A recently obtained ATIPP reveals grade distributions at Memorial University by letter grade, for every undergraduate/graduate class and instructor for the Fall 2021 and Winter 2022.

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A recently obtained ATIPP request reveals that Memorial University president Vianne Timmons has a secret advisory council with members society’s elite like Cathy Bennett, Brian Tobin, General Rick Hillier, etc.

The claimed purpose for this unaccountable body is to “help Memorial continue to advance its mission and reputation by providing strategic advice and guidance or other assistance on a range of issues.”

Issues discussed at their meetings to date include the new tuition framework, Memorial University Act proposed changes, strategic plan, president’s objectives for 2022-23, government relations, 2022-23 budget, staffing update, etc. See ATIPP below:

Matt Barter is a fourth-year student in the Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty at Memorial University of Newfoundland, majoring in Political Science with a minor in Sociology. He enjoys reading thought-provoking articles, walks in nature, and volunteering in the community.

A recently obtained ATIPP request reveals Memorial University’s Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship, Ed Martin, salary at $120,000. See employment contract below:

Matt Barter is a fourth-year student in the Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty at Memorial University of Newfoundland, majoring in Political Science with a minor in Sociology. He enjoys reading thought-provoking articles, walks in nature, and volunteering in the community.

Welcome back, Memorial University students!

You will have a great time in university, make lots of friends, and grow as a person.

You may also get banned from campus if you protest a little too much, undergo a bureaucratic nightmare if you speak out, and have to defend yourself in a court of law against the university at your own expense.

As a Political Science student, MUN was kind enough to give me a hands on experience!

I had the pleasure of seeing how the powerful can try to crush those who speak out, how people in positions of authority react when criticized, and all sorts of ways to undermine dissent.

Many of you know me as the protestor or the guy with the blog. My name is Matt Barter. I have now written over 200 articles, exposing administrative bloat at MUN and advocating for students. I will continue my work this semester and, if you see me around campus, be sure to come say hi! Unlike President Vianne Timmons, I am very approachable.

To provide background for those of who are less familiar with my case: last December, MUN decided to implement the draconian measure of banning me from campus for my silent protest of the president’s tuition fee increase and out of control spending. I was banned from campus and subjected to a months-long bureaucratic nightmare through the Student Code of Conduct. In my opinion, the whole process was conducted unfairly, having become politicized and entirely run in secret. The process went fundamentally against the concept of due process.

MUN hand-picked an investigator without any input from me. I do not believe this investigator conducted a fair examination of what happened. However, what is even more shocking is that the investigator herself suggested that I be sanctioned in ways that are way less severe than what MUN eventually decided to do. And it gets worse: MUN considered my public comments defending myself as an aggravating factor.

That’s on top of the fact that the entire process, a three-month ordeal, was already a severe punishment in and of itself. Throughout this time, I was treated like a dangerous offender, having to report to CEP in advance of attending class, made to walk with a CEP escort while on campus for my classes, and threatened with legal action and removal from campus by the RNC as a trespasser if I dared set one foot on MUN property for any reason other than a few exceptions like going to class. MUN seems to be very keen on punishing me severely.

All my appeals have been exhausted. I never truly believed I would get a fair chance of winning the case internally at MUN, but I still believe in the courts of this province. Therefore, I have filed a lawsuit against MUN.

My situation is a microcosm of many of the troubling changes that have been happening in the past few years. Protests used to be broadly allowed, but I believe the era of censorship and erosion of the right to peaceful protest has begun. Freedom of expression is under serious threat at Memorial University.

It is up to the new and returning students at MUN to enact change and challenge the powerful.

Matt Barter is a fourth-year student in the Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty at Memorial University of Newfoundland, majoring in Political Science with a minor in Sociology. He enjoys reading thought-provoking articles, walks in nature, and volunteering in the community.

Memorial University has refused access to the Reimagining Leadership 2022 conference speaker fees. Download the invoices below:

Matt Barter is a fourth-year student in the Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty at Memorial University of Newfoundland, majoring in Political Science with a minor in Sociology. He enjoys reading thought-provoking articles, walks in nature, and volunteering in the community.

See below the transcript for Kenneth J. Harvey’s film trailer “MATT HOLDS UP A SIGN”:

November 1972 Memorial University student occupation of the Arts & Administration building

Bob Buckingham: So, we closed off the building, locked all the doors. We had guards on these doors, there’s only one way of getting in and out of the building. We shut down finance, we shut down the Registrar’s office. We chained every single entrance in this building. This was full, it was full down that way and full down that way. We fed anywhere from 200 to 1000 people. We ended up staying here for 11 days.

Kenneth Harvey: And what were the repercussions to you from Memorial University?

Bob Buckingham: To me? Well, there was nothing.

October 1980 Parkway Vigil

Kenneth Harvey: None of these fences were here. There were no overhead walkways here. A group of us came back from the Thompson Student Centre and started walking back and forth across the crosswalk. That stopped traffic. Police were called and tried to disperse us; it didn’t happen. The traffic was being detoured down Elizabeth Avenue, so we decided Monday to go down Elizabeth Avenue and block Elizabeth Avenue as well. Both main arteries were shut down. People were trying to move us with their cars. Cars were actually pushing us, and we were banging on them. But we shut down the city, nobody could move in St. John’s, nobody could move to Memorial University.

What type of action did Memorial University take against you for protesting?

Kenneth Harvey: Nothing.

December 2021 Matt holds up a sign

Matt Barter: It was a pretty small audience, 30 to 40 people maybe. So, the podium was around here. When Dr. Timmons got up to speak, I also got up, I held up this sign and then after that I sat down.

Kenneth Harvey: What sort of action did MUN take against you?

Matt Barter: They banned me from campus for 3 months and then they implemented a one-year probation sentence.

Kenneth Harvey: And what did the one-year probation sentence entail?

Matt Barter: They still haven’t told me that even though they implemented it in March like 5 months ago.

Matt Barter: They seem to really want to punish.

Kenneth Harvey: Why?

Matt Barter: Because they think I’m an easy target.

Kenneth Harvey: But for what reason? Why are you an easy target?

Matt Barter: Because I’m a student who has autism, so they think of me as an easy target. I think that MUN sees me as somebody who they thought wouldn’t be able to stand up for themselves.