I echo Henry's observations.
The idea that there currently isn't sufficient funding for the Black Cluster Hire is especially ridiculous given the reports we have recently received about the dramatic expansion in non-faculty, non-permanent staff, and the lack of replacement of faculty.
Perhaps our colleagues Media Relations and in Communications and Marketing can report to their VP that they are in a rather difficult moral position because they are being asked to promote a university that is ongoingly and blatantly not meeting its "Equity,
Diversity, and Inclusion" benchmarks at the faculty level. (I note that the University threw away an opportunity in the recent FASS Dean hiring process.)
From: Henry Daniel <hdaniel@sfu.ca>
Sent: June 14, 2022 2:40 PM
To: Black Caucus; academic-discussion@sfu.ca
Cc: SFU Media Relations; Communications and Marketing; UBC Black Caucus
Subject: SFU remains Canada’s top university for innovation, rises to first for entrepreneurial spirit in global ranking
Sent: June 14, 2022 2:40 PM
To: Black Caucus; academic-discussion@sfu.ca
Cc: SFU Media Relations; Communications and Marketing; UBC Black Caucus
Subject: SFU remains Canada’s top university for innovation, rises to first for entrepreneurial spirit in global ranking
SFU remains Canada’s top university for innovation, rises to first for entrepreneurial spirit in global ranking!
…and yet we can’t seem to find the budget to hire the fifteen new Black Professors that a crucial Senate ruling established a year ago!??!!
Regards,
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Henry
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Distinguished SFU Professor | Professor - Dance, Performance Studies, New Media Technologies | School for the Contemporary Arts | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts |
149 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC. V6B 1H4| C: +1 778 994 3897 | Office: +1 778 782 3897 | hdaniel@sfu.ca | www.henrydaniel.ca