I finally got to tell the story

How I was fired from the University of Guelph for condemning Hamas based on the complaint of a long-time anti-Semitic troublemaker and professor, as well as the head of the university.

For nearly three years, a great many people have had a great deal to say about me.

What I said. What I meant. What happened. Why I was suspended. Why I was eventually fired. Whether this was really about Israel, antisemitism, academic freedom, misconduct — or something else entirely.

CANADALAND gave me the opportunity to sit down and answer those questions for myself.

And I did.

We talked about the post that started it all. We talked about Hamas and Israel. We talked about what happened inside the university after I said, publicly and unapologetically, that I stood with Israel. We talked about the allegations made against me, the investigation, the unions, my firing, and the extraordinary gap I believe exists between the public story and what the documentary record actually shows.

Some of the interview is uncomfortable.

Good.

This story should be uncomfortable.

Because whatever you think of me — and whatever you think of my politics — there is a much bigger question lurking underneath all of this:

What happens when an institution decides that the problem isn’t what you did, but what you believe?

Listen to the CANADALAND interview.

Then decide for yourself.