UBC education prof files complaint of racial discrimination

by E Wayne Ross on April 20, 2011

The Georgia Straight: UBC education prof files complaint of racial discrimination

An associate professor of education at UBC believes that the university discriminated against her because of her race.

Jennifer Chan, a Canadian of Chinese descent, claims that the denial of her application for the prestigious David Lam Chair in Multicultural Education in the faculty of education forms part of a pattern of discrimination against her.

“There was systemic racism all throughout my career,” Chan told the Straight in a phone interview today