The court called it an intentional misrepresentation, not an error in judgment
An Alberta court has ruled that an employer had just cause to fire a vice-president who listed an "ongoing" MBA on his resume when he had never enrolled in, taken a single course, or even applied to the program. In a decision dated March 26, 2026, Justice K.D. Yamauchi of the Court of King's Bench of Alberta found that Matthew Tudor "knowingly falsified his employment application with the express intention of deceiving his soon to be employer," Accurate Screen Ltd.
In March 2023, Accurate Screen, a Calgary-based fabrication and grating company, posted a job for Vice President of Business Development. The posting required an undergraduate degree in business administration, or a related field, and noted applicants would "ideally" possess an MBA. It also described a "Democratic work environment, which emphasizes trust, open communication and involvement."
Tudor applied with a resume listing an MBA from McGill University as "Currently Ongoing" with an expected completion of November 2023. At the time, he was not enrolled in any MBA courses, had not taken any, and had not applied. His only step toward the degree was creating an online account with McGill. He also lacked the minimum required undergraduate degree in business administration, holding instead a certificate from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology.
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