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Related: About this forumHolocaust-denying Professor Back in Classroom Thanks to Government of Alberta
http://www.bnaibrith.ca/holocaust_denying_professor_back_in_classroom#_=_LETHBRIDGE, Alta. Bnai Brith Canada is outraged that Professor Anthony Hall has returned to work at the University of Lethbridge, after he was suspended for promoting antisemitism in October of 2016.
Halls return was facilitated by Alberta Premier Rachel Notleys NDP Government, which passed two bills in mid-2017 that strengthened the position of Halls faculty association. In August, the Government even took the rare step of launching a direct legal intervention that aided Hall, and eventually prompted a labour arbitrator to order him back to work in November.
It is unclear whether the University of Lethbridge plans to appeal the arbitrators decision. Hall remains the subject of an Alberta human rights complaint.
Premier Notley and her Government bear direct responsibility for placing a discredited conspiracy theorist back in a university classroom, said Michael Mostyn, Chief Executive Officer of Bnai Brith Canada. We repeatedly warned the Government of the likely outcome of its actions, but they sadly chose to ignore our warnings and expose Alberta university students to antisemitism and discrimination instead.
Despite this setback, we expect the University of Lethbridge to continue fighting antisemitism on campus, and to do whatever it takes to ensure that Hall has no podium for his unhinged antisemitic nonsense.
In 2016, Hall came under fire for teaching students that Israel was responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and for producing Holocaust denial videos with German-Canadian neo-Nazi Alfred Schaefer.
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Holocaust-denying Professor Back in Classroom Thanks to Government of Alberta (Original Post)
EllieBC
Nov 2017
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I agree. I sometimes vote for them. I usually respect them. God knows they have brought
applegrove
Nov 2017
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applegrove
(118,642 posts)1. Awful. What a disappointment for people who like the New Democratic
Party.
EllieBC
(3,014 posts)2. I support the NDP but they have some weak links in the party.
And using the banner of academic freedom to hide under to promote conspiracy theories and antisemitism is something they need to walk away from. AB can easily turn back Conservative.
applegrove
(118,642 posts)3. I agree. I sometimes vote for them. I usually respect them. God knows they have brought
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to the fore some of the best government programs. But they anger me with this.