In a memo to the university community, provost and vice-president academic Carolyn Watters says the search for a new vice-provost of student affairs is in line with the principles of Dalhousie's employment equity policy.

Dalhousie University has withdrawn the complaint against Masuma Khan, a student who was set to face the school's Senate discipline committee for criticizing "white fragility" in an online post. 

An open letter, published on Tuesday, and signed by 26 professors in the school's faculty of arts and social sciences, condemns the schools "double standard" on free speech and the threats made against Masuma Khan.