U OF O WATCH: November 2008

U of O Watch mission, in the words of Foucault...

"One knows … that the university and in a general way, all teaching systems, which appear simply to disseminate knowledge, are made to maintain a certain social class in power; and to exclude the instruments of power of another social class. … It seems to me that the real political task in a society such as ours is to criticise the workings of institutions, which appear to be both neutral and independent; to criticise and attack them in such a manner that the political violence which has always exercised itself obscurely through them will be unmasked, so that one can fight against them." -- Foucault, debating Chomsky, 1971.

Monday, November 10, 2008

Code of Conduct Needed at U of O

Student activism crushed the Administration’s recent attempt to install a Student Code of Conduct: SEE LINK (video).
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At that time, some argued that an Executive Code of Conduct was needed because of the potential for abuse of power: SEE LINK.
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Recent and ongoing unethical abuse of power by U of O President Allan Rock is reported HERE (video).
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The aggressive and abusive treatment by a seasoned executive officer and former federal minister of a mild-mannered undergraduate student is inexcusable. Mr. Allan Rock appeared to have the clear intent to intimidate, with disproportionate use of force.
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In his “apology”, Rock went on to defame and blame the student: SEE LINK. The “apology” describes an event that is in sharp contrast to the voice recording.
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Bring on The Code!
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[Photo credit: University of Ottawa]
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Context of Thuggery:
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Thuggery in the Upper Administration
Thuggery in Physics
Department of Physics DTPC - video

Libertarian Values that Create an Opening... (no one else?!)

"Within the unique university context, the most crucial of all human rights are the rights of freedom of speech, academic freedom and freedom of research. And we affirm that these rights are meaningless unless they entail the right to raise deeply disturbing questions and provocative challenges to the cherished beliefs of society at large and of the university itself. It is this human right to radical, critical teaching and research with which the University has a duty above all to be concerned; for there is no one else, no other institution and no other office, in our modern liberal democracy, which is the custodian of this most precious and vulnerable right of the liberated human spirit." --Statement of Institutional Purpose, University of Toronto.

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