Mancini resigns from EMSB
Embattled EMSB chair Angela Mancini has resigned.
(Isn’t it odd that the leaders clawed from their positions around town lately have all been women? Mancini, Bondil, Montgomery, Fumagalli. All accused of bad management in similar ways – mutterings from within, never made clear to the public. I don’t have a case here, but am struck by the similarity in how these four were either forced out of their positions or out of their party.)
Ian 12:05 on 2020-07-15 Permalink
Via @AdalaynGrace_ on Twitter –
“Someone recently told me that “difficult to work with” often really means “difficult to take advantage of” in creative industries, and I haven’t stopped thinking about that for weeks”
Jack 13:40 on 2020-07-15 Permalink
Add this name Tamara Thermitus
https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/martin-patriquin-another-side-to-the-tamara-thermitus-story.
Full disclosure I did not think Angela Mancini was good at her job and I saw up close that she was over her head on pedagogical issues. I do however think that their is something weird how female elected officials when challenging entrenched bureaucracies are now characterized as ” creating toxic work environments”.
Is not this another form of men who are hard nosed and aggressive are celebrated whereas women with the same qualities are …
Blork 13:59 on 2020-07-15 Permalink
I don’t think women have cornered the market on accusations of creating a toxic work environment.
Kate 17:20 on 2020-07-15 Permalink
I know, Blork, but this is not #metoo, it’s very different.