Dec 5, 2025
Introduction It was recently reported that the former KPMG audit partner who worked for Laurentian University has been sanctioned by the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario for her failure to flag the university’s financial woes in 2020. This action answers...
Dec 5, 2022
This is the second in a series of blogs (Read Part 1 Here) examining what university boards can learn from the Ontario Auditor General’s Special Report (“Report”) on Laurentian University (“LU”) (Read the Full Report). This blog also draws from the letter (“Letter”)...
Nov 21, 2022
Hey University Boards – It’s time to get excited about (or at least focused on) your university’s policy framework As this blog is being written while I’m on a flight, I’ll use the following analogy: In this analogy, I am travelling on an independent airline and they...
Jun 28, 2022
I recently had the pleasure of participating in a panel at the Council of Ontario Universities (COU) Council of Chairs of Ontario Universities (CCOU) conference. It’s always a pleasure to speak at this conference and to “virtually see” so many familiar and friendly...
Nov 1, 2021
A board member wrote to ask the following question: I was curious about one topic that has come up in recent years, your view on the Board’s role (if any) in influencing the balance between protecting students from uncomfortable discussions and speakers...
Sep 7, 2021
I was really pleased to have an opportunity to speak at the Council of Ontario Universities’ successful virtual governance conference. I spoke on a panel with Peter MacKinnon (former University of Saskatchewan President and thought-leader on university governance),...
