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Calgary judge under review for ‘inappropriate’ comments to law students

Justice Kristine Eidsvik is a judge-in-residence at the University of Calgary. University of Calgary

The Canadian Judicial Council is reviewing complaints about a Calgary judge who admitted to making what she called inappropriate comments to university students.

Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Kristine Eidsvik apologized to a class of second-year law students for the words she used last week at the University of Calgary.

CBC News reported that Eidsvik told the class she was uncomfortable walking into a room “full of big dark people.”

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She reportedly said that she was used to being in an “ivory tower,” away from “the riff-raff.”

In her apology, Eidsvik said that as soon as the words were out of her mouth she recognized they “could be construed as insensitive to racial minorities.”

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Spokesperson Johanna Laporte said the judicial council has received two complaints that will be reviewed by a member of its conduct committee.

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