free speech
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Twitter when all is permitted
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Since Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter, his decision to turn the platform into a haven for free speech has been a topic of great…
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Lindsay Shepherd files $3.6M law suit against Laurier over alleged abusive treatment
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Earlier this week, Lindsay Shepherd filed a $3.6 million law suit against Wilfrid Laurier University, claiming the school’s treatment of her has deemed her unemployable…
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Indigenous ceremony and community protests held on campus in response to LSOI event
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The familiar campus controversy surrounding Lindsay Shepherd and the polarizing debate around freedom of expression was present once again this evening on Wilfrid Laurier…
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LSOI event at UW cancelled over $28,500 security fee
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An event hosted by Laurier Students for Open Inquiry (LSOI) set to take place on April 30 has been cancelled due to increased security…
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UPDATED: Lawyer suggests that no formal complaint was made in Shepherd incident
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A polarizing debate between freedom of expression and human rights has enveloped the Wilfrid Laurier University’s Waterloo campus. The debate stems from a situation…
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Defining Hate Speech across Canada
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The discussion of the discernment between free speech and hate speech is a difficult one, with an especially prominent place on the Wilfrid…
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Revisiting feedback and responses to Robitaille’s cancelled keynote
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After defence lawyer Danielle Robitaille cancelled her keynote presentation at Wilfrid Laurier University’s Criminology Student Association conference on the Brantford campus, the Laurier community,…
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Is friends with benefits worth the risk?
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In this day and age, more and more people prefer hooking up and being friends with benefits than having a boyfriend or girlfriend. The…
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Your first heart break isn’t the end of the world
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Many say that you never truly forget your first love. This may not necessarily be the first person you fall for, the first person…
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Giving all voices platforms to speak
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In late May, controversy erupted over conservative political pundit Milo Yiannopoulos’s “Dangerous Faggot” tour at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois in which he gave…
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