The\u00a0management\u00a0and legitimacy crisis at the University of British Columbia is\u00a0growing worse. Putting out fires from crisis to crisis, the University’s public relations has been a disaster\u00a0from day one.<\/p>\n
Following the release of Freedom of Information records, replete with embedded files– smoking guns– UBC has had little to no comment. The first comment was “UBC will not be commenting<\/a>.”\u00a0No comment…\u00a0from\u00a0the VP External Relations and University Counsel.<\/p>\n The second comment elaborated on a technicality: “it is necessary to take the additional step of \u201csanitizing\u201d the [FoI] PDF file to remove the hidden copies of the unredacted attachments.<\/a>”<\/p>\n “UBC deeply regrets the error that led to this privacy breach,” University Counsel continued.<\/p>\n That’s it? That’s the extent of the apology? A technical regret for\u00a0a\u00a0failure to sanitize?<\/p>\n Advice to the\u00a0VP External Relations and University Counsel: 1) Apologize to Dr.\u00a0Gupta. 2) Publicly apologize to the faculty, staff, and students of UBC.<\/p>\n That would be a start…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The\u00a0management\u00a0and legitimacy crisis at the University of British Columbia is\u00a0growing worse. Putting out fires from crisis to crisis, the University’s public relations has been a disaster\u00a0from day one. Following the release of Freedom of Information records, replete with embedded files– … Continue reading