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Podcast: Real Talk Ryan Jespersen
Episode: Tough Look: Cops Clear Pro-Palestine Protest at U of A
Description: Have you seen the video of baton-wielding police officers clearing a pro-Palestine encampment at the University of Alberta? Current and former students and professors are speaking out, ripping the U of A for calling in the cops. Meantime, University president Bill Flanagan is doubling down, saying it's his job to "take all reasonable measures to prevent harm." What's the right call here? How do demonstrations - regardless of theme - factor into a post-secondary institution's mandate? We get into it with Charles Adler.
4:40 | This episode is presented by the Juno Beach Centre, Canadaβs Second World War mu...