A tenured economics professor in Canada was fired for saying Black Lives Matter destroyed her university to such an extent she 'doesn't recognize it anymore'.

Frances Widdowson, who also taught justice and policy studies, was sacked from Mount Royal University in Calgary, Canada last year.

The academic is now calling for an open arbitration hearing with the school to have it out with the institution next January - but bosses are yet to agree.

Widdowson was fired in December for saying BLM had destroyed the college to such an extent she 'doesn't recognize it anymore'.

Activists rounded on her and called her a racist for claiming Canada's residential school program offered Indigenous children chances 'they wouldn't have received'.

But the lecturer launched her fightback this week as she pledged to take university bosses to an arbitration.

Meanwhile the institution refused to be drawn on any hearing, adding it 'will not be providing specific details on this personnel matter'.

Widdowson called for it to be held from January 16 to January 27 next year in which she can air her issues with her treatment, Fox News reports.

She told The College Fix in an interview recently: 'All of my grievances are going forward together at this time.'

The associate professor, who studied indigenization for 20 years, said she wanted it to be open so journalists could attend and report on the case.

She added: 'Without upholding academic freedom, we have no ability to explore ideas and pursue the truth.'

Widdowson is being supported by the free speech group the Society for Academic Freedom, which claimed some of her old colleagues also backed her.