A former professor at Simon Fraser University has lost a B.C. labour relations case where he alleged his views on diversity, equity and inclusion cost him a tenure-track position.

Josh Gordon launched a complaint in October 2022 against the Faculty Association of Simon Fraser University in which he said the teachers’ union acted in bad faith by failing to represent him robustly in his complaint against the university for denying him tenure.

Gordon was a limited-term professor in SFU’s school of public policy from 2014 to 2021, and said in his complaint that his performance reviews were strong. However, in 2020, the university got an email signed by several of Gordon’s students complaining of “systemic racism” in the program.

“The faculty met to discuss the letter and I was the only pers

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