Censorship has no place on campus

Re. “Stop turning universities into job schools,” Opinion, Feb. 1

Laurie Adkin's thought-provoking opinionnaire about the importance of arts and humanities in the university milieu as a foundational underpinning of our society opens up some interesting questions and dilemmas.

Universities have always been viewed as the inner bastion of free speech, healthy and respectful dialogue and the champion of critical thinking.

In light of recent events at the University of Lethbridge and Mount Royal University, how does she reconcile her university colleagues and administrators who have denied Frances Widdowson a venue and platform to promote healthy and respectful dialogue?

Are our sensibilities so fragile and easily offended?

It is a sad day when university administrators “yield” to a vocal minority who censor free speech under the guise that it doesn't “fit the narrative” of select groups.

Similarly, our national broadcaster, CBC News, is equally guilty of suppressing and censoring the views of readers by selectively denying readers the right to comment on published news items.

Cancel culture, wokeism, political correctness or whatever label one wishes to use have us perched precariously at the top of a very slippery slope. M.L. Clark, Camrose