NOTE 1: All individuals listed below are signing this open letter in their capacity as individuals, and not in their capacity as a representative of any committee or organization of which they are a member.

NOTE 2: Several individuals declined to have their names posted publicly on the Internet. However, their names remain on the internal co-signatory list which will be sent to the McMaster University leadership.

Co-signatories:

  1. Megumi Harada (Mathematics and Statistics)
  2. David Earn (Mathematics and Statistics)
  3. Nicholas Kevlahan (Mathematics and Statistics)
  4. Bradd Hart (Mathematics and Statistics)
  5. Norm Rosenblood (English, emeritus)
  6. Martin Horn (History)
  7. Leslie King (Geography, emeritus)
  8. Peter Macdonald (Mathematics and Statistics, emeritus)
  9. Ayesha Khan (School of Interdisciplinary Science)
  10. Alan Mendelson (Religious Studies, emeritus)
  11. Larry Evan Roberts (Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behavior , emeritus)
  12. Lori Burrows (Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences)
  13. Betty Ann Levy (Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behavior , emeritus)
  14. Cameron Crowe (Chemical Engineering, emeritus)
  15. Janok P. Bhattacharya (School of Geography and Earth Sciences)
  16. Judith M Shedden (Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behavior )
  17. Atif Kubursi (Economics, emeritus)
  18. Andrew J. Rainbow (Biology, emeritus)
  19. Miroslav Lovric (Mathematics and Statistics)
  20. James Lyons (Kinesiology)
  21. Catherine Tompkins (School of Nursing, emeritus)
  22. Martin Gibala (Kinesiology)
  23. Deirdre Haskell (Mathematics and Statistics)
  24. Helen McDonald (Midwifery Education Program)
  25. Suleiman A. Igdoura (Biology and Pathology & Molecular Medicine)
  26. John E. Greedan (Chemistry, emeritus)
  27. Kathryn Murphy (Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behavior )
  28. David I. Shore (Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behavior )
  29. Aaron Childs (Mathematics and Statistics)
  30. Henry J. Jacek (Political Science)
  31. Bruce Milliken (Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behavior )
  32. Tina Moffat (Anthropology)
  33. Marianne (Kristofferson) Walters (Psychiatry, emeritus)
  34. Helen Ostovich (English, emeritus)
  35. James A. Benn (Religious Studies)
  36. Ana Campos (Biology and School of Interdisciplinary Studies)
  37. Chris Wood (Biology, emeritus)
  38. Sara Bannerman (Communication Studies and Multimedia)
  39. Colin A. Nurse (Biology, emeritus)
  40. Duncan O?Dell (Physics and Astronomy)
  41. Soo Hyun Byun (Physics and Astronomy)
  42. Anne Savage (English & Cultural Studies)
  43. Cliff Burgess (Physics and Astronomy)
  44. Richard Stubbs (Political Science, emeritus)
  45. Colin Seymour (Biology)
  46. Jonathan Dushoff (Biology)
  47. Anthony Petric (Materials Science & Engineering, emeritus)
  48. Roger Hyman (English)
  49. Jean Wilson (Arts & Science Program)
  50. Carmel Mothersill (Biology)
  51. Alison Cowie (Biology)
  52. Terri Loraine Lewis (Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behavior , emeritus)
  53. Lia Bronsard (Mathematics and Statistics)
  54. Rama Singh (Biology)
  55. Melanie Heath (Sociology)
  56. Ian Hambleton (Mathematics and Statistics)
  57. Sigal Balshine (Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behavior )
  58. Grace Kehler (English and Cultural Studies)
  59. (Peter) Travis Kroeker (Religious Studies)
  60. Matt Valeriote (Mathematics and Statistics)
  61. Jose M. Moran-Mirabal (Chemistry and Chemical Biology)
  62. Walter Craig (Mathematics and Statistics)
  63. Philip Britz-McKibbin (Chemistry and Chemical Biology)
  64. Matheus Grasselli (Mathematics and Statistics)
  65. Gianluigi Botton (Materials Science and Engineering)
  66. Cecile Fradin (Physics and Astronomy)
  67. David P. Jackson (Engineering Physics, emeritus)
  68. Gerry Wright (Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences)
  69. Gail Wolkowicz (Mathematics and Statistics)
  70. David Lozinski (Mathematics and Statistics)
  71. Melinda Gough (English)
  72. Rafael Kleiman (Engineering Physics)
  73. Alex Sévigny (Communications and Multimedia)
  74. John (Jack) Evans (University Administration, retired)
  75. Stefania Miller (Political Science, emeritus)
  76. Daniella Lato (Biology)
  77. Paul Faure (Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behavior )
  78. Mary Silcox (English and Cultural Studies)
  79. Alex Adronov (Chemistry and Chemical Biology)
  80. Ralph Pudritz (Physics and Astronomy)
  81. John Colarusso (Anthropology, and Linguistics and Languages)
  82. Alan Chen (Physics and Astronomy)
  83. Mahmut Parlar (School of Business)
  84. William Prestwich (Physics and Astronomy)
  85. Tara La Rose (School of Social Work)
  86. Frank Baillie (Surgery)
  87. Andrew Nicas (Mathematics and Statistics)
  88. Janet Landeen (School of Nursing)
  89. Harald Stöver (Chemistry and Chemical Biology)
  90. Elizabeth Hassan (Engineering 1 & Mechanical Engineering)
  91. Alan Wassyng (Computing and Software)
  92. Susan Elizabeth Baptiste (Rehabilitation Science)
  93. Eugenia Zuroski (English and Cultural Studies)
  94. Katherine Zukotynski (Radiology & Medicine)
  95. Wael El-Dakhakhni (Civil Engineering)
  96. Aubrey Cannon (Anthropology)
  97. Daniel A. Machiela (Religious Studies)
  98. Renu Barrett (William Ready Division of Archives & Research Collections, McMaster Library)
  99. Mitchell Levine (Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact)
  100. Bernardo Trigatti (Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences)
  101. Carl Riehm (Mathematics and Statistics, emeritus)
  102. Albina Veltman (Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behavior )
  103. David Brown (Physics and Astronomy, emeritus)
  104. Derek Lobb (Obstetrics & Gynecology)
  105. Gregory Wohl (Mechanical Engineering)
  106. Paul Grunthal (McMaster Industry Liaison Office (MILO))
  107. Richard Butler (Anatomy)
  108. Rachel Couban (DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care)
  109. Nabil Bassim (Materials Science and Engineering)
  110. Zhou Xing (Pathology & Molecular Medicine)
  111. Christopher J. Allen (Medicine, emeritus)
  112. Brian Coombes (Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences)
  113. Adam Van Tuyl (Mathematics and Statistics)
  114. [ declined to make public ]
  115. Marek Smieja (Pathology & Molecular Medicine)
  116. Mahmoud Ali (Medicine, emeritus)
  117. Joanne Buckley (Student Accessibility Services)
  118. Edward A. Ballik (Engineering Physics; Physics and Astronomy; emeritus)
  119. Robert Philip (Alumni, grad 1959; former member of McMaster Alumni Association (MAA) Board of Directors; former Alumni Representative on the University Senate)
  120. Vicki Lowes (Science Career and Cooperative Education)
  121. Derek Ford (Geography and Earth Science, emeritus)
  122. Sean K. Carey (Geography and Earth Sciences)
  123. Vishwanath V. Baba (DeGroote School of Business)
  124. Elizabeth McElheran (Alumni, grad 1980)
  125. Stephen Andrew Potter (Alumni, grad 1987)
  126. Harvey Feit (Anthropology, emeritus)
  127. Wayne Newman (Alumni)
  128. Ala Lozinski ( Alumni )
  129. Allison Sekuler (Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behavior )
  130. Luke Chan (School of Business, emeritus)
  131. Yorgos Papageorgiou (Geography, emeritus)
  132. Leslie Berry (Pediatrics)
  133. Alexander Mouriopoulos (Alumni, Geography ’84)
  134. Lesley MacNeil (Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences)
  135. Graeme Luke (Physics and Astronomy)
  136. Mike Veall (Economics)
  137. William F. Smyth (Computing and Software, emeritus)
  138. Steven Cooper (Alumni, Hon B.A. Sociology Class of 1984)
  139. Elizabeth Roberts (Alumni, B.A. English Class of 2000)
  140. Norm Archer (DeGroote School of Business, emeritus)
  141. Judy Major-Girardin (School of the Arts)
  142. Gordon Guyatt (Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact; Medicine)
  143. Kris Hiuser (Alumni, McMaster Divinity)
  144. Elizabeth Helen Ramsdale (Medicine)
  145. John Whitney (Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences)
  146. Andrea Baumann (Global Health Office, Associate Vice-President)
  147. Elizabeth McElheran (Alumni, 1980)
  148. Brian D. Lichty (McMaster Immunology Research Centre; Pathology and Molecular Medicine)
  149. Cassandra Anne Weimann (Communication Studies and Multimedia)
  150. Karen Bird (Political Science)
  151. Karen Balcom (History)
  152. Matthew S Miller (Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences)
  153. Denys deCatanzaro (Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behavior , emeritus)
  154. Mark Finkelstein (Alumni 2009)
  155. Kim M. Bryson (Alumni: BPE, ?79? BA, ?80?, MA, ?81)
  156. David Robinson (Sports Physician, David Braley Sport Medicine Centre)
  157. Patrick J. Ryan (Mathematics and Statistics, emeritus)
  158. Sonomi Iwata-Consul (Linguistics and Languages)
  159. [ declined to make public ]
  160. Virginia Aksan (History, emeritus)
  161. Gerhard E. Gerber (Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, emeritus)
  162. Vivian Robinson (Graduate Assistant, Computing and Software)
  163. Carol Bassim (Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact)
  164. D. Ann Herring (Anthropology, emeritus)
  165. Terry Galan (Director, Purchasing)
  166. Sylvia Avery (Executive Assistant, MacPherson Institute)
  167. Stephen W. Link (Psychology, emeritus)
  168. Ellen Ryan (Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, emeritus; Health Aging and Society, emeritus)
  169. Harvey Levenstein (History, emeritus)
  170. Peter George Ramsden (Anthropology, emeritus)
  171. Patricia Joan Ellis (School of Nursing, emeritus)
  172. June Kertyzia (Faculty of Health Sciences, retired staff)
  173. Andrew Muller (Economics, emeritus)
  174. [declined to make public]
  175. Alan Walker (Music, emeritus)
  176. Maureen P. Halsall (English; emeritus)
  177. Lara Grunthal (Alumni)
  178. Anne Newbigging (Senate Office)
  179. Patricia Carter (Research Coordinator, Faculty of Health Sciences; retired)
  180. Frank Trevor Denton (Economics; emeritus)
  181. Gyan Johari (Materials Science and Engineering, emeritus)
  182. Joan Morris (Secretary of University Senate; retired)
  183. Rudy Heinzl (Dean of Student Affairs, retired)
  184. Jim Couper (Physics, emeritus)
  185. Pamela Kay (widow of former President of the Faculty [now University] Club)
  186. Henry P. Schwarcz (School of Geography and Earth Sciences)
  187. Dianne Carment (Conference & Event Services)
  188. Robert Laurence Baber (Computing and Software, emeritus)
  189. Megan Brickley (Anthropology)
  190. Manish Verma (DeGroote School of Business)
  191. Robert Lee (Anesthesia, emeritus)
  192. David Goodings (Physics, emeritus)
  193. Robert Andrew Duncan (Alumni, 1974)
  194. Nicholas Solntseff (Computer Science, emeritus)
  195. Helen Thomas (School of Nursing, emeritus)
  196. Chauncey Wood (English, emeritus)
  197. Ayse Turak (Engineering Physics)
  198. Catherine Thomas (widow of former McMaster faculty member)
  199. Ross L. Judd (Mechanical Engineering, emeritus)
  200. Anne Plessl (Library Advancement Officer)
  201. Edward Glanville (Anthropology, emeritus)
  202. Dympna McCully (Faculty of Health Sciences Administration, retired)
  203. Panayiotis Paul Contoyannis (Economics)
  204. Dieter Stolle (Civil Engineering)
  205. Gerald Chapple (Languages and Linguistics, emeritus)
  206. Ann Murray (Biomedical Sciences staff, retired)
  207. Peter Dent (Pediatrics, emeritus)
  208. Bruce C. Wainman (Anatomy)
  209. Daniel Goldreich (Psychology, Neuroscience and Behavior)
  210. Christopher Frank Hayes (Alumni, Physics and Astronomy)
  211. Mark Rowe (Religious Studies)
  212. Dawn M.E. Bowdish (Pathology and Molecular Medicine)
  213. Liz Nash (Alumni; daughter of former Dean of McMaster)
  214. Jeremy Hirota (Medicine)
  215. John Simmons (Engineering Physics, emeritus)
  216. Mark Larché (Medicine)
  217. Greg Rushton (Alumni M.D. 2016, Family Medicine resident)
  218. Evan Simpson (Philosophy, emeritus)
  219. Phyllis Way (Electrical and Computer Engineering, staff, retired)
  220. Brian McEntegart (UTS, retired)
  221. Elizabeth McCallum (Assistant Registrar, retired)
  222. Mark Henry Sproule-Jones (Urban Studies, emeritus)
  223. Alan Cassels (History, emeritus)
  224. Geoffrey B.C. Hall (Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behavior)
  225. Vladimir Ljubicic (Kinesiology)
  226. Maureen Letang (Bequeathal Coordinator for the Education Program in Anatomy)
  227. Thomas J. Hawke (Pathology and Molecular Medicine)
  228. Angela Scott (Pathology and Molecular Medicine)
  229. Natalie Romaniuk (Education Program in Anatomy, Laboratory assistant)
  230. Victoria Galea (School of Rehabilitation Science)
  231. Sue Dingle (Education Program in Anatomy, Administrator)
  232. Liz Jensen (Education Program in Anatomy, Laboratory assistant)
  233. Vian Mohialdin (Pathology and Molecular Medicine)
  234. Sandra Moll (School of Rehabilitation Science)
  235. Brian Di Rezze (School of Rehabilitation Science)
  236. [ declined to make public ]
  237. Mark Lawford (Computing and Software)