--------------------------------------------------------------------- LAST UPDATE OF THE LIST OF SIGNATORIES: FRIDAY 10 MARCH 10:35 AM --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Board of Governors, Please dismiss Peter Kruyt from the Board immediately. The damage this man has inflicted on our university is all but irreparable. Over the last two months, we have lost every last shred of respect for him. Please dismiss him from the Board immediately: he is showing no sign of stepping down voluntarily. In a unanimous resolution on January 21, our Senate strongly urged that the Chair of the Board of Governors step aside immediately. On the same day, he said that the thought came to his mind, but he was not one to walk away from a challenge. These words only add insult to injury: they fly in the face of not only the Senate's resolution, but also similar resolutions passed by twenty-nine departments, three faculty councils, and unions of faculty, staff, other employees, and students. We are asking for a gesture of reassurance that our voices are being heard. None of us wants ugly confrontations. Dismiss Peter Kruyt from the Board immediately, please. We do not want Concordia referred to as "the dysfunctional university" any more. Signed, Ali Akgunduz Associate Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Aishy Amer Associate professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Chadi Assi Associate Professor, Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering Ingrid Bachmann Associate Professor, Studio Arts Irmak Bahar Undergraduate Student, Cell and Molecular Biology Laura Beach Double major in Anthropology and Geography, Human Environment Louise Birdsell Bauer Graduate Student, Sociology and Anthropology Stefanie Brideau Undergraduate Student, Psychology Frederick Bode Professor, History Meral Büyükkurt Associate Professor, Decision Sciences and Management Information Systems Walcir Cardoso Associate Professor, Education Yogendra Chaubey Professor and Chair, Mathematics and Statistics Vasek Chvatal Professor and Canada Research Chair, Computer Science and Software Engineering Tim Clark Associate Professor, Studio Arts Roy Cross, Associate Professor, Cinema Daniel Dagenais Associate Professor, Sociology and Anthropology Bipin Desai Professor, Computer Science and Software Engineering Ali Dolatabadi Associate Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Isabelle Dostaler Associate Professor, Management Carolyn Fick Associate Professor, History Jane Francis Associate Professor, Classics, Modern Languages, and Linguistics Barry Frank Professor, Physics Wahid Ghaly Associate Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering José Antonio Giménez-Micó Associate Professor, Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics Mark Goldsmith Graduate Student, Computer Science and Software Engineering Hugh Hazelton Associate Professor, Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics Michael Heinermann, Undergraduate Student in Geography Norman Ingram Professor and Chair, History Daniela Isac Associate Professor, Linguistics James Jans Associate Professor, Psychology Christine Jourdan Professor, Sociology and Anthropology Lyes Kadem Associate Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Kai Lamertz Associate Professor, Management P. Karen Langshaw Associate Professor, Design and Computation Arts James MacLean Undergraduate Student in Economics Sheila Mason Professor, Philosophy Rosanna Maule Associate Professor, Cinema Mamoun Medraj Associate Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Hannah Morrow Undergraduate Student in Theatre and Development Sudhir Mudur Professor and Chair, Computer Science and Software Engineering Holly Nazar MA student, Media Studies Brad Nelson, Associate Professor and Chair, Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics Gonzalo Nieto Undergraduate Student, Psychology/Behavioural Neuroscience Jaroslav Opatrny Professor, Computer Science and Software Engineering Joey Paquet Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Software Engineering Laurean Adrian Parau Undergraduate Student, Major in Film Studies Morgan Pudwell Graduate Student in Theatre and Development Dolores Pushkar Professor, Psychology Geneviève Rail Directrice, Institut Simone-De Beauvoir Subhash Rakheja Professor and Concordia University Research Chair, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Ian Rakita, Associate Professor, Finance Norma Rantisi Assistant Professor, Geography, Planning and Environment Charles Reiss Professor, Linguistics Sébastien Robidoux Senior Lecturer, Chemistry and Biochemistry Jonathan Sachs Associate Professor, English Lionel Sanders Professor, Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics Kimberly Sawchuk Professor, Communication Studies Stefan Schmidt Undergraduate Student, Honours in Economics Nematollaah Shiri Associate Professor, Computer Science and Software Engineering Matt Soar Associate Professor, Communication Studies Reza Soleymani, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering April Underwood Undergraduate Student in English Literature and Philosophy Megan Underwood Undergraduate Student in Theatre Pouya Valizadeh Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Rolf Wuthrich Associate Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Yong Zeng Professor and Canada Research Chair, Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering