The CEO of the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in Halifax, Marie Chapman, has stepped down following the release of a report that accuses her of years of mistreatment of museum staff.
Public Sector Integrity Commissioner Harriet Solloway released the report on Dec. 10 following a two-year investigation into Chapman’s behaviour at work, saying the CEO had demonstrated “a pattern of inappropriate behaviour” over years. Chapman disagrees with the findings.
The museum’s board of trustees said in a statement that Chapman had decided to retire earlier this month and then chose to leave her job Dec. 11.
“Neither the board nor the outgoing CEO wish for this matter to distract from the performance … of the museum,” board chairperson Cynthia Price Verreault said in the statement….