A worker's human rights case turned on one number he refused to accept
A former dean who says he was fired while on medical leave, after a coworker allegedly questioned whether he was truly Indigenous, has lost his discrimination complaint, not on the merits, but because he rejected a settlement offer a tribunal found fair and reasonable.
In a decision dated July 14, 2026, Erika Ringseis, a member of the Alberta Human Rights Commission, upheld an earlier decision to dismiss the former dean's complaint against Northwestern Polytechnic. She found the $40,000 settlement offer fair and reasonable, and that the dean's refusal of it justified dismissal under the Alberta Human Rights Act.
The complainant, who identifies as Indigenous and Qualipu Mi'kmaq from the Caribou Clan, started as a dean at the polytechnic in August 2022. That November, he told the employer he needed to care for his sick daughter and was offered work from home. In February 2023, after his daughter had a mental health crisis, he took sick leave and soon began his own medical leave.
He alleged that comments had been made about working with Indigenous people, that he was told to choose between his job and family, and that he was fired while on medical leave. In April 2023 he filed a workers' compensation claim alleging harassment. An outside lawyer the employer hired to investigate concluded his supervisor had been managing performance and found no support for harassment.
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