Petition to Senate Concerning Admission Freezes and Closures

As attested to be Janina Fialkovska, Queen's honorary doctorate this week, the role of Arts and Liberal Arts education at Queen's cannot be reduced to financial cost alone, and needs to be evaluated in a proper and inclusive process.

Don't kill our programme :(. Canada would literally be losing its only programme of this kind.

The arts are vital to the cultural community.

Although we give lip service to the notion of freedom, we know that government is no longer the servant of the people but, at last, has become the people's master. We have stood by like timid sheep while the wolf killed -- first the weak, then the strays, then those on the outer edges of the flock, until at last the entire flock belonged to the wolf. -- Gerry Spence

Queens Visual Art Department is larger than the sum of its parts and produces many fine artists despite its small size - it is truly one of the last programs of its kind and should be embraced not annexed. Eric Mathew Visual Artist, Stirling, ON

I was hoping to pursue my education in fine art, and planning on appying to Queen's University Fine Art Program. I would love to see it stay open!

The academic integrity of Queen's should not be at sake in balancing the books! Those in programs to be suspended should be given due notice so that they may be involved in the process and make a case for themselves. Soon Queen's reputation will mean nothing as the academics will not be there to back up the claims!

My name says it all!

(not sure if I have signed this correctly)

shocking

I am dismayed about this as it affects perception - Queens Univ. is a reputable and well recognized institution. This nonsense affects your reputation for proper management and planning.

The vision for the future is in fact a nightmare wolf should be impeached and removed from office Queens is a university not a trade school This is not the Queens institute of Technology All of the faculty of A&S should be worried

Please consider the implications this move has on the morale of all faculty at Queen's. We're not standing by, idly witnessing the demise of a program unrelated to our work. In fact, it affects us all now.

We're a university, not a jobs training centre. We're not here to make a profit. We're here to do all those things that don't happen in the for-profit world because they aren't profitable. I'd expect a university administration to understand this but apparently, bankers don't know how to run a school.

Prevent the fate of the BFA program becoming that of the BMUS program.

"The arts are a powerful vehicle for communication, a way to express visions that are beyond the capacity of words and a medium for cultural enlightenment. One could go even further and argue that knowledge of the arts is an indispensable foundation for enlightened citizenship in our increasingly complicated world." (Chris Waterman) By freezing the BFA admissions Queen's University is sending the wrong signals.

STunningly short sighted decision. Should bring shame to those who have put this forth. It will most certainly put Queens University well down the academic ladder. The Senate should be equally shocked.

Co-Chief Steward, PSAC 901, Queen's TA/TF union; PhD candidate, Department of History, Queen's University

If professors like Robert Truszkowski are the product of Queen's BFA, I hope the program lives on indefinitely.

my BFA, Ba in Art History and my MFA from UCL gave me the critical thinking skills for a successful career in the Army including a tour of Afghanistan and two sours in Africa...so far. I would not trade my education for anything including an "executive MBA."