Law360 Canada ( September 22, 2026, 9:38 AM EDT) -- Appeal by appellant from order striking his claim for breach of contract against the University of British Columbia (UBC). The appellant, a general medical practitioner, enrolled in UBC’s Obstetrical Surgical Skills Program (Program) to obtain accreditation to provide additional obstetrical services. He pleaded that his enrolment in the Program constituted a contract incorporating UBC’s policies governing the system and manner of assessment, and alleged that UBC breached the contract by failing to follow those policies, failing to properly evaluate him, failing to notify him of performance concerns, and refusing to graduate him from the Program. He claimed damages for breach of material terms of the contract and breach of the duty of good faith and honest performance. The chambers judge struck the contract claim after concluding that the alleged breaches, although procedural in nature, related to academic matters and could not give rise to a civil cause of action against a university. On appeal, the appellant argued that the relationship between a student and a university was contractual, that universities could enter enforceable private law bargains, and that UBC constrained its discretion by making contractual commitments in its policies. UBC submitted that the claim was barred because its essential character was academic in nature and relied on both the common law immunity and s. 69(2) of the University Act....