A handy suggestion

A quick note to Morley Watson of the First Nations University. While a task force to present ideas to improve a university facing bad publicity isn't a terrible idea, it might help to consult the people who are supposed to join the task force:

The appointment of a task force was seen as crucial to the future of the institution, which has seen a number of its top academics quit, and others asked to leave. Some have charged the board with politically interfering in the institution's operations.

But the first person Ducharme named, Judge Mary Ellen Turpel Lafond of Saskatoon, says she was shocked to hear her name mentioned, and she had not committed to sitting on the task force...

Board chair, Morley Watson later said the board may have acted in haste in naming Lafond.

Of course, acting with lots of haste (and very little apparent reason) was exactly what created the current mess for FNUC. As an institution, FNUC is a great step - but its potential seems on the verge of being wasted due to the current administration.