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Trial to start today where former UBC professor alleges defamation

  • A defamation trial involving former University of British Columbia professor Steven Galloway is expected to begin in British Columbia Supreme Court.
  • Galloway alleges that false sexual-assault accusations spread online; he was never charged but was fired by the university.
  • A university report by former judge Mary Ellen Boyd concluded that the accusations against Galloway were unsubstantiated.
  • The Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear the defendants’ appeal, while defendant Chelsea Rooney later apologized to Galloway.
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SooToday.com broke the news in Sault Ste. Marie, Canada on Monday, October 5, 2026.
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