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About Glynnis Kirchmeier:

I was a graduate student in the History Department at the University of British Columbia (“UBC”) from 2011 to 2013. I observed Dmitry Mordvinov (“DM”) touch a female graduate student on several occasions in 2011 in a manner that I believed to be non-consensual, which I communicated to UBC in January 2014 immediately after I learned he had allegedly physically assaulted another female graduate student until she slapped him. I unsuccessfully sought to have UBC include my observations of DM’s conduct in its disciplinary process against DM.

My human rights complaint alleges the first disclosure about DM was transmitted to UBC in January 2012, with fairly regular reports from multiple victims and/or witnesses until DM physically left Canada in the course of his studies. He was expelled by UBC in November 2015. His alleged actions include sexual harassment of colleagues, inappropriate and/or sexual touching, violence leading to injuries, attempted sexual assault, and sexual assault against several female UBC students in the History Department and Green College.

DM is not a party to the complaint.  The complaint is not about DM’s conduct, but rather UBC’s response to disclosures about his conduct.  I allege UBC’s handling of the disclosures regarding DM is systemic discrimination by UBC against female students based on their sex.