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Board of Governors Structures at Thirty-One Canadian Universities

16 May 2018

However, none specify that the content of the approach to governance therefore assumes only the fiduciary duty and the best interests underlying that duty administration can determine what is in in the best must be determined in the context of the University interests of the university. [...] Conduct & communications restrictions/ Code of conduct The fiduciary obligation, when applied within the Section 3.4 of the Rules of the Board of Governors states context of the University Governance Model, includes that a member expressing dissent from a board decision, the interests of particular constituencies that are a part of “shall clarify that the dissenting view is that of the the univers [...] This is strengthened by the inclusion of Member and not of the Board, and shall be obliged to particular constituencies on the board, as per Section 19 qualify the dissenting view by indicating recognition of of the University Act of British Columbia. [...] Conflict of interest provisions Nature of meetings The document Conflict Policy: Conflict of Interest and Article 12 of the document Standing and Other Committees Commitment and Institutional Conflict defines a conflict of of the Board of Governors: General Terms of Reference states interest as “existing or perceived divergence between that committee meetings should be open to the public, obligati [...] There is language here that could be members of academic staff serving as Governors retain all of overbroad, since it states that all records produced by the rights and responsibilities of members of the academic staff the board or by a member remain the property of the including the provisions of academic freedom, the right to board, and shall be returned upon request.
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55
Published in
Ottawa, ON, CA

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