An anonymous former staff member has blown the whistle on toxic management at Toronto-based development NGO, Engineers Without Borders Canada (EWB). They submitted the following to the Total System Failure team:
I want current exec/Board at EWB to know:
“Boris Martin [EWB’s CEO] needs to be fired. He is incompetent and wasting donor dollars.”
Systemic issues are:
“Abuse of power.”
I have given up on:
“Boris Martin. And Shivani [Patel, EWB’s VP].”
I feel/ felt unsafe or afraid:
“to do anything, since nothing would be done about it.”
I witnessed:
“Dishonest practices.”
What happened when I spoke up:
“they made excuses and then made me the issue. blamed me for all the issues.”
If I haven’t spoken up about this before, it’s because:
“it’s hard to do so when you work there, and the fear that it will be held against you.”
Justice or repair would look like:
“Boris finally being fired and to stop bringing EWB down.”
Do you consent to us publishing quotes from your story on our website or in the final report:
“Sure if it helps.”
