An Alberta geneticist is suing the province's health authority, alleging she was fired in retaliation for blowing the whistle about bullying behaviour in her lab.
Stacey Hume, who worked as a joint lab head for molecular diagnostics at Alberta Precision Labs (APL) for over a decade, alleges there was a history of a "severely toxic and bullying environment" for years.
APL is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alberta Health Services (AHS).
Hume's statement of claim for her lawsuit says junior staff would confide in her about incidents of harassment or bullying by superiors. When she tried to raise the issues with fellow lab leads and more senior directors, she alleges her name wasn't protected as a whistleblower and she was subsequently bullied by her colleagues for speaking out.
CBC News obtained a copy of the statement of claim where the allegations are laid out. None of the allegations have been proven in court.
AHS told CBC News it "is not able to comment on this matter as it is before the courts."
Hume says the situation at the lab took a particularly serious turn when in 2019 she became aware that patient reports were allegedly altered by a senior staff member at the lab in order to embarrass a junior colleague. She alleges several senior staff were aware of this but no action was taken at the time.
An HR investigation was eventually launched, which determined a charter on professional behaviour expectations should be implemented, according to the statement. However, Hume...
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