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Freedom of expression is under attack on campus

The commons that is the subject of this book is a platform or space for the debate, discussion, and collaboration that are both inherent

Opinion | BY PETER MACKINNON | April 24, 2019

Free-speech flashpoints keep popping up on Canadian campuses. University of Toronto professor Jordan Peterson, left, was told that he must use genderless pronouns. Andrew Potter, centre, director of McGill University's Institute for the Study of Canada, resigned after an article he wrote for Maclean's magazine generated controversy. And at the University of Ottawa, a scheduled speech by divisive American commentator Ann Coulter, right, was cancelled because of safety concerns. The Hill Times file photograph, photographs courtesy of Gage Skidmore

Freedom of expression is under attack on campus

Opinion | BY PETER MACKINNON | April 24, 2019

The commons that is the subject of this book is a platform or space for the debate, discussion, and collaboration that are both inherent

Freedom of expression is under attack on campus

Opinion | BY PETER MACKINNON | April 24, 2019

The commons that is the subject of this book is a platform or space for the debate, discussion, and collaboration that are both inherent

Free-speech flashpoints keep popping up on Canadian campuses. University of Toronto professor Jordan Peterson, left, was told that he must use genderless pronouns. Andrew Potter, centre, director of McGill University's Institute for the Study of Canada, resigned after an article he wrote for Maclean's magazine generated controversy. And at the University of Ottawa, a scheduled speech by divisive American commentator Ann Coulter, right, was cancelled because of safety concerns. The Hill Times file photograph, photographs courtesy of Gage Skidmore