Senior Fellow Collin May spotlights Ilya Shapiro’s claim that DEI is warping legal education into activism training. Ideological conformity is replacing rigour, threatening free speech, legal neutrality, and the rule of law itself.
Senior Fellow
Collin May
Senior Fellow
Collin May
About
Collin May is a lawyer in Calgary, Alberta, and an Adjunct Lecturer in Community Health Sciences with the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary. He is also a dedicated patient safety advocate. He holds degrees in political philosophy, religion (with a focus on medieval Islamic, Jewish and Christian thought), and law from Harvard University, the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (Paris), Dalhousie Law School, and the University of Alberta.
From 1997 to 2002, May worked with the United Nations International Telecommunications Union and later with the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva, Switzerland. He has served on multiple federal and provincial boards and tribunals and, in 2022, briefly held the role of Chief of the Alberta Human Rights Commission. He is currently developing a collection of essays on the legal, social, and psychological dimensions of cancel culture, and conducting research on the influence of Martin Heidegger’s philosophy on political radicalization and university movements.
Research by Collin May
On Democracy And Death Cults A Provocative Study Of The Israel-Hamas Conflict
In On Democracy and Death Cults, Douglas Murray confronts Western humanitarianism’s failure in Gaza. Collin May explores Murray’s bold thesis: Israel fights for life; Hamas glorifies death. Whose worldview survives?
Former Human Rights Chair Break His Silence After Being Cancelled
Big Topics & Big Ideas
Canada Caves When Free Speech Is Under Fire
Collin May argues Canada’s civic institutions routinely fail to defend free speech, leaving individuals exposed to activist-driven smear campaigns. While British voters reject fear-based politics, Canadians remain vulnerable to manipulation and distraction. For Canada to reclaim its democratic integrity, it must build the courage and the infrastructure to defend its own principles.
Canada’s Immigration System Under Scrutiny Due To Islamic Terror
Recently, Canada’s immigration system has come under scrutiny due to a series of arrests of individuals alleged to be planning terrorist attacks. The first arrests came in July when a father and son, Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi and Mostafa Eldidi, were charged with a...