The current governance crisis at Concordia
Last updated on April 12, 2011
Aislin, The Gazette, January 8, 2011
- Concordia
President steps down, Concordia University NOW, December 22, 2010
- A
message from Lucie Lequin
emailed to CUFA members on January 4, 2011
-
Woodsworth
refutes Concordia's explanation of her departure, CTV Montreal,
January 5, 2011
-
Concordia's board has failed to provide a plausible explanation,
an article by Peggy Curran in the Gazette, January 6, 2011.
- No
meeting, no vote, no formal decision. Is that kosher?, another article by Peggy Curran in the Gazette, January 6, 2011.
- Université
Concordia - Coûteux et douteux, an article by
Marie-Andrée Chouinard in Le Devoir, January 8, 2011
- An
open letter to Peter Kruyt, Chair of the Board of Governors of
Concordia sent to The Gazette, The Globe and Mail, The
Link, and The Concordian on January 10, 2011
- Message
from Concordia Board of Governors Chair, Concordia University NOW,
January 10, 2011
- Latest
twist in Concordia saga: Student reps wanted Woodsworth out, an
article by Peggy Curran in the Gazette, January 14, 2011.
- Motions
adopted at the CUFA Special Meeting of January 17, 2011
- Motions
passed between January 6 and February 11, 2011 with regard to the actions of
the Board of Governors
-
Minutes of the open session of the meeting of Senate
held on Friday, January 21, 2011
(item 9, 'Departure of the President', is on pages 3 - 6).
Fred Lowy pledges cooperation, openness as Concordia's interim president, an article by Peggy Curran in the Gazette, January 21, 2011.
Concordia's
good day gone bad, an article by Peggy Curran in the Gazette, January 22, 2011.
Université
Concordia - Les irrépréhensibles, an article by
Marie-Andrée Chouinard in Le Devoir, January 24, 2011
The
very short goodbye, an article by Martin Patriquin in Maclean's,
January 31, 2011.
Concordia
settles with dismissed auditors Ted Nowak and Saad Zubair, an
article by Peggy Curran in the Gazette, February 1, 2011.
Concordia's
Board of Governors will meet without Peter Kruyt, an article by Peggy
Curran in the Gazette, February 14, 2011.
Concordia
petition calls for Peter Kruyt to stand down, an article by Peggy
Curran in the Gazette, February 16, 2011.
Overheard
at Concordia's Board of Governors meeting,
an article by Peggy Curran in the Gazette, February 17, 2011.
Board
Outsources Scrutiny, an article by Justin Giovannetti in The Link,
March 1, 2011
Sanjay
Sharma leaving Concordia's JMSB for University of Vermont,
an article by Peggy Curran in the Gazette, March 3, 2011
Les
universités ne sont pas des entreprises privées, an
open letter by François Blais in Cyberpresse.ca, March 8, 2011
Concordia
faculty call on Lowy to suspend Ad Hoc BoG governance committee,
an article by Peggy Curran in the Gazette, March 9, 2011
Concordia et la fin de la collégialité
universitaire, an article by François Blais in
Le Soleil, March 15, 2011
The
petition sent to the Board of Governors on February 16, 2011
Don't forget to keep our heads high!
A
letter sent to Dr. Lowy from Holly Nazar, Rushdia Mehreen, Erik Chevrier, and Louise Birdsell Bauer
- Le manifeste de l'université québécoise: pour une
université libre, accessible, démocratique et publique
- La
gouvernance des universités dans l'économie du
savoir (par Maxime Ouellet et Eric Martin)
- Democracy's Nemesis:
The Rise of the Corporate University, by Henry A. Giroux
- an
interview with David Bernans, the author of Con U
Inc.: Privatization, Marketization and Globalization at Concordia
University (and Beyond)
- The
Grim Threat to British Universities, an article by Simon Head in
The New York Review of Books, January 13, 2011
- The
Perils of Philanthropy, an article by Paul Hamel and John Valleau
in The Blue and White, February 9, 2011
- After
Browne, an article in London Review of Books by Iain Pears, March
17, 2011
- Are
"charter universities" the future of state-funded higher ed?, an
article in Stateline by
David Harrison, March 18, 2011
- Why
the United States Is Destroying Its Education System, an article
in Truthdig by Chris Hedges, April 10, 2011
-
An Act respecting educational institutions at the university level
An Act respecting university foundations
- Charter
of Concordia University
- By-Laws
of Concordia University
- Concordia
University Code of Ethics
- External
governance review committee
- Board of Governors
- Offical
website
-
The
Clique de Concordia by Steve Faguy in Fagstein,
January 9, 2011
- The endless board: Board of Governors ignores term
limits,
an article by Justin Giovannetti on page 5 of The Link, January
18, 2011
- Who's
who on Concordia's board, an article by Peggy Curran in the Gazette, January 22, 2011.
- The Man Behind
The Curtain, an article by
Laura Beeston and Justin Giovannetti in The Link, February 15, 2011.
- Senate
- Consultation
draft of an academic plan for Concordia University, 2011 -
2016