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How Two Colleges Revealed Canada’s New Moral Geometry

When Academic Freedom Is a Shield for Some — and a Sword Against Others

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Nov 23, 2025
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There are moments when the veneer of institutional virtue cracks so cleanly that even the dullest observer can glimpse the machinery beneath.

The reinstatement of Dr Natalie Knight at Langara College in Vancouver is one such moment.

The destruction of my own career at Humber College in Toronto is another.

One professor publicly celebrated the October 7 a…

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