(CBC) Community groups are condemning the appointment of the new chief of the Alberta Human Rights Commission and Tribunals, following the resurfacing of a 2009 academic book [review] in which he made Islamophobic comments.
Calgary lawyer Collin May began his new five-year role as chief this week after serving on the commission since 2019.
“It was very shocking and hurtful and just troubling to see some of the statements Collin May expressed,” said Said Omar, Alberta advocacy officer for the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM).
Collin May’s review of Israeli-British historian Efraim Karsh’s Islamic Imperialism: A History came to light again earlier this month in an article published by the Progress Report, an Alberta news outlet.
