The only prof I've ever truly hated--she shut down a web discussion on interracial relationships in "Cherrylog Road" because the idea had never occurred to HER. I went to her office once and was crisply told that it was two minutes past her scheduled office hour. Unbelievable.

This woman is psychotic. Whined to students about her problems at the university. Wouldn't show up for class. Really bad fashion sense which made the whole thing worse.

She was awful. All over the map, extremely unclear; she ordered her textbooks through a independent bookstore, making even those unfamiliar with the city go find them elsewhere, and had us watch an interpretive dance video presumably because she was the narrator, not because it had anything to do with the course. Never again. Never.

I am saddened to hear that Dr. Banting is still making students lives miserable. I took her course in 1998 and witnessed many of the same problems that I am reading here. That year, the head of the English department had to speak to our class to avert a full-on revolt by students in response to her biased and unfair marking. Not pretty. to s

Has been the worst Prof I have ever had. Even people getting good marks have complained about her as she is extremely boring and not helpful at all. If you have to take a class with her just agree with everything she says or your mark will be affected badly.

Canadian lit is made less interesting through this teachers infomercial like lectures. If you want to take a class you won't absolutely hate then avoid this prof at all costs! She is very rude and unhelpful. Got grades re-evaluated and got at least an extra letter grade or two on everything.

No Comments

This professor is horrible. I think she smoked up before coming to class because her lectures were so spacey, I doubt even she knew what she was talking about. She is also a horrible marker, she chooses favorites and grades that way. Acts nice and friendly but is very rude and unhelpful and puts students down. Overall Worst professor ever.

Absolutely the worst. She changed the midterm date 3 times, ended up giving us only 1 class notice of the final date. Send an email changing the date of the project from the next week to being due the next day. Did not communicate expectations or dates of important assignments at all, even after students badgered her all class for finalized dates.

Worst prof of my life .Has the most useless things to say about assignments and has no rationale behind the grades she gives out. Also incredibly rude when replying to emails and has an extreme lack of professional behavior when it comes to dealing with students.

Horrible teacher

Horrible prof, unless you really love learning about oil, gas, and aboriginal perspective with a LOT of reading, dont take this class! Tends to treat the class like a grade 7 English class but with PhD difficulty as her exam question dont relate to the work done in class.

Awful prof. By far the worst I've ever had. I was one of the various English majors of her class and yet she has no regard for the various writing styles of her students. Never justifies her explanations for grades, let alone her thinking surrounding lectures. Never know what she wants/talking about. Awful, would never, EVER recommend.

Lectures drag on, she loses focus in class and not to mention, a terrible person. She picks favorites and never gives her students a chance to redeem themselves. Not optimistic and shuts down kids to make them feel unworthy or stupid. Would not recommend nor take again.

Banting takes too much of the class time to go off on tangents that don't even help with the course. She is passionate about what she teaches but her teaching standards and what she expects from her students isn't clear. focusing on 6 different books every two weeks was hectic and it didn't give us the chance to connect with any of the novel.

This professor is one of the most unprofessional teachers Ive ever met. Her assignments are weighted way to high and were far to many for any English course and thats coming from an English major. During the COVID-19 pandemic she not only ridiculed the students over email that they might die too, she ADDED to our already crazy workload. Beware.

Easily one of the worst professors I've ever encountered. Marking criteria was extremely unclear, and did not give useful feedback. Cares more about minor grammatical errors, as opposed to actual content. Lectures heavy, and quite frankly a condescending and direspectful professor.

In my discourse with Dr. Banting, she has regularly ignored my requests for clarifications and graded me outside of the course documents. She unfairly grades people on petty reasons and does not explain how she graded it. When asked to clarify or how she graded she deflects. This is single-handedly the worst professor I've ever had in my life.

Best thing about Dr. Banting's class is that you'll come across some great readings. However, as a person, Dr. Banting is condescending, disrespectful and her emails are extremely unprofessional. It's too bad that she has tenure as her ridiculing of students seems to be a reoccurring theme with her.

Banting is the worst professor I have had, she is condescending, entitled and extremely unprofessional. She refuses to give clear assignment parameters and belittles people for asking questions: she has even made fun of us on twitter. She has time and time again proved that she is not qualified or interested enough to teach.

Banting's class has been my least favorite I've ever taken by a large margin. Her grading criteria is extremely unclear, and obviously bias. For feedback on an OPINOIN piece I did she wrote; I disagree with your perspective. Furthermore her lectures hold very little substance, and her assignments are often unclear and general.

Feedback from Dr. Banting: "You seem to have such a cynical outlook, [Student]...It seems you are reading from a cynical standpoint and it is causing you to create very serious distortions in your interpretations... I hope you can recover from the indoctrination you have received in previous courses." (Banting, 2023). She punishes critical thought

I am extremely dissatisfied with the education provided by Dr. Banting.

This Professor is probably the most unprofessional lady I have ever met. Her demeanor is very unprofessional, her grading scheme is ambiguous and refuses to provide more direct feedback, and is accusatory. Often times, she spends her times on her twitter ranting about how bad we are as students, poor participation, discloses private health matters

I hope she reads this review. she is the worst prof ever.lectures were boring, and she had no review for tests. She needs to treat students with respect. Ive emailed her multiple times for guidance but she doesnt respond. Very unprofessional.Her feedback is rude,and unhelpful. doesnt provide corrections, dont expect to learn anything in the class.

Banting is passive-aggressive and sometimes mean to her students. She will lecture the class about what we did, yet provide unclear guidelines on how to improve. If you disagree with her opinions on the course material be prepared for a low grade and a response which is unprofessional at best, and derogatory at worst. Don't take her classes.

Please do not take a class with her. She is extremely passive-aggressive and rude. Her guidelines were unclear, and the feedback was useless. Even if it is a mandatory class (like in my case), I suggest finding another prof.

Really unreceptive to challenges to her knowledge. She literally didn't know what parkour's (the topic she brought up) original philosophy was intended to be. Too immersed in her readings and field of specialization to understand different perspectives. I think she expects regurgitation. One of the main reasons I changed my degree.

EXTREMELY rude, entitled, and stuck up. If you do something she doesn't like then best believe she's gonna let you and the whole class know. Some poor girl was coughing, and she sent out a email calling her out and even went so far as to make a tweet about it. 100% would not recommend taking this class if you want a good prof.

Doesn't treat her students very well imo. Very condescending towards us, not very helpful, and overall someone you don't wanna be around. Why she would get a teaching job is beyond me, maybe a job where you don't have to talk to others would be better suited for her

Probably gonna tweet about this as well, but Pamela is extremely unprofessional. The way she acts and conducts herself is unbecoming of someone in a teaching profession. She makes coming to class something to dread rather than something to look forward to. Even as someone who loves to learn, Pamela makes that a dreadful experience

Spends all day on twitter and comes off like someone who does. Just one of the most draining person to hear speak. As a teacher, she won't offer you clear ways to improve, just criticism as she sees fit. She acts like she is the smartest person in the world. Granted, she is probably the smartest in the room, yet she acts so smug and arrogant. Avoid

Just as a person, Banting is not a pleasant person. Very passive aggressive, rude, and overall a bad person to be around. You can see for yourself what she thinks about students, just go onto her X account and search up "student" or "class". Frankly, its appalling how someone like a prof feels the need to air out dirty laundry like that

More chronically on Twitter than most other people I know. And that's bad when she's so rude and miserable cuz it's such an easy fix but twitter is her source for life so you know she's never gonna change

Banting is not a professor you want if you are starting an English degree. All her classes center around her PhD focus, which would be valid in a specialized class; it is not here. She spends most lectures talking about other texts NOT assigned to students. Very convoluted way of teaching.

RUN FOR YOUR LIFE. STAY AWAY I BEG YOU.

Don't take classes with her. Trust the reviews. Genuinely the worst prof. I have ever had. She'll make you question why you even signed up to be at uni.

A hard class

Pamela Banting is such a confusing teacher, she brings up other authors because SHE likes them, they dont have any relevance to the course itself. Her 203 INTRO class was not an intro class, it was very specific to her taste. she harassed a girl in the first two weeks causing her to drop. she will post about you on X before responding to an email.

Banting is the worst education provider I've had in my entire school career. As a first year in an introductory course, I was extremely discouraged. Her lectures are irrelevant and she provides no expectations or useful feedback for assignments. She does not respect students and will out you in class or post about you on twitter. Horrible.

Passionate but very condescending, passive agressive and slightly self absorbent. Doesn't use/post rubrics and is picky with writing. Lectures aren't about text, but other authors or political matters and her opinions. Posts on X about your email rather than responding to it. You"ll live if she is the only option, but I'd would advise against it.

She is insufferable. Her knowledge and way of teaching suits the masters classes she fawns over, not a mandatory intro English course. Guys I'm so fr do not take this class unless you have to. The sound of her rolling bag haunt my dreams. No rubrics, no useful feedback, when asked for clarification she only says "it's really quite simple"

Lectures composed of the prof rambling about things she likes, rather than the subject matter of any of the highly specific and specialized books… the class seemed very overly focused for an intro class, and lectures were completely irrelevant until she drops the most random pieces of grammar information (of course on the final). Don't take!

Her lectures were genuinely bizarre. I never once knew what she was yapping about. Did well because I shoehorned environmentalist talking points into everything I wrote and pretended to agree with her wholly. I played solitaire through every lecture.

Avoid this prof at all costs! She is TERRIBLE at responding to emails and is super uncommunicative. Says she doesn't but DEFINITELY grades with how much she likes you in mind. If you have differing opinions to her she will also grade you harder.

The large workload and massive amounts of reading could be forgiven if the professor was less snarky and vindictive. If you're an English major and have to take her course, put your head down and you'll survive. If you're not, avoid at all costs.