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- From: ray@philmtl.philips.ca (Ray Dunn)
- Subject: Re: 'Professor' in Canada - what does it mean?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.032323.15100@philmtl.philips.ca>
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- References: <Bzn1Jn.5tp@demon.co.uk> <1992Dec25.093839.22647@sol.ctr.columbia.edu>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 03:23:23 GMT
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- In refd article, slb22@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Seth "the Lesser") writes:
- >gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk (Graham Toal) writes:
- >>Could anyone who understands what a Brit means by 'Professor' and who
- >>knows why we sometimes have misunderstandings about visiting US academics,
- >>please tell me what 'professor' means in Canada?
- >
- >Yes, and could someone please tell those of us who don't understand this
- >difference (who, in fact, weren't aware of it) just what it is? What *is* a
- >British "professor"?
-
- The Canadian meaning of "professor" is exactly the same as the American
- one, i.e. equivalent to "lecturer" in British academic hierarchy.
-
- In Britain, "Professor" is the highest academic rank and implies the holder
- is, or has been, the head of a department.
-
- Now the interesting question. Is Graham's correspondent pretentious in
- using the title (quite a lowly one in Canada) or is Graham overreacting
- because to his ears the title is much more prestigious.
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