A famed historian and academic has resigned from her position at Massey College, the fourth professor to quit following a controversy surrounding the brief appointment of columnist Margaret Wente as a member of the college, the Star has learned. Margaret MacMillan, who was a senior fellow at Massey, confirmed her resignation in a brief email to the Star on Monday. Des Rosiers said MacMillan did not believe the college needed to reconsider Wente’s appointment. Wente resigned from the Quadrangle Society shortly after the college announced it would “review” her appointment. In her email to the Star, Wente wrote that she was accused of plagiarism on social media several years ago.

Source: thestar July 07, 2020 19:17 UTC