Since they have given no written reasons for this order, it is not in my interests to speculate here on why they felt they were entitled to bar me from campus property. Even as they did so, the Registrar told me I was still expected to hand in my assignments as though I was a still a student. In other words, they wanted to expel me without having to actually expel me. I wrote back immediately, calling their bluff. Either they were going to allow me to appeal the expulsion, or they were going to admit they had expelled me:
To the following officers of the University of
Winnipeg:
The President
The Academic Vice-President
The Dean of Education
The Registrar
I
wish to appeal my expulsion from the University of Winnipeg property as per
attached “Barring Notice Under the Petty Trespassing Act. In order to present my
appeal, I am requesting:
1)
the immediate release and delivery to my home within 72 hours of all information
which the University may have relied upon in making its decision to have me
banned from campus property.
2) an
affidavit to accompany this package affirming that no other pertinent
information has been withheld from me, including information relating to any and
all complaints against me at the University, and including also any information
relating to my practicum at Gordon Bell High School.
3) a
meeting be arranged no later than one week following the release of the
information wherein I will be allowed to
argue for the lifting of the barring notice.
4)
acknowledgement within 24 hours (via return email) of receipt of this
communication by all parties copied, including the President, the Academic Vice
President, the Dean of Education, and the Registrar. If I do not receive
acknowledgement or equivalent to my satisfaction I will, notwithstanding the
barring notice, present myself on campus in person to hand-deliver copies of
this request.
5)
that in the event my appeal is successful, that I be excused from responsibility
for any adverse academic consequences that may have taken place between the
expulsion and the conclusion of all appeals, including missed assignments and
tests etc. and also including missed practicum attendance.
I
find that notwithstanding the Registrar’s assurance, in the letter accompanying
the barring notice, that I “remain
registered in your courses and you are welcome to continue doing course-work
that can be conducted without coming to University property”, I find that the
present conditions amount to such an egregious and unjustified infringement of
my rights to participate in university life as to amount to a de facto
expulsion. I am therefore demanding that in the event that the University is not
willing to comply in full with the above requests, that I be given a full refund
of all tuition and other fees paid to the University for both the Winter and
Fall Terms.
Please
note that these requests will not be satisfied by the simple lifting of the
barring notice, because without the opportunity to refute the malicious
allegations which led to the notice, I will remain under the ongoing threat of
further retributive actions.
Marty
Green
