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1999 04 30
Published by e-mail by the Classical Association of Canada/
Publie par courrier electronique par la
societe canadienne des etudes classiques
President: J.I. McDougall, University of Winnipeg
IAIN.MCDOUGALL@UWINNIPEG.CA
Secretary/Secretaire: I.M. Cohen, Mount Allison University
ICOHEN@MTA.CA
Treasurer/Tresorier: C. Cooper, University of Winnipeg
CRAIG.COOPER@UWINNIPEG.CA
Edited by/redige par
K.H. Kinzl, Trent University
KKINZL@TRENTU.CA
http://www.trentu.ca/cac/ ISSN 1198-9149
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From: IN%"hmason@chass.utoronto.ca" "Hugh Mason" 30-APR-1999 11:15:51.28
To: IN%"kkinzl@trentu.ca"
Subj: Council of Ontario Universities Validation Process
Roberto Nickel, Fred Schroeder and I are on an Ontario provincial
committee to review the new curriculum guidelines for Latin and Greek.
There will be a meeting in Toronto on May 12 at which the guidelines will
be approved (or not) by these "Validation" committees for the C(ouncil)
of O(ntario) U(niversities) for "Classical and International Langauges."
The written and electronic responses which I have seen from colleagues
in Classics are generally supportive of the Greek and Latin proposals,
but deeply upset at the elimination of courses in Classical Studies.
I was told that classical material would be included in "World
Civilisation" courses, but (courtesy of a colleague in the History
Department) I have seen the guidlines for these courses, which fit
neither my nor his concept of what should be in such a course.
Could colleagues in Ontario please e-mail me
(hmason@chass.utoronto.ca) before the meeting with their reaction to the
non-inclusion of Classical Civilization courses? I should like to be able
to say "Faculty in every classics department in Ontario deeply
deplore...." (I'd welcome suggestions for a more suitable adverb and main
verb) "the elimination of Classical Civilisation courses from the Ontario
High School curriculum." If you've already said something to the Ministry
or to the COU, there's no harm in saying so again. *Comparanda* from
other jurisdictions ("in [name province], Classical Studies is a valued
part of the curriculum, fully supported by the Ministry of Education")
might have some weight, with COU if not with the Ontario Ministry.
Hugh Mason
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