CAUT LAUNCHES AD HOC INVESTIGATION INTO

THE DISMISSAL OF

PROFESSOR COLIN WIGHTMAN

CAUT has created an Ad Hoc Investigatory Committee to look into the termination of Professor Colin Wightman. The purpose of the Committee is to examine whether the termination was for just cause and whether proper procedures were followed. Should the investigation conclude that the termination was not appropriate, and should the Board of Governors not take steps to remedy the situation, then Acadia could be the subject of censure by the CAUT.

Censure means that CAUT will ask its members:

▸    not to accept appointments at a censured institution;

▸    not to accept invitations to speak or participate in academic conferences there;

▸    not to accept any distinction or honour that may be offered by that institution.

It also means that CAUT will:

▸    refuse to accept advertisements for positions vacant at an institution under censure in the CAUT Bulletin or on the CAUT website;

▸    widely publicize the dispute in the media and in the CAUT Bulletin and other publications;

▸    bring the censure to the attention of associations of academic staff in other countries, request that they publish an account of the dispute in their journals and ask their members to respect the censure;

▸    bring the censure motion to the attention of post-secondary student organizations, the Canadian Labour Congress, and other appropriate groups;

▸    encourage academic disciplinary associations to refuse to carry advertisements for or hold events at censured institutions.

Peter Williams

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