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Published: November 23, 2017

Student grilled for ‘transphobic’ thought crimes rips university ‘apology’: ‘they’re just embarrassed’

By The Editor

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WATERLOO, Ontario, November 23, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — An Ontario grad student who came under university investigation for showing a video clip of a gender ideology critic says she’s glad the university apologized, but it’s not enough.

Last week, Wilfrid Laurier University student Lindsay Shepherd published a secret recording of faculty berating her for not denouncing well-known University of Toronto professor Jordan Peterson when she showed a clip of while serving as a teaching assistant.

The university apologized after widespread criticism, but Shepherd told Global News on Wednesday that the administration hasn’t actually taken any steps to change the academic climate to facilitate debate of contentious issues.

“It’s not like they’ve taken a stance on anything, they’re just like embarrassed and they had to do something about it,” she said.

And her fellow grad students treated her like a “scary monster” in her first class that morning, said Shepherd.

“Everyone avoids eye contact with me,” she said.

The professor said at the beginning of class “this is a difficult situation but we’re just going to move on,” but there was “no mention of my name, no mention of the issues at stake,” Shepherd added.

“Come on, people…don’t you

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