Thirteen Dalhousie University dentistry students who belonged to a controversial Facebook group have been temporarily suspended from clinical activities, pending consideration by the faculty of dentistry's academic standards class committee.
The announcement by the Halifax university was made today as it reopened following the holiday break.
Many people are upset over the university's handling of the Facebook page by the Class of DDS 2015 Gentlemen's Club. The fourth-year male dentistry students' violent sexual comments about female classmates included a poll about having "hate" sex with female students and drugging women.
"The faculty of dentistry's academic class standards committee's ... powers include the authority to create remediation plans where warranted, and to recommend academic dismissal," said a statement released by Dalhousie president Richard Florizone and Dr. Thomas Boran, dean of the faculty.
"The committee will assess the situation of each individual and ensure that any individual recommended for graduation will have complied with the professionalism requirements of the academic program. No student will be permitted to graduate unless they have done so."
The controversy focuses on the posting of misogynistic and degrading comments about women on a Facebook group page by some fourth-year dentistry students.
The university said while most students return to school today, the fourth-year Dalhousie dentistry students won't be back until Jan. 12.
Controversy continues to swirl around the Class of DDS 2015 Gentlemen Facebook page, where some fourth-year male dentistry students at Dalhousie University in Halifax posted violent sexual comments about female classmates. (CBC)
The suspensions were announced in a news release Monday, but the decision to suspend the students from clinical practice was made Dec. 22.
According the the release, decisions about when December's cancelled fourth-year exams will be rescheduled will be made this week.
Four Dalhousie faculty members, including a Canada research chair in bioethics, have called for the school to launch an independent inquiry into sexualized violence on campus in the wake of the dentistry school scandal.
In a statement posted online, the professors say sexualized violence is a problem at universities across the country.
They urge Dalhousie to respond by looking at both the specific harm caused by the Facebook posts, and addressing underlying causes.
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