Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #ImproveLife
Most recents (3)
I am all for generating revenue using University assets to support scholarships, library projects, phone systems, etc. However, I cannot convey how utterly frustrating and demoralizing it is to have this take priority over our core mission in education and research. 🧵
@uofg
@uofg
I am talking specifically about moving key real estate assets to the Heritage Fund.
uoguelph.ca/secretariat/bo…
Once the admin includes a building or property under this fund, generating revenue becomes the top priority for its use, period, no matter what else someone may propose.
uoguelph.ca/secretariat/bo…
Once the admin includes a building or property under this fund, generating revenue becomes the top priority for its use, period, no matter what else someone may propose.
I recently proposed the use of a major donated -- and for more than a decade, unused -- property that would have included all of the following:
1. Restoring a building to create a UofG Nature Centre, with space for research, teaching, and public engagement.
1. Restoring a building to create a UofG Nature Centre, with space for research, teaching, and public engagement.
Votes of non-confidence by faculty or staff unions, student associations, or Senate are purely symbolic because decisions on hiring and removing senior administrators are made by Board of Governors. But still. I think it may be well past time at @uofg.
#ImproveLife
#NoConfidence
#ImproveLife
#NoConfidence
Paging UGFA, CUPE 3913, USW 4120, OSSTF, CSA, GSA @uofg.
Non-confidence votes have been held at several Canadian universities, including recently:
Saskatchewan (2022)
Concordia U of Edmonton (2022)
Thompson Rivers (2022)
York (2018)
UBC (2016)
Western (2015)
Mount Allison and UNB (2014)
Regina (2013)
Saskatchewan (2022)
Concordia U of Edmonton (2022)
Thompson Rivers (2022)
York (2018)
UBC (2016)
Western (2015)
Mount Allison and UNB (2014)
Regina (2013)
So where are we at @uofg?
* The refusal to let faculty choose course formats and cutting chairs out of decision-making vanished the moment student cases began to surge.
* The refusal to let faculty choose course formats and cutting chairs out of decision-making vanished the moment student cases began to surge.
* We're dropping our mask mandate May 1, though senior leaders already decided the policy didn't apply to them.
* We have rumours swirling about outbreaks and pivots to remote, but zero communication from leadership. Students are turning to reddit to find info.
