Mount Allison University Signals Its Social Justice Commitments Loud and Clear in the Rima Azar Case

Rima Azar, associate professor of health psychology at Mount Allison University. Handout

Commentary

Intellectual engagement with the things of the world involves critical discussion. Since critical discussion can require one to hear unpleasant ideas about things that matter deeply to one, intellectual engagement can be threatening. Nonetheless, because universities are places of intellectual engagement, students must expect to feel, every now and then, that what is important to them is under threat.