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The appellant was a student at a named university (the university) from September 1987 to May 1988. He filed a complaint with the Ontario Human Rights Commission (the institution) alleging that the university (the respondent in his complaint) had discriminated against him because of his citizenship and place of origin by failing him in a number of courses and giving him low marks in others.
The appellant wrote to the institution requesting access to:
(1) four letters between the institution and the Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal (a previous educational institution attended by the appellant);
(2) investigation notes of the Human Rights Officer, consisting of telephone interviews of five witnesses;
(3) information provided by the university in the context of the appellant's human rights complaint;
(4) a letter from the institution's Chief Commissioner to the appellant;
(5) an internal memorandum;
(6) a facsimile transmission;
(7) the Final Report of the investigation, dated March 19, 1990; and
(8) the institution's Annual Reports for 1988, 1989 and 1990.
The institution granted access to the letter from the institution's Chief Commissioner, the investigating officer's Case Summary (Final Report), and the Annual Reports for 1987-88 and 1988-89. The Annual Report for 1989-90 was provided to the appellant after publication.
The institution denied access to the correspondence between the institution and the Ecole Polytechnic of Montreal, and the documents submitted by the university on March 2, 1990, claiming sections 14(1)(a) and (b) of the Act. Access was also denied to the internal memorandum, the facsimile transmission and the investigating officer's interview notes under sections 14(1)(a) and (b) and 14(2)(a) of the Act.
The appellant appealed the institution's decision to this office.
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