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Indo-Canadian woman gets human rights plaint go-ahead
Ottawa, Feb 4
A provincial supreme court in
Canada has okayed a human rights complaint by an Indo-Canadian varsity
professor against a university alleging discrimination on the basis of
race, colour and ethnic origin.
Radha Koilpillai, who is of
Indian descent, was declared ineligible for the post of a full-time
lecturer by Saint Mary's University dean after an external candidate was
short-listed, the Chronicle Herald reported Tuesday.
Koilpillai's complaint alleged that she was discriminated against on the basis of her race, colour and ethnic origin.
Koilpillai filed her human rights complaint against the university in June 2013.
In
a written decision released Tuesday, Justice James Chipman of Nova
Scotia Supreme Court noted some administrative issues in the
commission's handling of the case but announced that the board of
inquiry could proceed.
Saint Mary's spokesperson Margaret Murphy
in a brief statement said: "The university is looking forward to the
opportunity to establish at the board of inquiry that the process
followed by the faculty members of the department of management was
based only on merit and free from discrimination."