This website is the last resort, after all other avenues have failed or been blocked.
Recall that it took years for the University to provide records. There is a statute of limitations for most complaint avenues. I believed Tykwinski engaged in wrongdoing, but I didn’t have evidence. You cannot proceed without evidence. It took years for the University to provide records — not complete records, but sufficient evidence to show wrongdoing.
- The Alberta Labor Relations Board directed me to the AASUA (faculty union).
- The AASUA no longer considers me an employee. They will not reopen the case, despite learning they were lied to during their initial investigation.
- The Alberta Ombudsman’s Office sympathized, but said they cannot force the University to abide by its own policies.
- The UAlberta Office of Safe Disclosure and Human Rights is controlled by University Administration. UAlberta Administration dictates the outcome.
- A complaint was filed with the Alberta Public Interest Commissioner. They dismissed it without investigating. (I believe it was due to the statute of limitations. I have the old emails, but don’t want to review them. It was psychologically a bad time.)
If I did nothing, I would be in perpetual purgatory. Me knowing that I did nothing wrong, and the academic community believing Tykwinski and the University. Psychological hell.
Silence favors the abuser.
With their actions, the University shut down other avenues of investigation. When I contacted the University a few months ago and gave them early access to this website, they dismissed these issues as closed. They referenced old letters that “closed” these issues before I received all the information and threatened legal action against me if I went public with the information.
This website is the last strategy to correcting administrative wrongdoing at the University of Alberta. This for the betterment of the University of Alberta, its honest faculty and staff, its students, and society. This for my psychological wellbeing.