Twitter when all is permitted
Contributed image 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 controversy Musk stated...
Lindsay Shepherd files $3.6M law suit against Laurier over alleged abusive treatment
Earlier this week, Lindsay Shepherd filed a $36 million law suit against Wilfrid Laurier University, claiming the school’s treatment of her has deemed her unemployable in...
Indigenous ceremony and community protests held on campus in response to LSOI event
The familiar campus controversy surrounding Lindsay Shepherd and the polarizing debate around freedom of expression was present once again this evening on Wilfrid Laurier...
LSOI event at UW cancelled over $28,500 security fee
An event hosted by Laurier Students for Open Inquiry (LSOI) set to take place on April 30 has been cancelled due to increased security costs Lindsay Shepherd, the controversial...
UPDATED: Lawyer suggests that no formal complaint was made in Shepherd incident
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...
Defining Hate Speech across Canada
The discussion of the discernment between free speech and hate speech is a difficult one, with an especially prominent place on the Wilfrid Laurier campus in recent...
Revisiting feedback and responses to Robitaille’s cancelled keynote
After defence lawyer Danielle Robitaille cancelled her keynote presentation at Wilfrid Laurier University’s Criminology Student Association conference on the Brantford...
Giving all voices platforms to speak
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...