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New free speech policy makes students and universities less safe

Written on September 18, 2018. Posted in Opinions.

Freedom of speech is a complex issue and cannot be sufficiently tackled through one simple law. On Aug. 30, 2018, Ontario Premier Doug Ford passed a bill supporting freedom of speech on campuses across the province. Universities will have until Jan. 1, 2019, to implement the proposed policy. They...

Context should be considered in student conduct discipline

Written on October 24, 2017. Posted in Editorials.

Going after a student for breaching a student code of conduct without taking the broader social context of their comments into account is a serious misstep for any university administration. Vice-President of the Dalhousie Student Union, Masuma Khan, is facing disciplinary action from Dalhousie University...

At Conservative candidate events, Kellie Leitch met with protests while Lisa Raitt sees small turnout

Written on March 24, 2017. Posted in News.

With the Conservative Party leadership race ongoing, Queen’s University Conservative Association (QUCA) hosted two more candidates this week — following Kevin O’Leary and Michael Chong in past weeks — that sparked more protests on campus. On Monday, a handful of student protestors gathered outside...

Context, freedom and diversity in a stratified community

Written on March 24, 2017. Posted in Opinions.

Free speech isn’t a neutral or isolated topic. As such, a discussion about freedom of speech must be contextualized with a community’s histories and culture. In an op-ed published in The Journal a couple weeks ago, entitled “Queen’s needs freedom of speech”, the author made the assertion that to...

Queen’s needs freedom of speech

Written on March 10, 2017. Posted in Opinions.

Many North American university campuses are witnessing the rise of an alarming culture that endangers free speech by stifling those with nonconformist views. Where a university used to be a marketplace of ideas, a forum to learn by way of boundless inquiry and exposure to contrasting opinions, several...

Queen’s fails on Campus Freedom Index

Written on October 1, 2013. Posted in News.

The AMS and Queen’s administration both received a failing grade in this year’s Campus Freedom Index, a report released by the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF). The JCCF, which has for the past two years reviewed freedom of speech across 45 Canadian university campuses, serves to...

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New free speech policy makes students and universities less safe

Context should be considered in student conduct discipline

At Conservative candidate events, Kellie Leitch met with protests while Lisa Raitt sees small turnout

Context, freedom and diversity in a stratified community

Queen’s needs freedom of speech

Queen’s fails on Campus Freedom Index

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