A UBC Okanagan arts professor believes the concept of free speech is not being shared by his faculty brethren.

Peter Wylie is candidate for an executive committee of the UBC Faculty Association, which is comprised of faculty at both the Kelowna and Point Grey UBC campuses. He issued a critical analysis of the association91裸聊视频檚 actions.

That analysis elicited a rebuke from the present UBCFA executive, calling Wylie91裸聊视频檚 analysis as false and unfounded, saying it constitutes 91裸聊视频渂ullying and harassment against our staff.91裸聊视频�

As a result, Wylie has been blocked access to the email contact list for the faculty members, which some of Wylie91裸聊视频檚 faculty co-members feels undermines the legitimacy of the executive election process.

91裸聊视频淚 find this advisory from your committee to be extremely disappointing and disreputable,91裸聊视频� said Wylie.

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Wayne Ross and Paul Quirk, Vancouver campus professors, publicly reprimanded the UBCFA executive committee for directly undermining Wylie91裸聊视频檚 candidacy.

91裸聊视频淲hether or not the allegations of Dr. Wylie91裸聊视频檚 report are accurate, this response seems to confirm that the UBCFA is actively working against him,91裸聊视频� Ross said.

91裸聊视频淚nstead of addressing his criticisms substantively, the association hides behind a bogus charge that he is harassing the staff. In fact, Wylie describes conduct of a few staff members91裸聊视频攚ithout mentioning their names91裸聊视频攖o substantiate his claim that the association has failed to support the Okanagan faculty.

91裸聊视频淭he charge of harassment is an attack on Dr. Wylie91裸聊视频檚 freedom of expression.91裸聊视频�

Repeated efforts by the Kelowna Capital News, including emailing questions related to Wylie91裸聊视频檚 candidacy issues to the UBCFA office in Vancouver failed to generate a response.

UBCFA vice-president Vinayak Vatsal said he would attempt to get the submitted questions answered, but noted no one on the executive may want to make a comment, and he didn91裸聊视频檛 have authority himself to respond.

Wylie91裸聊视频檚 accusations stem from what he claims was 91裸聊视频渁cademic mobbing91裸聊视频� of him by the UBCFA and UBCO senior administration and of a sweetheart unionism deal going on that both the faculty association and university don91裸聊视频檛 want disrupted, which Wylie claims is to the detriment of UBCO faculty members.

Wylie stated in his analysis91裸聊视频攁 31-page document that presents a case-by-case accounting of his interactions with the UBCFA as a professor and member of the association91裸聊视频檚 faculty committee and member services grievance committee91裸聊视频攖his detriment has played out through consolidating power to staff, drawing out legitimate grievances until they91裸聊视频檙e dropped, and acting in UBC administration91裸聊视频檚 interests over the faculty they91裸聊视频檙e supposed to represent.

Because UBCO91裸聊视频檚 faculty make up small proportion of the UBCFA membership, Wylie says their grievances and workplace complaints get left in 91裸聊视频渁 quagmire and quicksand of collusion and complicity.91裸聊视频�

It91裸聊视频檚 a large part why Wylie is part of a group of 20 UBCO faculty who organized for eight candidates to run in the UBCFA executive election.

Wylie says the core of the lack of representation argument began when UBC Okanagan was created by the provincial government.

Some faculty from Okanagan University College and new faculty professors were adopted into the existing UBCFA rather than forming their own association, the result being their collective influence has been drowned out by their Point Grey campus counterparts.

The current furor, Wylie says, has been caused by the UBCFA hiding behind the ideal of the university being a respectful environment where bullying and harassment is not considered appropriate behaviour.

91裸聊视频淪o they are saying to me that offering criticism is considered being disrespectful. That is clearly dampening on our freedom of expression. Criticism is not bullying or harassment. It is freedom of speech,91裸聊视频� Wylie said.

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