WINNIPEG — A now-senior executive at Brandon University turned a student’s failing grade into an A+ when she was the dean of science, a move that overrode the course instructor’s concerns and is raising questions about grading oversight in the aftermath.

Multiple sources corroborated details about an April 2022 incident that took place when Bernadette Ardelli was overseeing eight departments and two programs in the faculty of science at BU. Ardelli has since been promoted to vice-president for research and graduate studies.

“She gave a grade that was mathematically impossible,” one university employee — who agreed to an interview on the condition of anonymity — told the Winnipeg Free Press.

Concerns about the incident resurfaced internally on campus this fall.

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