Comment on Mount Royal University cancels geography field school taught by Mark Hecht, author of controversial op-ed by Mark Hecht | Behind Closed Doors at Mount Royal University

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Mount Royal University (MRU) in Calgary, Alberta was set to run an international geography field school called “Sustainable Europe” in the Spring 2020 semester, but the university has quietly cancelled the field school. Field schools are generally only cancelled due to illness or low student enrolment, but the Sustainable Europe field school was cancelled for a different reason. They add “If Mr. Hecht’s views…played a role in the cancellation of the field school, then Mount Royal has violated Mr. Hecht’s academic freedom and compromised its academic mission and its usefulness to the public.”