Jerry Calabay was a professor at McGill University.
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The Kuhner ReportOct 26, 2026
None of the provided sources mention Jerry Calabay or any McGill professor by that name; the only support is the claimant's own passage, which cannot corroborate the claim. The claim matches the passage faithfully, so the verdict rests on absence of coverage rather than contradiction.
What was said
… It's something sacred, and to do it, it's not just an abomination and a desecration, it's almost blasphemous, okay? Really, it really is. And I know this sounds bizarre, but when my best friend, my mentor he was a professor at McGill, Jerry Calabay passed away, a couple years later, I had a chance to come back to Montreal, and he's buried in a cemetery in Montreal, and I went to pay him a visit. …
The Kuhner Report · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Context. The claimant's post states that Jerry Calabay was their mentor and a McGill professor, but the passage is the claimant's own words and is not evidence for the claim.
Context. The McGill and Wikipedia-style sources (experts directory, alumni lists, emeriti lists) are generic and do not name Jerry Calabay, so they neither confirm nor refute the claim.[4][5][6][7]
Context. The fact-checking sources returned address unrelated topics (voting machines, misinformation guides, site overviews) and do not address this individual.[1][2][3][8]
Sources
8 sources: 3 fact-checkers, 5 not rated
- 1Who we arefullfact.org · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Search - FactCheck.orgfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Fact Check Posts – Page 2politifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 4Experts Guide | Newsroommcgill.ca · not rated · cited for: context
- 5Famous McGill University Alumniranker.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 6List of McGill University people - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 7Honorary doctorates, professors emeriti and teaching award ...reporter-archive.mcgill.ca · not rated · cited for: context
- 8Misinformation Toolkit – Full Factdev.fullfact.org · not rated · cited for: context
Where this claim was made
Said in 1 published post
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