“I’m happy they apologized but at the same time let’s acknowledge this was their only option,” Wilfrid Laurier TA Lindsay Shepherd told Global News.

In many respects, I thought the battle for free speech and open debate on campuses had already been lost, writes Andrew Lawton. But this case at Laurier has ignited a national dialogue that I hope can be a constructive one.

Teaching assistant Lindsay Shepherd says she hasn't heard from the university since her story was covered by media.