Submit Your Story (ethical guidelines)

If you’ve studied in a Canadian post-secondary institution and have been bullied by a university professor, submit your supervisor bullying story for consideration of its publication on SupervisorBullying.com. Only real, compelling stories backed by evidence/documentation will be considered. We will honour/honor your request for anonymity.

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Take a look at how the curator of Supervisor Bullying Dr. Abu-Shaqra told his story with University of Ottawa professors Rocci Luppicini, Liam Peyton, and Andre Vellino.

Abu-Shaqra obtained his PhD in Digital Transformation and Innovation in April 2020 from the PhD in DTI uOttawa Program at uOttawa engineering, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), on the topic of ethical hacking sociotechnology (uOttawa PhD thesis title, Technoethics and sensemaking: Risk assessment and knowledge management of ethical hacking in a sociotechnical society).

Read our letter to uOttawa President Jacques Frémont about why and how to implement policy reforms to prevent supervisor bullying of students: Letter to uOttawa President Jacques Frémont. You may also be interested in How to end supervisor bullying at uOttawa.

Tell us who (your supervisor) did what (how they bullied you) why (if possible/as best as you know) where (the name of the post-secondary institution), and when (a timeline of the event or incident). And tell us how all this affected you.

Still not sure how to tell your supervisor bullying story? Don’t sweat it!

Copyediting for prospective stories will be performed by the curator of SupervisorBullying.com at no charge. There is also currently no charge for publishing a university supervisor-student bullying story with us.

You have a right to expose those who have harmed you.

Leave a reply with a name and an email address in the comment box below and we will reply ASAP. You will have complete control over your story. It will be removed upon request, no questions asked.

There are three rules or guidelines to follow in submitting a story:

There may be many aspects to the bullying story, but you are encouraged to focus on the facts and what you can prove (e.g., email exchanges or text message, etc.). If there were several incidents but you can only prove one, it is probably the only incident you need to tell.
Name only those directly involved in the bullying or harassment or exploitation (stick to what you can prove).
Maintain a professional tone and avoid what may come across as a general opinion about the bully supervisor. Focus on what they did to cause you harm (and the damage they caused) not their personal characteristics or character.

These are ethical and storytelling guidelines and do not pretend to constitute some kind of legal advice.

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