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Notes on a Farce
Posted By Neal Yonson On August 17, 2015 @ 10:05 pm In Asides,Editorial | Comments Disabled
Notes on a Farce
The Ubyssey has a great, absurd write up [1] of the great, absurd experience of finding out today that the university’s Board of Governors was having an unannounced meeting taking place entirely behind closed doors. Typically, the Board only meets five times a year, so having two unannounced meetings in under two weeks is very unusual, especially when the president of the institution “resigns” effective immediately on the same day as one of them, and the other takes place the very next morning after a professor makes very public accusations that the Chair of the Board was trying to silence her. The Ubyssey story and tweets from @UbysseyNews [2] and @UBCInsiders [3] provide a play-by-play that I won’t rehash. But before the thoughts disappear, a few additional notes to flesh things out and to make sure they are recorded.
Stay tuned tomorrow for some more World-Class, Open and Transparent leadership from John Montalbano and the UBC Board of Governors.
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[1] great, absurd write up: http://ubyssey.ca/news/secret-board-governors-meeting-took-place-today/
[2] @UbysseyNews: https://twitter.com/ubysseynews
[3] @UBCInsiders: https://twitter.com/ubcinsiders
[4] Kirk & Co: http://kirkandco.ca/
[5] Here’s footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOn4YZqhaY8
[6] when caught by a reporter: http://globalnews.ca/news/2170497/controversy-around-ubc-leadership-escalates-after-alleged-breach-of-academic-freedom/
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