KFA Update: Inquiry Regarding KPU President

Dear KFA Colleagues,

Despite multiple attempts via email and MS Teams, the KFA has been unable to contact President Bruce Choy in recent weeks. Scheduled meetings with the President have been cancelled, and his installation has been postponed. We sincerely hope that President Choy is well and that he returns to his duties shortly.

The university community has received no formal communication regarding his multi-week absence or of any appointment of an Acting President.

President Choy was absent when the KPU Board of Governors passed the University’s 2026 budget in January, rather than its customary March timeframe. At that meeting, we understand that Vice President Diane Purvey was referred to as Interim University President.

The KFA has significant concerns regarding the seeming concentration of Presidential authority in what appears to be the absence of a formally Board-designated Acting President, particularly where that authority appears to be exercised by an administrator whose budgetary and administrative decisions are the subjects of active dispute.

For these reasons, the KFA has sent a formal written inquiry to the KPU Board of Governors requesting confirmation of the current status of President Choy and any formal designation of an Acting President. Given the public nature of the issue and the statutory oversight role of the Province, we have also copied the Ministry of Post-Secondary and Future Skills on that correspondence.

We will keep you updated as we learn more information.

In Solidarity,

Mark Diotte

President, Kwantlen Faculty Association

president@yourkfa.ca