The head of Montreal’s Concordia University says he’s disturbed by what he read in a blog post that makes sexual misconduct allegations against members of the English department.
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President Alan Shepard calls the allegations by blogger Mike Spry serious.
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Shepard says the social media post makes specific allegations as well as general allegations of an abusive climate in the department’s creative writing program.
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Spry alleges he has witnessed and been made aware of innumerable instances of unwanted affection, groping, inappropriate remarks and propositions.
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He claims that when rejected by women, men in position of power would engage in whisper campaigns, denigrating and degrading those who rejected them.
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