Globe and Mail: A matter of principal grips Queen’s
‘Unprecedented’ controversy surrounds decision on reappointment of university’s leader
Construction cranes dot the spring sky in Kingston.
Queen’s University is on a multimillion-dollar building binge that is set to last until long after current undergrads collect their degrees.
This weekend, as the countdown to finals begins in earnest for students, the clock is also ticking for the university’s principal, Karen Hitchcock. A special committee is expected to decide early next week whether she will stay for a second five-year term. The outcome of that meeting has the potential to send as big a shockwave through the tight-knit Queen’s community as the blasts required to move the limestone for the new recreation centre.
Dr. Hitchcock, in an interview this week, would not discuss her reappointment or the comments of her critics. “There is nothing to respond to,” she said. “This is a confidential, personnel matter.”
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