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QUFA respects the actions of Professor Bob Lovelace

2008.02.28

The QUFA Executive recognizes Professor Bob Lovelace as a valued member of our community, contributing to education both inside and outside of the University. He is a teacher who had the courage to take a principled stand knowing the possibility of severe consequences. We express our respect for Professor Lovelace in acting on his conscience. Today he can not appear before his class but through his actions he is continuing to educate his students and the community about Aboriginal and environmental issues and the threat to well-being and justice that the Ontario Mining Act poses in these contexts.We are concerned by the disproportionately punitive sentence he has received. The issues associated with Professor Lovelace's case are many and complex. We need more faculty like him at our universities to help us understand and address such issues.