Marsden was invited to participate, but declined. As a first step in the arbitration process, Donnelly and the university went into voluntary mediation. They agreed to reinstate Donnelly on the grounds that "the findings of the harassment panel were based on Ms. Marsden's credibility. Inconsistencies between her statements before the panel and her response to Mr. Donnelly's harassment complaint cast doubt on her credibility." However, Marsden was not a party to this arbitration and the case never went to any court. SFU rehired Donnelly and committed to pay his legal fees up to $35,000, a sum that was raised to $60,000 a year later. The SFU administration was heavily criticized for its handling of the case, including criticism from the faculty. The president of SFU, John Stubbs, approved a secret settlement with Marsden by which she was given $12,000 to compensate her for a scholarship she failed to receive, lost summer employment and injuries to her feelings. As a result of the case, SFU radically revised its policies for dealing with harassment. John Stubbs, who had endorsed Donnelly's dismissal, resigned in December 1997 as university president in the wake of the scandal, although he remained on the university faculty. SFU also reopened ten other harassment cases and reversed their decisions. Due to the controversy, media in Canada have been much more cautious about reporting on harassment claims prior to them being presented in the courts. The following links come from Waybackmachine