UBC faces mounting pressure as testimonies expose mishandling of Galloway case
On 11 November, an advocate for sexual-violence victims testified that media scrutiny of the university’s handling of a history-student complaint had become entangled with the high-profile sexual-assault allegations against bestselling author Steven Galloway. Earlier testimony in the B. C.
Supreme Court saw creative-writing professor Annabel Lyon explain that she had relayed unverified accusations from a former graduate student to university officials, approved an incomplete thesis under pressure from a senior colleague, and described a 911 call made after Galloway expressed suicidal thoughts as a protective act. A public-relations specialist later argued that Galloway possessed the resources to manage the crisis but failed to do so, while a former student claimed the university paid her for therapy and legal costs to participate in an independent inquiry.
