Peregrine Productions
271 Lynnwood Way T5R1B2 Edmonton, AB, Canada

This should be very good! https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/meet-the-filmmaker-lisa-jackson

Excellent news-- In Search of Professor Precarious was just selected by North Europe International Film Festival - London Edition! Many thanks to our all interviewees, sponsors, crowdfunders, supporters and our terrific post-production team!

From professor to sex worker? (No disrespect to sex workers intended, but it is usually a dangerous job, emotionally or physically, and not what this professor ...studied and worked for.) Precarious contract faculty in higher ed continue to be abused and exploited, and the situation's worse since Covid arrived. This is a quote from a woman US adjunct that was just posted on another site I'm a member of: "I had 3 classes initially. One got cut on Friday, another one today. And what do I learn? FT faculty have overload courses, and they're being *asked* to give up those overload courses to adjuncts. Asked! Unbelievable. They make a full-time income and have benefits... and on top, they get overload courses and get paid for them! I'm thinking of cashing out my retirement and telling them to F off! And you know what I'm contemplating? Becoming a phone s*x operator. Apparently, their industry is going strong. Can you believe this?! I got graduate education to get men off over the phone!" See more

Why is this not glaringly obvious to all in academia?

Our review by Chantal Sundaram in the CAUT Bulletin, the monthly publication of The Canadian Association of University Teachers.

"Before Covid-19, she regularly taught at multiple colleges in Florida, but her course load has since dropped from nine to one, she said. Her income all but vanished. She’s applied for food stamps and tapped friends and family for favors."

Fair Employment Week, to draw attention to the need to end the exploitation of precarious contract faculty, is being held on campuses across Canada this week. FPSE, an organization of faculty associations in BC, will be streaming our film for all their 20 member associations and their members.

The International Social Change Film Festival interviewed the makers of films about the education system today, including me. Insightful discussions about major issues in this area: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?extid=0&v=339171347365874&ref=watch_permalink

Changefest, The International Social Change Film Festival, online out of Chicago, will be hosting online interview sessions with filmmakers involved with educat...ion issues tomorrow (Saturday Oct.17) afternoon. It's a wonderful festival, worth checking out. I'll be interviewed at 5 pm Mountain Time about IN SEARCH OF PROFESSOR PRECARIOUS. If you're interested in any of these filmmaker interviews, check this site out from 4 pm to 6 pm Mountain Time Sat. Oct 17: See more

I have some free pass codes to watch online any single doc feature or block of short films at the Workers Unite Film Festival, online form New York City, which ...runs until Oct .18. IN SEARCH OF PROFESSOR PRECARIOUS is part of the excellent lineup of activist films, including some amazing music documentaries. If you'd like one of these passcodes, send me a message on FB Messenger. See more

Our new documentary, IN SEARCH OF PROFESSOR PRECARIOUS, is now playing at two international film festivals, both online this year: The International Social Chan...ge Film Festival and Workers Unite Film Festival. In the past 10 days it's also been ordered for streaming for their members by 27 faculty associations across North America, including two in the U.S., plus a local Facebook group. It's also now available on Vimeo on Demand. Most of the faculty association orders are for Fair Employment Week, Oct.19-23 this year, a Canadian initiative to draw attention to the working conditions of precarious contract faculty. There's still time to order for that week. If you're part of a union or a student or faculty association that might be interested, get 'em onboard. Contact [email protected]. See more

Tickets to watch IN SEARCH OF PROFESSOR PRECARIOUS, our doc feature about the exploitation of precarious contract and part-time faculty in Canada, are available... for the next 10 days starting tomorrow--October 8, 2020-- at the Workers Unite Film Festival, based in New York City, but online this year: See more