Welcome to TRU Digital Detox

Overcoming Apathy and Fighting Back

  • Learn

Every week, you’ll read a deeply researched (but always readable!) essay about the state of the academy and the role disaster capitalism is playing in our classrooms as we teach and learn together. We’ll share up-to-date thinking from around the globe.

  • Connect

In the comments sections and in live-online sessions, you’ll meet other people who care, from TRU and around the world.

And new this year: share your long-form thoughts and become a part of our Detox experience!

  • Recharge

These last two years have been hard. We’re all burning out and the Great Resignation looms. Remind yourself that you can be part of making change in the post-secondary sector and beyond, and join forces with folks who feel the same way you do.

What to Expect When You’re Digitally Detoxing

This is not an abstinence detox: we know you have to live, work, teach, and learn with technology, and we want to help you make that relationship less toxic.

For the whole month of February, you’ll get a weekly essay that takes a deep dive into some aspect of the relationship between education, technology, and our current moment. We’ll talk about fatigue and burnout, about the importance of staying engaged, the dangers of our “new normal” practices, the crisis of inaccessibility, and what activism can look like as we move forward.

And there will be options to connect “live,” across distance, to talk and plan.

All members of the TRU community and beyond are welcome to join in our conversation. Register by 31 January to ensure you receive every update.

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TRU Digital Detox 2022

Posts will appear here through the Detox period and will be archived on this site thereafter.