From our neighbors up north …
CTV Saskatoon reports:
Posters laced with profanity, blow-up dolls in business attire, and quirky décor filled Dr. David William’s office at the University of Saskatchewan — at least before complaints were made against the tenured professor.
The Edwards School of Business dean, Daphne Taras, sent Williams an email Wednesday stating he had one week to remove the decorations. Taras called the atmosphere in his office problematic and bizarre.
“It’s not a little bit. It’s a lot. The entire thing crosses a line from sort of edgy to creepy,” she said. “An office provided on public funds that is part of an employment setting should not be such that students, faculty or staff should be offended when they walk in.”
Williams, who’s taught at the university for 22 years, is known among students for having an alternative style of teaching. He uses photos with profanity in his lecture slides, for example.
The issue, however, is strictly with his office décor, which Williams said has so far only garnered positive reactions from students.
“ ‘That’s awesome! That’s fantastic!’ ” Williams recalled students’ saying when they walk into his office. “I explain it and they sit down and they move an inflatable person around and we sit down and we talk.
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