Darcy writes:
So it is true: William MacKinnon, son of the current U of S President, was supervised for his Master of Laws degree by Dr. Sanjeev Anand. See
http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/alblr45&div=7&id=&page= (partial text from the link is copied below/S.)
Dr. Anand, as you will recall, was appointed Dean of Law at U of S earlier this year after a highly unconventional competition process. …
(See 2011-01-21 Top U of S officials face criticism over law dean selection, four different news reports. None of the reports mention the connection between Anand and MacKinnon.)
This all calls into question some of President MacKinnon’s decision-making practices and indicates how he is prepared at times to bend the rules to suit his purposes. One can readily see how William MacKinnon’s academic credentials received a huge boost upon the appointment of his thesis supervisor to the prestigious position of Dean of Law at U of S.
(INSERT: More importantly, Anand is now indebted to MacKinnon. All the President’s Yes Men. In MacKinnon’s case, the Dean of Law job was a springboard to the Presidency of the University.
(UPDATE In 2013 the compensation for the President of the University of Saskatchewan is $400,000 plus bounteous perks. See 2012-12-07 Infographic: University of Saskatchewan salaries, CBC News )
(UPDATE: Anand was appointed a Provincial Court (Sask) Judge in Oct 2014, before completion of his term as Law School Dean which began in 2011.)
Too bad that the press did not disclose this connection to the public.
(INSERT: Maybe the press didn’t know.)
No wonder Peter MacKinnon was so defensive when this irregular appointment received public notice.
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MACKINNON / ANAND CONNECTION, PARTIAL TEXT of http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/alblr45&div=7&id=&page= :
45 Alta. L. Rev. 79 (2007-2008)
Tessling, Brown, and A.M.: Towards a Principled Approach to Section 8; MacKinnon, William*
This article analyzes the Supreme Court of Canada’s search-and-seizure jurisprudence in anticipation of the Court’s forthcoming decisions on the admissibility of evidence obtained by police dog searches in . . .
the bottom of the page,
* B.A., L.L.B., L.L.M. This article is an edited version of my Master of Laws thesis which was authored in residence at the University of Alberta. I would like to thank my graduate supervisor, Dr. Sanjeev Anand, for his guidance during the preparation of this article. I would also like to thank . . ,”
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BACKGROUND:
January 2011 – brouhaha initiated by a downtown lawyer: Peter MacKinnon, President of the University of Saskatchewan, in concert with Brett Fairbairn, Provost of the University, over rode the choice of the Search Committee for the new Dean of Law.
Circulated in our network: four different reports on the selection of the Dean of Law at the U of S:
(Click on) 2011-01-21 Top U of S officials face criticism over law dean selection
NOTE:
To find the material regarding the University, go to Categories (righthand sidebar), then to Knowledge Base. Click on: Take back the University.
Then scroll down: a listing of the postings related to the University comes up, with a short synopsis of each. It includes the conflicts-of-interest at the University and the denial by Peter MacKinnon that such conflicts exist.
The full text of a posting becomes available by clicking on the title in the thumbnail sketch of the posting.