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A group of six Carleton student and employee unions is calling on the university’s board of governors to implement a series of changes they say will make the board more “democratic and accountable and representative of the university community.”
The group wants representatives of Carleton students and employees to have a 50 plus 1 majority on the board and, among a series of other demands, they seek the lifting of a gag order that forbids board members to publicly discuss board discussions.
The board’s governance committee is currently revising its bylaws and, according to university spokesman Steven Reid, will consider all proposals and suggestions at its next meeting in January.
“One of the major concerns we are trying to address is that our elected members on the board are not allowed to talk to the people who elected them (about board issues),” said Michael Bueckert, president of the university’s Graduate Students’ Association.
“So our student rep on the board is not technically allowed to talk to students about the decisions that he’s making and the non-confidential issues that affect them.”
The six union groups also claim that their representatives on the board are not getting seats on the more influential committees of the board.
“People on campus would really like a say in choosing the people are who are making decisions on behalf of us,” Bueckert said, “and currently that isn’t the case.”
The group is also fighting a proposal to ban university union office holders from sitting on the board.
Last week, the Canadian Association of University Teachers agreed to investigate Carleton “for lack of transparency and respect for the principles of collegial governance and academic freedom.”
University administrators reject the association’s allegations.
Read the union group’s written submission to the board of governors here.
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The group wants representatives of Carleton students and employees to have a 50 plus 1 majority on the board and, among a series of other demands, they seek the lifting of a gag order that forbids board members to publicly discuss board discussions.
The board’s governance committee is currently revising its bylaws and, according to university spokesman Steven Reid, will consider all proposals and suggestions at its next meeting in January.
“One of the major concerns we are trying to address is that our elected members on the board are not allowed to talk to the people who elected them (about board issues),” said Michael Bueckert, president of the university’s Graduate Students’ Association.
“So our student rep on the board is not technically allowed to talk to students about the decisions that he’s making and the non-confidential issues that affect them.”
The six union groups also claim that their representatives on the board are not getting seats on the more influential committees of the board.
“People on campus would really like a say in choosing the people are who are making decisions on behalf of us,” Bueckert said, “and currently that isn’t the case.”
The group is also fighting a proposal to ban university union office holders from sitting on the board.
Last week, the Canadian Association of University Teachers agreed to investigate Carleton “for lack of transparency and respect for the principles of collegial governance and academic freedom.”
University administrators reject the association’s allegations.
Read the union group’s written submission to the board of governors here.
ccobb@ottawacitizen.com
twitter.com/chrisicobb
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