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
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)

cbc.ca/news/canada/sa…
Concordia U of Edmonton (2022)

edmontonjournal.com/news/local-new…
Thompson Rivers (2022)

cbc.ca/news/canada/br…
Mount Allison and UNB (2014)

cbc.ca/news/canada/ne…

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