January 2009
The Nominations Committee consisted of Clive Seligman
(President), Doreen Kimura (Past-President), and Albert Katz (UWO) and Natalie
Allen (UWO) as two SAFS members not currently on the Board.
The six nominated current Directors are: Andrew
Irvine, Tom Flanagan, Steve Lukper, John Mueller, Clive Seligman, and Peter
Suedfeld.
Two of our Board Members are stepping down after many
years of service. We thank Grant Brown and Marty Wall for all they have
done for SAFS. We greatly appreciate their dedication and counsel.
Two new nominees are:
Rodney A. Clifton,
B.Ed., M.Ed. (Alberta), Ph.D. (Toronto), Fil. Dr. (Stockholm) specializes in
sociology of education, post-secondary education, and educational policy. He is
a Professor in the Faculty of Education and a Senior Fellow at St. John’s
College, University of Manitoba. Over the last 35 years he has published over
150 articles and written or co-written 6 books including Socioeconomic
Status, Attitudes, and Educational Performances: A Comparison of Students in
England and New Zealand, Authority in Classrooms, Crosscurrents:
Contemporary Canadian Edu-cational Issues, and Recent Social Trends in
Canada, 1960-2000. In addition he has been awarded a Spencer Fellowship
from the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational
Achievement, a Rh. Award from the University of Manitoba, a R.W.B. Jackson
Research Award from the Canadian Educational Researchers’ Association, and both
an Edward Sheffield and a Distinguished Research Award from the Canadian Society
for the Study of Higher Education.
Mark Mercer,
is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Saint Mary’s
University. He received his doctorate in 1991 from the University of Toronto.
Dr
Mercer works mainly in metaphysics and the philosophy of mind. About three
years ago, he began writing opinion pieces, often on the topic of freedom of
expression, for newspapers and magazines. Dr Mercer now writes a weekly column
for the Saint Mary’s student paper as The Cranky Professor.
>Any member of SAFS
may nominate individuals for election as Director. These nominations must be
received at the SAFS Office by April 15, 2009. Each member nomination
shall contain the following information: (1) the signature of the person
nominating and the signatures of two (2) seconders; (ii) the full name and
address of the person nominated; (iii) a statement of the status and attributes
of the person nominated, showing each person’s qualifications to be a director;
(iv) a written consent signed by the person nominated agreeing to be nominated
for election and serve, if elected.
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