B.C. aboriginal scholar wins bid for rights hearing after she’s denied tenure in part over lack of r - Polidicks

[QUOTE]By arguing that publishing peer-viewed research conflicted with her role as an indigenous scholar, a former law professor has won her bid for a human rights tribunal hearing after losing her job at the University of British Columbia. Lorna June McCue was denied tenure and ultimately dismissed after 11 years at the university in part because of her failure to submit a single piece of peer-reviewed research during that time. McCue has alleged that peer-reviewed research is contrary to indigenous oral traditions and that UBC’s research standard effectively discriminated against her “race, colour, ancestry, place of origin … and sex.” The university’s demand for her to publish in academic journals “would require her to be a round peg in a square hole,” she told a preliminary tribunal hearing whose decision was published this month. Source: [url]http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/b-c-aboriginal-scholar-wins-bid-for-rights-hearing-after-shes-denied-tenure-in-part-over-lack-of-research[/url] [/QUOTE]

If her style of "research" makes her unable to submit actual research to the establishment, maybe Ms. McCue should take her "round peg" elsewhere. Also lol at the "sex" discrimination claim. Because apparently women are incapable of submitting peer-reviewed papers.

As a historian this woman makes me ill.

Yeah so they'll get to the tribunal and then she'll be told once again 'you failed to do your job'. Even if there is an indigenous oral tradition there is nothing stopping her writing about that oral tradition. Hell I could understand if she was prolific in her non peer-reviewed writing but it seems like she has done sweet fuck all in her time as a professor. [editline]25th January 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=Senscith;49601762]As a historian this woman makes me ill.[/QUOTE] Are historians allergic to indigenous law professors??

[QUOTE]McCue has alleged that peer-reviewed research is contrary to indigenous oral traditions and that UBC’s research standard effectively discriminated against her “race, colour, ancestry, place of origin … and sex.”[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]Tenured professors at UBC’s school of journalism, she noted, have been promoted purely based on their professional achievements without publishing any peer-reviewed research.[/QUOTE] By being journalists they're proving that they're actually involved with journalism.

I can kind of see where she is coming from. Her academic research may be pathetic, but that doesn't mean she's been doing nothing. The article does mention that she has been active in other areas. HOWEVER The article also states that she was given 8 months of leave to focus on academic research, and all she could come up with was 8 pages included in non-peer-reviewed work. Other indigenous scholars have also been noted to have published peer-reviewed works, and students were not happy with her teaching and especially her failure to admit mistakes and reading texts word for word in her classes. I don't think she is suitable to be a professor.

[QUOTE=Antdawg;49602072]I can kind of see where she is coming from. Her academic research may be pathetic, but that doesn't mean she's been doing nothing. The article does mention that she has been active in other areas. HOWEVER The article also states that she was given 8 months of leave to focus on academic research, and all she could come up with was 8 pages included in non-peer-reviewed work. Other indigenous scholars have also been noted to have published peer-reviewed works, and students were not happy with her teaching and especially her failure to admit mistakes and reading texts word for word in her classes. I don't think she is suitable to be a professor.[/QUOTE] Yeah, her rate-my-prof score is horrible.

I have no idea how her claim is valid,i don't exactly agree with publishing quotas but she had to have been aware that in her position she would be expected to produce some published research at some point, that's in the job description, and I can't believe she would make this a race/sexism/culture war, she's in a field where she is getting paid to write papers and do research, she did not do that and expected to become tenured, she is lucky she lasted 5 years let alone 11, and I hope they explain that in her rights hearing [editline]25th January 2016[/editline] I'm not even sure how she ever got hired, to be a professor in law no less, she should have had to ....write....something....sometime........yet she argues that she can't do anything that isn't in an oral medium..... It's like an accountant that can't use numbers

[QUOTE=Sableye;49602240]I have no idea how her claim is valid,i don't exactly agree with publishing quotas but she had to have been aware that in her position she would be expected to produce some published research at some point, that's in the job description, and I can't believe she would make this a race/sexism/culture war, she's in a field where she is getting paid to write papers and do research, she did not do that and expected to become tenured, she is lucky she lasted 5 years let alone 11, and I hope they explain that in her rights hearing [editline]25th January 2016[/editline] I'm not even sure how she ever got hired, to be a professor in law no less, she should have had to ....write....something....sometime........yet she argues that she can't do anything that isn't in an oral medium..... It's like an accountant that can't use numbers[/QUOTE] No, it's like an accountant who can use numbers but refuses to write them on your tax forms.

[quote]McCue has alleged that peer-reviewed research is contrary to indigenous oral traditions...[/quote] How convenient that having to do actual work conflicts with traditions.

[quote]The university’s demand for her to publish in academic journals “would require her to be a round peg in a square hole,” [/quote] Then may I suggest you go find a round hole someplace else?