But that does not mean this new regulatory regime for scholarly free speech extends to protecting Holocaust denial. Article content Canadians are familiar with this kind of muddled political messaging on university free speech controversies. From Lindsay Shepherd’s battle with Wilfrid Laurier University over a Jordan Peterson video, now retold in her book about the campus free speech crises, to the imposition of campus free expression codes by governments in Ontario and Alberta, the story of the campus free speech crisis is not just a campus story. Article content The campus free speech crisis partly reflects a deep tension in university life. True to form, it began with a campus free speech crisis.
Source: National Post June 22, 2021 10:02 UTC