Employment Law

Employment lawyer on Lindsay Shepherd Lawsuit

June 14, 2018

University teaching assistant Lindsay Shepherd, who gained prominence after being disciplined for showing students a TV clip of controversial professor Jordan Peterson discussing gender-neutral pronouns is suing Wilfrid Laurier University for $3.6 million.

In an unproven statement of claim filed this week, Shepherd says Wilfrid Laurier University behaved negligently, leaving her unemployable in academia.

The suit names the school in Waterloo, Ont., two professors, and a manager of the university’s diversity and equity office. It seeks a total of $3.6 million in various damages.

Employment Lawyer Lior Samfiru told Global News Radio 640 Toronto host Kelly Cutrara why the $3.6 million lawsuit is “utter nonsense” in the context of Canadian law, and why her lawsuit is unlikely to be successful in a courtroom.

About the Author

Lior Samfiru

National Co-Managing Partner

Lior Samfiru is a Founding Partner of Samfiru Tumarkin LLP and Practice Leader for the firm's Labour & Employment Law Group. His experience in countless successful cases and mediations on behalf of employees and employers, as well as his continued advocacy for the rights of workers, makes him one of the most skilled and sought-after labour and employment lawyers in Canada.

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