About 100 people gathered outside the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa Thursday afternoon to protest a talk by Jordan Peterson, a Toronto psychology professor who has refused to call transgender students by their preferred pronouns. We don't feel safe coming to the National Gallery of Canada anymore," said Mars Tamlogan, one of the event's organizers and a second-year Carleton University student. Mars Tamlogan, a second-year Carleton University student, said the fact Peterson was allowed to talk at the National Gallery of Canada means she no longer feels safe attending the gallery. (Robyn Miller/CBC)The National Gallery of Canada said Peterson was invited to speak because of his clinical psychology expertise. "The topic is apolitical, and the issues arising from my well-publicized stance against compelled speech are completely irrelevant to the talk," Peterson said.

Source: CBC News March 10, 2017 01:18 UTC