By Dean Bennett THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON-The Alberta government says changes are coming to further protect free speech on campuses as a former professor speaking out on so-called “woke” policies prepares for a showdown with the University of Lethbridge. Advanced Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides says he plans to announce the changes in the coming days but did not give details. He was responding to the case of Frances Widdowson, a former tenured professor at Calgary’s Mount Royal University, who was invited then disinvited to speak on campus this week about her concerns that a mob mentality and “woke policies” increasingly threaten academic freedom. Widdowson has previously come under fire for her comments on residential schools. “I understand past comments made by this speaker are controversial,” Nicolaides said in a statement

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