Joe Kerr

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In the latest video in our series on Academic Governance TRUFA VP Star Mahara discusses governance at the departmental level and focuses on responsibilities related to short-term planning, maintenance of courses […]

In the latest video in our series on Academic Governance TRUFA VP Star Mahara reminds TRU Faculty to ensure that their Faculty or School Council By-laws are up-to-date and relevant. A checklist is provided for […]

Thank you for participating in our TRU Governance Quiz! This video details the correct answers to all five questions.

Watch and find out how your knowledge of Governance at TRU stacks up. Be sure to watch for […]

TRU faculty members often note that the authority of Faculty Councils is sometimes ignored or circumvented in the academic governance process at TRU. In our fourth video, TRU Faculty Association Vice President, […]

What are the powers and duties of Faculty Councils at TRU? In our third video, TRU Faculty Association Vice President, Star Mahara, explains the role of Faculty Councils in academic governance and highlights their […]

How do the governance structures and processes at TRU work? How and when were they created? In our second video, TRU Faculty Association Vice President, Star Mahara, introduces the structures and processes of […]

Why is academic governance important? What is at stake if the crisis in governance isn’t fixed? What can I do to help?

Watch our ongoing video series for answers the these questions and more. Learn about the […]

I must respond to your June 21 NewKamloops editorial entitled, “Mining helps pay the freight at TRU.”

It makes perfect sense for a mining company like New Gold to have a conscience and to directly fund res […]

Dear Dr. Dagg,

I appreciate your e-mail to the TRU community, which I have copied below, in light of the 81% non-confidence vote by TRU faculty.

Despite your claim that TRU has “a robust shared governance […]

The Williams Lake Tribune interviewed TRUFA President Tom Friedman in connection with the results of the recent TRU faculty vote of non-confidence in the university’s senior administrators. Friedman had this to […]

Here is Kamloops BC Now article covering the results of the TRU faculty non-confidence vote in senior administrators.  Here is a snippet:
“A non-confidence vote at Thompson Rivers University ended with over 80 […]

“TRU administration’s focus on playing the numbers game is yet one more example of avoiding the problem instead of showing leadership. For context, 40% of eligible faculty at UBC voted 62% non confidence in their […]

News Kamloops reported on the results of the week-long non-confidence vote in senior administrators at TRU.  TRUFA President, Tom Friedman, stressed the importance of the 81% No Confidence outcome by […]

Earlier today, CFJC News reported the results of the TRU Faculty-initiated non-confidence vote in senior administrators. In the CFJC article, TRUFA President Tom Friedman is quoted as saying that calling a meeting […]

The Omega, TRU’s independent student newspaper, reports on the results of the week-long vote over confidence in the following TRU senior administrators:

University President Alan Shaver
Provost and […]

Colleagues,

Here are the results of the non-confidence vote:
363 Votes cast
YES (confidence): 70 (19%)
NO (non-confidence): 293 (81%)
MEDIA RELEASE
In a vote initiated by TRU faculty, an overwhelming […]

The response to the Faculty vote of non-confidence in TRU senior administrators has been a disappointment. For the most part it amounted to flat-out denials or refusals to acknowledge problems continue to […]

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