Liam Donnelly's Conviction by Prejudice: Lessons for Harassment Policy

by David Finley

I am unable to imagine what further precautions the University could take to ensure that a party is accorded a fair and just procedure.
-- John Stubbs
(Statement on May 22, 1997 endorsing the conviction of Liam Donnelly)1

Contents

• Preface by Patrick Basham
• Preliminaries
• Presentation and Analysis of Panel text
• Analysis of Report
• Prejudicial Treatment
• Additional Problems with the Case
• Donnelly's Boycott of the Panel Hearings
• Aftermath
• Possible Causative Theory
• Implications
• Conclusions
• References

Caveats

The author is a professor at Simon Fraser University, but speaks only for himself, claiming no authority beyond the truth and logic of the text. The author wishes to thank many providers of information, yet accepts his due diligence obligations for the contents. The author does not want to detract from the many positive achievements of individuals and units at SFU.² Nor does the author wish to imply that the problems described are necessarily worse than those at other universities and with other special tribunals dealing with sexual harassment allegations.

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