The Globe and Mail reports in its Wednesday edition that the now-dismissed chair of the Banff Centre for Arts' board of governors acted with "a pattern of willful disregard" for the institution's governance processes and "undermined the effective functioning of the board" in a dispute over the search for a new CEO, an independent investigation has found. The Globe's Josh O'Kane and Alanna Smith write that a March report by conflict-resolution specialist Jay Spark examined the board's anti-harassment procedures after then-chief executive officer Janice Price filed a complaint alleging "bullying and harassment" by former chair Adam Waterous during succession planning last November. Mr. Waterous engaged in what the investigator concluded was "personal harassment" toward Ms. Price. Mr. Spark also found that Ms. Price had communications with board members during the CEO search that she should have "avoided," though he deemed that this did not amount to interference. The Alberta government dismissed the Banff Centre's entire board last week and replaced it with a temporary administrator, Touchstone Exploration founder Paul Baay. Mr. Waterous, in a lengthy statement, said the report "provided no evidence of harassment."