Stupid, short-sighted and brutal, yes . . . but a larger problem than just the writing centre. Check out this article: http://tinyurl.com/ncyuqec We can write, but it's clear this administration has the bit in its teeth. Is WLU unionized? -- Russ > The termination is stupid and short-sighted and the way it was > done, brutal. I'll be saying as much in my letter and strongly > support all our organizations writing letters. If I can help with > that, let me know. And all my thoughts to Boba. > > ~Amanda Goldrick-Jones > Writing Services Coordinator > Simon Fraser University / Student Learning Commons > ====== > > > On Mar 13, 2015, at 07:56, Patricia Patchet-Golubev > > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > Thanks Margaret for letting us know about this. I will send a > > letter and think that an organizational response is also a good > > idea. > > > > Patricia Patchet-Golubev > > Director > > Trinity College Writing Centre > > From: casll-l: Canadian Association for the Study of Language > > and Learning (Inkshed) [[log in to unmask]] on behalf > > of Sarah King [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, March 13, > > 2015 10:49 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: > > protest about Wilfrid Laurier termination > > > > This is indeed shocking. I too will send a letter and support > > formal organizations doing so. Sarah King, PhD UTSC Writing > > Centre Coordinator > > > >> On Mar 13, 2015, at 10:44 AM, Dena Taylor > >> <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> > >> Thank you for disseminating this awful news, Margaret. What a > >> shock it is to see how Boba's excellent work--and the work of > >> writing centres in general--is so terribly undervalued! > >> > >> I will send a letter and certainly agree that the various > >> organizations should make a formal response. > >> > >> All best, > >> Dena > >> > >> > >> > >> ---------------- > >> > >> Dena Bain Taylor, PhD, ARCT, > >> Director, > >> Health Sciences Writing Centre, > >> University of Toronto, > >> 55 Harbord Street, > >> Toronto, Ontario, > >> M5S 2W6 Canada. > >> www.hswriting.ca > >> > >> Consult "Writing in the Health Sciences: a comprehensive > >> guide" at > >> http://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/hswriting/index From: > >> casll-l: Canadian Association for the Study of Language and > >> Learning (Inkshed) [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of > >> Theresa Hyland [[log in to unmask]] Sent: March-13-15 10:40 > >> AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Fwd: protest > >> about Wilfrid Laurier termination > >> > >> Hi Margaret. I applaud your move. I've Tweeted and posted a > >> link to Emmie's letter on my Twitter account. I think > >> individual letters as well as a group CASDW, and CWCA letter > >> might be a good idea. Cheers, Theresa. > >> > >>> On 03/13/15, Margaret Procter <[log in to unmask]> > >>> wrote: Dear Inkshed colleagues: > >>> > >>> I'm shocked to learn that Wilfrid Laurier University has just > >>> terminated the position of its writing-centre manager Boba > >>> Samuels. She was told on Tuesday that her position was > >>> redundant and immediately escorted off-campus, along with > >>> several other staff members in other university positions. > >>> > >>> The former (and now retired) manager Emmy Misser wrote a > >>> scathing letter to a Waterloo newspaper asking the > >>> university's president to explain this decision: > >>> http://www.therecord.com/opinion-story/5474412-an-essential-s > >>> ervice/. > >>> > >>> Emmy encourages other people in the writing-studies community > >>> outside Laurier to let the administration know that we value > >>> writing-centre work and deplore this cut. She notes that the > >>> service is a highly efficient small operation: "An attack on > >>> writing is fundamentally an anti-intellectual move. Is that > >>> what Laurier now is about?" > >>> > >>> The contact page for WLU senior administration is > >>> http://wlu.ca/about/senior-leadership/index.html, and a link > >>> at the bottom of the page leads to a Faculty and Staff > >>> Directory with a search function for email addresses. I'm > >>> going to write the president Dr. Max Blouw myself, and hope > >>> many others will join me. > >>> > >>> Should CASLL as an organization also take this up? > >>> > >>> Margaret Procter > >>> (retired) University of Toronto > >>> > >>> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > >>> To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL-L command to > >>> [log in to unmask] or, if you experience > >>> difficulties, > >>> write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] > >>> > >>> To view or search the list archives, go to > >>> https://listserv.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A0=CASLL-L > >>> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > >> -- > >> Theresa Hyland, MA, EdD > >> Director, Writing and Cross-cultural Services > >> > >> Huron University College > >> 1349 Western Rd. > >> London ON N6G 1H3 > >> t 519-438-7224519-438-7224 Ext. 317 > >> f 519-438-4338 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Call > >> Send SMS > >> Add to Skype > >> You'll need Skype CreditFree via Skype > >> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL-L > >> command [log in to unmask] or, if you experience > >> difficulties, write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] To view or > >> search the list archives, go to > >> https://listserv.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A0=CASLL-L > >> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To leave the list, > >> send a SIGNOFF CASLL-L command to > >> [log in to unmask] or, if you experience > >> difficulties, write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] To view or > >> search the list archives, go to > >> https://listserv.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A0=CASLL-L > >> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > "I'm trying to see if there's any truth to the rumour I > > started." ~The New Yorker -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To leave the > > list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL-L command to > > [log in to unmask] or, if you experience > > difficulties, write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] To view or > > search the list archives, go to > > https://listserv.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A0=CASLL-L > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To leave the list, send > > a SIGNOFF CASLL-L command to [log in to unmask] or, > > if you experience difficulties, write to Russ Hunt at > > [log in to unmask] To view or search the list archives, go to > > https://listserv.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A0=CASLL-L > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL-L command to > [log in to unmask] or, if you experience > difficulties, > write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] > > To view or search the list archives, go to > https://listserv.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A0=CASLL-L > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > -- Russ Hunt Professor Emeritus Saint Thomas University http://www.stu.ca/~hunt -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL-L command to [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] To view or search the list archives, go to https://listserv.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A0=CASLL-L -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-