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Prof. Patterson’s findings will be made public, the university said, but it did not commit to publishing the entire report, citing personal information as a potential obstacle.Kelly Hannah-Moffat, the university’s vice-president of human resources and equity, said law dean Edward Iacobucci had requested such a review this fall. She said she agreed “that an impartial review would be useful.”
Allegations surfaced that a judge on the Tax Court of Canada attempted to block the appointment over concerns about Dr. Azarova’s work on the subject of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories. Mr. Iacobucci has denied that an offer was made to Dr. Azarova and denied that he rescinded the offer because of political interference from a judge.
Prof. Patterson is tasked with producing a narrative of events around the search committee process and the basis for the decision to “discontinue the candidacy of the search committee’s preferred candidate,” as Prof. Hannah-Moffat put it in a memo.“I have also asked her to provide her conclusions on whether existing university policies and procedures were followed in this search, including those relating to confidentiality obligations in the search process,” Prof. Hannah-Moffat wrote.
Samer Muscati, a former director of the IHRP, asked why it was the vice-president of human resources and not the university president announcing the review. He also questioned whether a former university president, rather than someone from outside the university system, ought to be leading the review.“Ultimately this needs to be truly independent and released publicly – not to university administration that are implicated,” Mr. Muscati said.
David Dyzenhaus, a professor of law and philosophy at the University of Toronto, said the reputation of the law school and the dean have been “dragged through the mud,” and so an inquiry is a timely idea. He said he is troubled, however, by allegations that a judge learned of the candidacy of Dr. Azarova.
Deeply flawed inquiry designed to yield a favourable result for the Law School. We've seen this played out many times. Biased report released, Zionist orgs support it along with the MSM, all goes away. Palestinians suffer more oppression at the hands of vile racist Zionists.
Reason 2,487 as to why one should ignore annoying UofT alumni fundraising calls to one’s home after the dinner hour.
Not sure what Israel and Palestine have to do with this story. Very confusingly written.
Hiring her is like the UN human rights council
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