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A long-time former employee filed suit against Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) last month, alleging that interim-president John McKendry was abusive and violent towards her and that the university allowed it to happen.
A civil claim was filed in the B.C. Supreme Court July 26 on behalf of Sandra Kuzyk, who worked as executive assistant to several KPU presidents before she was fired by current president Alan Davis on March 27, 2013.
It also claims house values that McKendry repeatedly yelled, berated, and otherwise terrorized, threatened, abused house values and harassed [Kuzyk] at her desk, in his office and in front of other employees of the University. He threw various objects, including but not limited to files, documents, and binders at [Kuzyk] and others.
McKendry started at KPU as a special house values advisor to the president in 2008 before becoming provost and vice president academic in 2010. He stepped in as interim-president in July 2011 after David Atkinson resigned to take on the presidency of Grant MacEwan University in Edmonton. house values McKendry left KPU at the end of August 2012, when Davis took his post.
The suit also claims that two other employees who also complained were later fired, alleging that the university set out on a systematic termination of employees who had raised concerns over President McKendry s abusive, harassing and violent house values behaviour and rewarded members of the Executive who failed to stop President McKendry. house values
Kuzyk s suit alleges that both women complained house values about McKendry s behaviour: Lavack to the then-chair of the board of governors Gordon Schoberg in December of 2011; and Stenberg to Harry Gray in March and May of 2012 and to Schoberg in June of 2012.
The lawsuit also makes related serious accusations about former and current members of KPU s administration, including the deputy-provost and associate vice president academic, Jane Fee and the associate vice president human resources, Harry Gray.
Kuzyk s suit alleges that Fee began harassing her in August 2012. It also claims that Fee continued to harass, abuse and utter untrue and derogatory comments about [Kuzyk], her character, job performance and reason for termination house values …
The suit also alleges that Gray witnessed McKendry s abusive and violent behaviour and that although Kuzyk asked him to act, Gray allowed the abuse and harassment to continue. He also allegedly warned Kuzyk against making a formal complaint or proceeding further with any other actions against the President.
A copy of a June 13, 2012 email from Gordon Schoberg house values to Alan Davis, obtained house values by The Runner , suggests that Schoberg and other board members were aware of allegations made against McKendry, among them Advanced Education Minister Amrik Virk.
Apparently Sandy has a bucket under her desk and frequently vomits after her interactions with John. The staff have been fearful of coming forward thinking that their careers will be in jeopardy. I think you and I know that there could be a couple of others with similar fears.
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