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“You will have to haul me away by security to stop me,” wrote Widdowson, who did not immediately respond to a Postmedia request for comment Monday., University of Lethbridge president Mike Mahon said the university had received “considerable input” from people both internal and external to the school.Article content
“This input confirmed that assertions that seek to minimize the significant and detrimental impact of Canada’s residential school system are harmful,” Mahon said.The university had been met with a barrage of criticism for planning to host Widdowson, including multiple student petitions opposing the lecture. Some faculty also pushed back, with the university’s Department of Indigenous Studies condemning Widdowson’s “anti-Indigenous rhetoric” in a statement.
Widdowson has been met with criticism for her assertion that there were benefits to Canada’s residential school system, and her rejection of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s conclusion that the school system was “genocidal.” She also made headlines for
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