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Featured Fellow
William Bruneau
William (“Bill”) Bruneau is a Saskatchewan native, a graduate of the U of S and, later on, the University of Toronto. He was a secondary school teacher in Calgary in the late 1960s, then joined the Department of Educational Studies at UBC (1971-2003). His kids and grandchildren graduated from public schools and universities. He was an elected school trustee in Vancouver (1990-1993), president of the UBC Faculty Association 1992-4, then president of the Canadian Association of University Teachers (1996-8). Bill’s published work has dealt with academic freedom, the rise of “performance indicators” in school and university management, and with people on the front lines of education. As of 2023-24, Bill is working on a book about Bertrand Russell. He types a lot.