological problem to another So here's how things are going.Bought an iPad Mini to replace the iPad that died three (or more?) years ago. Which is a lucky thing because last night, my only functioning computer, which is the Surface Laptop, has been making scary fan noises, off and on. Started while ago, went away for a few weeks, and came back this week. So fortunately I was able to Zoom from the iPadRob Hagiwarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17002783429404400908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917447.post-77093864933891320742021-12-07T18:02:00.000-06:002021-12-07T18:02:07.604-06:00And suddenly, everything is supposed to be back to normal Well, not normal, but as normal as they can be.This will be my last blog for a while. I'll try to do this more regularly, but daily is kind of a drag without something interesting like the strike to talk about.Late Sunday night, some kind of deal had been reached. Agreements were made on several governance issues, a few were compromised, and I'm pleased to say that some things that the DarkRob Hagiwarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17002783429404400908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917447.post-81653719474870789232021-12-06T21:53:00.001-06:002021-12-06T21:53:29.371-06:00Five weeks in limbo We awoke this morning to the news that a tentative agreement had been reached, and we'd be voting on it tonight. I just cast my vote. I won't talk about specifics because I'm not sure I have any, but eleven intensive days of bargaining (and coming up against the tomorrow deadline, after which Bad Things happen. Worse things than would happen anyway. Much worse.) seemed to actually seeRob Hagiwarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17002783429404400908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917447.post-84962011336536821282021-12-03T18:08:00.001-06:002021-12-03T18:08:45.693-06:00Entering a second weekend of intensive post-mediator bargainingI don't really know what mediators do, and especially I do not know what our mediator did. Readers will recall that last week around this time, the mediator declared that in his estimation bargaining/mediation had failed, recommended arbitration, and resigned. Immediately followed by some Dark Side propaganda that, although they had accepted the mediator's recommendation, UMFA had 'rejected' Rob Hagiwarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17002783429404400908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917447.post-85184915956268037972021-12-02T16:28:00.001-06:002021-12-04T03:48:32.542-06:00Thirty-one days hath Strikevember"Striketober" is more mellifluous, and I refuse to consider "Strikecember" at the moment, but here we are. Today is day 31 of #umfa2021 @umfastrike, and everyone is feeling it. During the strike I've been trying to keep to this blog, daily, on strike matters and not my usual personal inanity. But today is/was odd, and I want to talk about it. So as I say, here we are. In general, I'm Rob Hagiwarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17002783429404400908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917447.post-47896741868873788372021-12-01T13:09:00.000-06:002021-12-01T13:09:09.423-06:00Another open letter to the chair of the Board of GovernorsDear Ms Hyde:Today is December 1st and the strike continues beyond the date any of us expected, let alone hoped. I want to begin this by thanking you for your personal response to my previous letter. In this time of seemingly increasing distance it was nice to feel some kind of personal connection to a stranger.But as I say, the strike continues. Throughout negotiations, UMFA has put Rob Hagiwarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17002783429404400908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917447.post-14154688668901028942021-11-30T19:58:00.000-06:002021-11-30T19:58:02.864-06:00Who are we fighting for? and how?As time goes on, my perspective on these questions is changing. Or expanding, if that's something that a perspective can do.Obviously we're concerned about our salary structure, our reputation among similar universities, our ability to recruit and retain exciting and dynamic colleagues, other governance issues, intellectual property, etc. No question.In my mind, we're also fighting for our Rob Hagiwarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17002783429404400908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917447.post-84005057560806665952021-11-29T18:14:00.002-06:002021-11-29T18:14:41.616-06:00Day 28 Well, Happy Monday. Also Happy Hanukkah, for those who partake. I had a good weekend. Slept about 12 hours Friday night-Saturday noonish, and seven hours each last night and the night before, in the case of yesterday accompanied by about five hours lazing in bed, watching videos and catching up on the curling trials.So before we get into strike stuff, many congratulations to Team Jones and Rob Hagiwarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17002783429404400908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917447.post-86509307870693481282021-11-26T20:23:00.003-06:002021-11-26T20:23:50.640-06:00Long strike, long recoveryAs we sort of wrap up Week 4, we're all looking with trepidation at the state of bargaining and what will happen to the rest of the school year as a result. Senate has approved a number of 'scenarios', if the strike ends by such-and-such a date then this will happen, if not then by such-and-such a date this other thing will happen. Basically we've already passed a couple of scenarios, and in Rob Hagiwarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17002783429404400908noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917447.post-8923483891254894042021-11-25T16:53:00.002-06:002021-11-26T19:41:40.503-06:00Gratitude, continuedA few days ago I posted a list of all the organizations that (seem to have) tweeted support for our strike action. Today, a union leaflet names quite a few more. So below is the current list. Again I apologize for any oversights or errors, and would be happy to include any corrections.The original list was compiled by me, as described earlier. The additions (below in white) are from Rob Hagiwarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17002783429404400908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917447.post-20921621305949940612021-11-24T13:20:00.001-06:002021-11-24T13:20:11.218-06:00"Bonus" post (2)Just wanted to hop in to say that I was going to post something yesterday, as usual, but my internet went down yesterday evening, and didn't come back until I did something miraculous that didn't involve rebooting the computer, the router/modem, or anything else, at 11am. Don't ask me what I did, and I still haven't checked to see if the TV is working, but I hope to spend the afternoon perusing Rob Hagiwarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17002783429404400908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917447.post-10083953455915773672021-11-24T13:01:00.003-06:002021-11-24T13:01:42.534-06:00A second open letter to the Premier Dear Premier Stefanson, When I wrote to you last, the University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA) was ending the first week of the 2021 strike. As we now start our fourth week, I and my colleagues are hopeful that recent events signal a change in the Province’s, and with it the University administration’s, approach to bargaining. Until now, and especially in the last week, the Rob Hagiwarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17002783429404400908noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917447.post-5332757056446464572021-11-22T18:00:00.000-06:002021-11-22T18:00:12.235-06:00Bonus blog! Last year's priorities from the throne speechPremier Heather Stefanson's first throne speech will be delivered (by the Lieutenant Governor) tomorrow around 1:35. The throne speech opens the legislative session and sets the government's priorities for the session.I'm planning to attend the 'watch party' (I don't think that's what they're calling it, but it's basically what it is) with the Union over Zoom while we watch the streamed Rob Hagiwarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17002783429404400908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917447.post-72767792121139896182021-11-22T17:21:00.008-06:002021-11-22T17:21:58.690-06:00A long and jumbled post, but there's a lot going on right nowA few interesting things happened this weekend. Well, starting
on Friday and continuing right up to 11:30 this morning, which is when I tried
to stop paying attention.
The Chair of the BoG, Laurel Hyde,
responded to my email with a nice note. All we have gotten from the Premier,
the Ministers, and the President have been auto-replies, locked doors, and
unplugged phones. So Laurel Hyde, I thank Rob Hagiwarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17002783429404400908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917447.post-12507862267902924022021-11-19T17:11:00.003-06:002021-11-19T17:46:24.425-06:00I am grateful for these organizations and their public supportBeen kind of a rough
week for a lot of my colleagues. I’m
going to take time to practice gratitude.
Yesterday, I mentioned
how much we appreciate our Students @SupportingUMFA group. Today I want to shout out
the many organizations that have sent messages of support. In some cases, they’ve
sent actual people to walk the lines with us.
Method:
I did several advanced searches on twitter, Rob Hagiwarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17002783429404400908noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917447.post-84716434798847575972021-11-18T12:27:00.004-06:002021-11-18T12:32:01.926-06:00UMFA member supporting StudentsSupportingUMFA Have I mentioned how much I love and appreciate our students? I just wanted to call attention to Students Supporting UMFA, a grassroots, student-led group who recognize the
importance of the issues of recruitment and retention that face us. They want and deserve a quality education. That’s
going to take a quality university, and that’s going to require competitive
salaries and benefitsRob Hagiwarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17002783429404400908noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917447.post-47134364669157107592021-11-17T17:59:00.005-06:002021-11-17T19:07:22.609-06:00Open letter to the president and the chair of the board of governorsTo Michael Benarroch, President and Vice Chancellor;and Laurel Hyde, Chair, Board of GovernorsUniversity of ManitobaI'm sure you're tired of all these emails and calls related to the strike and ongoing negotiations. I know we're tired of sending them. I am a proud UMFA member and am fully behind my union in the current negotiations. Our priorities are meant to support recruitment and retention, Rob Hagiwarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17002783429404400908noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917447.post-57040183200869583492021-11-16T17:25:00.001-06:002021-11-17T18:44:33.495-06:00What's up with bargaining? *After two weeks of nothing, the admin has put forward an offer. For background, admin made a last minute offer on the eve of the strike, which was rejected by the union, followed two or three days later by UMFA's counteroffer. Which was rejected in something like 36 hours, abut was not followed by a new counter offer until this past Sunday (the 14th). As has also become characteristicRob Hagiwarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17002783429404400908noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917447.post-66527706775068006952021-11-15T18:47:00.006-06:002021-11-15T18:47:43.443-06:00Welcome to week 3Today I learned that the admin, in its attempt to sway public opinion, is cooking up numbers. Well, we already knew that, but now we know how, at last in one case. And it's almost sensible. But it isn't the way 'most people' think of numbers (for the record, I'm not sure the way 'we' do it is any more 'correct', but at least our way is more in line with 'most people'.
So let's say that Rob Hagiwarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17002783429404400908noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917447.post-45717127782316219412021-11-12T17:10:00.002-06:002021-11-12T23:20:44.906-06:00Thoughts at the end of week 2Technically, week 2 ends with Monday, since we started on Tuesday the 2nd. But in my head it's the end of week 2.
This week, live picketers concentrated on the Leg/Ledge/Legislature Building and the constituency offices of various MLAs and ministers, primarily from the "Progressive" Conservative party, which gets less and less progressive as time goes on. (The analogous federal party, known Rob Hagiwarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17002783429404400908noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917447.post-17976294996312468862021-11-10T19:19:00.005-06:002021-11-10T19:19:46.374-06:00Investment and returnThis little factlet is based on information from the University of Manitoba Economic Impact Analysis (2019). Tuition and fees continue to climb. Full-time faculty, instructors, and librarians' salaries are being artificially frozen. So who is making this investment, and who is benefitting from the economic activity. Not UMFA members, and not students. So who?Just a quick note: Tomorrow there willRob Hagiwarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17002783429404400908noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917447.post-73614909061455837182021-11-09T18:23:00.000-06:002021-11-09T18:23:05.429-06:00Nursing in focus As we begin our second full week on strike, I am left running out of interesting things to say in this blog. According to the intended academic schedule, which still holds for courses led by non-UMFA members, this is fall term break. Which means what little traffic there is in and out of campus will be that much more sparse. What's the point of picketing when there's no traffic?But Rob Hagiwarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17002783429404400908noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917447.post-71860108887412906552021-11-08T17:30:00.004-06:002021-11-08T17:30:55.806-06:00My open letter to the Premier Dear Premier Stefanson
I came to Manitoba from my home in the USA in 2000, to join the
faculty of the University to Manitoba. As was expressed to me then, and which
has been amply demonstrated since, recruitment and retention of new faculty is
of huge concern. Building and maintaining a world-class university absolutely
requires a steady intake of truly exciting and innovative researchers.Rob Hagiwarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17002783429404400908noreply@blogger.com3