Keep Professor Vervaeke at U of T

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The current and former students of Professor John Vervaeke hereby petition the University of Torontos Faculty of Arts and Science (hereafter referred to as the U of T) to take immediate and decisive action to ensure that Dr. Vervaeke remains at the U of T. We recognize that the U of Ts continuing failure to award Dr. Vervaeke with any form of job stability beyond sessional lectureship has resulted in a situation in which he is seeking a position at other universities.

We recognize that Dr. Vervaeke provides invaluable teaching to us, his students, as recognized by his numerous teaching awards such as the U of T 2000-2001 SAC-APUS Teaching Award, and his nomination to TVOs Best Lecturer Challenge in 2006.

We further recognize that beyond his excellent and inspiring teaching, Dr. Vervaeke is engaged in research on the cutting edge of the burgeoning field of cognitive science, as demonstrated by his recent co-authorship of a ground breaking paper, Relevance Realization and the Emerging Framework for Cognitive Science (2009) as well as countless other research papers.

In light of Dr. Vervaekes teaching and research excellence and the resulting value he provides to the U of T and its students, we hereby urge the U of T to take action in the interest of retaining Dr. Vervaeke, particularly to award him with a Senior Lecturer position.

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  • Noah Mazereeuw
  • Samuel Hanig
    • Student Number
    • 995145917
  • Kristin Labbett
    • Comments
    • Please give this amazing professor the compensation and job security he deserves!
  • Jessica Kirstein
    • Student Number
    • 995721900
  • Stephanie Mathewson
    • Student Number
    • 995321520
    • Comments
    • amazing prof!
  • Cynthia
  • Stephanie Burton
    • Comments
    • amazing teacher! a credit to his profession. he is an enormous asset to U of T, and i hope they realize that.
  • Dana Nezon
  • Oh, Yae Won
    • Student Number
    • 995361479
  • Natasha Pascoe
    • Comments
    • Prof. Vervaeke is an indispensable professor who greatly enhances the learning experience at U of T.
  • Courtney
  • Katarzyna Kania
  • Mark Duncan
    • Comments
    • PSY260 would be lacking without Vervaeke's insight
  • Nicholas Howell
  • Sana
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  • Alex Legum
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  • Jaimie Chan
    • Student Number
    • 996171495
    • Comments
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  • Ammar Ijaz
    • Student Number
    • 994616466
    • Comments
    • Vervaeke = Awesome!
  • Angela Blomme
  • Chang Chen
  • Emma Savino
  • frances dubach
  • Alexandra Lucas
  • Ariel Silver
  • Christina
  • Haider Ali Khan
    • Student Number
    • 994884997
    • Comments
    • Must concur with the petition's message as he really is an incredible teacher.
  • Anna Rim
  • Angela Valencia
    • Comments
    • He is a great prof who constantly reveals fascinating information in his lectures with evident passion for his field. It would be a grave mistake to let him go.
  • Anita
  • Richard Wu
    • Student Number
    • 994900416
  • George Mantzios
    • Student Number
    • 994691080
  • Tiffany
    • Student Number
    • 995633578
  • Diana Pontes
  • Laura Park
  • Nadine Hudz
    • Comments
    • Like many of his other students, I seek out courses Prof. Vervaeke is teaching for the amazing opportunity of being taught by him.
  • Sarah Skyvington
  • Mitchell Moldofsky
    • Student Number
    • 996460592
    • Comments
    • I am a returning student completing a B.Arts, and would likely have changed my mind about finishing if not for the lecures by Dr. V. Other classes have been far less interestingly delivered and less challenging intellectually. Dr. V. brings a unique and rigorous style to his teaching, and is one of the only professors I have had who consciously designs his courses making use of adult education principles. Without professors with his type of passion, the university can be a very dull place.
  • Nick Kennedy
    • Student Number
    • 996094202
  • Andrew Dakin
    • Student Number
    • 995380298
  • Jessica Torres
    • Comments
    • I though Dr. Vervaeke was a fabulous instructor who taught me more that I had learned in previous classes about cognive psychology and the brain!
  • Nancy Zhao
    • Comments
    • I have never learned so much from just a single man. What he has taught me has changed my life and made me a much better person.
  • Mohammed Abbas
    • Student Number
    • 993719678
    • Comments
    • Vervaeke is a genuinely compassionate and inspiring human being, let alone university professor.
  • justin brienza
    • Student Number
    • 994958006
    • Comments
    • i stand behind this, completely.
  • Cherry Rose Tan
    • Comments
    • I'm a Psychology Specialist and have taken tons of PSY courses, and I can honestly say that Professor Vervaeke is one of the best and most engaging lecturers I've had at UofT. He makes his students think, is passionate about his work, and his way of integrating psychology with cognitive science and philosophy is unique and worthwhile. He has significantly changed my thinking on psychology, and he is definitely a teacher and researcher that deserves to be kept at UofT.
  • helen
  • Natalie Muradian
    • Student Number
    • 995425277
  • Olga Morderer
  • Sarah McGaughey
  • Carola
  • Natalia