The Supreme Court of Canada announced this morning that it has dismissed with costs the application of the University of British Columbia Faculty Association for leave to appeal to the high court the decision (CanLII) of the BC Court of Appeal regarding the policy of the UBC Senate on teaching evaluations.  The Faculty Association had claimed that the policy violated its collective agreement with the university and brought the matter before arbitration.  The arbitrator concluded that he did not have jurisdiction over the policy (see here for a previous post on the subject).

This is the second time in the past couple of years that the Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed with costs an application of the Faculty Association for leave to appeal – see here (CanLII).  The facts of the matter, as set out in the decision (CanLII) of the BC Court of Appeal, involve the recommendation of the UBC President not to promote a particular professor.  It appears the Faculty Association and UBC square off fairly regularly before the Labour Relations Board.

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