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The Tom Woods Show

Ep. 1208 She Was Brought Before the Ottawa Human Rights Commission

The Tom Woods Show

Tom Woods

Politics, Government, News

4.83.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Janice Fiamengo, a professor of English at the University of Ottawa and an outspoken opponent of feminism, found herself brought before the Ottawa Human Rights Commission in a two-year ordeal related to alleged discrimination. She gives us a flavor of what these commissions are like, and how universities deal with accusations like this.

Show notes for Ep. 1208

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0:00.0

The Tom Woods Show, episode 1208.

0:02.6

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0:07.4

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paths to income.com. Hi, everybody, Tom Woods here.

0:37.8

I'm talking to Janice Viamengo today.

0:39.6

She's a professor of English at the University of Ottawa, and she's recently concluded,

0:45.3

well, an appearance, I guess, before the Ottawa Human Rights Commission.

0:49.0

And she was brought there, not apparently, at least, for ideological reasons, even though she's a well-known

0:55.3

and quite outspoken opponent of feminism.

0:59.4

But, well, I will get into the details when I bring her on.

1:03.1

But I just wanted to get a sense of what these tribunals are like because we hear about them in the United States quite a bit.

1:10.2

And it's just interesting and quite a, you know, I would say rather sad what it's done to the universities

1:17.8

and what it's done to professors and their morale and their comfort in the classroom

1:23.5

when being brought before this horrific tribunal is an outcome that's not altogether remote.

1:31.4

And you have to watch what you say and how you say it all day long because there's really no

1:37.1

incentive for somebody not to bring a case against you. It's a very, very, very bad situation. But the more light we can shed on it,

1:47.5

the better. And that's why I wanted to talk to Janice Viamengo today. Janice, welcome to the show.

1:52.8

Oh, thank you very much for talking to me, Tom.

1:55.1

I, of course, want to get your story here on the record on my podcast. And I think to start, it might be a good idea to

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