Tag: Morteza Shirkhanzadeh

Shirkhanzadeh firing won’t proceed to further arbitration

On Sept. 12, seated around a boardroom table at the Four Points Sheraton, representatives from Queen’s administration, it’s faculty union, and recently-fired professor Morteza Shirkhanzadeh went into a closed session mediation. The session was intended to discuss grievances regarding the professors...

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Whistle-blower Morteza Shirkhanzadeh fired

After 27 years of teaching, an 11-year case and hundreds of letters exchanged with Queen’s administration, Professor Morteza Shirkhanzadeh received his final letter from the University administration on Monday announcing his termination. For Shirkhanzadeh, who was the subject of a heated case involving...

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Private company to examine Shirkhanzadeh case amid new allegations

A decade of allegations against Queen’s— for research misconduct, violated academic freedom and institutional non-compliance — are now being investigated by an external body. The 10-year-old case begun with engineering professor Morteza Shirkhanzadeh, who first brought allegations to Queen’s of plagiarism...

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News: Year in Review 2015-16

This year The Journal’s news section covered a variety of topics ranging from academic freedom to Bieber Fever. The following is a collection of the news highlights from the year. Professor’s academic freedom violated, report finds: June 2, 2015 In April 2015 the Canadian Association of University...

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Reporting system is broken

In the last few months, I’ve read with interest articles in the Journal regarding Dr. Mort Shirkhanzadeh and his concerns over research integrity, and the various Letters to the Editor on the subject. All point to a flawed system.  Over the years, I’ve presented similar concerns regarding duplicated...

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Letter to the editor: Shirkhanzadeh on his third strike

Professor Shirkhanzadeh has been found guilty of harassment.  What farce. To be found guilty of harassment at Queen’s, one thing is sufficient and one thing is necessary. First, what is necessary is for the so-called “harassed” to be people in positions of power. Voltaire well said: “To learn who...

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Teachers' association questions University’s actions

The University’s attempts to prevent the release of a report on alleged violations of academic freedom are unprecedented, according to the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT). In the agreement between the University and Professor Morteza Shirkhanzadeh — who the University had accused...

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Professor's academic freedom violated, report finds

According to a report published last month by a national union association, Queen’s has taken steps over the past 10 years to silence an engineering professor who attempted to expose evidence of research misconduct.  Morteza Shirkhanzadeh, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical...

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