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Law school dean who oversaw training, no longer dean
The "flames of negativity" that were stirred up by Lynn Beyak's racist statements as a senator are being "reignited" by a controversy at the University of Manitoba, according to a residential school survivor.
Garnet Angeconeb questions the suitability of the man tasked with overseeing Beyak's second attempt at cultural awareness and sensitivity training after Jonathan Black-Branch quietly left his post as dean at the University of Manitoba.
The university is not saying why. In an email to CBC news, a spokesperson said Black-Branch is no longer employed by the University of Manitoba and that his leave began on June 5, but would not elaborate.
Black-Branch was also removed from his position on the governing body of the Law Society of Manitoba, a position reserved for the dean of the law school.
Both moves speak to the need for a wider probe into the handling of Beyak's discipline and the qualifications of the man tasked with educating her, said Angeconeb who is from Lac Seul First Nation in northwestern Ontario.
"The issue with Lynn Beyak continues to throw flames on a fire that was under control," Angeconeb said of the harm the on-going saga is causing. "It stirs up unresolved trauma for survivors."
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