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Category Archives: Open Letters
Ariel Salzmann, An Open Letter to Dean Brouwer and the School of Graduate Studies (4 April 2013)
As sent to Dean Brenda Brouwer and copied to community lists, 4 April 2013. Posted by permission. This year the Department of History made a valiant effort to recruit an exceptional graduate student. The student applied to our Ph.D. program … Continue reading
Mark Jones, Open Letter: Response to Principal Woolf re Apology to Michael Mason (27 November 2012)
Dear Colleagues: An update on the letter of apology for Professor Michael Mason: It was published in the Globe & Mail on 19 November with a column by James Bradshaw. The National Post also reported it on 19 November, and the Kingston Whig-Standard on the 20th.
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Open Letter to Michael Mason: We (Queen’s University) Apologize (19 November 2012)
As published in the Globe & Mail online, appended to James Bradshaw, “Professors sign letter criticizing Queen’s University,” 19 November 2012. This letter is still being signed on ipetitions. The version below has been updated to include recent signatures. Dear Professor Mason: In … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Freedom, Open Letters, Petitions, Protests, PSAC 901
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QJ: Dissolving Queen’s-Blyth abroad (5 October 2012)
Queen’s Faculty Letter printed in Queen’s Journal, 5 October 2012. To sign this letter, see: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/qbw/. For the list of further signatories, see http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/qbw/signatures. See also Jim Lee, Letter to the Editor, QJ, 19 October 2012, and Patrick O’Neill, Blyth Information … Continue reading
David Murakami Wood, Open Letter on Access Copyright (24 May 2012)
From a campus email, 24 May 2012. Posted by permission. Dear all, I don’t usually do this, but I am sending you this message to encourage you to write to the Provost, Alan Harrison, and the University Librarian, Martha Whitehead, … Continue reading
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Selim Akl, Letter on the GPA System and PeopleSoft (26 March 2012)
For this post, please see the Queen’s Senate Faculty Caucus blog.
Leda Raptis, Letter to the Provost on the GPA Grading System (20 March 2012)
As emailed to Provost Alan Harrison, 20 March 2012: Dear Dr Harrison, I write to alert you to a serious problem in student assessment that we face as a University.
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Queen’s Bowdlerized Plan (11 March 2012)
As emailed to campus lists, 11 March 2012. See also the Open Letter to Principal Woolf and Provost Harrison. Dear Colleagues, Queen’s has prepared (but not yet distributed) a 16-page glossy brochure representing the 12-page introductory summary to its Academic … Continue reading
Queen’s Bowdlerized Plan: An Open Letter to the Principal and the Provost (11 March 2012)
For this post, please see the Queen’s Senate Faculty Caucus blog.
Jordan Morelli, On the Proposal for Faculty Board Restructuring (8 March 2012)
As emailed to Associate Dean Robert Lemieux, 8 March 2012, in response to the “Discussion Paper” distributed to faculty on 28 February. The Discussion Paper: “A Review of the Structure of Faculty Board” circulated by Associate Dean Robert Lemieux is … Continue reading
Art McDonald, Letter on the GPA Grading System (25 February 2012)
As sent to Jordan Morelli and Ryan Marchildon on 25 February 2012; posted by permission. Jordan, Ryan I agree completely with all of the points contained in your message re point 2 below.[1] I believe that the transition to a … Continue reading
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Occupy Queen’s: Dear Stakeholder (9 January 2012)
This open letter was ratified by the Occupy Queen’s General Assembly on 9 January 2012. Dear Stakeholder, Whether you are a student, faculty, support staff, or simply a member of the local community whose business and cultural life is enriched … Continue reading
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Mark Jones, Open Letter to Senate: Six Reasons Why it is Wrong to Freeze BFA Admissions Without Academic Process (4 December 2011)
As emailed to Senators and to Queen’s campus lists, 4 December 2011: Dear Senators and Colleagues: The relative lack of genuine, two-way discussion on Queen’s campus following the Globe and Mail’s announcement in early November of our Administration’s decision to … Continue reading
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies Unanimously Endorses Senator Morelli’s Motion for the Academic Plan (22 November 2011)
As emailed to Senate on the morning of 22 November 2011 by Kinesiology’s Associate Director Samantha King: Dear Senators, I have been asked by members of my unit to bring the following to your attention: The students, staff, and faculty of … Continue reading
Mark Jones, “Petitioners: Please Support the Morelli Motion” (Open Letter to Queen’s Senate, 21 November 2011)
As emailed by Mark Jones to Queen’s Senators and copied to campus lists on 21 November, 2011: Dear Queen’s Senators and colleagues: I am sending you links to two petitions in support of Senator Morelli’s alternative motion for the academic plan. I hope … Continue reading
Vincent Romani, “Is this information serious?” (Letter to Queen’s Chancellor, Principal, Provost, Deputy Provost, and Dean of Arts and Science, 10 November 2011)
As emailed by Prof. Vincent Romani to Chancellor David Dodge, Principal Daniel Woolf, Provost Alan Harrison, Deputy Provost Susan Cole, and Dean of Arts and Science Alistair MacLean on 10 November 2011. Posted on 19 November 2011 by permission. Dear … Continue reading
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Carl Heywood, “Puzzled”: Letter to Faculty of Arts and Science Dean Alistair MacLean (18 November 2011)
As emailed by Carl Heywood, 18 November 2011; posted by permission. Dear Alistair: You may not remember me, but we have met. I am full professor emeritus Carl Heywood who taught in the Queen’s BFA program from 1974 to 2006. … Continue reading
Department of Art support for Senator Morelli motion (18 November 2011)
As emailed by Professor Clive Robertson to Queen’s Senators on 18 November 2011. For Senator Morelli’s motion, see below. Dear Senators: At recent separate meetings of the Art History Program and the Art Conservation Program, faculty discussed the drafts of … Continue reading
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Jordan Morelli, Urgent Message to Queen’s Senators (13 November 2011)
As emailed by Professor Jordan Morelli (Queen’s Senator from Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy) to Faculty Senators on 13 November 2011): Dear Colleagues, As you may recall, last year Queen’s Senate reviewed, updated, and approved the “Purpose and Functions of … Continue reading
Posted in Cuts to Programs, Financial Constraints, Open Letters
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Mark Jones, On Virtualization at Queen’s and Beyond (29 July 2011)
As sent to campus lists, 29 July 2011. To download the draft report, click here: On Virtualization and Differentiation of Ontario Universities Dear Colleagues: I am writing to share with you a report, recently drafted for the Senate Academic Planning Task … Continue reading
Open Letter: Frank Burke to Principal Woolf and Dr. Susan Cole (17 November 2010)
17 November 2010 Dear Principal Woolf and Dr. Cole, I am writing in conjunction with [several] colleagues’ correspondence regarding the importance of teaching writing at Queen’s. I believe that there should not only be open debate within the academic planning … Continue reading
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Open Letter: Twenty-two Professors of English to Principal Woolf and Dr. Susan Cole (5 November 2010)
5 November 2010 Dear Principal Woolf and Dr. Cole: Queen’s is poised to begin writing an academic plan that will, in the words of the Principal, “set the course for Queen’s for the next decade or more.” [1] As professors … Continue reading
We Request Open Planning Meetings on Specific Issues: An Open Letter to Principal Daniel Woolf and Dr. Susan Cole (Deputy Provost and SCAD Chair) (20 October 2010)
Dear Principal Woolf and Dr. Cole: As announced by Queen’s News Centre (QNC), 27 September 2010, the “Academic Planning” process has been referred to the Senate Committee on Academic Development (SCAD). To all appearances there has been little activity since … Continue reading
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Roberta Lamb: Open Letter to the “Academic Writing Team” (19 July 2010)
Queen’s University is known for the quality of its teaching and its research; therefore, I wonder why the academic planning exercise does not follow procedures for academic planning and/ or strategic planning that are recommended by the research literature in … Continue reading
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QSERAP: Open Letter II to the “Academic Writing Team” (Professors Adams, Bryant, Chan, Nossal, Scott, and Smol) (16 July 2010)
“a genuine academic plan needs to be constructed by the whole community from the ground up” (Open Letter I, 28 May 2010) Dear Professors Adams, Bryant, Chan, Nossal, Scott, and Smol, Thank you for holding your first consultative meeting on … Continue reading
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Principal’s Update to Queen’s Faculty on Academic Planning (30 June 2010)
Sent by email from Principal Daniel Woolf to Queen’s Faculty, June 30, 2010: Dear Queen’s Community, On April 23rd, I sent a spring Update on Academic Planning to students, faculty and staff to explain the process leading to an Academic … Continue reading
QSERAP: Open Letter to Professors Adams, Bryant, Chan, Nossal, Scott, and Smol (28 May 2010)
Dear Professors Adams, Bryant, Chan, Nossal, Scott, and Smol, We are encouraged by your expressions of your determination “to gather the thoughts of the Queen’s community” and to heed “the major tones that people are speaking” as you begin your … Continue reading
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Agenda for an “Academic Planning” Meeting with Principal Woolf (27 May 2010)
Representatives from Queen’s Students and Employees for Real Academic Planning will meet with Principal Woolf in June to discuss Academic Planning issues raised by the students’ and employees’ petitions to the Board of Trustees last April 30-May 1. At Principal … Continue reading
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TransparentU: A Repository of Responses to Principal Woolf’s Vision Statement (27 April 2010)
Update, 2 April 2012: Many of the unit responses are now accessible via “Restored Records.” Dear Queen’s Community Member, Principal Woolf’s recent vision statement Where Next? invites the Queen’s community “to engage in a discussion process that leads to a … Continue reading
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Open Letter to the Dean of Arts and Science (4 April 2010)
By Roberta Lamb, as posted in QUFA Forum, 4 April 2010 Dear Alistair, Your responses to questions about the motion passed by Faculty Board trouble me. Granted, as you indicated at the meeting, you must provide the Principal with a … Continue reading
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An Open Letter to Principal Woolf (15 March 2010)
As posted in QUFA Forum, 15 March 2010: From: Johanne Bénard (Head of Department of French Studies) Lynda Jessup (Director of the Graduate Program in Cultural Studies) Clarke Mackey (Head of Department of Film and Media) Clive Robertson (Acting Head … Continue reading
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QUFA’s Response To Principal Woolf’s Academic Planning Exercise (17 Feb. 2010)
As posted on the Queen’s University Faculty Association Website: To our Members: QUFA has advised and continues to advise its Members to participate in Principal Woolf’s Academic Planning process. But both Administrators and QUFA Members need also to be aware … Continue reading
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Real Academic Planning 