I wish to comment on Martin's somewhat vague response to how Canadian law
works in hiring practices.
First, over the past few years, many disciplines, especially in the
sciences, and now even for psychology, have received an exemption from
the "hire canadian" rule.
Second, the tiers one and two are not as tight as they may appear. We,
and others, have found that it is not too difficult to say that you have
not found a Canadian who meets what you want, and then pass on to the
tier 2 competition, and open it up world-wide.
My guess is that the end of the two-tier system for disciplines such as
history will not be as far off as Martin suggests. Of far larger concern
to all of us, witness the recent discussion of the numbers of PhDs being
produced, is convincing society and politicians that higher education is
deserving of better funding levels.
Louis Knafla
University of Calgary
Sincerely,
Sharon D. Michalove
Assistant to the Chair for Undergraduate Studies, Dept. of History, UIUC
309 Gregory Hall, 810 South Wright Street, Urbana, IL 61801
217-333-4145 mlove@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
http://www.spcomm.uiuc.edu/history/fac_dir/mlov_dir/michalov.html
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