University teaching assistant Lindsay Shepherd, who gained prominence after being disciplined for showing students a TV clip of controversial professor Jordan Peterson discussing gender-neutral pronouns is suing Wilfrid Laurier University for $3.6 million.

In an unproven statement of claim filed this week, Shepherd says Wilfrid Laurier University behaved negligently, leaving her unemployable in academia.

The suit names the school in Waterloo, Ont., two professors, and a manager of the university's diversity and equity office. It seeks a total of $3.6 million in various damages.

Employment Lawyer Lior Samfiru told Global News Radio 640 Toronto host Kelly Cutrara why the $3.6 million lawsuit is "utter nonsense" in the context of Canadian law, and why her lawsuit is unlikely to be successful in a courtroom.

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