Archinect - News 2024-11-14T14:32:31-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/121989225/a-culture-of-fear-u-of-manitoba-architecture-dean-to-leave-amid-controversy "A Culture of Fear": U of Manitoba architecture dean to leave amid controversy Nicholas Korody 2015-03-02T19:29:00-05:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/do/doiah8thq5rbfgrx.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Ralph Stern, the dean of the faculty of architecture at the University of Manitoba in Canada, announced he will not seek reappointment&nbsp;following the publication of a damning <a href="http://www.caut.ca/docs/default-source/reports/caut-ahic-report---architecture-manitoba-(2015-02).pdf?sfvrsn=4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">report</a> by the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT). Accused of contributing to the creation of a &ldquo;culture of fear and retribution,&rdquo; Dean Stern has faced controversy since assuming the post in 2010, with repeated complaints lodged from both colleagues and students.</p><p>The CAUT report detailed the rapid turnover of personnel within the department. Over the course of Dean Stern&rsquo;s tenure, an alleged three different department heads passed through, two of them leaving with documented grievances directed at Stern. In particular, former head of the department Nat Chard wrote in a published letter, &ldquo;My sole reason for leaving the University of Manitoba was the behaviour of the Dean, who established a culture of fear within the faculty and appeared only to try to find problems with the department, despite its p...</p>