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Scholarship Harassment: Research

While all scholarship is – and should be – subject to critique, questioning and challenging a research project is different than maligning and threatening an individual researcher. What’s more, some fields of research and some researchers (e.g., those from backgrounds marginalized in academia) face disproportionately more and more severe scholarship harassment.


If you or a York colleague is experiencing scholarship harassment:

  • Contact the relevant Chair/Director or Associate Dean Research within the faculty as well as the Associate Vice-President Research at avpr@yorku.ca
  • If the scholarly credibility of a research project is being challenged, reach out to the Office of Research Ethics at ore@yorku.ca
  • If harassment raises human rights concerns, consult with the Centre for Human Rights, Equity and Inclusion CHREI at rights@yorku.ca


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