Disgraced ex-dean landed job at German university after fleeing Winnipeg

Former dean Jonathan Black-Branch, who fled Winnipeg following a 2020 expense scandal, has been granted a position at a German university after his arrest in a Paris suburb. The 64-year-old owes the University of Manitoba over $700,000 and faces extradition to Canada for fraud. Black-Branch kept a low profile at the International University of Applied Sciences in Germany after his departure from the University of Manitoba in 2020.

He was reportedly fired from the University of Manitoba in the summer of 2020 for failing to justify his use of school funds. Black-Branch taught at the German school between 2021 and the present, where he held the title of module director for a program on corporate budgeting and control. He is also listed as an alumnus of Harvard, Brown, and Yale universities on the school's website.

Canada's extradition treaty with France requires all requests to be made through diplomatic channels, which is why the extradition process takes a significant amount of time. France is expected to be cooperative in extraditing Black-Branch, although it is unlikely to be a top priority for the country.