CUPE condemns Diab’s dismissal
UPDATE: Charlatan reporter tweets from sociology class formerly taught by Hassan Diab
The Charlatan's Jennifer Pagliaro is tweeting live from the first-year sociology class previously taught by Hassan Diab. The new instructor told the class that they will be talking about Diab in their class discussion.
Diab was dismissed of his teaching duties on July 28.
Follow us at http://twitter.com/CharlatanLive
UPDATE: Instructor that replaced Diab discusses accused terrorist in class
The sociology instructor who replaced Hassan Diab for remainder of the summer course he was teaching told the students registered in the class that they will be discussing the controversy surrounding Diab as part of the class discussion.
Some students enrolled in the first-year sociology class that Diab has been teaching since mid-July said they are not happy that he has been replaced
CUPE condemns Carleton for ditching Diab
CUPE 4600, the union representing contract instructors and teaching assistants at Carleton University, sent an open letter to Carleton president Roseann Runte on July 29 condemning the dismissal of Hassan Diab, a sociology instructor accused of being involved in the 1980 bombing of a synagogue in Paris.
In the letter, CUPE said they are "alarmed that he was fired after he had already commenced his contract to teach SOCI 1002."
