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Dr. Frank Cassidy passed away on September 30 in Victoria. He was associate professor in the School of Public Administration, founding director of the Administration of Aboriginal Governments Program and author of several books and articles on Aboriginal self-government, treaties and Aboriginal law. Frank developed a passion for Aboriginal self-government, which animated his teaching, research and advising to First Nations and government. His books include Indian Government: Its Meaning and Practice (co-authored with Robert Bish) and After Native Claims (co-authored with Norman Dale), as well as Aboriginal Title in British Columbia and Aboriginal Self-Determination. Frank was a deeply committed teacher who brought his research and advising experience into the courses he taught. Frank served as a senior research associate for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, with responsibility for the commission’s research on Aboriginal governments and international Indigenous governance issues. He was the advisor for Aboriginal policy to the Privy Council of the Province of British Columbia and the Auditor General of Canada. He was a long-time advisor to the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs and served as senior advisor to the Vice-Chief for British Columbia of the Assembly of First Nations. Frank held master’s and doctoral degrees in political theory and public administration from Stanford University. He also was a research associate for the Institute for Research on Public Policy and a visiting fellow to the Australian National University.
Contributed by Dr. Evert Lindquist, Director of the School of Public Administration
Professor Terry Morley of the Department of Political Science died on October 10 after a brief illness. A sometime columnist for both the Victoria Times-Colonist and the Vancouver Sun, he was eulogized in both newspapers as well as in the BC legislature (by his former student, the Hon. George Abbott). He was widely recognized as one of the leading authorities on BC politics. In recent years, he had run his own political consulting business, and he had a long history as an advisor and political organizer associated with both the NDP and the Canadian Labour Congress. As a professor at UVic between 1974 and 2004, he influenced generations of students of Canadian politics. His scholarly works, such as Secular Socialists and The Reins of Power, were definitive in his field, but those who knew him will remember him most for his vitality and engagement with the world. He will be sorely missed by family, friends and colleagues. Donations in his memory may be made to Partners in the Horn of Africa, a secular Canadian charity that works effectively with partners in rural Ethiopia.
Contributed by Dr.Warren Magnusson, Department of Political Science
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