Apr 10, 2024 - CBC News - Staff call for Saint Mary's University president to resign
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Faculty at St Mary's University in Halifax are calling for the resignation of the president and the chair of the Board of Governors. The union that represents nearly 300 staff members voted overwhelmingly in support of a no-confidence motion.
Brett Rusin is live with us this morning, and he has the details on what is happening behind this groundswell of opposition and this vote. Brett, what's going on?
Yeah, Heather, this is just the latest move by the union representing the faculty at St Mary's University, the third-largest university by enrollment in Nova Scotia behind Dalhousie and Cape Breton University.
And you can tell that faculty members aren't happy with the way things are being run. 91% of the faculty voting to that they don't have confidence in those two members of leadership that you mentioned. Now, what does this vote mean?
Nothing automatically in the immediate schedule or timeline. There's noting binding. There's nothing enforceable about this. The vote is taking and taken by the union internally.
But it does show the lack of confidence that the faculty has in the management of the University. Debt is up, enrollment is down, which is in contrast to other universities that are either doing fairly well or even on the upswing in some cases.
As for university's side of things, they say that they're hearing the thoughts and the voices and the opinions of the union representing the faculty. They want to work closely with the union and with faculty members, work amicably to ensure that the university continues to be sustainable in the future.
As for next steps, the union says that they plan to have an information meeting just outside of the university just on one of the main busy street corners that the university is situated on in the south end of Halifax. That will happen tomorrow afternoon. Open to faculty members as well as to members of the general public to learn more about the situation. At SMU, Heather.
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Falcuties at Saint Mary University in Halifax are calling for the resignation of the president and the chair of the board of governers. The Union represents near 300 staff members voted overwhelmingly in support of no confidence motion.
- Falcuties at Saint Mary's University in Halifax are calling for the resignation of the president and the chair of the board of governers. The Union that represents nearly 300 staff members voted overwhelmingly in support of a no-confidence motion.
Brett Ruskin is live with us this morning. He has details on what's happening behind this really grant our opposition and this vote. Brett let's going on?
- Brett Ruskin is live with us this morning. He has details on what's happening behind this really groundswell of opposition and this vote. Brett what's going on?
Yeah, Heather. Just the latest move by the union representing faculty at Saint Mary's University or SMU, the third university by enrollment in Nova Scotia behind Dalhousie and Cape Breton university.
And you can tell the faculty members aren't happy with the way things are being run. 91% of the faculty voting to that they don't have confidence in those two members of leadership that you mentioned. Now, what does this vote mean?
- And you can tell that faculty members aren't happy with the way things are being run. 91% of the faculty voting to that they don't have confidence in those two members of leadership that you mentioned. Now, what does this vote mean?
Nothing automatically in the immediate schedule or timeline. Noting bind it. Nothing is forceable about this. The vote is taking and taken by the union internally.
- Nothing automatically in the immediate schedule or timeline. There's noting binding. There's nothing enforceable about this. The vote is taking and taken by the union internally.
But it does show the lack of confidence the faculty has in the management of the university. Debts is up, enrollment is down. That in contrast other universities, that are either doing fairly well, even on the upswing in some cases.
- But it does show the lack of confidence that the faculty has in the management of the university. Debts is up, enrollment is down. That's in contrast to other universities that are either doing fairly well, or even on the upswing in some cases.
As for university side of things, they said they're hearing the songs and voices of opinions of the union representing faculty. They want to work closely with the union and with the faculty members. work emicably to ensure that university continue to be sustainable in the future.
- As for university's side of things, they say that they're hearing the thoughts and the voices and the opinions of the union representing the faculty. They want to work closely with the union and with faculty members, work amicably to ensure that the university continues to be sustainable in the future.
As for next steps, the union says that they plan to have an information meeting just outside of the university on one of the main busy street corners that the university is situated in the south end of Halifax. That will happen to more revenue open to faculty members as well as to members the general public to learn more about the situation. At SMU, Heather.
- As for next steps, the union says that they plan to have an information meeting just outside of the university just on one of the main busy street corners that the university is situated on in the south end of Halifax. That will happen tomorrow afternoon. Open to faculty members as well as to members of the general public to learn more about the situation. At SMU, Heather.
Note
groundswell n. 风潮（众人的意见或感情的累积）；浪潮
groundswell of opposition 反对的风潮
enforceable adj. 可执行的（能够被强制以遵守的）
binding and enforceable 有约束力且可执行的
upswing n. 强度或数量的增加；呈上升趋势
faculty n. 内在力量；学院；教职员工；教会的许可
amicably adv. 友好地、和平地
automatic adj. 自动的
autocratic adj. 专制的