{"id":9998,"date":"2014-09-05T14:43:09","date_gmt":"2014-09-05T22:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/?p=9998"},"modified":"2014-09-07T08:54:50","modified_gmt":"2014-09-07T16:54:50","slug":"smu-major-changes-ubc-ubcsauderschool-not-so-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/2014\/09\/smu-major-changes-ubc-ubcsauderschool-not-so-much\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Mary’s major changes, #UBC not so much #SMUHalifaxNews #ubcSauderschool"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome Back! Or so two universities sheepishly say to new students in a wake of orientation disasters last year. At UBC, the rape chant at the Sauder School of Business this was the Ubyssey<\/em>‘s top story of the year<\/a>. As it went, for the same practice Saint Mary’s University conducted an extensive investigation and issued an exhaustive report– 110 pages<\/a>. Administrators held or took accountability. At UBC, in\u00a0Sauder, not so much. A thin 5 page report and no mention of administration– this with a bloated leadership team at Sauder<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So what happened between December 2013, report time and now late summer 2014, orientation time? Well, this summer SMU issued an Update from the President’s Council<\/a> and created\u00a0an Action Team. The entire orientation culture was changed<\/a>. At UBC, not so much<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sauder Dean Helsley said<\/a> \u201cThere has been a lot of work done in setting expectations for what is appropriate in orientation activities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

New activities are good.<\/p>\n

But Dean Helsley has yet– after a year– to account for his administration’s failures or announce changes at the top that might actually trim the bloat and streamline a few of the associate or assistant deans toward the undergraduate curriculum and students. Nothing yet. Still waiting. Welcome back!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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