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A vice-president of the National Research Council is taking extended leave, the second top-level executive to do so this year.
Ian Potter, the vice-president of the NRC’s engineering research division, told staff he is going for at least six months of language training beginning Jan. 9.
No replacement has been publicly named yet.
This follows the exit of former president John McDougall, which began suddenly last March as personal leave and ended with his resignation a few months later.
This week Potter sent an email to staff saying: “I am writing to advise you that I will be undertaking full time language training starting on 9 January. I had to delay this training for several years to help the organization manage its transformation and I am pleased to have the ability now to focus on this area. I plan to be away for an initial period of 6 months…
“There will be announcements on my replacement in the coming days.”
The email is in English and French.
McDougall hired Potter as VP in May, 2011. The two engineers had worked together at the former Alberta Research Council, now called Alberta Innovates — Technology Futures.
The pair were seen by staff as closely aligned in supporting the Conservative government’s goal of making NRC more business-oriented, which some researchers resented.
There has been pressure on NRC to improve its ability to work in French. The most recent report card from the Commissioner of Official Languages gave the agency an overall mark of D for its bilingualism.
The Citizen has asked NRC whether Potter will come back to the same job, and who will replace him for now.
tspears@postmedia.com
twitter.com/TomSpears1
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Ian Potter, the vice-president of the NRC’s engineering research division, told staff he is going for at least six months of language training beginning Jan. 9.
No replacement has been publicly named yet.
This follows the exit of former president John McDougall, which began suddenly last March as personal leave and ended with his resignation a few months later.
This week Potter sent an email to staff saying: “I am writing to advise you that I will be undertaking full time language training starting on 9 January. I had to delay this training for several years to help the organization manage its transformation and I am pleased to have the ability now to focus on this area. I plan to be away for an initial period of 6 months…
“There will be announcements on my replacement in the coming days.”
The email is in English and French.
McDougall hired Potter as VP in May, 2011. The two engineers had worked together at the former Alberta Research Council, now called Alberta Innovates — Technology Futures.
The pair were seen by staff as closely aligned in supporting the Conservative government’s goal of making NRC more business-oriented, which some researchers resented.
There has been pressure on NRC to improve its ability to work in French. The most recent report card from the Commissioner of Official Languages gave the agency an overall mark of D for its bilingualism.
The Citizen has asked NRC whether Potter will come back to the same job, and who will replace him for now.
tspears@postmedia.com
twitter.com/TomSpears1
查看原文...
