Update on Denis Rancourt academic freedom case

Dear colleagues,

As you probably know, the legal case of my 2009 dismissal from my tenured Full Professorship at the University of Ottawa has been on-going for many years:
http://rancourt.academicfreedom.ca/component/content/article/52.html

Well, the binding labour arbitration hearings are finally over! The last day of hearings was June 26, 2013. We expect the arbitrator Claude Foisy's decision within 4 to 6 months.

In my opinion, the hearing was a modern Socratic trial, with the University's arguments explicitly alternating between "corrupting the youth" and "insulting important people". The media reports thankfully saw this as a tactic.

Link to mainstream media reports about the final days of the hearings are given in this blog post:
http://uofowatch.blogspot.ca/2013/06/rancourt-arbitration-hearings-end-media.html

For example, this video about anarchists was played during the hearings in the lengthy cross-examination of me, because it was in one of my many YouTube playlists:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ScFU0UxKWA&list=PL74C8802F2EB649BE&index=1

The Ontario Civil Liberties Association (OCLA) attended virtually all the hearings:
http://ocla.ca/closing-arguments-in-u-of-o-academic-freedom-battle/

Cheers,

Denis Rancourt