Chander P. Grover

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Chander P. Grover (born August 10, 1942) is an Indo-Canadian physicist. He was born in India, and received his D.Sc. (Doctor d'Etat ès Sciences) from Université de Paris VI in Optics in 1973.

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Biography

Dr. Grover came on Staff at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) in 1981, and was one of the founding members of the Canadian Institut d'Optique in Québec City. He is internationally known as a pioneer in optical engineering[citation needed] and was one of the foremost researchers in optics and photonics.[citation needed]

Racial discrimination

In 1992, the National Research Council was found guilty of racial discrimination against Dr. Grover by a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. The 92-page report detailed the activities of two senior officials at the National Research Council to discriminate against Dr. Grover, one of the few non-white senior researchers at NRC. NRC was forced to apologize publicly to Dr. Grover and pay 5,000 dollars in respect of hurt feelings for their discriminatory actions. The decision also forwarded the names of senior NRC officials to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for consideration of charges under the Criminal Code of Canada, the first for a racial discrimination case in Canada [1]. They were not charged.

The Tribunal issued a second decision in 1994 describing ongoing racial discrimination by NRC against Dr. Grover and non-adherence by NRC to its previous decision. The NRC has since suspended the employment of Dr. Grover in what many believe to be a further act of racial discrimination.[citation needed] As of 2004, court actions are still pending [2].

Impact and current status

The Grover case has been discussed in Parliamentary committees, during Question Period[citation needed] , and extensively in the Canadian news media.[citation needed]As of 2005, Sen. Donald Oliver, (Cons-Nova Scotia) has indicated that racial discrimination is still rampant in the Canadian public service [3].

In 2006, the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, a Crown corporation of the Canadian government called on the NRC and four other federal government departments to end what is essentially a nineteen-year conspiracy against Dr. Grover[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ Grover v. NRC (1992) [1]
  2. ^ Discrimination victim says the NRC is trying to force him to quit - Suspended over refusal to see council's chosen physician, Ottawa Citizen, September 16, 2004 [2]
  3. ^ Racism Rampant in Public Service: Senator, Ottawa Citizen, December 8, 2004

External links

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