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The three respondents did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

In an emailed statement, the Laurier said it received notice of her lawsuit on Tuesday, which is described as “one perspective of a legal matter issued in pursuit of a financial claim.”

Since Shepherd first raised her initial concerns, the university has taken numerous measures to address the matter, including issuing an apology to her, the statement said.

“That apology still stands.”

The university also initiated an independent review, which found no wrong-doing on the part of Shepherd and offered recommendations to the university for next steps.

“Many of those steps have already been taken, including training, a review and update of university policies, and the establishment of a task force that prepared a Statement on Freedom of Expression that was approved by the Senate of Wilfrid Laurier University and endorsed by the University’s Board of Governors.”

The dispute began last November when, as part of a communications studies class on grammar, Shepherd showed a clip of the show The Agenda in which host Steve Paikin moderated a debate between Jordan Peterson, the psychologist and author whose fame was launched by his opposition to compelled use of gender-neutral pronouns, and Nicholas Matte of the University of Toronto’s sexual diversity studies program.

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Until that day, Rambukkana had been an “indifferent mentor” to Shepherd who only met with her twice briefly, “barely acknowledged her existence,” and “provided her with very limited direction as to the content to provide to her students in his classes,” the suit claims.