York University has dismissed an employee following an investigation into his antisemitic social media use.
Nikolas Balaskas, a long-time lab technician in York's Department of Astronomy and Physics, was the subject of a B'nai Brith Canada complaint to the university's administration on Aug. 22.
CIJNews reported Wednesday afternoon that a letter was sent to Balaskas by his employer and shared by Balaskas with his friends on Facebook,  noting that his "employment is terminated with cause effective immediately." Specifically, it states that the content of Balaskas' social media use "do not comply with York University policies, procedures, standards and values."
