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March 20, 2017

McGill states that the views expressed by one of its professors are not its own

McGill states that the views expressed by one of its professors are not its own

• How a snowstorm exposed Quebec’s real problem: social malaise: Andrew Potter
• McGill University’s tweet:
• SAFS Letter to Principal Fortier:
• Response to SAFS from McGill Principal Fortier:
• The chilling effect of a McGill University tweet on its scholars: Emmett Macfarlane
• Message from the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University:
• Andrew Potter resigns from McGill post after Maclean’s essay on Quebec: Benjamin Shingler
• At McGill, Quebec’s ultra-sensitivity meets academic cowardice with Andrew Potter’s ‘resignation’: Chris Selley
• Andrew Potter’s real crime is being an anglophone writing in English for a publication outside Quebec: Don MacPherson
• McGill principal denies rumours that political interference was behind academic’s resignation: Joseph Breen
• Academic freedom McGill caves in to tribal politics: Margaret Wente
• Great schools defend faculty What’s McGill’s excuse: Michael Byers
• Why Andrew Potter lost his ‘dream job’ at McGill: Michael Friscolanti
• If Andrew Potter’s McGill resignation resulted from political pressure, that would be outrageous: Peter Loewen
• On Quebec and Andrew Potter Tread carefully, Canada: Scott Gilmore
• This is not how a liberal society responds to criticism: Andrew Coyne
• It was shoddy journalism that cost Andrew Potter his job at McGill: Chantal Hebert
• Director of McGill Institute for the Study of Canada steps down after publishing column critical of Quebec, and many raise questions about academic freedom.: Elizabeth Redden

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