Former Mount Royal University professor and free speech advocate Frances Widdowson was arrested at the University of Lethbridge this weekend, marking the third time police have removed the academic from a university campus since last December.
The University of Lethbridge said in an emailed statement that Widdowson was arrested on April 25 for trespassing after violating a legal order prohibiting her from going on campus grounds.
Officials said she was removed from the premises and received a ticket for trespassing.
In recent years, Widdowson, a prominent free speech advocate, has been travelling to university campuses to have conversations questioning claims of unmarked graves of children at former residential schools, and to engage students in debate….