{"id":9947,"date":"2014-05-20T13:52:38","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T21:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/?p=9947"},"modified":"2014-05-20T13:52:38","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T21:52:38","slug":"capilanouniversity-faculty-want-answers-day-13-of-art-censorship-bced-bcpoli-caut-georgerammell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/2014\/05\/capilanouniversity-faculty-want-answers-day-13-of-art-censorship-bced-bcpoli-caut-georgerammell\/","title":{"rendered":"#CapilanoUniversity faculty want answers: Day 13 of art censorship #bced #bcpoli #caut #GeorgeRammell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/files\/2014\/05\/puppettotem.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9951\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/files\/2014\/05\/puppettotem-200x300.png\" alt=\"puppettotem\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/files\/2014\/05\/puppettotem-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/files\/2014\/05\/puppettotem.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>George Rammell, Day 13, May 20, 2014&#8211; \u00a0Day 13 of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.straight.com\/arts\/643126\/capilano-university-seizes-instructors-sculpture-president-poodle\" target=\"_blank\">art seizure of\u00a0Blathering On in Krisendom\u00a0at Capilano University<\/a>\u00a0and I want answers.\u00a0What does the vice-president Cindy Turner mean when she says my piece has been dismantled? Cindy, you were responsible for the destruction of our protest banners last Spring, (<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/2014\/05\/clampdown-on-academic-freedom-and-speech-in-canada-bced-caut-capilanouniversity-georgerammell\/\" target=\"_blank\">as if we were not allowed to voice our concerns about Bulcroft\u2019s illegal cuts<\/a>),we never received an apology or compensation. Is this a repeat of last year?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s becoming apparent that the Board at Capilano University is now realizing they do not have the authority to seize or damage my art. Why have the RCMP been told this is just an internal matter, as if I\u2019m guilty of insubordination. This is theft and I\u2019ve lost valuable Professional Development studio time, I have every right to complete that work in the Studio Art studios. I have other exhibition plans for that work.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/saskatoon\/brett-fairbairn-u-of-s-provost-resigns-in-wake-of-tenure-scandal-1.2647804\" target=\"_blank\">wrongful firing of a single professor at the University of Sask<\/a>. is pale compared to the illegal gutting of entire programs at Cap. that cannot be restored in this economic climate.<\/p>\n<p>There are a few dedicated faculty on the Capilano U Board who are attempting to save our institution, but they can only do so much when the rest are asleep at the wheel.<\/p>\n<p>Is Bulcroft going to waste more of Cap&#8217;s dwindling financial resources to appeal the BC Supreme Courts ruling that she violated the University Act by planning cuts without due process? Shall we buy her a ticket to Blaine?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George Rammell, Day 13, May 20, 2014&#8211; \u00a0Day 13 of the art seizure of\u00a0Blathering On in Krisendom\u00a0at Capilano University\u00a0and I want answers.\u00a0What does the vice-president Cindy Turner mean when she says my piece has been dismantled? Cindy, you were responsible &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/2014\/05\/capilanouniversity-faculty-want-answers-day-13-of-art-censorship-bced-bcpoli-caut-georgerammell\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1527,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[554,287,2250,2251,110960,562,2257,555,833,2266,2270,2273,2275,2276],"tags":[1288925,1288923,1288941,1288954,1288961,2674,1288964],"class_list":["post-9947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academic-freedom","category-administration","category-advocacy","category-budgets-funding","category-censorship-2","category-culture","category-employment-rights","category-free-speech","category-intellectual-property","category-protests","category-solidarity","category-students","category-unions","category-working-conditions","tag-academic-freedom","tag-administration","tag-budgets-funding","tag-protests","tag-students","tag-university-presidents","tag-working-conditions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1527"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9947"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9952,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9947\/revisions\/9952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}