by Dr. Bob Uttl Discrimination re employment practices7(1) No employer shall (a) refuse to employ or refuse to continue to employ any person, or (b) discriminate against any person with regard to employment or any terms or condition of employment, because of the race, religious beliefs, colour, gender, …. age, ancestry.. Alberta Human Rights Act …
Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the caldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder’s fork and blind-worm’s sting. Lizzard’s leg and howlet’s wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil …
By Dr. Bob Uttl (March 4, 2025) I met Ms. T in Fall 2015 at a small party. I learned that after many years of teaching in the School District No. 5 Southest Kootenay (SD5), Ms. T’s teaching was suddenly put under miscroscope. To cut a long story short, Ms. T was walked out of …
By Dr. Bob Uttl (March 3, 2025) state-of-the-art, adj., very modern and using the most recent ideas and methods dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/state-of-the-art Mandel & Associates Ltd. is a company established in 1997 by Dr. Allan Mandel, President and owner of Mandel & Associat. In Dr. Allan Mandel’s own words (Dr. Mandel’s Response to Ms. T’s Complaint, dated …
By Bob Uttl (February 28, 2025) charlatan, n. a person who pretends or claims to have more knowledge or skill than they possess; fraud; quack dictionary.com On March 12, 2024, the College of Alberta Psychologists” Complaint Review Committee (CRC) — Dr. Lorraine Breault, Dr. Ali Al-Asadi, and two community members, Mr. DD and Ms. BR …
By Dr. Bob Uttl (February 17, 2025) It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt. Mark Twain In elementary statistical textbooks, high school pupils are often asked to solve questions such as: What is the probability of rolling at least one 1 on a …
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By Dr. Bob Uttl (February 14, 2025) apophenia : the tendency to perceive a connection or meaningful pattern between unrelated or random things https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apophenia Dr. Mary Westcott, supervised by Dr. Allan Mandel, President and owner of Mandel & Associates Ltd., had her technicians administer Ms. T fifteen test/test batteries that yielded over 1/2 thousand scores. Among …
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By Dr. Bob Uttl (December 20, 2024) incompetent, adj.lacking the qualities for effective action, unable to function properly, inadequate to or unsuitable for a particular purpose Merriam-Webster Dictionary (merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incompetent) Dr. Troy Janzen, Deputy Registrar and Complaints Director, assigned Dr. Bob Acton and his colleagues in Falcongate Ltd. to investigate Ms. T’s complaints against Dr. Mary …
By Bob Uttl (November 29, 2024) Psychologists are required to obtain informed consent prior to providing any professional services to any clients. For example, the College of Alberta Psychologists (CAP) Standards of Practice (2005) make it clear that psychologists must obtain “informed consent”, must provide all information that “a reasonable person would want to know …
By Dr. Bob Uttl (May 10, 2024) However, what happened in this case went well beyond collaboration, consultation, wordsmithing or editing. It was word-for-word copying of a technical expert’s opinions and conclusions on key issues before this Court, all done without any attribution. It is plagiarism pure and simple. Plagiarism is wrong whether it is intentional or not Justice Lafreniere, …