The July 2024 Merits Decision is to be sent back to Arbitrator David Phillip Jones – the original arbitrator – because it has been deemed to be “unreasonable” and to violate principles of natural justice.
My comments on the Alberta Labour Relations Board Hearing are discussed here:
The most important parts of the decision are Paragraph 66:
and Paragraphs 75 and 76:
These paragraphs show that Arbitrator David Phillip Jones did not properly consider academic freedom in his decision, as the comments of mine that were being held against me were protected by academic freedom. For example, the main opponent of my reinstatement, Gabrielle Weasel Head (who was going by her married name of Gabrielle Lindstrom at the time), opposed me putting forward ideas such as “Indigenous science is not science” because she claimed that they were “racist and discriminatory” and made her feel “unsafe” at the university.
Another MRU employee, Mary-Lee Mulholland, opposed my reinstatement because I had said that there were only two sexes, and, according to Mulholland, this was to say that trans people did not exist and denied their humanity.
