Since the first European university was founded in Bologna, Italy, in 1088, the goal of higher education was supposed to be a search for truth. Alas, too many modern ivory towers in the West, including those in Canada in recent decades, have been tempted into trendy anti-reality policies, activism and illiberalism.

A useful example of the latter is the rise of so-called diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies and bureaucracies at universities.