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UBC professors taking school to court over ’political’ actions by administration

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63% Informative

A group of professors and a graduate student are taking the University of British Columbia to court.

They say the school is violating legislation requiring UBC to be non-political.

The petition alleges the school takes positions that put pressure on faculty, students and others to conform to the university’s public statements.

It says the use of Indigenous land acknowledgments and promotion of equity and inclusion programs violate the University Act .

VR Score

64

Informative language

61

Neutral language

67

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

82

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

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short-lived

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