The union representing NSCAD instructors says it’s unacceptable that the university is still withholding information about the firing of Aoife Mac Namara, and is asking the province to intervene.The former president of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design raised concerns for months about members of the board of governors who she felt were pushing a proposal for a developer to build a new campus before she was abruptly fired, according to recently released e-mails from the university.
The union representing NSCAD instructors says it’s unacceptable that the university is still withholding information about the firing, and is asking the province to intervene. The university, which has not indicated why the president was fired, said it regrets the seven months it took to fulfill the access-to-information request, adding that the redactions are not discretionary. Information related to an employee’s job performance, or that is deemed commercially sensitive, can’t be disclosed by a public body, NSCAD spokesman Bruce DeBaie said.
While the Armour Group proposal circulated among board members, it never formally went to a board vote. It would have required NSCAD sell to Armour Group two of its oldest properties on Granville Street in downtown Halifax, and pay the developer to build a new main campus next to the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, then rent that space back from the developer – and allow Armour Group to build private condominiums on top.
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