Many lecturers spend their entire academic careers at the University: The faculty survey we did for our report found that one lecturer had been teaching here for 45 years, and one-third of our lecturers had been here for more than 20.

It’s a good thing for students, tenure-track faculty and the administration that many lecturers are committed to the University for the long haul and able to spend their entire careers here. What’s wrong, however, is that administrators continue to portray and treat lecturers as “temps.” Instead of propagating myths about us, they should respect our work and give us the job security and pay equity we deserve.

Liliana Naydan is a lecturer in Sweetland Writing Center. Ian Robinson is a lecturer in sociology and the Residential College.