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Re: Intimidation of faculty and students



Here it is: 


https://www.tiktok.com/@isaac.and.jessica/video/7290617289823587589

While disturbing, I think we need to figure out if this is in fact illegal. It appears through other forums that this was done in other large classrooms as well today. 


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Wendy Loken Thornton, Ph.D. R.Psych
Professor, Department of Psychology

Director, Cognitive Aging Lab
Simon Fraser University

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From: Ronda Arab <ronda_arab@sfu.ca>
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2023 6:05 PM
To: James Fleming
Cc: Faculty Forum Mail List
Subject: Re: Intimidation of faculty and students
 
Does someone have a link to the video?


Sent by magic 


On Oct 16, 2023, at 8:28 PM, James Fleming <james_fleming@sfu.ca> wrote:



Dear colleagues,


I have just watched a very distressing (tik tok) video apparently showing a group of TSSU strikers invading a lecture hall, doing their best to disrupt the lecture, and aggressively intimidating the faculty member trying to teach his students. Perhaps others of you have seen this video or will see it; perhaps there are or will be others like it. I assume that actions of the kind shown in the video are illegal, and not only under the Labour Code. I call on TSSU to condemn and disavow these actions. Sincerely, JDF


James Dougal Fleming

Professor, Department of English

Simon Fraser University

Burnaby/Vancouver, 

British Columbia,

Canada.


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