Tag Archive: governance

Notice of Meeting and Notice of Motion

Members should have received a notice regarding the presentation of a petition to the UBC Faculty Association signed by over 450 faculty seeking to have a membership vote on a no confidence motion. The motion, sponsored by Jonathan Ichikawa (Philosophy), Juliet O’Brien (FHIS), and Alan Richardson (Philosophy) is as follows:

Survey Results

Recently, the Faculty Association surveyed the membership on their opinions about the Presidential Search Committee. We asked two questions and requested a yes or no answer. We received 885 responses from faculty members at both the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses. The results are listed here:

Board governance issues

A letter from Mark Mac Lean, President
On behalf of the UBC Faculty Association Executive Committee

This link will take you to our open letter to the new Chair of the Board of Governors, Mr. Stuart Belkin. The letter has also been copied to Premier Clark and Minister Wilkinson.

Board governance issues and the President’s resignation

A letter from Mark Mac Lean, President
On behalf of the UBC Faculty Association Executive Committee

“It has been a while since the Faculty Association last communicated with members about the aftermath of the resignation of Dr. Arvind Gupta.

UBCFA Executive Meets with Presidential Search Committee

The Executive Committee of the UBC Faculty Association met with the Presidential Search Committee, at their request, on January 12, 2016. We took the opportunity to convey some of the messages you had sent us, especially, the sense of disengagement and cynicism that many of you have publicly and privately expressed,…

 

UBCFA Response to UBC Press Conference Oct. 15

Link to UBCFA Letter to Members from Mark Mac Lean, UBCFA President, responding to the UBC Press Conference held on October 15.

Fact Finding Report Released

Link to UBCFA Letter to Members from Mark Mac Lean, UBCFA President, in response to the release of the Fact Finding Report.
Link to the Fact Finding Report: Summary of Process and Conclusions, The Honourable Lynn Smith, Q.C.

Notice to Members re: response from BOG

Link to October 1 Notice to Members from Mark Mac Lean, UBCFA President. Link to response from the Board of Governors to UBCFA letter dated 21 September 2015.

Link to response from the Board of Governors to UBCFA letter dated 21 September 2015.

Letter to Members Sept. 2

Link to September 2, 2015 Letter to Members from Mark Mac Lean, UBCFA President requesting the Board of Governors renegotiate the terms of Professor Gupta’s resignation agreement.

Link to 1 September 2015 Letter from the UBCFA to the Board of Governors.

Agreement reached with UBC on fact-finding process

Dear Colleagues:

This email is an update on events that have transpired since the Faculty Association Executive Committee called for the resignation of the Chair of the Board of Governors, Mr. John Montalbano.

Shortly after our call for Mr. Montalbano’s resignation, we were approached by the University Executive to explore the possibility of designing a suitably rigorous investigation into the complaints against Mr. Montalbano, and other individuals in the Sauder School of Business. The Faculty Association Executive Committee is committed to due process and sound collegial governance, and we therefore accepted the invitation proffered by the University.