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com/petition/open-letter-to-michael-mason-we-queens/] Dear Professor Mason: In a Report issued on September 20, 2012, the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) claimed that Queens Administration violated your Academic Freedom, abused their power and acted in disregard of the wellbeing of one of their teaching employees. It also charged Queens with multiple violations of procedural fairness against you (Report pp. 15, 17). Last month, the Report was endorsed by Queens University Faculty Association (QUFA). In early November, the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), unit 901, representing graduate teaching assistants at Queens, issued a public statement charging that alleged complaints made against you were mishandled by the Department of History. Both QUFA and PSAC agree with the finding by CAUT that your academic freedom was violated. Although the Report recommends remedies, including a public letter of apology, Queens Administration has flatly refused to respond publicly to this Report, citing jurisdictional technicalities (Queens Senate, 30 October 2012). In response to questions from faculty members, it has denied procedural violations (Arts and Science Faculty Board, 12 October 2012). In these actions, Queens Administration exposes the University and the Department of History to public and professional censure. It also clearly demonstrates that it cannot and does not represent Queens. Queens consists of Queens academic staff, Queens non-academic staff, Queens alumni, and Queens students. As Queens University, WE apologize to you, Professor Mason. Signed by: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Constance Adamson, Associate Librarian, Stauffer Library Sharry Aiken, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law Blaine Allan, Associate Professor, Film and Media David K. Anderson, Queen's alumnus and Assistant Professor at the University of Oklahoma Rebecca Anweiler, Continuing Adjunct, BFA Programme Christiane Arndt, Assistant Professor, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Sylvat Aziz, Associate Professor, Visual Arts Programme Nicholas Bala, Professor, Faculty of Law Jacob Barrett Virginia Bartley, Faculty of Law (retired) Major Andrew Belyea, Assistant Professor, RMCC (Queen's Alumnus) Maggie Berg, Professor, Department of English Gregory Betts, Alumnus, Department of English Hans Boldt, BSc (Hons) 1980 (Queen's, Arts & Science)

15. Albert Braz, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and English, University of Alberta 16. Terry Bridges, Ph.D. Candidate, Faculty of Education 17. Annette Burfoot, Professor, Department of Sociology 18. John Burge, Professor, School of Music 19. Frank Burke, Professor, Department of Film and Media 20. Peter Campbell, Professor, Department of History 21. Shin Hyung Choi, Alumnus, History BAH 2012 22. Cathy Christie, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education 23. Deborah Chu 24. Charles Clark, Alumnus, History 25. Arthur Cockfield, Professor, Queen's University Faculty of Law 26. Fabio Colivicchi, Associate Professor, Department of Classics 27. Aaron Cressman 28. Michael Cummings, Assistant Professor, Queen's University 29. Joyce Davidson, Associate Professor, Department of Geography 30. Misao Dean, Alumuna PhD, Department of English 31. Dwight Druick, Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry 32. Gordon Dueck, Department of History 33. Jacalyn Duffin, Professor, Hannah Chair of the History of Medicine 34. Monique Dufresne, Associate Professor, French Department & Linguistics 35. Genevieve Dumas, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering 36. Kirstie Dyment, Student, Art History 37. Petra Fachinger, Professor, Department of English 38. Adrienne Fanjoy 39. Sarah Ferguson, BAH History 2015 40. Brennan Foo, B.Comm 2014 and former Senator 41. Karen B. Frederickson, Associate Professor Music, cross-appointed Education 42. Peter Freeman, Assistant Professor (Adjunct), School of Music 43. Charles Gao 44. Susan Greaves, Queens Libraries 45. Elizabeth Greene, Associate Professor, Department of English (retired) 46. David Grightmire, Alumnus, Science 70 47. Elizabeth Hanson, Professor, Department of English 48. Lynne Hanson, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law 49. Amanda Heale 50. Steven Heighton, MA 1986 51. Emily M. Hill, Associate Professor, Department of History 52. Katherine Hinton 53. David Hobbs, Alumnus (BA English), Doctoral Candidate (NYU) 54. Sarah Hobbs 55. Monika Holzschuh Sator, Assistant Professor, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures 56. Alexander Hopewell, Co-Chair, English Department Student Council 57. Jennifer Ruth Hosek, Associate Professor, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

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Stphane Inkel Bill James, Professor Emeritus, School of Religion Zara Jiwa, BAH Global Development Studies '14 A. Johnson Anne Johnson, Alumna, current student, staff member, and parent of Queen's alumna Caitlin Johnston Mark Jones, Professor, Department of English Julia Kaplan Tim Kavanagh, BScH Psychology '14 Paul Kelley Gary Kibbins, Professor, Film & Media Studies Lauren Kolarek Audrey Kobayashi, Professor, Department of Geography Molly Kubes Paritosh Kumar, Department of Global Development Studies Ewelina Kwasniewska, School of Music Kathleen Lahey, Professor, Faculty of Law Sherman X Lai, Alumnus, History PhD 2008 Roberta Lamb, Associate Professor, School of Music Emilie Lau, Alumna, Arts and Science 10 Michael Lau, Queen's Commerce '11 Charlotte Laver Cory Laverty, Librarian, Faculty of Education Byron Letourneau-Duynstee, Student, Stage and Screen Beverly Leung Anatoly Levshin, Alumnus, Political Studies Tamas Linder, Professor, Department of Mathematics & Statistics Susan Lord, Film and Media Studies Donal Macartney, Professor, Department of Chemistry Robbie MacKay, School of Music Allan Manson, Professor, Faculty of Law Hannah Marlin Ann Martin, Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Saskatchewan Darko Matovic, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering Robert G. May, Assistant Professor (Adjunct), Department of English David McDonald, Global Development Studies Carol McKeen, Associate Professor, Queen's School of Business, also BSC 70, BEd 71 and MBA 76 Duncan McKerron, student, History BAH program Adle Mercier, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy & Linguistics Program Emily Miller Christopher Milne Helen Mo, Alumna BAH/BEd/MA, History

100. Bob Montgomerie, Professor, Biology 101. Jordan Morelli, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy 102. Isabel Mundigo-Moore 103. Carson Murphy, BAH History '13 104. Dorit Naaman, Alliance Atlantis Professor, Department of Film and Media 105. Frdrique Offredi, Alumnus PhD, French Studies 106. Dan Panneton, 4th-year History undergrad 107. Margaret Pappano, Associate Professor, Department of English 108. Jason Parker 109. Dr Frank Pearce, Professor of Sociology 110. Kip Pegley, Associate Professor, School of Music 111. Sara Perosa 112. Toni Pickard, Associate Professor (retired), Faculty of Law 113. Elaine Power, Associate Professor, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies 114. Gerhard Pratt, Adjunct Professor, Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering 115. Michael Pratt, Faculty of Law 116. Amber R, BAH Psychology '12 117. Patricia Rae, Professor, Department of English 118. Leda Raptis, Professor, Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences 119. Brenda Reed, Associate Librarian, Education Library 120. Charlotte Reinholtz, Associate Professor, Linguistics Section, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures 121. Kim Renders, Associate Professor, Department of Drama 122. Natalie Rewa, Professor, Department of Drama 123. Clive Robertson, Associate Professor, Department of Art History and Art Conservation, and Graduate Program in Cultural Studies 124. Sean Edward Robinson, BSc Life Sciences 2013 125. Stephen Ross, Alumnus, Department of English 126. Hayley Rushford 127. Nasser Saleh, Associate Librarian, Engineering & Science Library 128. Steven Salterio, Professor, School of Business 129. Mort Shirkhanzadeh 130. Geoff Smith, Professor Emeritus, Physical & Health Education and History 131. Michael D. Snediker, Associate Professor, Department of English 132. Scott-Morgan Straker, Associate Professor, Department of English 133. Don Stuart, Professor, Faculty of Law 134. Gisle Dalbec Szczesniak 135. Natalie Tay 136. Jennifer Tebworth, BAH Religious Studies '15 137. Kate Thomas 138. Dan Tremblay, Adjunct Professor, School of Music 139. Gerald Tulchinsky, Professor Emeritus, Department of History 140. Tracy Ware, Professor, Department of English 141. Mark Weisberg, Professor of Law, Emeritus

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Leanne Wheeler Michael White, Associate Librarian, Engineering & Science Library Mel Wiebe, Professor Emeritus, Department of English Glenn Willmott, Professor, Department of English Sierra Yanush, Alumna, Department of Philosophy Danielle Zafirovski Anonymous, Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy Janelle Victoria Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous