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Michael Higgins: Canada's most dangerous professor
Frances Widdowson challenged the Kamloops graves story. She ended up in handcuffs
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Prof. Frances Widdowson has reserved a special place for the University of Lethbridge in her “Halls of Shame” list — the places she says are the worst for free speech and academic freedom.
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Her view may be coloured by the fact that for treading the halls of that academy last week she was handcuffed and hit with a $600 fine for trespassing.
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The university sees Widdowson, a former associate professor in the department of economics, justice and policy studies at Calgary’s Mount Royal University, as a disruptor and a health and safety risk and has banned her from its premises. (Widdowson was terminated from her position in 2021, over what her and the faculty association claims was a breach of academic freedom. An arbitrator ruled the the termination was a disproportionate response from Mount Royal, and the Alberta labour board is currently reviewing the case.)
Widdowson sees the University of Lethbridge as infected with oppressive woke ideology that is killing free speech and leading to totalitarianism across Canadian campuses.
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