Thank you for sending the link Ronda! It was an intense meeting, lots of good questions. Must be stressful for the Provost and President. Provost Rassier after all has no responsibility for our current fiscal difficulties.
One question that came up was how come we are still hiring faculty when the student numbers are going down. Student numbers are going up not down but the main thing is that Provost Rassier reiterated that hiring more faculty would be welcomed by the central admin. If your Dean is telling you otherwise, you should tell them to check the memos from the upper admin.
Regards,
Oliver
On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 1:18 PM Michelle Nilson <michelle_nilson@sfu.ca> wrote:
Ronda's link worked for me and should work.
Michelle Nilson, Ph.D. (She/Her/Hers) *Why do pronouns matter? https://pronouns.org/what-and-why/
Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University
Director, Centre for the Study of Educational Leadership and Policy (CSELP), https://www.sfu.ca/cselp.html
President, Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE), https://csshe-scees.ca/
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From: Sam Black <samuel_black@sfu.ca>
Sent: January 31, 2024 1:06:10 PM
To: Wendy Loken Thornton; Nilima Nigam; Faculty Forum Mail List
Subject: Re: there's a town hall todayThanks Wendy,
I now know why I can't log in.
I look forward to reading about the highlights.
Best,
Sam
Sam Black
Assoc. Prof. Philosophy, SFU
This note is not AI-generated.
I respectfully acknowledge that SFU is on the unceded ancestral and traditional territories of the səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) and kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem) Nations.
From: Wendy Loken Thornton <wthornto@sfu.ca>
Sent: January 31, 2024 10:39:50 AM
To: Nilima Nigam; Faculty Forum Mail List
Subject: Re: there's a town hall todayApparently we needed to register by January 25 in order to receive the invite. Granted I'm on leave and may have missed the memo, but it would be nice for faculty who can attend this zoom town hall today to be able to do so.
"A calendar invite will be sent to those who register before Wednesday, January 25.
All registrants will receive the Zoom link on the morning of the event."
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Wendy Loken Thornton, Ph.D. R.Psych
Professor, Department of PsychologyDirector, Cognitive Aging Lab
Simon Fraser University
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From: Nilima Nigam <nigam@math.sfu.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 10:27 AM
To: Faculty Forum Mail List
Subject: FYI: there's a town hall todayDear colleaguesas you may know, there's a towm hall today for Faculty and Staff, hosted by the SFU President, to chat about priorities and budgets.(Wed., Jan. 31, 2024 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM PST).
I hope many of us can attend this. We, as faculty, have both the duty and the right to participate in the governance of the university, and to be part of discussions around it.
The issues that may arise will be reflective of who is there. We likely won't agree with each other on what university priorities ought to be, and that's a good thing. Herds of cats are vastly more interesting to me than herds of lemmings. But even cats need to show up at the watering hole.
bestNilima--
Nilima Nigam
Professor
Dept. of Mathematics
Simon Fraser University