I received the supplement (Bulletin, April) with Ms. Bruneau's excellent article. Concerning Professor Irvine's article in Dialogue, I wonder why he focused on the gender issue. If he were truly against affirmative action, it seems to me he would have focused on the preferential hiring of Canadians by Canadian universities. Everyone knows non-Canadians don't get hired to teach in Canadian universities unless there are no Canadians for those slots.

Perhaps it's not affirmative action Professor Irvine is against, just affirmative action for women.

William J. Greenberg
English, University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras