{"id":9239,"date":"2014-07-11T10:14:14","date_gmt":"2014-07-11T17:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=9239"},"modified":"2014-07-16T09:22:12","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T16:22:12","slug":"update-camosun-president-kathryn-laurin-says-her-contract-termination-is-completely-unjustified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2014\/07\/11\/update-camosun-president-kathryn-laurin-says-her-contract-termination-is-completely-unjustified\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Camosun president Kathryn Laurin says her contract termination is \u201ccompletely unjustified\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

We reported yesterday that Camosun College told current president Kathryn Laurin on June 20<\/a> that her contract was terminated as of September 1, 2014. While the details have remained confidential, Laurin told the Times Colonist<\/a> later yesterday that she considers her dismissal \u201ccompletely unjustified.\u201d<\/p>\n

Camosun vice president of communications, advancement and planning Joan Yates declined to comment on Laurin\u2019s statement, saying that because it\u2019s a personnel issue the college will not discuss it with media.<\/p>\n

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Camosun College president Kathryn Laurin says her termination was “completely unjustified” (file photo).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate that the conversation is happening, but we won\u2019t be discussing that at all,\u201d says Yates.<\/p>\n

Laurin said to the Times Colonist that she isn\u2019t clear on the reasons behind her contract being terminated. She said there was a brief meeting with herself, Camosun Board of Governors chair Marilyn Pattison, and vice-chair Russ Lazaruk on the 20th<\/sup> where they informed her of the termination.<\/p>\n

After the meeting, Laurin called her lawyer, which Yates says is common and \u201cnot a surprise.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause Kathryn doesn\u2019t have a union representing her, it is quite common for lawyers to review contracts,\u201d says Yates. \u201cI can\u2019t answer for her, just giving a general statement, that at this level lawyers usually review contracts and statements. It\u2019s quite routine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Laurin told the Times Colonist the termination is classified as \u201cnot for cause,\u201d which means there will be a severance package paid out, something that CUPE expressed concern about yesterday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know the terms of the agreement to be able to comment on that,\u201d says Yates. \u201cI\u2019m not privy to that. That would be a personnel issue between Kathryn and the board.\u201d<\/p>\n

Laurin, who has not returned our email requests for information, has apparently been locked out of her work email. She is on vacation in July and administrative leave in August, so she will not be returning to the college.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very complex on both sides,\u201d says Yates. \u201cKathryn has some concerns, as we can tell from public articles, and the board is choosing to keep it private. That\u2019s what\u2019s going on here. The board will stick with that, as far as I know, in terms of not airing this in a public forum. It\u2019s between her and the board. They\u2019re following what is usual HR procedure. If individuals want to comment on their circumstances, that\u2019s their prerogative, but the college will not.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We reported yesterday that Camosun College told current president Kathryn Laurin on June 20 that her contract was terminated as of September 1, 2014. While the details have remained confidential, Laurin told the Times Colonist later yesterday that she considers her dismissal \u201ccompletely unjustified.\u201d Camosun vice president of communications, advancement and planning Joan Yates declined […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-webexclusive"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9239"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9247,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9239\/revisions\/9247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}