Brock University strips former prof’s emeritus status after ‘abhorrent’ posts
An Ontario university has stripped a former professor of an honorary title after he wrote social media posts about Indigenous people that the school described as inflammatory and vulgar.
Brock University said its senate committee voted unanimously last week to strip former political science professor Garth Stevenson of his “emeritus” designation, which was given to him when he retired in 2012.
“The move came after a series of vulgar, inflammatory statements, aimed at the Indigenous community and others, were posted last week on Stevenson’s social media pages,” the university in St. Catharines, Ont., said in a statement.
Stevenson did not immediately respond to requests for comment but told the St. Catharines Standard that he apologizes for the posts, which included comments on the City of Victoria’s removal of a statue of Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald.