Student groups sued for allegedly defaming Vancouver company online,

VANCOUVER – A Vancouver-based company that operates language schools around the world is suing two student assistance groups for alleged defamation.

In documents filed in B.C. Supreme Court, International Language Schools of Canada alleges the groups have published false and malicious information about the company online and in leaflets distributed at its Vancouver campuses.

The two Vancouver-based groups being sued are One World Agency and the International Student Assistance Society, as well as the groups’ director, Warren Brundage, and his wife, Asuka Brundage.

Richard Novek, the International Language School’s director of operations in Vancouver, says in his affidavit that a tweet from the International Student Assistance Society says the company intimidates and lies to its students.

Warren Brundage of that group says in a Facebook post that the lawsuit is an attempt to shut the groups up.

In an earlier post, Brundage says he is very proud of a protest staged on Aug. 16 by his group at a Vancouver campus of the International Language Schools of Canada.