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NRC should do the right thing

Topics: 
Dr. Chander Grover, NRC, Harassment
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3

Krishan D. Uppal – April 16, 2012

Hats off to the Citizen for its role in getting Commissionaire Dan Brown his job back at the National Research Council within days after The Public Citizen recounted his story. Brown summed up his reinstatement as follows: "It was NRC's call, and finally, they came to their senses, I guess."

Contrast this with the racial discrimination case of Dr. Chander Grover. A human rights tribunal found that the NRC pursued a plan to "humiliate Dr. Grover and to bring to end his career at NRC." The NRC flouted the tribunal's edict and spent untold millions of dollars of taxpayers' money to eventually chase him out of his job.

Quarter-century-long human rights battle continues

Topics: 
Dr. Chander Grover, NRC, Harassment, Legal ethics
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3
Dr. Chander Grover

Andrew Duffy – April 13, 2012

Former National Research Council physicist Chander Grover will be returning to court later this year after the federal government rejected his bid to end 25 years of human rights litigation.

Grover, 69, who recently underwent cancer treatments, has made repeated overtures to federal lawyers in an attempt to close one outstanding lawsuit. But the two sides have been unable to come to an agreement about how to end the epic legal battle, which is scheduled to resume in July.

An Ottawa snow job runaround

Topics: 
NRC, Message control or 'spin'
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3

Tom Spears – April 18, 2012

The Citizen asked the National Research Council a simple question back in March: What's this joint study that you and NASA are doing on falling snow?

The federal department never agreed to an interview. It sent an email instead, with technical details on equipment but without much information on the nature of the project. It never even explained the study's topic.

Resolve the Grover case

Topics: 
Dr. Chander Grover, NRC, Harassment, Legal ethics
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Krishan D. Uppal – March 19, 2012

Re: Deal to end long-running human rights case falters, Feb. 26.

It is not surprising that the National Research Council reneged on the offer it made to Dr. Chander Grover.

Any avid follower of the Citizen's 22-year coverage of this story would assert that the NRC has used this strategy all along to gain ground on Grover. I followed this case also by attending 30 days of hearing before the tribunal.

Fixing our rights system

Topics: 
Dr. Chander Grover, NRC, Harassment
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Krishan D. Uppal – February 18, 2012

Re: Former NRC scientist abandons lawsuit, Feb. 5.

Chander Grover's decision to abandon his human rights case after fighting for justice for 25 years reminds us of Chief Joseph's historic words - "I will not fight no more forever" - when he surrendered to the United States army.

Grover has proven racial discrimination before a tribunal whose landmark ruling stands out as the harshest condemnation of the actions of National Research Council management. The NRC did not defeat Grover or his case. It has simply defeated the Canadian human rights system.

Former NRC scientist abandons remaining lawsuit against employer

Topics: 
Dr. Chander Grover, NRC, Harassment
Rating: 
3
Dr. Chander Grover

Andrew Duffy – February 4, 2012

Canada’s longest-running human rights saga is poised to end after a quarter century of courtroom battles. Chander Grover, an Ottawa physicist and one-time manager at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), agreed this week to abandon his last remaining lawsuit against his former employer.

Grover, 69, who underwent cancer treatments last year and faces the possibility of more, told the Citizen that he doesn’t have the strength or money to continue his epic fight.

NRC spent nearly $1M in physicist rights case

Topics: 
Dr. Chander Grover, NRC, Harassment
Rating: 
3

Andrew Duffy – September 21, 2011

The National Research Council has spent almost $1 million over six years in an epic legal battle with an Ottawa physicist fired by the government agency in 2007.

Industry Minister Christian Paradis revealed this week that the NRC spent $890,478.92 on outside legal help between 2004 and 2010 to deal with the case of a single employee, Chander Grover.

Public inquiry should be considered

Topics: 
Dr. Chander Grover, NRC, Harassment
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Krishan D. Uppal – July 18, 2011

Re: The Fight of his life, July 11. Andrew Duffy's column puts into sharp focus how Chander Grover's quarter-century struggle to get justice from the National Research Council was thwarted collectively by both the NRC and other federal government departments and agencies.

Both the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal and the Public Service Labour Relations Board ruled in favour of Grover; but the NRC continued its relentless efforts to deny him (Grover) a meaningful job in a discrimination-free environment.

Grover is a hero

Topics: 
Dr. Chander Grover, NRC, Harassment
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Misden Lupac – July 14, 2011

Re: The fight of his life, July 11.

Thank you for publishing the article on Chander Grover. He is a brave person to have fought the National Research Council for almost a quarter of a century.

As Ottawa is a government town, I know far too many civil servants who have been mistreated for simply speaking up for their rights. When they did, the typical pattern emerged. Their behaviour was scrutinized, they were harassed, and management summoned them to as many disciplinary hearings as they could to dismiss them.

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