Permanent-ish: Tales from the Precarious Frontline

12/05/2025 41 min

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Episode Synopsis

In this episode of RASCALS’ Roundtable, we sit down with Louisa Hadley, president of the Dawson Teachers’ Union, to talk about precarity, and with David Turpie, a CEGEP teacher who’s lived to tell the tale. From long commutes and unpredictable schedules to burning questions about permanence, this episode exposes the challenges and resilience of Quebec’s non-permanent teachers.   🎧 Topics include:  - The mental and financial cost of precarity  - Why continuing education teachers face the biggest inequities  - What unions are fighting for  - David’s biking, juggling, multi-CEGEP journey   📲 Follow the precarity experience: @ppducvm on Instagram  🔗 Learn more at dtu.qc.ca or via the Dawson Teachers’ Union Facebook page