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In an op-ed published in the National Post <\/em>on Monday, embattled Wilfrid Laurier teaching assistant Lindsay Shepherd argued that universities are losing sight of their purpose.<\/h2>\n

\u201cI am a teaching assistant for Communication Studies 101,\u201d Shepherd began<\/a>. \u201cLast month, I showed my students a clip from TVO\u2019s The <\/em>Agenda with Steve Paikin<\/em>, which showed University of Toronto professors Jordan Peterson and Nicholas Matte debating the contentious issue of gender pronouns.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI mentioned to my class that watching debates such as the one we were about to view is a great way to break out of communication bubbles and decide for oneself whether an argument is valid or not,\u201d she explained. \u201cI emphasized that watching ideas being debated in action is how a \u2018marketplace of ideas\u2019 is formed (a concept that is studied in the very course in which I was censured, ironically enough).\u201d<\/p>\n

Shepherd\u2019s story exploded into the national press after she leaked<\/a> an audio recording of an interrogation that took place during the investigation over her showing the video to students. In the recording, Shepherd was dressed down by professor Nathan Rambukkana, professor Herbert Pimlott, and staffer Adria Joel. Due to the recording\u2019s publication, Wilfrid Laurier was forced to apologize to Shepherd.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was told that playing the TVO clip was tantamount to violence, and that I had created a toxic climate and unsafe learning environment,\u201d Shepherd continued. \u201cI was also told that I had violated everything from the university\u2019s Gendered Violence and Sexual Assault Policy to the Ontario Human Rights Code to Bill C-16.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shepherd used her experience to argue that universities have largely abandoned critical thinking. \u201cWLU\u2019s interrogation of my decision to air two sides of a topical debate was so troubling because it revealed that these educators don\u2019t believe critical thinking matters, or that they fear students exercising critical thought might lead them to politically incorrect conclusions,\u201d she wrote. \u201cIf that\u2019s the case, how can these departments justify charging students for these degrees?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI also believe students need to approach university with an openness to being challenged,\u201d she finished. \u201cIf a student is not willing to discuss topical issues in an open and respectful way with peers who may have vastly different perspectives, that student should take a year off and only return to university if and when he or she is ready for dialogue and debate.\u201d<\/p>\n

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