[R-G] Statement By Denis Rancourt Regarding His Dismissal By The University Of Ottawa

[Anthony Fenton]

Statement By Denis Rancourt Regarding His Dismissal By The University  
Of Ottawa

April 16, 2009 By Denis Rancourt

I was fired by the University of Ottawa on March 31, 2009.  I was  
fired under the false pretext of having arbitrarily assigned high  
grades in one course in the winter 2008 semester.  All relevant  
documents, media report links, letters of support, petitions, etc.,  
have been made public at http://rancourt.academicfreedom.ca/ .

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It appears that among the real reasons for the university's attempts  
to discipline me since September 2005 and for its recent most harsh  
actions against me under President Allan Rock's mandate might be the  
administration's opposition to my political views about the Palestine- 
Israel conflict,

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