Employment status

All instructors in the department are hired on rolling contracts. A rolling contract automatically renewed. Specifically, I interviewed initially and was hired to teach courses. Since that initial hiring, I didn’t need to do anything. I was assigned courses to Read more…

Going public

For months, I tried to resolve this privately with University administration, without success. Today, this website went public and the University of Alberta Board of Governors were informed. Below is the email sent to the Board executive. This email is Read more…

Faculty of Instruction

Every Chair, Dean, Vice-president, and President position at the University of Alberta is filled by research faculty. All decision-making is made by people who prioritize research over teaching. Some explicitly state that research is more important. Some openly condemn first-year Read more…