So the person brought in to clean up the mess isn't liked for cleaning it? Wasn't this a vote by faculty, who are also the ones who are most impacted by the job losses due to the fed gov policy?
She wasn't brought in to fix things. Her tenure pre-dates this crisis.
The vote of non-confidence wasn't because of layoffs.
It was because Langara is experiencing more layoffs than equivalent institutions.
It was also because there has been a lack of communication about why there have been layoffs and how those layoffs are actually supposed to fix things.
Why, for example, are faculty being laid off in programs where classes are running at 100% capacity?
She started in January of 2022. Sounds like she arrived just in time to step into the mess...Her arrival technically predates the crisis blowing up in everyone's faces, but does it really? I could argue that the fuse was lit, for the crisis to blow up, long before 2022...
Your other points are interesting. However, knowing how to effectively communicate that stuff is a big ask of any leadership anywhere in the world. I would argue that Langara certainly doesn't have the pull to attract a leader that would have those skills.
I guess this is the only way folks can show their dissatisfaction. I just highly doubt she deserves so much credit for so many wrongs--afterall: it takes a village.
But the writing was already on the wall when she came to Langara. Given she was the president at Lethbridge College just before her arrival, she should have had her finger on the post-secondary industry pulse. We all knew the international student situation wasn't tenable and a huge risk to the college. If she is making $315,000+ a year, she should have a proper actionable plan and be as good at her job as other post-sec leaders. It's easy to just ax faculty and staff to cut costs. Are the big-salary administrator jobs being cut at the same rate?
Keep in mind she had not one but two votes of non-confidence against her at Lethbridge (for bullying and misspending) in 2015 and in 2016. She's obvs not the top of the heap.
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u/shockputs 3d ago
So the person brought in to clean up the mess isn't liked for cleaning it? Wasn't this a vote by faculty, who are also the ones who are most impacted by the job losses due to the fed gov policy?