Policy 76 on Faculty Appointments has been under revision of some form or other since 2014. Eight years (and counting!) is a long time is an exceptional amount of time by any standard, and that includes the “Waterloo Way”.
If you need a refresher, here’s how policy development works at UW.
Perhaps these years have gone by quickly for you, or perhaps you’ve felt them drag by. Either way, here are a few reference points to put things into context. Here is our (non-exhaustive) list of things that take (or have taken) less time than P76:
2 years:
Expansion of the Applied Health Sciences building (2014–2016)
Construction of the CN tower (1973-1975)
Gestation period of an elephant (23 months)
3 years:
Construction of the Science Teaching Complex (2012–2015) and E7 (2015-2018)
Construction of the SkyDome (1986-1989)
Marie Curie isolates radium (1898-1902)
4 years:
The Manhattan project (1942-1946)
Beethoven writes his Fifth Symphony (1804-1809)
Toni Morrison writes Beloved (1983-1987)
5 years:
Constructing the Region of Waterloo ION (2014-2019)
Marriage of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston (2000-2005)
Building of the Canadian Pacific Railway (1881-1886)
6 years:
Alexander the Great’s Empire
Leo Tolstoy writes War and Peace (1863-1893)
Lifespan of the Microsoft Zune (2006-2012)
Length of the Spirit Mars Exploration Rover mission (2004-2010)
7 years:
Development of electron microscope (1931-1938)
Nirvana’s music career (1987-1994)
Production of Walt Disney’s Sleeping Beauty (1951-1958)
8 years:
Einstein develops general relativity theory (1907-1915)
Apollo mission lands on the moon (1961-1969)
The Beatles’ music career (1962-1970)
Production and filming of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy (1997-2004)
With no clear end in sight, we’re barreling towards at least one more year (9 years: the time it took Andrew Wiles to prove Fermat’s Last Theorem) or more (10 years: the time it took for Odysseus to journey home following the Trojan war; 12 years: the time it takes for Jupiter to orbit the sun).
What are some things you know that take less time than P76? Comment below!
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