Wed Jan 11, 2023 – 8:15 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) – A University of Toronto Latin and Medieval Studies tenured professor quit his job because of the school’s now-suspended COVID jab mandates, saying that such dictates go against his “beliefs” and in good conscience he can’t work for the school anymore.
As noted by The Epoch Times, Alexander Andrée in a December 29, 2022, letter to students and staff expressed why he felt compelled to leave.
While Andrée was on leave in his native Sweden in 2021, he said he received letters from the university asking him for proof that he had the COVID jabs. If he did not show proof, he would be placed on forced leave or be fired.
“It appears that it was always the question of a test of obedience to authority,” he wrote.
He added that when it came to the test of obedience to authority, he “failed,” but noted he did not have an issue with this.
“U of T is no place for me anymore,” he said.
Last May, the University of Toronto dropped its COVID jab requirement after being hit with a human rights complaint.
However, according to the
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