UQÀM gives all its profs curfew papers
More than a thousand UQÀM professors and lecturers have been given curfew letters by the university, even though most of them aren’t teaching in any format that would keep them outside after 8.
More than a thousand UQÀM professors and lecturers have been given curfew letters by the university, even though most of them aren’t teaching in any format that would keep them outside after 8.
Joey 10:24 on 2021-01-14 Permalink
Two hilarious elements to this:
1. It’s UQAM, which is effectively run by the Government of Quebec (unlike, say, UdeM, which is a private institution, though publicly-funded).
2. This university managed to send this blanket, unnecessary to *all* Faculty but only *some* adjuncts/lecturers. Even when doing bullshit pandemic-skirting nonsense, they found a way to sneer at non-tenure-track academics.
Bill Binns 14:10 on 2021-01-14 Permalink
Again, blame the politicians. When rules are written with loopholes big enough to drive a truck through, don’t be surprised when they get used.
UQAM, *could* have sorted through all their employees, decided which ones needed to be out after curfew, handled all the inevitable rabble rousing over whom they chose or could take 5 seconds to attach a form to an email and press [send all].
Did anyone see that piece on CTV interviewing florists who have no idea why they have been deemed cessential”? One said she thinks Legault “has a florist close to him”. Another said she was ashamed to be open when other neighboring businesses had been forced to close.
https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-florists-say-they-don-t-fully-understand-why-they-are-essential-1.5263336
david46 18:49 on 2021-01-14 Permalink
Florists makes sense: we’re talking about massive stock losses and potential irremediable destruction to both livelihoods and supply chains.
Kate 22:21 on 2021-01-14 Permalink
I figured they were expecting a rush on wreaths for all the funerals.