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- From: ens@ccu.umanitoba.ca ()
- Subject: Re: 'Professor' in Ca
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- Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
- References: <1992Dec22.235336.5964@rose.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 07:23:11 GMT
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- On Dec. 22, Graham Toal wrote:
-
- >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? Is it closer to the
- >British status or the US one? I'm trying to work out if a Canadian
- >I know who insists on putting Professor in his signature (in a group
- >of academics who normally eschew titles) is being more than normally
- >pretentious or not.
-
- 'Professor' means the same in the US and Canada. Most people that
- join a university or college faculty, become assistant professor.
- The vast majority are eventually promoted to associate p. then
- professor. Many use the title 'professor' from the start, and in
- common usage, 'professor' means simply university teacher. Most
- universities do not have the equivalent of European professorships,
- or very few such positions. Those that do, refer to it them
- 'chairs'.
-
- Werner
-