Western’s acting dean of arts and humanities said in a statement that the university will pause the chair appointment while carefully considering Munro’s legacy
The University of Western Ontario is pausing an endowed chair position named for author Alice Munro following revelations this week that she remained with her husband after he sexually assaulted her daughter.
The acclaimed short-story author, who died in May at 92, had close ties with the London, Ont., university. She studied English at Western, published her first short stories in an undergraduate magazine there in the 1950s, and served as its writer-in-residence in the mid-1970s, despite never having graduated from the school. Western announced the Alice Munro Chair in Creativity position in late 2013,Also in the mid-1970s, Ms.
“We were deeply troubled to learn of Andrea Robin Skinner’s experience of childhood sexual abuse. Ms. Skinner has our unwavering support and our thoughts are with her,” said Ileana Paul, Western’s acting dean of arts and humanities, in a statement. “At this time, we are pausing the chair appointment as we carefully consider Alice Munro’s legacy and her ties to WesternThe university pledged $1.
The novelist Nino Ricci first held the position in 2018, followed by the multihyphenate author and artist Ivan Coyote. The Governor General’s Literary Award-winning author Sheila Heti was appointed to the position in 2023; she did not respond to requests for comment this week. Munro’s decision to remain with Fremlin after her assault in the Toronto Star this week. The revelationtaught in universitiesSome professors are considering teaching how the publishing sector treated Skinner’s experience, which was known to some in Munro’s orbit, including
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