Professor Sinclair MacRae’s Commentary on the #FrancesWiddowsonCase
The important parts of this analysis have been excerpted below. First, MacRae summarizes why the decision is being send back to the Arbitrator (GN is the Labour Board chair and…
#FrancesWiddowsonCase UPDATE: Alberta Labour Relations Board Decision
The July 2024 Merits Decision is to be sent back to Arbitrator David Phillip Jones - the original arbitrator - because it has been deemed to be "unreasonable" and to…
MRU’s Human Spiderweb Enactment
On Friday March 27, 2026, Mount Royal University, along with "The Confluence" (a.k.a. Fort Calgary), will be engaged in "Ani to Pisi Human Spiderweb Enactment". Not content to indoctrinate students…
The #FrancesWiddowsonCase and “There are only two sexes”
D.A. Dirks (left) and "they/them"'s spouse, Scott Murray (right)
The #FrancesWiddowsonCase and “Misgendering Fatigue”
During the academic year of 2018-2019, Frances Widdowson, on behalf of her group, the Rational Space Network, organized a Critical Thinking Series. One of the events, "Does Trans Activism Negatively…
MRU’s Documents for Why Frances Widdowson Cannot be Reinstated
On February 6, 2026, Frances Widdowson's case against Mount Royal University was appealed before the Alberta Labour Relations Board. On December 20, 2021, Widdowson was fired after being a tenured…
One of the first to sound the alarm about the Kamloops “215” claim
In her recent interview with Kat Kanada, Frances Widdowson "tooted her own horn" about being one of the first people to sound the alarm about the Kamloops case. In June…
The origins of the poisoning of MRU’s academic environment
On October 23, 2025, an event is going to be held at Wilfrid Laurier University that features a discussion of contrasting viewpoints between Mia Hughes (a journalist critical of trans…