* 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.
* Many courses will likely shift to remote exams. We still have an explicitly discriminatory policy about remote invigilation software which the admin has refused to address for over a year.
* Not a single word of concern for the many students, staff, and faculty or their families as more and more test positive.
For those asking, non-confidence motions by Senate or faculty or student associations are just symbolic. Senior administration appointments and removals are done by the Board of Governors. There have been examples in Canada recently, but not sure it ever accomplishes much.
There is a world of possibilities between "The pandemic is over, get on with your life" and "Everyone is going to be infected no matter what we do".
COVID zero and COVID infinite are not the only two options.
The virus will not automatocally become progressively milder with each new variant. But neither do we have to allow potentially worse variants emerge unchecked and hope for the best.
Given the size of the institution, cost of living, etc., the salary for @uofg is inordinately high compared to UofT and York. (Not that those aren't exorbitant too).
Senior admin salaries will be the *last* thing to get cut as universities face budget challenges.