The US$450,000 gift from the company was, in part, used to fund a series of webinars on competition and anti-trust issues without disclosing the source, and Amazon had some say in who could participate
The University of Toronto’s law school is returning a US$450,000 gift from retail giant Amazon and updating its disclosure guidelines, after facing criticism for a lack of transparency around the donation, which was used to support an anti-trust-related webinar.
The news has sparked a firestorm amongst academics, with multiple associations expressing concerns about the donation’s impact on academic integrity, at a time when the federal government is considering major changes to competition law within the online marketplace. Later Tuesday evening, the university posted a new statement from Ms. Brunnée, which said that the donation did adhere to policies on donations, and was disclosed in a quarterly board report in March, 2022. Her statement did not say whether that report was a public document.
She added: “I recognize now that more information may have been preferred to enable some of our participants and invited speakers to fully evaluate their engagement in these activities.” “There’s a lot of funny business that’s gone on here, and I think it’s really incumbent upon the university to come up with a clear statement and clarify everything that’s happened,” Mr. Robinson said.
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