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Shepherd was concerned, of course, that the tenor of her dressing-down would result in her losing her teaching-assistant job at Laurier which, with a scholarship, is helping pay her way towards a master’s degree.

But, as she wrote in an email to the Record, “If this trend continues of radical leftist indoctrination, I’m not really interested in being a part of it.”

“Universities are no longer places where ideas may freely circulate,” she said. “They are places where if you even bring up the ‘wrong idea’—ideas they do not consider politically correct—you are labelled some sort of public enemy.

“Universities are no longer places where one can engage with controversial ideas.

“They are echo chambers for left-wing ideology.”

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“You have to think of the kind of teaching climate you’re creating.”

That last line is the one that should be thrown back in the faces of any school instructor or administrator who thinks this conduct is acceptable.

They’re creating a climate where employers will think twice before hiring arts and science grads from WLU. Parents and prospective students will be reluctant to fork over hard earned money for nothing more than basement blog quality indoctrination.

To paint the whole school with the same brush would be a shame, so WLU needs to send a signal that condemns these shenanigans. But a statement by WLU president Deborah MacLatchy suggests we shouldn’t hold our breath.

MacLatchy calls the situation “complex” and says a task force will be called. There’s no whiff of condemnation against the bullies in her statement. This is a problem.

How many other such incidents are occurring? Not every student will feel able to take a stand like Shepherd. And, even if they do, how many will have audio evidence?

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