During what was supposed to be a meeting to admit the new NSCAD Alumni Association executive members to office, Cameron Jantzen was removed as the president of the association. At the executive meeting held last Thursday, September 17, the association’s vice-president, Duane Jones, stepped up to be elected president. The alumni president’s removal is related […]
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NSCAD Alumni Association takes a vote of non-confidence in its president
Three months after Aoife Mac Namara’s dismissal as NSCAD’s president, the art school community is still upset about why this happened. The latest frustration is at Cameron Jantzen, the NSCAD Alumni Association president. Last Tuesday, September 8, the alumni association held its annual general meeting. Although the main business of the meeting was to elect new […]
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NSCAD community wants president Aoife Mac Namara reinstated
The Friends of NSCAD group is among those unhappy with the sudden dismissal of the university’s president, Aoife Mac Namara, by its board of governors. The former president, widely described as an ally to many of the institution’s marginalized students, was fired on June 26. “The Board offered no proper justification for such extreme action, […]