UNBC Appointments Announced
“UNBC is an award-winning research-intensive university with an important role to play in the sustainable growth of communities in northern BC,” says Turner, who is manager of government relations for Spectra Energy, a natural gas-gathering, processing, and transmission company. “The provincial government is predicting a ‘northern decade’ with unprecedented growth in the areas of healthcare, natural sciences, and applied sciences, such as engineering and resource management. I’m excited by the opportunities this represents for UNBC and looking forward to working with all stakeholders over the coming year.”
Don Prior was born in Kitimat, raised in Prince George, and now resides in Vancouver. He is a partner with WATSON, an advisory board member for the World Wildlife Federation, Pacific Region, and a past director with Dress for Success and the Emily Carr Foundation.
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They are going to have a tough time presiding over UNBC board with its numerous financial and moral problems
and with the prospect of an NDP BC future government.
I also noted that (Bill) William McGill, the former Dean of CSAM college in UNBC who had a terrible track record in UNBC (with 40% of college enrolment decline under his tenure) also became the President of Prince George chamber of commerce in March.
The chamber of commerce should have been very desperate to name McGill. Perhaps the BC liberals will consider him as a replacement for Jago as mediator in the BC teacher’s dispute. His “wordsmithing” and labour relations are as bad as Jago.
“The BC Teachers Federation has criticized the appointment of Dr. Jago as mediator on the grounds that there is an âapprehension of biasâ regarding his role.”
“In addition, Dr. Jago has acknowledged that he had a role in âwordsmithingâ the text of Bill 22, which the teachers consider to be a draconian, anti-teacher piece of legislation.”
Both McGill and Jago had practices in UNBC (and Jago later in Northern Health ), considered draconian and anti-labour by the employees and their union.
The new UNBC board members should transform that left over draconian atmosphere in UNBC into a more positive one.
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