Indigenous professor denied tenure claims narrow focus on peer-reviewed publications is discriminatory

Inside Higher Ed: A former professor at the University of British Columbia who lost her tenure bid because of a poor publication record is arguing that the university discriminated against her in discounting the nontraditional scholarship she did as an indigenous woman. The case is moving forward after British Columbia’s Human Rights Tribunal rejected the university's request to dismiss the complaint filed by Lorna June McCue, a former UBC assistant professor of law who is of Ned’u’ten ancestry.

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