Posted: May 14, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: May 14
Wayne Hankey delivers a lecture on the steps of the University of King s College library in 2011.(CBC)
Two Halifax law firms are exploring the possibility of filing a civil lawsuit related to claims of sexual assault against former university professor Wayne Hankey.
McKiggan Hebert and Wagners Law Firm are both working with people who have come forward as possible complainants.
Hankey, 76, who taught at both the University of King s College and Dalhousie University for decades, is already facing three criminal charges.
Two are sexual assault charges one in connection with an incident that occurred on the King s campus in 1988 and another that dates back to 1982 and the third is an indecent assault charge related to multiple incidents that took place between 1977 and 1979.
Posted: May 04, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: May 4
The University of King s College has commissioned an independent, third-party review into allegations against retired professor Wayne Hankey.(Robert Guertin/CBC)
The University of King s College s independent review of sexual assault allegations against former professor Wayne Hankey is the right thing to do, but could have an impact on current or future court cases, legal experts say.
Hankey, 76, is facing two counts of sexual assault and one count of indecent assault in connection with incidents, some of which are alleged to have occurred on the university s Halifax campus. The allegations date to the late 1970s and 1980s.
Mount Saint Vincent University vice-president Mustansar Nadeem addressed the community yesterday in a public letter. The university will shift recently announced in-person summer classes back online. It will be closing gyms and reducing capacity in the library and archives. Faculty and staff are being encouraged to work from home whenever possible. Dalhousie University provost and vice-president Frank Harvey also reached out to students, faculty and staff in an open letter on April 22. “Dalhousie’s planning for the fall, based on vaccine timelines, continues to focus on a return to in-person learning and work, but our immediate concern must be on increasing our efforts to stem the current outbreaks,” he wrote.
Posted: Apr 14, 2021 11:31 AM AT | Last Updated: April 14
Bill Lahey will release a report in June on the government s progress implementing recommendations from his 2018 review of forestry practices.(Michael Gorman/CBC)
The man who authored the report outlining how Nova Scotia can move to a more sustainable approach to forestry is scheduled to release an update on the government s progress in June.
Lands and Forestry Minister Chuck Porter said during budget debate on Tuesday at the legislature that University of King s College president Bill Lahey will provide an update to his department this month and have a finalized review complete for public release about two months later.
HALIFAX A long-time professor at Halifax’s University of King’s College, who was already facing one charge of sexual assault, is now facing a second charge of sexual assault and a charge of indecent assault. Halifax Regional Police say officers in the Sexual Assault Investigation Team have charged 76-year-old Wayne John Hankey of Halifax in relation to historical sexual assaults that occurred in Halifax in the late 1970s to the 1980s. Hankey was charged with one count of sexual assault in relation to an alleged incident against a man that occurred in 1982, and one count of indecent assault in relation to alleged incidents against a different man that occurred between 1977 and 1979.