Most of these bullet-points are lifted directly from The Walrus, Maclean's and VICE articles:

• In 2015, Galloway was suspended from his position as chair of the university’s creative writing program at the University of British Columbia for allegations of sexual harassment, bullying, threats, and an incident in which Galloway is accused of slapping a student.

• In 2016, Galloway (a married man w/ children) revealed that he'd had a 2 year-long affair with a student. After the affair had ended, she claimed he had sexually harassed and raped her.

(The Walrus article made VERY clear this was a "middle-aged student" -- like that makes it okay.)

• The Legion is where one of the incidents is alleged to have taken place four years ago. According to [a former student's] version of events, it had its roots in an exchange from the year before, when one of her friends, also a student, had admitted to Galloway that she didn’t like his writing. Galloway told her that he wanted to slap her, but wouldn’t—not until she graduated and was no longer one of his students. One night in 2012, Galloway met up with several students at the Legion to celebrate their graduation. It wasn’t late, but Galloway had already had quite a lot to drink, according to the witness. He was joking with the student who had insulted him, and then announced, “It’s time.” With that, he slapped her face. “It was loud and more serious than I expected,” says [the former student]. “There was a pause around the table. I was looking to see how my colleagues were going to respond. I looked at her. She looked startled. She sort of laughed it off. Then everything sort of went back to normal.”

(Galloway’s buddy claims the slap was "payback" for the student hitting Galloway sometime earlier.)

• One female writer interviewed praises Galloway for his “nerdy decency.” Others complain that he sidelined female students. “There were women he would just vilify,” says Erika Thorkelson, a freelance writer. “If I had a nickel for every time he called a woman ‘crazy,’ I would be rich.” In Galloway’s world, claims Thorkelson, women were kept in strict categories. There were those he was kind to, those he found attractive, and those he ignored. “I tended to be ignored,” she says

(Most of the complaints cited unprofessional behaviour, such as drinking with students, making inappropriately sexualized remarks while at the pub or making juvenile remarks on social media.)

• In November 2016, a large group of Canadian authors, including Margaret Atwood and Yann Martel, signed an open letter, written by Joseph Boyden, criticizing UBC for carrying out its investigation in secret and denying Galloway the right to due process.

• In 2018, a court awarded Galloway $167,000 for his firing from UBC, violation of his privacy rights and damage to his reputation.

• Galloway has been crowdfunding ($55,000 as of Nov. 2018) to sue his former student/mistress (and 20 other witnesses) for defamation. As of 2020, it's still in courts and the defendants are trying to have the lawsuit dismissed under B.C.’s anti-SLAPP legislation.

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Alright, I want to hear your thoughts. Galloway claims he's "completely innocent." Even if we dismissed the rape and sexual harassment claims from his former mistress, there's still the anecdotal evidence that he was a boundary-crossing drunk, very inappropriate with his female students, and he hit one in front of a bunch of witnesses! Innocent, my ass!

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