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UBC Says Acclaimed Writer Steven Galloway Removed Over Breach Of Trust

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 22 Jun, 2016 12:26 PM
    VANCOUVER — The University of British Columbia says the chair of its creative writing program is no longer employed by the school over what it calls an "irreparable breach of trust."
     
    In a statement, the school says acclaimed writer Steven Galloway was suspended in November of last year while an investigation was completed over what it said were serious allegations of misconduct.
     
    Addition complaints were also received after he was suspended and former B.C. Supreme Court justice Mary Ellen Boyd was appointed to conduct an investigation.
     
    Details of those allegations weren't released, but the school says Galloway did not dispute any of the critical findings. 
     
     
     
    Philip Steenkamp, the vice-president external relations at UBC, wouldn't say if Galloway quit or if he was fired.
     
    He noted that when the president recommends termination of a faculty member it needs to be approved by the board and that approval was given on Tuesday.   
     
    Galloway could not immediately be reached for comment.
     
    Steenkamp says all of the complainants who came forward have been offered support and counselling services by the university.
     
    Galloway is the author of three novels, including "The Confabulist" and "The Cellist of Sarajevo" and was nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Scotiabank Giller Prize.

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