# Canadian gender studies professor has foul-mouthed meltdown as conservative leader announces plans to ban DEI in hiring

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/canadian-gender-studies-professor-has-foul-mouthed-meltdown-as-conservative-leader-announces-plans-to-ban-dei-in-hiring/
- Published: 2026-10-30T12:55:29+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-30T13:13:19+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16249423/gender-studies-professor-canada-dei-ban-reaction.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Business, Markets, World

## Key points

- Alberta proposes ending DEI-based public-sector hiring and promotion policies.
- Professor June Scudeler criticised the plan in a widely viewed post.
- The bill remains unpassed and has drawn political and union opposition.

## Summary

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has tabled a bill to end diversity, equity and inclusion policies in public-sector hiring and promotions, saying decisions should be based on merit. The proposal has drawn criticism from politicians and union representatives, while a Canadian professor’s profane social media response to Smith attracted widespread attention.

The bill would cover municipalities, public agencies, Crown corporations, post-secondary institutions and school boards, but has not passed. Simon Fraser University associate professor June Scudeler’s post had been viewed more than 123,000 times by Thursday; Smith did not respond. Opposition politician Kathleen Ganley called the bill a solution to a problem she had not heard raised, while union leader Sandra Azocar described it as “dog whistle politics”.

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