Frances Widdowson is interviewed by a journalism student in September 2020 because of the mobbing against her that was underway. This is a sobering interview because it occurred just before “harassment” policies were weaponized against her. She even states that it is unlikely that she will be fired because social media is not “work” and tenure will protect her from the accelerating totalitarianism at the university.
Some of the things mentioned are the “francXs mcgrath (not frances widdowson)” twitter account (@franceswiddows1), the Rational Space Network (@SpaceRational), and her defense of Wendy Mesley (https://www.safs.ca/newsletters/artic…). The politicization of faculty associations is also discussed (https://www.safs.ca/newsletters/artic… and http://safs.ca/newsletters/article.ph…). Widdowson also talks about university indigenization and MRU taking a position on the residential schools (https://www.safs.ca/newsletters/artic…).
