She had to apologize for posting derogatory letters about Indigenous Peoples on her website
Beyak took the course in May. It was led by Jonathan Black-Branch, the dean of law at the University of Manitoba, and involved seven instructors, some of whom were Indigenous.
But based on Black-Branch’s evaluation of Beyak’s conduct during the course, the committee concluded that “she was engaged in the required process, was willing to learn and did indeed learn.” The offending letters were posted in response to a 2017 speech in which Beyak argued that residential schools did a lot of good for Indigenous children, although many suffered physical and sexual abuse and thousands died of disease and malnutrition.
Beyak refused for almost a year to delete the letters, casting herself as a champion of free speech and a victim of political correctness. They were eventually deleted from her website by the Senate administration.
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