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Whistle-blower Morteza Shirkhanzadeh fired

Written on September 20, 2016. Posted in News.

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...

Queen’s suspends professor for a month after insubordination investigation

Written on August 2, 2016. Posted in News.

On June 29, Queen’s administration sent a letter to engineering Professor Morteza Shirkhanzadeh, asking him not to attend work or perform duties for a month. It’s the third time in a year he’s been suspended without pay. On the morning of July 2, Shirkhanzadeh read the news via email from the newly-appointed...

Private company to examine Shirkhanzadeh case amid new allegations

Written on June 6, 2016. Posted in News.

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...

Teaching profs deserve an equal pedestal

Written on October 6, 2015. Posted in Editorials.

Those who can, teach. Those who can’t, get tenure. A growing trend across Canadian universities is the “teaching class”, university instructors who are hired on short contracts to teach classes on an hourly basis and for lower pay than more ‘elite’ professors who spend their days researching. By valuing...

Reporting system is broken

Written on September 25, 2015. Posted in Opinions.

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...

Breaking: Professor suspended for three days for workplace harassment

Written on August 19, 2015. Posted in News.

Last updated: Aug. 20 at 11:04 p.m.— Professor Morteza Shirkhanzadeh learned on Monday that he would be suspended for three days without pay for workplace harassment. The engineering professor received a letter on Aug. 17 from University Provost and Vice Principal (Academic) Alan Harrison informing...

Queen’s professor has papers retracted

Written on July 28, 2015. Posted in News.

The CDIO Initiative in Sweden retracted four conference papers written by a Queen’s professor of engineering on July 1 following a directive from Queen’s University. According to the co-director of the CDIO, Johan Malmqvist, Queen’s approached CDIO on June 30 and directed CDIO to remove the papers. “We...

Teachers' association questions University’s actions

Written on June 30, 2015. Posted in News.

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...

UPDATED August 19: Timeline of the Shirkhanzadeh academic freedom case

Written on June 30, 2015. Posted in News.

Creation date: June 30, 2015, 8:00 a.m. Last updated: August 19, 2015, 1:00 p.m. This timeline will be updated as new information becomes available. Click here to view the timeline in fullscreen. Information taken from LORI, CAUT’s report and Dr. Shirkanzadeh’s own report.

Professor's academic freedom violated, report finds

Written on June 2, 2015. Posted in News.

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...

Tag: research misconduct

Whistle-blower Morteza Shirkhanzadeh fired

Queen’s suspends professor for a month after insubordination investigation

Private company to examine Shirkhanzadeh case amid new allegations

Teaching profs deserve an equal pedestal

Reporting system is broken

Breaking: Professor suspended for three days for workplace harassment

Queen’s professor has papers retracted

Teachers' association questions University’s actions

UPDATED August 19: Timeline of the Shirkhanzadeh academic freedom case

Professor's academic freedom violated, report finds

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