In a budget that will enable Western to thrive long-term, the university plans to strengthen research and scholarship, upgrade facilities and support more students in the coming year. The $841-million 2020-21 budget – the second in a two-year budget p …
Although Western’s Board of Governors unanimously backed the Report of the Board Governance Review Task Force, the “make-or-break” test for the university governing body starts with what they do next, according to one of the review’s co-authors. “One of the things...
At its regular Thursday meeting, Western’s Board of Governors approved a new four-year contract (July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2019) with the University of Western Ontario Faculty Association-Librarians and Archivists (UWOFA-LA), a union representing 49 librarians and...
Western’s Board of Governors named Hanny Hassan as the university governing body’s next Chair at its regular meeting Thursday. His term begins Jan. 1. Named to the Board by the Alumni Association in 2009, Hassan is President of Alef Consulting. He received a BESc from...
The message from the campus has been clear. “There is an expectation Western’s Board of Governors be more open and transparent in how it functions,” said Matthew Wilson, Chair, Board Governance Review Task Force.
Western’s Board of Governors released today its Report of the Governance Review Task Force. The Task Force was created by the Board in June 2015 in response to issues and concerns about governance that were triggered by decisions with respect to the president’s...
Western University and the University of Western Ontario Faculty Association-Librarians and Archivists (UWOFA-LA), a union representing 49 librarians and archivists at Western, reached a tentative agreement on Friday, Nov. 6. Details of the agreement will not be...
Western’s Board of Governors is not playing semantics with the university community in its response to the Goudge Report and remains committed to implementing its findings, assured Matthew Wilson, one of two Board representatives on university Senate. “The words used...
Western Board of Governors Chair Chirag Shah applauded the “conclusions and clarity” offered by a recently released independent investigation into Western’s presidential compensation practices. His optimism, however, did not tamp down criticism from campus labour...
A recently released independent investigation into Western’s presidential compensation practices calls for, among other items, an end to monetizing administrative leave for university presidents. That practice, and the process by which it came about for Western...
Western’s Board of Governors released the following statement today in conjunction with the release of the Goudge Review of Presidential Compensation Practices.
Released today, the Board of Governors Chair Update highlights actions taken by the Board since news regarding the president’s compensation last April “gave rise to a number of issues around how Western is governed and, in particular, the way in which the Board of Governors operates.”
The following memo was issued today by Western Board of Governors Chair Chirag Shah to the university community: * * * Information on the President’s 2014 compensation package resulted in a number of issues being raised including concerns about the university’s...