Opinion

Universities shouldn't back anti-psychiatry scholarship

The University of Toronto endorsed the Bonnie Burstow Scholarship in Anti-Psychiatry. Why?

The University of Toronto endorsed the Bonnie Burstow Scholarship in Anti-Psychiatry. Why?

The University of Toronto has endorsed scholarship in anti-psychiatry. (Katherine Holland/CBC)

University campuses should be a place for rigorous debate. That's obvious. But should it really be a place when anti-psychiatry is endorsed alongside actual scientific research? The University of Toronto obviously thinks so, but Elamin Abdelmahmoud doesn't agree. Check out his ViewPoint video below.

ViewPoint | Academic Freedom

8 years ago
Duration 2:34
OPINION: In the wake of one university's decision to endorse an anti-psychiatry scholarship, Elamin Abdelmahmoud says universities shouldn’t back ideas that are 'anti-academic and anti-science'