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Jamie Sarkonak: B.C. human rights tribunal rules conservatism not a real political view
Professor denied tenure-track job for anti-DEI, pro-equality views won't get a hearing despite B.C. protections for political belief
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While B.C.’s human rights code notionally protects people on the basis of political belief, this didn’t help a Simon Fraser University political science professor who was denied a job over his lack of support for DEI. Indeed, the tribunal decided in April not to give the matter a hearing.
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Josh Gordon had taught at the SFU policy school from 2014 to 2021 on various contracts. He applied for a tenure-track position in 2021, but, despite having positive student reviews, a history of teaching in the faculty (contract renewals and pay increases indicated he was performing well) and a point of view that added diversity to the policy school, he was shut down.
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The competition for that job was in 2021. All minds were still on the previous summer’s Black Lives Matter pandemic-flouting demonstrations, riots, and, at SFU, a letter to the school complaining about the unquantifiable force of “systemic racism” and white supremacy, and demanding the integration of DEI into the academy.
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