The HRTO (Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario) hearing for Lydia Dosu will take place on Wednesday, January 8 at 9:30 a.m. EST on Zoom. The hearing is expected to last three hours.
Wednesday's hearing is a summary hearing/preliminary hearing. HRTO hearings are open to the public.
If you would like to attend, please register here.
After you register, you will receive a Zoom link by email.
We strongly urge Lydia’s supporters, anti-racism campaigners, the York University community, and interested members of the public to attend the hearing.
Lydia Dosu is a 24-year employee at York University who was fired by the administration in January 2023, following complaints she raised about anti-Black racism at Glendon College.
On April 5, 2023, Lydia appeared at a press conference where she spoke about her allegations of race-based harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. Watch the full press conference on YouTube.
You can also support Lydia by signing this petition in support of her reinstatement and by making a donation to the support campaign.
Background
On January 31, 2023, the York administration fired Lydia Dosu, a Black woman who has worked at York University for over 24 years.
In 2019, Lydia filed a complaint at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO), regarding her experience of anti-Black racism and discrimination in the workplace at Glendon College.
Lydia's complaint, which remains unresolved, is just one of at least eight known HRTO applications about anti-Black racism at York in recent years.
In its termination letter, York made the outrageous claim that Lydia represents a "health and safety risk" to other (non-Black) employees for filing complaints about anti-Black racism.
York based its decision on a report by an investigator who is facing allegations of anti-Black racism and discrimination at the HRTO since 2020, along with York University President Rhonda Lenton and other senior administrators.
Read more about Lydia's complaint here.
The Campaign Against Anti-Black Racism is supporting Lydia's fight for reinstatement. Like her, we are sick and tired of seeing Black people lose their jobs as retaliation for speaking out against anti-Black racism.
Sign now and demand justice for Lydia, and for all Black people at York University.
For more information, please email againstantiblackracism@gmail.com.
Against Anti-Black Racism is a network of students, faculty, trade unionists, and community members in support of Lydia Dosu and others facing anti-Black racism at York University.
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