Discrimination, conspiracy to injure, malfeasance in public office, breaches of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, defamation, breach of contract, and negligence are claimed against the University and several of its officials.
Among the individual defendants are Dr. Jacques Bradwejn – Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dr. James Worthington – Ottawa Hospital’s Vice-President of Medical Affairs and Patient Safety, Dr. Paul Bragg – Associate Dean Postgraduate Medical Education, Dr. Eric Poulin – Chair of the Department of Surgery, Dr. Therry Mesana – Chair of the Cardiac Surgery Division, Dr. Richard Moulton – Chair of the Neurosurgery Division, Dr. Fraser Rubens – Cardiac Surgery Program Director, and Dr. John Sinclair – former Neurosurgery Program Director.
The claim casts a spotlight on the state of medical training of foreign medical residents at both provincial and national levels in Canadian universities and illustrates some of the hurdles faced by foreign doctors at the U of O.
The plaintiffs’ case had garnered media attention in the Spring of 2011 when they held a press conference to announce that they had filed a Human Rights Complaint against the University of Ottawa.
They are represented by lawyers Douglas Christie and Barbara Kulaszka.
For more details please follow the link to the statement of claim: Aba-AlKhail et al. v. University of Ottawa et al. CV-11-440336.
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For more information please contact:
Mireille Gervais, LL.L.
Director, Student Appeal Centre
Student Federation of the University of Ottawa
Email: case.cresac@sfuo.ca
Khalid Aba-AlKhail, MD
Cardiac Surgery Program
University of Ottawa
All related posts about this case and the Faculty of Medicine are HERE.
3 comments:
Wow, this looks pretty damning.
No kidding - 3 Saudi medical studends on visas whose tuition and expenses were paid by their home government hire the lawyer who defended Keegtra, Zundel, Ahenekew, and other people with ties to the KKK, Aryan Nation, and Heritage Front to sue a Canadian medical faculty for discrimination. Wow. Talk about strange bedfellows.
Not so much - their legal claim is long but doesnt seem to clearly desrcibe the actual discrimination or demeaning conduct. It also states they were fully funded by their Saudi government for their tuition and expenses, so their $$$ claim amount is just whack.
What's more interesting is why Saudi visa students would hire notorious lawyers whose previous clients include Ernst Zundel, David Ahenakew, Jim Keegstra and members of the KKK, Aryan Nation, and Heritage Front. A quick google of their names - not a team known for helping minorities fight systemic discrimination. I guess there is a first time for everything. Why the SFUO would let themselves be associated with this is beyond me. This will be interesting to watch.
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