Ryerson University called in an external investigator last year to probe allegations of workplace bullying by Wendy Cukier, one of the school’s most prominent academic leaders, the Star has learned. The allegations originally came from an anonymous email account that claimed to represent the views of about 15 staffers in Cukier’s office, when she was Ryerson’s vice-president, research and innovation. By that time Cukier had already been announced as the next Brock University president, which was revealed in December 2015. According to Ontario’s public salary disclosure database, Cukier was paid $289,784.04 for her role as a Ryerson vice-president in 2015. In a statement Thursday, the chair of Brock’s board of trustees, John Suk, would say only that the decision to cancel Cukier’s presidency was “mutual.”

Source: thestar September 02, 2016 09:56 UTC