Academic Freedom Destroyed: The University of Lethbridge Clown Show

Frances Widdowson will be giving a presentation on Zoom on March 2, 2024 from 2-4 p.m. MT (4-6 p.m. Eastern). Please email Robert Thomas (robert.thomas at uregina dot ca) or Frances Widdowson (widdowsonfrances at gmail dot com) for the Zoom link.

Notes for Frances Widdowson’s “Academic Freedom Destroyed” Presentation

TONY HALL’S UNJUST SUSPENSION

Owen Holmes’ (previous Provost at the University of Lethbridge) submission:

“THE WIDDOWSON AFFAIR”: SEND IN THE CLOWNS

The “destroyers” of academic freedom in “The Widdowson Affair”

1) ADMINISTRATORS:

37 U of L administrators involved in “The Widdowson Affair”

Dean Matthew Letts’ Unprincipled Pandering

2) UNIONS:

Union Involvement in “The Widdowson Affair”

3) PROFESSOR-IDEOLOGUES

Censorious Comments From Fifteen University of Lethbridge Professors

Email exchange with Dr. Caroline Hodes (Women and Gender Studies, University of Lethbridge) cc’d to President Mahon, Dean Letts, and the philosophy department

“Woke” Article by Caroline Hodes

More from the magnificent Caroline Hodes

4) INDOCTRINATED STUDENTS AND THEIR ORGANIZATIONS

U of L Students’ Union Presentation Opposing Frances Widdowson’s Talk

EXTERNAL PRESSURES: THE EDI LOBBY

External and Internal Pressures from the E-D/I Lobby on the University of Lethbridge

The Ideas of Vice-Provost Leroy Little Bear

THE PAUL VIMINITZ FIRING

Videos and documents pertaining to the “Paul Viminitz Firing and Backlash”:

Paul Viminitz’s Proposed Grievances

“Consequences” for Landen Anderson