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Born and raised in [[Alberta]], he obtained two [[bachelor's degree]]s in [[political science]] and [[psychology]] from the [[University of Alberta]] and then a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] in [[clinical psychology]] from [[McGill University]]. After researching and teaching at [[Harvard University]], he returned to Canada in 1998 and became a professor of psychology at the [[University of Toronto]]. In 1999, he published his first book, ''[[Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief]]'', which became the basis for many of his subsequent lectures. The book combined psychology, [[myth]]ology, [[religion]], [[literature]], [[philosophy]] and [[neuroscience]] to analyze systems of [[belief]] and [[Meaning (psychology)|meaning]].

In 2016, Peterson released a series of [[YouTube]] videos criticizing ~~the~~a ''Canadian law ([[An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code|~~Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code]]'' (~~Bill C-16]]), ~~passed~~that byprohibited ~~the~~discrimination ~~[[Parliament~~against ~~of Canada]] to introduce "~~[[gender identity]] and [[gender expression|expression~~]]" as [[prohibited grounds]] for [[discrimination~~]]. Peterson argued that the bill would make the use of certain [[Preferred gender pronoun|gender pronouns]] [[compelled speech]] and related this argument to a general critique of "[[political correctness]]" and [[identity politics]]., ~~He received~~receiving significant media coverage, and attracting both support and criticism. In particular, he has been widely criticized by climate scientists for denying the [[scientific consensus on climate change]] and giving a platform to [[Climate change denial|climate-change deniers]].

In 2018, he paused both his clinical practice and teaching duties and published his second book, ''[[12 Rules for Life|12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos]]''. Promoted with a world tour, it became a [[bestseller]] in several countries. In 2019 and 2020 Peterson suffered health problems related to [[Benzodiazepine dependence|benzodiazepene dependence]]. In 2021, he published his third book, ''[[Beyond Order|Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life]]'', resigned from the University of Toronto, and returned to podcasting. In 2022, Peterson signed a content distribution deal with the conservative media company ''[[The Daily Wire]]'' and became Chancellor of [[Ralston College]]. His various lectures and conversations, available mainly on YouTube and [[podcast]]s, have gathered millions of views and plays.

== Early life ==

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In February 2018, Peterson entered into an agreement with the [[College of Psychologists of Ontario]] (CPO) after a professional misconduct complaint about his communication and the boundaries he sets with his patients. The college did not consider a full disciplinary hearing necessary and accepted Peterson entering into a three-month [[wikt:undertaking|undertaking]] to work on prioritizing his practice and improving his patient communications. Peterson had no prior disciplinary punishments or restrictions on his clinical practice.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brean |first=Joseph |date=23 March 2018 |title=After misconduct complaint, Jordan Peterson agrees to plan for clinical improvement |work=[[National Post]] |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/after-misconduct-complaint-jordan-peterson-agrees-to-plan-for-clinical-improvement |access-date=24 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Denton |first=Jack O. |date=23 March 2018 |title=Jordan Peterson addressing professional misconduct allegation with psychologists' governing body |work=[[The Varsity (newspaper)|The Varsity]] |url=https://thevarsity.ca/2018/03/23/jordan-peterson-addressing-professional-misconduct-allegation-with-psychologists-governing-body/ |access-date=24 February 2021}}</ref>

In March, 2020 the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee (~~“ICRC”~~"ICRC") of the College of Psychologists of Ontario ("CPO") investigated statements made by Peterson which were alleged to be "transphobic, sexist, racist" and "not in keeping with any clinical understanding of mental health".<ref name=":19" /> They concluded their investigation without making any orders but expressed concern that "the manner and tone in which Dr. Peterson espouses his public statements may reflect poorly on the profession of psychology" and advised him to "offer [his] opinions and comments in a respectful tone in order to avoid a negative perception toward the profession of psychology."<ref name=":19" />

In the fall of 2021, Peterson retired from the University of Toronto, becoming [[Emeritus|professor emeritus]].<ref name="alexandertahmeed">{{Cite web |last1=Alexander |first1=Lauren |last2=Tahmeed |first2=Shariq |date=24 January 2022 |title=Controversial professor Jordan Peterson retires from tenured position at U of T |url=https://thevarsity.ca/2022/01/23/jordan-peterson-resigns-u-of-t/ |access-date=24 January 2022 |website=The Varsity}}</ref> In May 2022, he became chancellor of [[Ralston College]], an [[Unaccredited institutions of higher education|unaccredited]] liberal arts education project.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ralston College {{!}} Jordan B. Peterson Appointed Chancellor |url=https://www.ralston.ac/people/jordan-b-peterson/jordan-b-peterson-appointed-chancellor |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=www.ralston.ac}}</ref> Along with [[Baroness Stroud]] and [[John Anderson (Australian politician)|John Anderson]], Jordan Peterson founded [[Alliance for Responsible Citizenship]] in June 2023.<ref name=":23">{{Cite news |last1=Readfearn |first1=Graham |last2=Karp |first2=Paul |date=2023-06-12 |title=Tony Abbott and John Howard join Jordan Peterson-led group looking at 'meaning of life' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jun/13/tony-abbott-and-john-howard-join-jordan-peterson-led-group-looking-at-meaning-of-life |access-date=2023-10-30 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> He hosted its international conference in October of that year.<ref name=":23" />

In November 2022 the ICRC ordered Peterson to complete a specified continuing education or remedial program regarding professionalism in public statements.<ref name=":19">https://www.jordanbpeterson.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Peterson-v.-College-of-Psychologists-of-Ontario-DC-714-22-FINAL-18-August-2023.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}</ref><ref name="DawsonOCPoverview">{{cite news |last1=Dawson |first1=Tyler |date=6 January 2023 |title=Jordan Peterson asks Ontario court to review disciplinary proceedings that violate free speech |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/jordan-peterson-application-for-judicial-review-ontario-divisional-court |work=National Post }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Rocca |first1=Ryan |date=4 January 2023 |title=Jordan Peterson says Ontario psychologist licence may be suspended over public statements |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9386896/jordan-peterson-ontario-psychologists-college-public-statements/ |access-date=10 January 2023 |work=Global News}}</ref> The ICRC concluded that some of the language used in his public statements between January 2022 and June 2022 "may be reasonably regarded by members of the profession as disgraceful, dishonourable and/or unprofessional" and that his statements "posed moderate risk of harm to the public" by "undermining public trust in the profession of psychology".<ref name=":19" /> They also concluded that he ~~“appeared~~"appeared to be engaging in degrading comments about a former client and making demeaning jokes on the Joe Rogan experience".<ref name=":19" />

Peterson denied any wrongdoing and filed for judicial review.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dawson |first1=Tyler |date=4 January 2023 |title=Psychologists' college silent on Jordan Peterson sanction |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/ontario-college-of-psychologists-jordan-peterson-social-media |access-date=9 January 2023 |work=National Post}}</ref><ref name="DawsonOCPoverview" /> Peterson's appeal was reviewed in August, 2023 by a panel of three judges of the [[Ontario Divisional Court]], who unanimously upheld the college's initial decision<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 23, 2023 |title=Ontario court rules against Jordan Peterson, upholds social media training order |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/jordan-peterson-court-case-decision-1.6943845 |access-date=September 16, 2023 |work=CBC News}}</ref> concluding that the ICRC's reasoning in their 2022 decision was "transparent, intelligible, justifiable, and reasonable" and ordered Peterson to pay the CPO $25,000 in legal costs.<ref name=":19" /> The decision was upheld on appeal to the [[Court of Appeal for Ontario]] in January 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dawson |first=Tyler |date=2024-01-16 |title=Jordan Peterson says he's willing to risk licence over social media training after losing court battle |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/exclusive-jordan-peterson-loses-fight-with-psychology-college-over-mandatory-social-media-training |access-date=2024-03-18}}</ref> In August 2024, the [[Supreme Court of Canada]] declined to hear an appeal from the appeal court decision, closing Peterson's legal options for resisting the social media training.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tunney |first=Catharine |date=August 8, 2024 |title=Jordan Peterson agrees to social media coaching after Supreme Court declines free speech case |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/supreme-court-jordan-peterson-1.7288497 |access-date=August 8, 2024 |work=[[CBC News]]}}</ref>

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== Views ==

Peterson has characterized himself politically as a [[Classical liberalism|classic British liberal]]<ref name=SpecatorLott2017/><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Robertson |first=Derek |date=16 June 2018 |title=Why the 'classical liberal' is making a comeback |magazine=Politico Magazine |lang=en |url=https://politi.co/2JXJQGp |access-date=30 January 2019 |archive-date=23 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923051736/https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/06/16/why-the-classical-liberal-is-making-a-comeback-218667 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{cite news |last=Kovach |first=Steve |date=12 August 2017 |title=Silicon Valley's liberal bubble has burst, and the culture war has arrived |magazine=[[Business Insider]] |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/silicon-valleys-liberal-bubble-has-burst-2017-8 |access-date=11 November 2017 |quote=classic British liberal Jordan B. Peterson |archive-date=7 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107223742/http://www.businessinsider.com/silicon-valleys-liberal-bubble-has-burst-2017-8 |url-status=live}}</ref> and a [[Traditionalist conservatism|traditionalist]].<ref name="ft18" /> He has stated that he is commonly mistaken as [[right-wing]],<ref name="Callagahan" /> stating that he supports [[Universal health care|universal healthcare]], [[Redistribution of income and wealth|redistribution of wealth towards the poor]], and the [[Drug liberalization|decriminalization of drugs]].<ref name="Lott18" /> However, Peterson features prominently in conservative media,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Meek |first=Andy |title=The Daily Wire, Which Now Boasts 890,000 Paid Subscribers, Signs Jordan Peterson To Its New DailyWire+ |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andymeek/2022/06/29/the-daily-wire-which-now-boasts-890000-paid-subscribers-signs-jordan-peterson-to-its-new-dailywire/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=Forbes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Callaghan |first=Greg |date=2018-04-20 |title=Right-winger? Not me, says alt-right darling Jordan Peterson |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/right-winger-not-me-says-alt-right-darling-jordan-peterson-20180417-p4za14.html |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald }}</ref> is commonly referred to as a conservative by journalists,<ref name="Lynskey 2018" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rouner |first=Jef |title=Opinion: Can We Just Admit Now That Jordan Peterson is Right Wing? |url=https://www.houstonpress.com/news/opinion-jordan-peterson-is-conservative-14551779 |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=Houston Press }}</ref><ref name="Marche" /> and published ~~a self-written document titled~~ "A Conservative Manifesto" in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-04 |title=Jordan Peterson's 'A Conservative Manifesto' Is Not Conservative |url=https://merionwest.com/2022/10/04/jordan-petersons-a-conservative-manifesto-is-not-conservative/ |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=MerionWest}}</ref>

''[[The New York Times]]'' described Peterson as "conservative-leaning",<ref name=":21" /> and ''[[The Washington Post]]'' described him as an "aspiring conservative thought leader".<ref name="ToughenUp">{{cite news |last=Heller |first=Karen |date=2 May 2018 |title=Jordan Peterson is on a crusade to toughen up young men. It's landed him on our cultural divide |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/jordan-peterson-is-on-a-crusade-to-toughen-up-young-men-its-landed-him-on-our-cultural-divide/2018/05/02/c5bafe48-31d6-11e8-94fa-32d48460b955_story.html |archive-date=9 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809215502/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/jordan-peterson-is-on-a-crusade-to-toughen-up-young-men-its-landed-him-on-our-cultural-divide/2018/05/02/c5bafe48-31d6-11e8-94fa-32d48460b955_story.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Conservative philosopher [[Yoram Hazony]] wrote in ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'': "The startling success of his elevated arguments for the importance of order has made him the most significant conservative thinker to appear in the English-speaking world in a generation."<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/jordan-peterson-and-conservatisms-rebirth-1529101961 |title=Jordan Peterson and Conservatism's Rebirth: The psychologist and YouTube star has brought the concepts of order and tradition back to our intellectual discourse |last=Hazony |first=Yoram |date=15 June 2018 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |access-date=1 September 2019 |archive-date=1 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901043442/https://www.wsj.com/articles/jordan-peterson-and-conservatisms-rebirth-1529101961 |url-status=live}}</ref> Libertarian journalist [[Cathy Young]] commented in the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'':

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Peterson has said that "disciplines like [[women's studies]] should be [[defund]]ed", advising [[Freshman|freshman students]] to avoid subjects such as [[sociology]], [[anthropology]], [[English studies|English literature]], [[ethnic studies]], and racial studies, as well as other fields of study that he believes are corrupted by "post-modern [[Cultural Bolshevism|neo-Marxists]]".<ref name=Bishai>{{cite news |first=Graham W. |last=Bishai |date=11 April 2017 |title=Drawing criticism, Jordan Peterson lectures at 'free speech' initiative |newspaper=[[The Harvard Crimson]] |url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/4/11/peterson-talk-draws-criticism/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115100306/http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/4/11/peterson-talk-draws-criticism/ |archive-date=15 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=CBCAlarm>{{cite news |last1=Off |first1=Carol |author1-link=Carol Off |last2=Douglas |first2=Jeff |author2-link=Jeff Douglas |date=11 November 2017 |title={{nobr|U of T}} profs alarmed by Jordan Peterson's plan to target classes he calls 'indoctrination cults' |website=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] |url=http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-friday-edition-1.4396970/u-of-t-profs-alarmed-by-jordan-peterson-s-plan-to-target-classes-he-calls-indoctrination-cults-1.4396974 |access-date=11 November 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111120301/http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-friday-edition-1.4396970/u-of-t-profs-alarmed-by-jordan-peterson-s-plan-to-target-classes-he-calls-indoctrination-cults-1.4396974 |archive-date=11 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=TSunCorrupt>{{cite news |last=Levy |first=Sue-Ann |date=29 June 2017 |title=Jordan Peterson: Certain university disciplines 'corrupted' |newspaper=[[Toronto Sun]] |url=http://torontosun.com/2017/06/29/jordan-peterson-certain-university-disciplines-corrupted/wcm/9189041e-131b-4fb7-a501-0136e86790f3 |access-date=11 November 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112075644/http://torontosun.com/2017/06/29/jordan-peterson-certain-university-disciplines-corrupted/wcm/9189041e-131b-4fb7-a501-0136e86790f3 |archive-date=12 November 2017}}</ref> He has said that these fields propagate [[Cult|cult-like]] behaviour and [[safe-space]]s.<ref name=CBCAlarm/><ref name=Bishai/> In 2017 he said that he would create a website to reduce enrollment in "postmodern neo-Marxist cult classes by 75 per cent across the West", including women's and ethnic studies, prompting 'alarm' from the University of Toronto Faculty Association for Peterson's plan to "place under surveillance certain kinds of academic content". Peterson did not go on to develop such a website.<ref>https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-friday-edition-1.4396970/u-of-t-profs-alarmed-by-jordan-peterson-s-plan-to-target-classes-he-calls-indoctrination-cults-1.4396974 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>

In a 2018 interview with [[Time (magazine)|Time]] Peterson expressed his opposition to [[identity politics]], saying "You ~~don’t~~don't play racial, ethnic and gender identity games" and argued that it is practiced by both the left and the right: "[t]he [[Left-wing politics|left]] plays them on behalf of the [[Oppression|oppressed]], let's say, and the [[Right-wing politics|right]] tends to play them on behalf of [[nationalism]] and [[Pride#Ethnic|ethnic pride]]". He goes on to argue that both are equally dangerous and that "the correct game...is one where you focus on your individual life and try to take responsibility for your actions.".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Luscombe |first=Belinda |author-link=Belinda Luscombe |date=7 March 2018 |title=Jordan Peterson talks gun control, angry men and why so few women lead companies |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |url=http://time.com/5175974/jordan-peterson-12-rules-book-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=22 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519182714/http://time.com/5175974/jordan-peterson-12-rules-book-interview/ |archive-date=19 May 2018}}</ref>

In 2017, Peterson did an interview with the [[Toronto Sun]] following a public controversy around cultural appropriation in which a senior editor for the [[CBC Television|CBC]] tweeted that he would "contribute $100 to an appropriation prize" before a debate about cultural appropriation between journalists, resulting in a public apology by the editor and his reassignment to a lower position.<ref name=":25">{{cite news |last=Artuso |first=Antonella |date=23 May 2017 |title=Prof. Jordan Peterson responds to CBC cultural appropriation fallout |url=http://www.torontosun.com/2017/05/23/prof-jordan-peterson-responds-to-cbc-cultural-appropriation-fallout |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731074659/http://www.torontosun.com/2017/05/23/prof-jordan-peterson-responds-to-cbc-cultural-appropriation-fallout |archive-date=31 July 2017 |access-date=20 July 2017 |newspaper=[[Toronto Sun]]}}</ref> In the interview Peterson claimed that the reaction on social media and events that followed ~~of the~~ had promoted self-censorship among journalists saying that the "radical mob learned...they can humiliate and take down even journalists that have impeccable reputations and large followings" and that he had "talked to many journalists this week about this issue... they're all engaging in cautious self-censorship". He also argued that censorship makes people deceptive saying that "You start by just not saying things, and you end up by saying things that you know to be untrue.”"<ref name=":25" />

Peterson has used the terms "[[Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory|cultural Marxism]]" and "[[postmodernism]]" interchangeably to describe the influence of postmodernism on North American humanities departments and he views [[postmodern philosophy]] as an offshoot or expression of [[neo-Marxism]].<ref name=":9"/><ref name=academia_psypolpost1 /><ref name="Berlatsky 2018">{{cite news | last=Berlatsky | first=Noah | date=12 June 2018 | title=How anti-leftism has made Jordan Peterson a mark for fascist propaganda | website=Pacific Standard | url=https://psmag.com/education/jordan-peterson-sliding-toward-fascism | access-date=13 June 2018 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613085727/https://psmag.com/education/jordan-peterson-sliding-toward-fascism | archive-date=13 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="Robertson 2018">{{cite web | last=Robertson | first=Derek | date=8 April 2018 | title=The Canadian psychologist beating American pundits at their own game | website=Politico | url=https://politi.co/2qgX1X0 | access-date=13 June 2018 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923051738/https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/04/08/jordan-peterson-beating-pundits-own-game-217773 | archive-date=23 September 2020}}</ref> These beliefs have been criticized as "conspiratorial" and "riddled with pseudo-facts" by Dorian Lynskey of ''The Guardian''.<ref name="Lynskey 2018" /> Peterson argues that social justice promotes collectivism and sees individuals as "essentially a member of a group" and "not essentially an individual". He also argues that social justice "view[s] the world" as "a battleground between groups of different power".<ref name=":22">{{Cite journal |last=Robinson |first=Nathan J. |date=May 28, 2018 |title=In Defense Of Social Justice |url=https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/05/in-defense-of-social-justice |access-date=2023-08-14 |journal=Current Affairs}}</ref> Several writers have associated Peterson with the "[[intellectual dark web]]" including journalist [[Bari Weiss]], who included Peterson in the 2018 ''[[New York Times]]'' article that first popularized the term.<ref name=Weiss-2018-05-08-NYT>{{cite news |last=Weiss |first=Bari |date=2018-05-08 |title=Meet the renegades of the intellectual dark web |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/opinion/intellectual-dark-web.html |access-date=10 February 2020 |archive-date=31 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131000213/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/opinion/intellectual-dark-web.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://life.spectator.co.uk/2018/02/the-intellectual-dark-web/ |department=Spectator Life |title=Inside the intellectual dark web |first=Douglas |last=Murray |date=21 February 2018 |magazine=[[The Spectator]] |access-date=27 November 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090344/https://life.spectator.co.uk/2018/02/the-intellectual-dark-web/ |archive-date=27 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Kevin |last=Dickinson |date=5 August 2018 |title=Intellectual dark web: New movement or just a rebranding of old ideas? |website=[[Big Think]] |url=https://bigthink.com/kevin-dickinson/what-is-the-so-called-intellectual-dark-web |access-date=27 November 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509090208/https://bigthink.com/kevin-dickinson/what-is-the-so-called-intellectual-dark-web |archive-date=9 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Will |last=Sommer |date=10 October 2018 |title=Intellectual dark web frays after Jordan Peterson tweets critically about Brett Kavanaugh |website=[[The Daily Beast]] |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/intellectual-dark-web-frays-after-jordan-peterson-tweets-critically-about-brett-kavanaugh |access-date=27 November 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607135747/https://www.thedailybeast.com/intellectual-dark-web-frays-after-jordan-peterson-tweets-critically-about-brett-kavanaugh |archive-date=7 June 2019}}</ref>

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Peterson has said that there is an ongoing "[[crisis of masculinity]]" and "backlash against masculinity" in which the "masculine spirit is under assault".<ref name=":0"/><ref name=":1">{{cite news |last=Berlatsky |first=Noah |date=17 June 2018 |department=Opinion |title=Men are experiencing a crisis of masculinity. The solution? More feminism |website=[[NBC News]] |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/father-s-day-men-are-experiencing-crisis-masculinity-solution-more-ncna884051 |url-status=live |access-date=9 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808115842/https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/father-s-day-men-are-experiencing-crisis-masculinity-solution-more-ncna884051 |archive-date=8 August 2018}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite news |last=Acker |first=Lizzy |date=22 May 2018 |title=Jordan Peterson, who says men are 'under assault', is coming to Portland next month |newspaper=[[Portland Oregonian]] / OregonLive.com |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/trending/2018/05/jordan_peterson_who_says_men_a.html |url-status=live |access-date=9 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810010719/https://www.oregonlive.com/trending/2018/05/jordan_peterson_who_says_men_a.html |archive-date=10 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=6 August 2018 |title=Jordan Peterson on the 'backlash against masculinity' |website=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-45084954/jordan-peterson-on-the-backlash-against-masculinity |url-status=live |access-date=9 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807211412/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-45084954/jordan-peterson-on-the-backlash-against-masculinity |archive-date=7 August 2018}}</ref> He has said that [[Left-wing politics|the Left]] characterizes the existing societal hierarchy as an "oppressive patriarchy" but "doesn't want to admit that the current hierarchy might be predicated on competence."<ref name=":0" /> He has said men without partners are likely to become violent, and that male violence is reduced in societies in which monogamy is a social norm.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> He has claimed that the rise of [[Donald Trump]] and [[Far-right politics|far-right]] European politicians is due to a negative reaction to a push to "feminize" men, saying that "if men are pushed too hard to feminize they will become more and more interested in harsh, [[Fascism|fascist]] political ideology".<ref name="NYM.Gospel" />

A 2018 [[Channel 4 News]] interview with [[Cathy Newman]] included a debate over the gender pay gap in which Peterson claimed that a "multivariate analysis of the pay gap indicate that it ~~doesn’t~~doesn't exist" and that other factors like generalized differences between the personalities of men and women account for the difference.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Iqbal |first=Nosheen |date=19 March 2018 |title='The internet is being written by men with an agenda' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/mar/19/cathy-newman-the-internet-is-being-written-by-men-with-an-agenda |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518111611/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/mar/19/cathy-newman-the-internet-is-being-written-by-men-with-an-agenda |archive-date=18 May 2019 |access-date=9 August 2018 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Zoe |date=2019-04-23 |title=Why gender pay-gap truthers are on the rise |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/23/gender-pay-gap-alt-right |access-date=2024-07-22 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |first=Cathy |last=Newman |url=https://www.channel4.com/news/jordan-peterson-debate-on-the-gender-pay-gap-campus-protests-and-postmodernism |title=Jordan Peterson debate on the gender pay gap, campus protests and postmodernism |website=Channel 4 News |date=21 January 2018 |access-date=9 August 2018 |archive-date=9 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809215600/https://www.channel4.com/news/jordan-peterson-debate-on-the-gender-pay-gap-campus-protests-and-postmodernism |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ToughenUp" /> Newman received criticism for her approach to the interview, including mischaracterizations of some of Peterson's claims, and was the victim of an online harassment campaign following the interview.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Friedersdorf |first=Conor |date=2018-01-22 |title=Why Can't People Hear What Jordan Peterson Is Actually Saying? |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/putting-monsterpaint-onjordan-peterson/550859/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=The Atlantic}}</ref><ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gillespie |first=James |date=21 January 2018 |title=Channel 4's Cathy Newman trolled over gender pay gap |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/channel-4s-cathy-newman-trolled-over-gender-pay-gap-wgsc6bl0l |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217111906/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/channel-4s-cathy-newman-trolled-over-gender-pay-gap-wgsc6bl0l |archive-date=17 December 2018 |access-date=9 August 2018 |newspaper=[[The Sunday Times]]}}</ref> Channel 4 News reported that it had consulted with security specialists due to "vicious misogynistic abuse, nastiness, and threats" made against Newman.<ref name="Star">{{cite news |date=2 January 2018 |title=Security for British TV personality bolstered after interview with Jordan Peterson |work=[[Toronto Star]] |agency=Canadian Press |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/01/20/security-for-british-tv-personality-bolstered-after-interview-with-jordan-peterson.html |url-status=live |access-date=19 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320043641/https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/01/20/security-for-british-tv-personality-bolstered-after-interview-with-jordan-peterson.html |archive-date=20 March 2018}}</ref> Peterson said that he immediately called on his supporters to "back off" once he became aware of the abuse and denied that the harassment was reflective of "fundamental misogyny".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Doward |first=Jamie |date=2018-01-21 |title='Back off', controversial professor urges critics of Channel 4's Cathy Newman |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/jan/21/no-excuse-for-online-abuse-says-professor-in-tv-misogyny-row |access-date=2024-07-21 |work=The Observer |issn=0029-7712}}</ref>

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[[File:Jordan Peterson Free Speech Rally.jpg|thumb|Peterson speaking at a Free Speech Rally in October 2016]]

Peterson cited [[Freedom of expression in Canada|free-speech]] implications in opposition to the bill and falsely<ref name=":4" /><ref name="PlattB" /> said that he could be prosecuted under provincial human-rights laws if he refused to call a transgender student or faculty member by the individual's [[Third-person pronoun#List of standard and non-standard third-person singular pronouns|preferred pronoun]].<ref name=Globe>{{cite news |first=Simona |last=Chiose |date=19 November 2016 |title=University of Toronto professor defends right to use gender-specific pronouns |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/university-of-toronto-professor-defends-right-to-use-gender-specific-pronouns/article32946675/ |access-date=2 September 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103053140/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/university-of-toronto-professor-defends-right-to-use-gender-specific-pronouns/article32946675/ |archive-date=3 November 2019}}</ref><ref name="auto3">{{cite news |last=Murphy |first=Jessica |date=4 November 2016 |title=Toronto professor Jordan Peterson takes on gender-neutral pronouns |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37875695 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618184254/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37875695 |archive-date=18 June 2018 |access-date=22 June 2018 |website=[[BBC News]]}}</ref><ref name=":9" /> According to law professor [[Brenda Cossman]] and others, this interpretation of C-16 is mistaken, and the law does not criminalize misuse of pronouns,<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal |last=Cossman |first=Brenda |date=Winter 2018 |title=Gender identity, gender pronouns, and freedom of expression: Bill C-16 and the traction of specious legal claims |url=https://utpjournals.press/doi/10.3138/utlj.2017-0073 |journal=University of Toronto Law Journal |volume=68 |issue=1 |pages=37–79 |doi=10.3138/utlj.2017-0073 |issn=0042-0220}}</ref><ref name="Globe" /><ref name=PlattB>{{cite news |last1=Platt |first1=Brian |date=16 May 2018 |title=What the Wilfrid Laurier professors got wrong about Bill C-16 and gender identity discrimination |newspaper=[[National Post]] |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/what-the-wilfried-laurier-professors-got-wrong-about-bill-c-16-and-gender-identity-discrimination |access-date=3 April 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923051807/https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/what-the-wilfried-laurier-professors-got-wrong-about-bill-c-16-and-gender-identity-discrimination |archive-date=23 September 2020}}</ref> ~~Since the bill's enactment in July 2017, no Canadian person has been jailed or fined for misgendering another person~~.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baudoin-Laarman |first=Louis |date=2018-06-22 |title=No, Canadians cannot be jailed or fined just for using the wrong gender pronoun |url=https://factcheck.afp.com/no-canadians-cannot-be-jailed-or-fined-just-using-wrong-gender-pronoun |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=[[Agence France-Presse]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-05 |title=NOT REAL NEWS: No jail in Canada for misusing gender pronoun |url=https://apnews.com/general-news-472bbc0e89314b21b8db3bbe9b829470 |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>

The series of videos drew criticism from [[Transgender rights movement|transgender rights groups]], faculty, and labour unions who condemned Peterson for "helping to foster a climate for hate to thrive" and for "fundamentally mischaracterising" the law.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cumming |first=Lisa |date=19 December 2016 |title=Are Jordan Peterson's claims about Bill C-16 correct? |website=[[Torontoist]] |url=https://torontoist.com/2016/12/are-jordan-petersons-claims-about-bill-c-16-correct/ |access-date=11 September 2018 |archive-date=23 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823210504/https://torontoist.com/2016/12/are-jordan-petersons-claims-about-bill-c-16-correct/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="freedom/hate"/> A [[teach-in]] and rally was held by members of the trans and non-binary community on campus, which drew "free speech protestors" and [[Far-right politics|far-right]] political commentator Lauren Southern with [[Rebel News]] who spoke at an event on campus along with Peterson.<ref name=auto3/><ref name=":10">{{cite news |first=Jack O. |last=Denton |date=12 October 2016 |title=Free speech rally devolves into conflict, outbursts of violence |newspaper=[[The Varsity (newspaper)|The Varsity]] |url=http://thevarsity.ca/2016/10/12/free-speech-rally-devolves-into-conflict-outbursts-of-violence/ |url-status=live |access-date=14 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512174943/http://thevarsity.ca/2016/10/12/free-speech-rally-devolves-into-conflict-outbursts-of-violence/ |archive-date=12 May 2017}}</ref><ref name=vice>{{cite news |first=Jake |last=Kivanc |date=29 September 2016 |title=A Canadian university Professor is under fire for rant on political correctness |magazine=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] |url=https://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/a-canadian-university-professor-is-under-fire-for-rant-on-political-correctness |access-date=2 September 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122230643/http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/a-canadian-university-professor-is-under-fire-for-rant-on-political-correctness |archive-date=22 November 2016}}</ref>

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In February 2017, [[Maxime Bernier]], then candidate for leader of the [[Conservative Party of Canada]], stated that he had shifted his position on Bill C-16, from support to opposition, after meeting with Peterson and discussing it.<ref>{{cite news |first=Brendan |last=Burke |date=14 February 2017 |title=Conservative leadership candidate Maxime Bernier reverses support for transgender rights bill |agency=[[CBC News]] |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservative-leadership-maxime-bernier-c-16-gender-1.3981691 |access-date=17 May 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520070421/http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservative-leadership-maxime-bernier-c-16-gender-1.3981691 |archive-date=20 May 2017}}</ref> Peterson's analysis of the bill was also frequently cited by senators who were opposed to its passage.<ref name="senatehearing">{{cite news |first=Simona |last=Chiose |date=17 May 2017 |title={{nobr|U of T}} professor opposes transgender bill at Senate committee hearing |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/education/u-of-t-professor-opposes-transgender-bill-at-senate-committee-hearing/article35035768/ |url-status=live |access-date=20 May 2017 |archive-date=19 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519204151/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/education/u-of-t-professor-opposes-transgender-bill-at-senate-committee-hearing/article35035768/}}</ref> In April 2017, Peterson was denied a [[Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council]] (SSHRC) grant for the first time in his career, which he claimed was in retaliation for his statements regarding Bill C-16.<ref name="h-index">{{cite news |last=Blatchford |first=Christie |author-link=Christie Blatchford |date=3 April 2017 |title='An opportunity to make their displeasure known': Pronoun professor denied government grant |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/an-opportunity-to-make-their-displeasure-known-government-pulls-funding-of-pronoun-professor |access-date=12 May 2017 |work=[[National Post]]}}</ref> However, a [[Media relations|media-relations]] adviser for SSHRC said, "Committees assess only the information contained in the application."<ref name="SavvaS">{{cite web |first=Sophia |last=Savva |date=1 May 2017 |title=Jordan Peterson's federal funding denied, Rebel News picks up the tab |newspaper=[[The Varsity (newspaper)|The Varsity]] |url=http://thevarsity.ca/2017/05/01/jordan-petersons-federal-funding-denied-rebel-media-picks-up-the-tab/ |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512134854/https://thevarsity.ca/2017/05/01/jordan-petersons-federal-funding-denied-rebel-media-picks-up-the-tab/ |archive-date=12 May 2017}}</ref> In response the [[Far-right politics|far-right]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ruddick |first=Graham |date=2018-01-03 |title=Katie Hopkins joins far-right Canadian website Rebel Media |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/jan/03/katie-hopkins-joins-far-right-canadian-website-rebel-media |access-date=2024-07-21 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''[[Rebel News]]'' launched an [[Indiegogo]] [[crowdfunding]] campaign on Peterson's behalf,<ref name="SavvaS" /> raising [[Canadian dollar|C$]]195,000 by its end on 6 May, reportedly equivalent to three years of research funding.<ref>{{cite news |first=Antonella |last=Artuso |date=12 May 2017 |title=Supporters fund {{nobr|U of T}} professor Jordan Peterson's research |newspaper=[[Toronto Sun]] |url=http://www.torontosun.com/2017/05/12/supporters-fund-u-of-t-professor-jordan-petersons-research |access-date=13 May 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513063046/http://www.torontosun.com/2017/05/12/supporters-fund-u-of-t-professor-jordan-petersons-research |archive-date=13 May 2017}}</ref> In May 2017, as one of 24 witnesses who were invited to speak about the bill, Peterson spoke against Bill C-16 at a Canadian Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs hearing.<ref name="senatehearing" />

In November 2017, [[Lindsay Shepherd]], the [[teaching assistant]] of a [[Wilfrid Laurier University]] first-year communications course, was [[censure]]d by her professors for showing, during a classroom discussion about pronouns, a segment of ''[[The Agenda]]'' in which Peterson debates Bill C-16 with another professor.<ref>{{cite news |first=Christie |last=Blatchford |author-link=Christie Blatchford |date=10 November 2017 |title=Thought police strike again as Wilfrid Laurier grad student is chastised for showing Jordan Peterson video |newspaper=[[National Post]] |url=https://nationalpost.com/opinion/christie-blatchford-thought-police-strike-again-as-wilfrid-laurier-grad-student-is-chastised-for-showing-jordan-peterson-video |access-date=20 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Luisa |last=D'Amato |date=14 November 2017 |title=WLU censures grad student for lesson that used TVO clip |newspaper=[[Waterloo Region Record]] |url=https://www.therecord.com/news-story/7923200-wlu-censures-grad-student-for-lesson-that-used-tvo-clip/ |access-date=18 November 2017 |archive-date=13 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213161645/https://www.therecord.com/news-story/7923200-wlu-censures-grad-student-for-lesson-that-used-tvo-clip/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Michelle |last=McQuigge |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/wilfrid-laurier-university-launches-probe-after-ta-airs-clip-on-gender-pronouns/article37003230/ |title=Wilfrid Laurier University TA claims censure over video clip on gender pronouns |date=17 November 2017 |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |access-date=18 November 2017 |archive-date=18 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118024404/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/wilfrid-laurier-university-launches-probe-after-ta-airs-clip-on-gender-pronouns/article37003230/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The reasons given for the censure included the clip creating a "toxic climate,", being compared to a "[[List of speeches given by Adolf Hitler|speech by Hitler]],",<ref name="Brown" /> and being itself in violation of Bill C-16.<ref name="PlattB" /> The censure was later withdrawn and both the professors and the university formally apologized.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/3873319/apology-wilfrid-laurier-free-speech-text/ |title=Apology from Wilfrid Laurier officials over handling of free speech controversy |date=21 November 2017 |type=full text |newspaper=[[Global News]] |access-date=25 November 2017 |archive-date=23 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171123013404/https://globalnews.ca/news/3873319/apology-wilfrid-laurier-free-speech-text/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=President of Laurier issues apology regarding Lindsey Shepherd |date=21 November 2017 |type=Breaking news |website=[[The Cord]] |url=https://thecord.ca/breaking-president-of-laurier-issues-apology-regarding-lindsey-shepherd/ |access-date=25 November 2017 |archive-date=1 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201030838/https://thecord.ca/breaking-president-of-laurier-issues-apology-regarding-lindsey-shepherd/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Brian |last=Platt |date=21 November 2017 |title=Wilfrid Laurier University's president apologizes to Lindsay Shepherd for dressing-down over Jordan Peterson clip |newspaper=[[National Post]] |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/wilfrid-laurier-universitys-president-apologizes-to-lindsay-shepherd-for-dressing-down-over-jordan-peterson-clip |access-date=27 January 2019 |archive-date=23 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923051808/https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/wilfrid-laurier-universitys-president-apologizes-to-lindsay-shepherd-for-dressing-down-over-jordan-peterson-clip |url-status=live}}</ref>

In June 2018, Peterson filed a $1.5-million lawsuit against Wilfrid Laurier University, alleging that three staff members of the university had maliciously defamed him by making negative comments about him behind closed doors.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-jordan-peterson-sues-wilfrid-laurier-university-for-defamation/ |title=Jordan Peterson sues Wilfrid Laurier University for defamation |first=Simona |last=Chiose |date=21 June 2018 |newspaper=The Globe & Mail |access-date=21 September 2018 |archive-date=23 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623024335/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-jordan-peterson-sues-wilfrid-laurier-university-for-defamation/ |url-status=live}}</ref> By September of 2018, Wilfrid Laurier had asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit, stating that Peterson filed it in an attempt to limit debate on matters of public interest. Laurier commented that "there is inescapable irony in the fact that Peterson ... is bringing a claim for the stated purpose of causing academics and administrators to be more circumspect in their words.”"<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-laurier-university-asks-court-to-dismiss-jordan-peterson-lawsuit/ |title=Laurier University asks court to dismiss Jordan Peterson lawsuit |first=Jack |last=Hauen |date=31 August 2018 |newspaper=The Globe & Mail |access-date=21 September 2018 |archive-date=2 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902041632/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-laurier-university-asks-court-to-dismiss-jordan-peterson-lawsuit/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2024 shortly before an [[anti-SLAPP]] motion against Peterson was set to be heard he agreed to dismiss the lawsuit in full and to pay part of the university's legal fees.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ronnie |date=2024-05-07 |title=Jordan Peterson Quietly Drops Lawsuit Against Wilfrid Laurier University |url=https://canucklaw.ca/jordan-peterson-quietly-drops-lawsuit/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=Canuck Law}}</ref>

=== Climate change ===

Peterson is a [[Climate change denial|climate-change denier]] and has publicly expressed his disbelief in the [[scientific consensus on climate change]].<ref name=ft18/><ref name=Recinds/><ref>{{cite news |last=Kaufman |first=Leslie |date=28 January 2022 |title=Joe Rogan's podcast puts scientists on edge with climate misinformation |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-28/joe-rogan-s-podcast-puts-scientists-on-edge-with-climate-misinformation |website=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Crosbie |first=Jack |date=2022-01-26 |title=Joe Rogan and Jordan Peterson Wax Idiotic on Climate Change and What It Means to Be Black |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/jordan-peterson-joe-rogan-interview-climate-change-1290696/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> He has been identified by climate scientists as a "key organizer at the global level for efforts to oppose and delay action on climate change".<ref name=":24">{{Cite web |last=Dembicki |first=Geoff |date=2023-09-05 |title=Jordan Peterson Generates Millions of YouTube Hits for Climate Crisis Deniers |url=https://www.desmog.com/2023/09/05/jordan-peterson-generates-millions-of-youtube-hits-for-climate-crisis-deniers/ |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=DeSmog |language=en-US}}</ref> His videos spreading climate change denialism have been viewed millions of times and include titles such as "The world is not ending", "Unsettled: climate and science" and "The great climate con".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Readfearn |first=Graham |date=2023-02-01 |title=Jordan Peterson's 'zombie' climate contrarianism follows a well-worn path |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2023/feb/02/jordan-petersons-zombie-climate-contrarianism-follows-a-well-worn-path |access-date=2024-07-22 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

Appearing on ''[[The Joe Rogan Experience]]'' in 2022, Peterson said that "there is no such thing as climate", that "climate and everything are the same word",<ref name=":14">{{cite news |last=Boyle |first=Louise |date=26 January 2022 |title=Joe Rogan and Jordan Peterson eviscerated by experts for 'whackadoo' and 'deadly' interview on climate crisis |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/joe-rogan-jordan-peterson-spotify-b2001368.html |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> denied the accuracy of [[climate modelling]] and confused it with [[weather forecasting]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Dewan |first=Angela |date=28 January 2022 |title=Scientists slam Joe Rogan's podcast episode with Jordan Peterson as 'absurd' and 'dangerous' |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/01/27/us/joe-rogan-jordan-peterson-climate-science-intl/index.html |website=[[CNN]]}}</ref> repeated disinformation from an "[[ExxonMobil|Exxon]]-funded climate denier"<ref>{{cite news |last=Marcus |first=Josh |date=29 January 2022 |title=Jordan Peterson got his climate info on controversial Joe Rogan podcast from an Exxon-funded climate denier |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/joe-rogan-jordan-peterson-climate-b2003231.html |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> and falsely<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weisbrod |first=Katelyn |date=2021-08-20 |title=Surface Water Vulnerable to Widespread Pollution From Fracking, a New Study Finds |url=https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20082021/water-fracking-pollution-study/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=Inside Climate News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=ClimateWire |first=Gayathri Vaidyanathan |title=Fracking Can Contaminate Drinking Water |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fracking-can-contaminate-drinking-water/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=Scientific American |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=US EPA |first=ORD |date=2013-03-11 |title=Questions and Answers about EPA's Hydraulic Fracturing Drinking Water Assessment |url=https://www.epa.gov/hfstudy/questions-and-answers-about-epas-hydraulic-fracturing-drinking-water-assessment |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=www.epa.gov |language=en}}</ref> asserted that [[Environmental impact of fracking|fracking has not polluted water supplies]].<ref name=":14" /> ~~Peterson~~ ~~also~~Professor ~~stated~~John ~~that~~Abrahms, ~~"more~~a ~~people~~climate ~~die~~scientist ~~every~~at ~~year~~the ~~from~~[[University ~~solar~~of ~~energy~~St. ~~than~~Thomas ~~die~~(Minnesota)|University ~~from~~of ~~nuclear"<ref~~St ~~name=":14"~~Thomas]] />in ~~due~~Minnesota, referred to ~~people "falling off~~ the ~~roof while installing it".<ref name=":14" /> This statement was characterized~~episode as ~~misleading because~~a "~~the~~word ~~differences~~salad ~~between~~of ~~the~~nonsense ~~two~~spoken ~~industries~~by inpeople ~~terms~~who ofhave ~~safety~~no ~~is negligible~~sense when ~~compared~~it comes to ~~the fossil fuel industry".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/~~climate~~-change/joe-rogan-jordan-peterson-interview-energy-b2003054.html|title=Chart debunks claim in~~ "stunningly ignorant" Joe Rogan and Jordan Peterson climate crisis discussion|first=Greg|last=Graziosi|work=The Independent|date=2022-01-28|accessdate=2024-08-23}}</ref> Climate scientists widely denounced Peterson's statements on the podcast.<ref name="nonsense">{{Cite web |last=Readfearn |first=Graham |date=27 January 2022 |title='Word salad of nonsense': scientists denounce Jordan Peterson's comments on climate models |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/27/word-salad-of-nonsense-scientists-denounce-jordan-petersons-comments-on-climate-models |access-date=29 January 2022 |work=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref> Professor John Abrahms, a climate scientist at the [[University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)|University of St Thomas]] in Minnesota, referred to the episode as a "word salad of nonsense spoken by people who have no sense when it comes to climate".<ref name="nonsense" /> [[Michael E. Mann]], a professor of [[Atmospheric science|Atmospheric Science]] at [[Pennsylvania State University|Penn State University]], said in an interview with ''[[The Independent]]'' that Peterson's "argument betrays either a total lack of understanding of how science works (or, more likely, a total disdain for his audience and an intention to disinform)".<ref name=":14" />

In November 2023 the [[Alliance for Responsible Citizenship]], an organization affiliated with Peterson,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Climate science denial rife at launch of Jordan Peterson's ARC project {{!}} National Catholic Reporter |url=https://www.ncronline.org/earthbeat/science/climate-science-denial-rife-launch-jordan-petersons-arc-project,%20https://www.ncronline.org/earthbeat/science/climate-science-denial-rife-launch-jordan-petersons-arc-project |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=www.ncronline.org |language=en}}</ref> held a three day conference beginning with a statement by Peterson stating that "We do not believe that humanity is necessarily and inevitably teetering on the brink of apocalyptic disaster."<ref name=":15">{{Cite web |title=Climate science denial rife at launch of Jordan Peterson's ARC project {{!}} National Catholic Reporter |url=https://www.ncronline.org/earthbeat/science/climate-science-denial-rife-launch-jordan-petersons-arc-project |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=www.ncronline.org }}</ref> The conference hosted several speakers who downplayed the extent of [[Anthropogenic climate change|anthropogenic]] climate change and promoted the use of [[~~Fossil~~fossil fuel~~|fossil fuels~~]]s.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Readfearn |first=Graham |date=2023-11-08 |title=What does a Jordan Peterson conference say about the future of climate change? Apparently we're headed towards 'human flourishing' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/09/what-does-a-jordan-peterson-conference-say-about-the-future-of-climate-change-apparently-were-headed-towards-human-flourishing |access-date=2024-07-21 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Attendee and biologist [[Jennifer Marohasy]] characterized the conference as a platform for spreading climate change denialism.<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Marohasy |first=Jennifer |date=2023-11-04 |title=In Denial About The Science – (ARC Part 2, ARC In London) |url=https://ipa.org.au/ipa-today/in-denial-about-the-science-arc-part-2-arc-in-london |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=IPA - The Voice For Freedom |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Peterson has been criticized by climate scientists for providing a platform on his YouTube channel to climate deniers such as [[Judith Curry]] and [[Alex Epstein (American writer)|Alex Epstein]]. Michael Mann of the University of Pennsylvania criticized Peterson for "poisoning the minds of so many influenceable people with his pseudo-intellectual and pseudoscientific drivel, drivel that is being weaponized in the right-wing assault on science and reason" and described him as "a central cog in the denial machine".<ref name=":24" /> Researchers at the [[Center for Countering Digital Hate]] identified Peterson as a key example of a new form of climate change denial on YouTube. With much of the public aware of the existence of climate change, the "New Denial" explained in the report does not attempt to deny the fact of climate change but rather argues that "climate solutions ~~won’t~~won't work, that the science backing those solutions is unreliable, or that global warming ~~isn’t~~isn't actually harmful".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Calma |first=Justine |date=2024-01-16 |title=A new kind of climate denial has taken over on YouTube |url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/16/24040015/youtube-google-climate-change-new-denial-advertising-report |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=The Verge |language=en}}</ref><ref>https://counterhate.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CCDH-The-New-Climate-Denial_FINAL.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}</ref>

=== Religion ===

In a 2017 interview, Peterson was asked if he was a Christian; he responded, "I suppose the most straight-forward answer to that is yes."<ref name=Lott-Peterson-2017-vid>{{cite AV media |title=Am I Christian? – Timothy Lott and Jordan B. Peterson |date=1 August 2017 |medium=video |via=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIB05YeMiW8 |url-status=live |access-date=22 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015033154/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIB05YeMiW8 |archive-date=15 October 2017}}</ref> When asked if he believes in God, Peterson responded: "I think the proper response to that is no, but I'm afraid he might exist."<ref name=NP18/> In a podcast with [[Douglas_Murray_(author)|Douglas Murray]] and [[Jonathan Pageau]], Peterson stated that God is the "ultimate fictional character" which is "at the top of the hierarchy of attention and action".<ref>{{Citation |title=Douglas Murray and Jonathan Pageau {{!}} EP 290 | date=22 September 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Modzh94MVw |access-date=2023-06-12}}</ref> Peterson has been referred to as ~~“the~~"the most influential Biblical interpreter in the world ~~today”~~today".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kaczor |first=Christopher |date=2018-04-04 |title=Jordan Peterson on Adam and Eve |url=https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2018/04/21281/ |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=Public Discourse |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fraser |first=Giles |date=2021-08-25 |title=Does Jordan Peterson believe in God? |url=https://unherd.com/2021/08/does-jordan-peterson-believe-in-god/ |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=UnHerd |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Writing for ''[[The Spectator]]'', Tim Lott said Peterson draws inspiration from the [[Jungian interpretation of religion]] and holds views similar to the [[Christian existentialism]] of [[Søren Kierkegaard]] and [[Paul Tillich]]. Lott also said that Peterson has respect for [[Taoism]], as it views nature as a struggle between ''order'' and ''chaos'' and posits life would be meaningless without this duality.<ref name=SpecatorLott2017/> He has also expressed his admiration for some of the teachings of the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Jordan Peterson on Orthodox Christianity: Christ is the Logos |date=10 July 2020 |website=Helleniscope |url=https://www.helleniscope.com/2020/07/10/jordan-peterson-on-orthodox-christianity-christ-is-the-logos/ |access-date=17 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Sparks |first=Jacob |date=10 July 2020 |title=Jordan Peterson: A Theological Perspective |url=https://www.engageorthodoxy.net/contemporary-conversations/2019/4/16/ro8wwx3zd4kjdkavb6iqpyjctx1cpa |access-date=17 January 2021 |website=Engage Orthodoxy |archive-date=10 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110181713/https://www.engageorthodoxy.net/contemporary-conversations/2019/4/16/ro8wwx3zd4kjdkavb6iqpyjctx1cpa |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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=== Health problems ===

Peterson was ~~reportedly first~~ prescribed [[Clonazepam]] ~~in 2016~~ for anxiety that reportedly began after a "violent reaction to a meat and greens only diet",. ~~starting~~The dose started at 0.5mg/day in 2016 and ~~increasing~~had increased to 4mg/day by 2020.<ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Krishnan |first=Manisha |date=2020-02-13 |title=Drug Experts on Jordan Peterson Seeking Treatment in Russia for Benzo Dependence |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/epgb37/what-drug-experts-say-about-jordan-petersons-benzo-dependence |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=Vice}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |author=Jordon B Peterson |title=(Reposted) - Peterson Family Update June 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzRbEMzr0k8&ab |via=YouTube |date=11 July 2020}}</ref> Peterson attributed his increased usage of Clonazepam to his wife Tammy's diagnosis of [[kidney cancer]].<ref name=TNR/> Peterson said that he made several attempts to reduce the dosage or stop the drug completely,<ref name=TNR/> but experienced "horrific" [[benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome]].<ref name="seeks emergency">{{cite web |last=Gatehouse |first=Jonathon |date=7 February 2020 |title=Jordan Peterson seeks 'emergency' drug detox treatment in Russia |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/jordan-peterson-treatment-russia-1.5456939 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704210353/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/jordan-peterson-treatment-russia-1.5456939 |archive-date=4 July 2020 |access-date=6 July 2020 |website=[[CBC News]]}}</ref>

According to Peterson, in January 2020 he was unable to find North American doctors willing to place him into a medically induced coma as a treatment for his addiction. As a result he flew to [[Moscow]], Russia to find a doctor who would perform the procedure.<ref name=MIkhailaNYPost>{{cite news |last1=Peterson |first1=Mikhaila |date=7 February 2020 |title='The doctors here have the guts to medically detox someone': Mikhaila Peterson on her father's condition |newspaper=[[National Post]] |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/the-doctors-here-have-the-guts-to-medically-detox-someone-mikhaila-peterson-on-her-fathers-condition}}</ref> Doctors in Russia reportedly diagnosed him with [[pneumonia]] in both lungs upon arrival and placed him into a medically [[induced coma]] for eight days, followed by four weeks in the [[intensive care unit]], during which time he reported having suffered a temporary loss of motor skills.<ref name="seeks emergency"/>

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