'Woke' light assembly question on Queen's engineering exam sparks controversy

The question said students have been asked to design a \u0027woke\u0027 light fixture capable of \u0027centering diverse anti\u002Dcis\u002Dnormative identities\u0027

The question, reported by the Queen’s Journal, the student newspaper at the Kingston, Ont., university, was on an engineering mechanics exam in the first-year class taught by civil engineering professor Colin MacDougall.

A photo of the question circulated online last month and some Queen’s students reportedly only learned about it after controversial author and psychologist Jordan Peterson retweeted it.THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERSExclusive articles by Conrad Black, Barbara Kay, Rex Murphy and others. Plus, special edition NP Platformed and First Reading newsletters and virtual events.National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on.

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