A new bill introduced in Quebec on April 6 allows “any word” to be used in university classrooms under academic context, the province’s higher education minister said. Bill 32 was introduced in the National Assembly for the purpose of recognizing, promoting, and protecting “university academic freedom,” an official document says. “The bill defines the right to university academic freedom as the right of every person to engage freely and without doctrinal, ideological, or moral constraint in an activity through which the person contributes, in their field of activity, to carrying out the mission of such an educational institution.” Quebec’s Minister of Higher Education Danielle McCann said Wednesday that the bill is good news for all students, including racialized students, because it preserves a high-quality learning environment in the province’s universities. “I’m very sensitive to those students. It’s in their interest to have this bill because I think universities have a very important role in …