Trespassing charge stayed for activist arrested at UVic in 2025

A controversial residential schools skeptic announced that a trespassing charge was stayed after her arrest at an unsanctioned event the University of Victoria in December 2025.
On June 24, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms announced Frances Widdowson’s $115 ticket under the Trespass Act was stayed – stemming from the chaotic UVic event on Dec. 2, 2025.
That day, OneBC party leader Dallas Brodie was joined by Widdowson in an attempt to “engage the campus community