Some three-quarters of Canadian academics describe themselves as being on the political left, leaving right-wing professors quiet about their contrary views. The U.S.-based Centre for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology surveyed academics and PhD students at universities in Canada, the United States, and the UK. In a recent report, it found that 73 percent of Canadian social sciences and humanities (SSH) academics identify with the left, while only 4 percent identify with the right. Those in the right-leaning minority said they censored their own ideas and research as a result. Other bright right-leaning people left academia entirely. A majority reported a hostile work climate. The survey focused more on the SSH, as “political considerations are a larger aspect of these fields’ conceptual foundation.” However, the 73 percent figure includes academics in both the SSH and the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Christopher Dummitt, a professor of Canadian …