Developed by a cohort of Film and Moving Image PhD students at Concordia University, this blog’s aims are two-fold. Firstly — and specifically tied to our own field of study — we aim to lobby the board of the Society of Cinema and Media Studies, encouraging them to strike a new committee that deals with […]

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The purpose of this letter is to encourage the board of the Society of Cinema and Media Studies to strike a new committee that engages with issues relating to academic labour. The letter, which will also be sent directly to the board, encourages them to visit this site, utilise its resources, and hopefully consider striking […]

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