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Court Overturns University of Lethbridge Decision to Cancel Professor's Lecture
Justice C.D. Simard said the university failed to consider Charter rights and could not treat the cancellation as a room-booking issue.
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Alberta Judge Overturns Cancellation of Academic’s Talk on ‘Woke-ism’ at University of Lethbridge
Academic Frances Widdowson speaks at an award ceremony held by the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) in Toronto on June 13, 2025. Widdowson is the recipient of the JCCF's George Jonas Freedom Award. (Omid Ghoreishi/The Epoch Times)
Court overturns University of Lethbridge decision to cancel professor's lecture
A Court of King's Bench judge has ruled the University of Lethbridge's decision to cancel a lecture by former Mount Royal University professor Frances Widdowson was "fundamentally and fatally flawed" because it didn't consider a Charter-protected right.
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- 67% of the sources lean Right
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R 67%
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