Re: Open Letter to SFU brass

Dr. Mark Fettes
Associate Professor
Faculty of Education
Simon Fraser University
mtfettes@sfu.ca

Gratefully living and working on unceded Coast Salish territory, including the lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish) peoples.

On Aug 4, 2021, at 8:09 PM, Melek Ortabasi <melek_ortabasi@sfu.ca> wrote:

Hi Lucas,

Thank you. Please add my name.

Best,
Melek

Melek Ortabasi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor & Chair
Department of World Languages and Literatures
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Simon Fraser University
AQ 5127
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, B.C.
CANADA V5A 1S6
Phone: 778-782-8660
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It is not true that we have only one life to lead; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.

- S. I. Hayakawa, Language in Thought and Action
From: Lucas Herrenbrueck <herrenbrueck@sfu.ca>
Sent: August 4, 2021 1:50:56 PM
To: academic-discussion@sfu.ca
Subject: Fw: Open Letter to SFU brass

Fyi. Please let me know if you want to add your signature. Also, please feel free to share widely, especially with media. Or if you know anyone in the UG or Grad associations who might be working on a similar effort.

Some notes:
- we are not making policy here, so let's not sweat the details. We just want to see policy move in a certain direction.
- if you can think of a better letter, please write it and I will (probably) sign that too! We will need all the pressure we can get to move this very big rock.
- no hatemail plz thx 👍😷

Lucas

From: Lucas Herrenbrueck
Sent: August 4, 2021 13:29
To: Office of the President; Provost (Catherine Dauvergne); Catherine Stoddard; Wade Parkhouse; AEST.Minister@gov.bc.ca; Sean.leslie@gov.bc.ca; HLTH.Minister@gov.bc.ca
Cc: Shih En Lu; Jasmina Arifovic; Behraad Bahreyni; Lyn Bartram; David Freeman; Alexander Karaivanov; Danielle Murdoch; Cynthia Patton; Christopher Pavsek; Luba Petersen; Bernhard Riecke; Baharak Yousefi
Subject: Open Letter: A Safer Return to Campus

Dear President Johnson,
Dear SFU leadership team,
Dear Ministers Dix and Kang,
Dear colleagues,

We call on SFU and the provincial government to adopt a more proactive response to the evolving pandemic, in order to ensure a safe return to in-person instruction. Please see the attached Open Letter for details.

Best regards

Lucas Herrenbrueck on behalf of the signatories